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Hi, and a Happy New Year to everyone!

I was hoping someone might be able to take a photo and make a note of the memorial inscription of a grave/headstone for me when next in East Cemetery, Gloucester Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth? 

The grave is for Fanny Josephine Fox who died on 15 July 1935, and Kate Williams who died on 6 December 1937, grave number R6/189.  I am not sure whether there is a headstone or not.

I have attached a plan of the cemetery with an approximate location of the grave shown by the orange blob to the right hand side of the plan.

Many thanks!  Nina

Good idea - I see he is on Rootschat as well as Flickr so I will send him a message.  Many thanks, Nina

Thank you hanes teulu - I will have a look into that newspaper listing.  I wonder if Dundonald is now 428 (Carlton Court) Christchurch Road?  Nina

Hi Rosie99 - those houses that you mentioned - do you know if they were on the north or south side of the street?  Many thanks, Nina

Hello Everyone - I was hoping someone might be able to help me locate a couple of houses in Bournemouth?  I expect that they are no longer standing, but would like to be able to see where they once were if that is the case.

The first one I am looking for is 'Dundonald, 82 Christchurch Road' - there was a school at this address for some years, definitely between 1889-1895 - the Principals were Mrs Fanny Fox and Miss Kate Williams.  I have looked on the National Libraries of Scotland (NLS) side by side maps and found an old map that shows very clearly each house along the road in about 1900 but none are numbered or named bar the odd huge house.  I think 82 was located roughly near the corner of Knole Road and Christchurch Road - Linden Hall is named on the 1900 map on one corner, and a modern map shows this site (now flats) is number 80.  The next corner sees a jump in numbering to 428 which is odd. 

The second house I am hoping to locate is 'St Elmo, Hawkwood Road' - the same two ladies were next at this address in the 1901 census.  I do not have a number for this house, and can see from modern maps that most of this road is now a car park bar a few houses at the eastern end.  I have found that the road was lined with detached houses in 1900 from the old maps on NLS website but again cannot pinpoint exactly where this house once stood (or may still stand if at the eastern end).

Any help locating where these houses once stood, or still stand, would be much appreciated!

Many thanks, Nina