Place record MWX981 - Poole

Poole is first mentioned in c.1248 as a charter of William de Longespee granting privileges in return for payment of 70 marks. In 1371 charter of William de Montacute confirming the 1248 charter and changing the title of Portreave to mayor. (2)

National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 189-240 (Monograph). SDO149.

Beresford, J, and Finberg, H P R, 1973, English medieval boroughs: a hand-list, p103 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1175.

Spoerry, P, 1988, Documentary and other evidence for medieval and post-medieval ceramic production in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 33 (Article in serial). SWX809.

’30. Poole, borough of (formerly Kinson parish). Austen (1852) states ‘About midway ‘between Bournemouth and Sandbanks) there was formerly a pottery for the manufacture common earthenware’. This was probably located in the part of the borough that was formerly the parish of Kinson. Many brick kilns were operative in this area in the 19th century and it is possible that vessel manufacture existed alongside this industry. The large South Western Pottery factory was also producing wares in the 19th century at Parkstone; however this would have been a much larger concern than that described by Austen.’

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