The TVRA was set up in the mid 1980s. Its present membership is over 300+ households, but with the aid of this web site we aim to increase the membership.

The aim of the TVRA is to keep the Village nice and to improve it in any way possible. The TVRA 'Project for the Millennium' was to have a Notice Board for the Village. After struggling for a location, it was decided that a 'Virtual Notice Board' (along with the regular Newsletters) would better serve the Association and reach a much wider audience.

In the early years there were problems with Students parking around the Village. The TVRA managed to get parking restrictions brought in that prevent parking all day. The situation has very much improved with Parking Wardens attending each day. There are still areas in the Village where the restrictions do not apply and these still experience problems.

Two of the things which have been achieved in recent years is the purchase and planting of trees for Fern Barrow, the road that runs around the village and as a joint project with both the University and Arts Institute is to have the roundabout landscaped.

The TVRA occasionally organise Social Events, which have, in the past, been skittle evenings, family sports fun days, boat trips etc.

The TVRA web site aims to bring the visitor up to date with the goings-on in the Village as well as providing a point of Contact with the TVRA - so use it and get invloved!

Most of Old Talbot Village was built between 1850 and 1862 due to the generosity of two sisters Georgina and Mary Talbot. Georgina and Mary divided their year between Surrey and Hinton Wood House on the East Cliff of Bournemouth with their family and it was whilst living in Bournemouth that the Sisters discovered the many poor who were suffering in the region.

Between them, they sought to employ many of the poor to clear land upon which they built Cottages - most of which were built between 1850 and 1862. The workers were allowed to stay in the Cottages and slowly, Talbot Village took shape.

The original Cottages were built on an Acre each and each had a Well, Animal pens and Fruit trees for which the residents were charge between 4 and 5 shillings per week. Georgina Talbot then had 7 Almshouses built for the Elderly and widowed.

Then came the School which was built for the Village in 1862 and catered for 68 children and has been extended many times over the years. Most recently, in 1992 an extension increased the Schools capacity to 460 children.

Although most of the original Farms have long since vanished, Highmoor Farm is still operational and White Farm served as stables until recently. Much of the original Village including the School, Church, Almshouses and Cottages remain and are protected by a Conservation Order which is administered by the Talbot Trust - set up by the Sisters.

Any developments within the confines of of the Old Village are required to be in keeping with the original designs. In contrast, there have been exciting and modern buildings constructed in the New Village that reflect the best of Modern Design. These has covered much of the land that was previously the Talbot Village Farms. Most of this has been in Poole although some new buildings have been built in bournemouth.

The wooded areas of the Village have quite rightly been preserved and the Village is called 'The Green Lung of Bournemouth' which is very evident should you choose to view it from the Balloon in Bournemouth Pleasure Gardens. The expansion of the University and other educational establishments mean that the Village has an energetic and youthful feel.