Curious corners of Poole

Ten places in Poole that reveal less well-known features of the town’s history

John Rede: Poole governor, English radical

Some 400 years after his birth, John Rede the English radical, Baptist leader and governor of Poole from 1647 to 1651, is to be afforded a proper place in history when he is included in the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography to be published this autumn. ‘It’s not that Rede has Read More…