Welcome to Kinson School Local History Web Site

 

 

 

Kinson is a thriving suburb of Bournemouth and there are many light industries, garages and shopping precincts. A commerative seat was placed where the Old Pound used to provide a resting place for cattle on their way to Wimborne market.

The village was taken over by Bournemouth in 1931.

 

 

Map of Kinson in 1811

 

      

  This description could be true for many communities today but when you begin to peel back the layers of history you find that this area has been occupied by man in some form or another since the Stone Age.  Accompanying this occupation there is a story to tell of the people and there lives. The impact they have had upon each other, the environment and the legacy they have left for us to build upon and preserve.

 

A group of children at Kinson Primary School have been trying to find out about this legacy. They have been greatly helped by the local historians who have collected, collated and shared the evidence they have already. So that they could share and make this available to others the children thought they would build a web site. They now aim to produce a heritage leaflet that will be able to be used by classes when they study the history of their school and the local area.

          

 

Click here to view a map of the Kinson Area today

 

 

 

                  We are indebted to the contributions of the publications below:

 

        Old Kinson                      S J Lands      The Purbeck Press              1980

 

  Kinson 1894 - 1931 part one & part two        Edna Bevanx & Mildred Gillett 

                                               Bournemouth Local Studies Publications  1982

 

       Kinson School 1836 - 1986            Rodney Haskell                          1986

 

        A Gracious Lady                                Jean Budd                                1994

 

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      Mrs Hazel Thorby & Mr Rodney Haskell who gave their time to help the children in school

 

 

         Click here to view a Childs and Older Persons heritage Trail created by Year 5 children and Kydzone

 

 

Click here to find out more about the local history of Kinson from the Communigate Web Site

 

Click here to find out about Kinson and the local area

 

Click here to read some poems about Kinson

 

Click here to view old maps of the area

   

 

 

Click presentations below that children in Year 4 have made about Kinson