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Museum Ref No: Pages 343-345History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839 Pages 343-345
Book
Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839 Pages 343-345
Book
Museum Ref No: H4g_0001Skinner Street United Reformed Church; deacons; 1954-1955
Back Row (standing) from left:- Bessie Freeborn, EDd. Lisby, Philip Perry, Patricia Varallo, Derek Christopher (son), Harold Christopher (father), Miss Barrington, Mr South
Front Row (sitting) from left:- Arthur Brown, Bill Trew, Rev F. O. Brown, Bill Knight, Archie Dacombe.
Taken just prior to Rev. F. O. Brown leaving area
Photograph
Museum Ref No: H4f_0001Skinner Street United Reformed Church; deacons; names below picture; 3/1949
B.C. Christopher,H.F. Cutler, B.A. Dacombe, A.E. Brown,
Miss.J. Goodfellow, Mrs. W. G. Curran, H. E. Best, Rev. F. O. Brown, M. A. , W. Knight,
Miss. B. Freeborn
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Museum Ref No: D_Skinner_Street_0004Skinner Street. Nos. 18-24, from Congregational Church yard, through railings. Home of P.H. Gosse. Georgian facade with doorways and windows.
Photograph
Museum Ref No: PPS02073611cPhotograph of Scoutmaster William John Knight and Cubmistress Margaret Jean Harvey with Scout and Cub escort at their wedding at Skinner Street Congregational Church, taken from the Poole and Parkstone Standard 2nd July 1936
Photograph
Memories of Edwin Skinner born in Poole in 1927. Transcription of interviews undertaken by Amanda Jenkins for Poole Wellbeing Collaborative.
Document
The originals of these photographs are on display in the Skinner Street United Reformed Church, Poole.
A short introduction to the photos outlines the historical significance of the site, and further reading for those interested in the early history of England's educational system, which arose from Sunday Schools. (This site was the location of one of the oldest known Sunday Schools in England.)
Photograph
Museum Ref No: LHC260336p11bMessrs William Grant and Bernard Hart appearing in 'Phyllis, the Farnmer's Daughter' at Skinner Street Congregational Church, presented by the Church Choir. From the Poole and Parkstone Standard,26th March 1936
Newspaper
The Poole People Index is a useful finding aid which covers a number of sources including:
1841 Census for Canford Magna and Poole St. James.
1851 Census for Canford, Gt. Canford, Hamworthy, Kinson, Longfleet, Oakley and Parkstone.
1891 Census for Longfleet and Poole.
Parish registers for Canford Magna, Hamworthy and St. James.
Skinner Street United Reform Church records.
Poole Quaker marriages.
The index was created by a joint project of Poole Museum Service and the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society.
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