sentences:  Springbourne began its life as a village providing accommodation to craftsmen and artisans employed in the growing town of Bournemouth; many of the cottages they lived in, built in the mid- to late Victorian era, can be seen today in the Northcote and Lytton Road areas.Later came avenues of mainly Edwardian houses, the roads named after US presidents and statesmen, e.g.Garfield Avenue, Washington Avenue.