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From YouTube: The Bourne Decoy with Dr Stephen Gadd
Description
A lively and amusing assessment by historian Dr Stephen Gadd of the fresh evidence of 18th century land use and economic activity on the site where Bournemouth was to be built
A
Henry
hyde
second
earl
of
clarendon
was
lord
of
the
manners
of
christchurch
and
west
star
or
westover,
which
extended
from
keyhaven
in
the
east.
As
far
as
the
county
boundary
of
black
rock
near
alan
chine
in
the
west,
including
starfield
heath,
which
would
later
become
the
town
of
bournemouth,
desperately
short
of
cash
in
1697
clarendon,
began
a
process
of
asset
stripping
which
included
the
sale
of
all
of
the
most
valuable
agricultural
land
in
the
district.
A
The
sale
agreements
stipulated
that
the
common
rights
attached
to
these
land
holdings
would
thereafter
exclude
25
acres
of
moory
or
boggy
ground,
commonly
known
as
born
bottom.
In
other
words,
this
was
a
new
enclosure
where
tenants
of
the
manor
could
previously
have
grazed
cattle
or
collected
turf
for
fuelling
their
household
fires.
A
Aprice
was
a
member
of
clarendon's
household
and
held
a
salaried
post
for
doing
nothing.
As
a
customs
officer
in
the
port
of
london,
ewa
was
apparently
one
of
clarendon's
tenants
at
clarendon
park
near
salisbury,
but
also
the
tenant
of
holdenhurst
farm
hackman
was
a
little
more
local
based
in
limington,
though
he
bought
at
this
time.
A
A
We
can
then
drop
in
the
latest
lidar
data,
which
shows
us
the
present
day
ground
elevation.
The
decoy
pond
premises
very
clearly
follow
the
lowest
lying
land
to
see
the
original
25
acre
premises.
We
can
remove
the
15
acre
extension
that
was
granted
to
horatio
nelson's
brother-in-law
george
machamp,
shown
here
when
he
took
a
lease
in
1796
from
clarendon's
successor
as
lord
of
the
manor,
sir
george
iverson
taps
who's.
The
direct
ancestor
of
the
present-day
merrick
family.
A
A
He
suggested
again
in
1796
that
sir
george
taps
should
build
an
inn,
convinced
that
it
would
be
full
four
months
in
a
year
for
the
purpose
of
bathing
and
enjoying
the
sea.
Air
tapsus
steward
believed
that
matcham
intended
to
extend
the
premises
toward
the
seashore
that
there
might
be
room
for
erecting
other
cottages
and
thereby
obtain
a
neighborhood.
A
But
by
1796,
when
machamp
wanted
to
extend
his
property
at
bourne,
resistance
to
enclosure
was
growing
nationally.
It
is
very
clear
from
the
correspondence
between
sir
george
taps
and
his
steward
that
they
believed
it
would
have
been
impossible
to
obtain
the
consent
of
the
commoners
for
further
enclosures
at
bourne.
A
The
correspondence
also
reveals
that
sir
george's
desire
to
build
holiday
homes,
there
was
a
major
factor
in
his
driving
forward.
The
parliamentary
enclosure
that
was
finalized
in
1805.,
even
lewis,
tragonwell
mistakenly
identified
as
the
founder
of
bournemouth,
referred
in
1811
to
sir
george
taps's
colony
at
bourne.
A
A
A
This
early
chemical
industry
thrived
for
about
40
years,
despite
complaints
that
the
factories
were
consuming
vast
quantities
of
turf
and
may
have
led
to
minor
improvements
to
the
road
from
christchurch
through
boston
to
pool
as
it
passed
through
bourne
bottom.
This
map
of
about
1627
shows
the
road
continuing
past
the
factory
at
allen,
chime
by
1680.
A
A
A
Now,
charles
hackman,
one
of
the
original
proprietors
of
the
born
decoy,
was
quite
cozy
with
the
customs
offices
at
limington,
one
of
whom
hugh
haznet
was
responsible
for
overseeing
the
riding
officers,
including
savile
in
march.
1718,
hasn't
proposed
to
the
customs
commissioners
in
london.
That
savile
should
be
stationed
not
at
bourne
bottom,
but
rather
at
muskliff
or
through
savile,
promptly
disappeared
from
duty
asking
permission
to
remain
on
leave
in
london.
A
Sir
peter
muse
had
bought
the
manner
of
westover
from
clarendon
and
with
it,
the
right
to
wreck
and
the
admiralty
jurisdiction,
which
gave
him
the
authority
to
determine
that
these
barrels
and
their
contents
belonged
to
him.
Of
course,
he
was
also
now
landlord
at
the
born.
Decoy,
clarendon
and
muse
were
both
at
times
under
suspicion
of
jacobitism
wishing
to
restore
the
stuart
royal
dynasty,
a
cause
which
is
known
to
have
received
financial
support
through
supplying
smugglers
and
receiving
profits
from
their
sailors.
A
He
was
finally
released
on
bail
in
1751
after
informing
on
his
accomplices,
including
thomas
lush,
a
butcher
from
wimborne
harris
then
took
employment
on
board.
One
of
the
customs
boats
engaged
in
the
prevention
of
smuggling
but
pleading
illness.
He
was
put
ashore
after
a
short
while,
though,
he
continued
to
receive
10
shillings
a
week
from
the
customs
commissioners,
he
was
probably
back
in
residence
in
the
house
of
born
bottom
in
1762,
when
joseph
manuel
himself,
suspected
of
informing
on
smugglers,
was
kidnapped
and
severely
beaten
there
before
being
transported
to
the
channel
islands.
A
A
A
A
survey
taken
in
1789
recorded
him
still
as
the
tenant,
but
the
dwelling
house,
fuel
house,
stable
and
garden
together
with
25
acres,
five
of
which
were
converted
to
arable,
were
now
according
to
the
description,
formerly
a
decoy.
Pond
and
seven
years
later,
george
machame
moved
in
with
his
freezing
children.
A
A
Edmund
bot
had
already
planted
pines
to
provide
wind
protection
for
his
house
at
starfield,
simultaneously
answering
a
call
for
more
timber
for
navy
ships,
although
he
found
that
rabbits
would
eat
as
many
as
three
quarters
of
all
the
new
saplings
norris
planted
them
at
boscom.
Despite
the
discouragement
from
sir
george
tapps's
steward,
who
considered
that
he
may
as
well
attempt
to
raise
timber
on
the
dome
of
saint
paul's
after
the
1805
enclosure
taps
would
eventually
start
a
pine
plantation
himself
at
bourne
bottom,
when
the
taps,
arms,
public
house,
coach
house
and
stable
were
under
construction.