Lewis Tregonwell and Related Topics

Bournemouth

Coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England.

Welcome to Bournemouth, England's Coastal Garden

Section of a 1759 map of Hampshire by Isaac Taylor, showing the Manor of Christchurch and the area around the Bourne chine

A view of Bournemouth showing the temporary wooden jetty that was replaced by an iron pier in 1880.

Photochrom of the entrance to the pier, 1890s

The Waterfront Cinema and Leisure Complex (now demolished)

Bournemouth Town Hall was built in the Victorian period, originally serving as a hotel for visitors to the town.

Financial services are crucial to the town's economy and Unisys was a major employer in the industry.

Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) is a national conference and music venue in the town.

Bournemouth Pier including the Pier Theatre

Shops and apartments in the centre of Bournemouth

The grave of writer Mary Shelley and her parents, including Mary Wollstonecraft, in St. Peter's Church, Bournemouth

The Grade II listed entrance to Boscombe Pier

Bournemouth railway station, built in 1885, with a replica Victorian iron and glass roof

Bournemouth and Poole College Lansdowne Campus

St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth, built in 1898

A blue plaque marking the birthplace of Hubert Parry at 2, Richmond Terrace, Bournemouth

Blue Plaque on the Wall of St Peter's Churchyard commemorating the resting place of members of the Shelley family.

Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers.

George Tapps

British landowner and developer involved in the founding of Bournemouth.

In 1810 Tapps sold 8.5 acre on the west bank of the Bourne Stream to Lewis Tregonwell for £179 11s.

St Peter's Church, Bournemouth

Church of England parish church located in the centre of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

The choristers singing during a filming session in 2017

The organ facade from the north transept

The Sanctus bell, hung in the tower for chiming

Lewis Tregonwell, founder of Bournemouth. In 1810, Tregonwell bought land from the Lord of the Manor of Christchurch and built a house next to the mouth of the River Bourne (which runs through the lower gardens today). His house was called The Mansion, and is now part of the Royal Exeter Hotel.

Mayor of Bournemouth

In the county of Hampshire:

Lewis Tregonwell, the founder of the town

Oldest Dwelling in Bournemouth, a Cob barn thought to be over 500 years old

History of Bournemouth

The History of Bournemouth and human settlement in the surrounding area goes back for thousands of years.

The Square in Bournemouth with a tram c1910.

The Bournemouth War Memorial, built in 1921, located in the central gardens.

The rebuilt Methodist Church on Exeter Road.

When retired army officer Lewis Tregonwell visited in 1810, he found only a bridge crossing a small stream at the head of an unspoilt valley (or 'chine') that led out into Poole Bay.

The Constable's House and Priory; seen from the Town Bridge.

History of Christchurch, Dorset

Town, civil parish and former borough in the county of Dorset on the English Channel coast, adjoining Bournemouth in the west, with the New Forest to the east.

Part of the old Saxon town wall. Reported to be the only surviving piece of a wall this age, in the UK

Anglo-Saxon grave goods (shield fittings, spearhead and knife) on display in the Red House Museum in Christchurch

The old town workhouse in Quay Road. Now the Red House Museum.

The entrance to what was the Bournemouth Union Workhouse. Converted to flats in 1995.

Part of the anti-tank defence which ran the length of the railway line between the River Stour and the River Avon.

An Anglo-Saxon watermill near the Town Quay.

William Hart's factory today. The building was deliberately narrow with large windows on either side to provide the maximum amount of natural light.

Christchurch Barracks Guard House built in 1811. Now a hairdressers.

Bailey Bridge over the Stour, at the rear of what was once the barracks where it was invented and manufactured.

The Barracks were built by Lord Tregonwell in 1794 to house troops to defend the south coast from the threat of invasion by France.

Bournemouth Town Hall

Municipal facility in Bourne Road, Bournemouth, England.

A view of the ornate staircase within the town hall

Works of art in the town hall include a portrait of Captain Lewis Tregonwell of the Dorset Yeomanry by Thomas Beach and a portrait of the former mayor, Sir Merton Russell-Cotes, and his wife, Lady Annie Russell-Cotes, by Frank Richards.

Blue plaque

Permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

Greater London Council event plaque at Alexandra Palace, commemorating the launch of BBC Television in 1936 (erected 1977)

English Heritage plaque at 40 Falkner Square, Liverpool, commemorating Peter Ellis, architect (erected 2001)

Corporation of London plaque on the site of Lloyd's Coffee House in Lombard Street

City of Westminster green plaque at 18 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, commemorating Josef Dallos, contact lens pioneer (erected 2010)

A Gateshead blue plaque honouring William Clarke

Plaque in Oldham marking the origin of the fish and chip shop and the fast food industry

Oxfordshire blue plaque commemorating the first sub-4-minute mile run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at the University of Oxford's Iffley Road track

Wolverhampton Civic Society plaque at Wolverhampton Science Park marking the location of the world altitude balloon record, on 5 September 1862

Society of Arts plaque on Samuel Johnson's house in Gough Square, London (erected 1876). Many of the early Society of Arts and LCC plaques were brown in colour.

London County Council plaque at 48 Doughty Street, Holborn, commemorating Charles Dickens (erected 1903)

One of seven LCC Royal Doulton plaques with coloured laurel relief border erected in 1925; 41 Beak Street, Soho

London County Council plaque at 100 Lambeth Road, Lambeth, commemorating William Bligh (erected 1952)

Greater London Council plaque at 29 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, commemorating Virginia Woolf (erected 1974)

English Heritage plaque, at 22b Ebury Street, Belgravia, London, commemorating Ian Fleming (erected 1996)

Transport Trust plaque at Hythe Pier and Railway, Hythe, Hampshire, the oldest working pier railway in the world

Royal Society of Chemistry plaque on the Chemistry Department of University College London, recording the work carried out there by Sir Christopher Ingold (erected 2008)

Institute of Physics plaque on the Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, recording the work carried out there by Sir William Henry Bragg

Blue plaque at 22 Frith Street, Westminster, W1, commemorating Scottish inventor John Logie Baird's first demonstration of the television

English Heritage plaque at 153 Cromwell Road, London, SW5, commemorating Sir Alfred Hitchcock (erected 1999)

English Heritage plaque at 25 Albany Road, Manor Park, Newham commemorating actor Stanley Holloway (erected 2009)

English Heritage plaque at 223 Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London commemorating Fred Perry

Julia Belham-Payne with Mayor Denise Cobb, unveiling plaque to Doreen Valiente in Brighton, 2013

Michigan Historical Marker explaining the significance of the Michigan Central Depot building in Battle Creek, Michigan

Norwegian version of the blue plaque, set up by Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel

Philippine historical marker for Calle Real

Its first plaque was unveiled on 31 October 1937 to Lewis Tregonwell, who built the first house in what is now Bournemouth.