Posts by HLB
The Link between Hampshire and New Hampshire
What links Hampshire England and its name sake New Hampshire in the United States of America? A wander through the streets of Portsmouth provides the clue.
Read MoreSilbury Hill Digital Archive
The Silbury Hill Digital Archive Project English Heritage, is an open access resource to the archaeological work undertaken at this ancient monument in Wiltshire.
Read MoreThe Butter Cross of Winchester
The Butter Cross of Winchester which stands in the High St, dates from the C15th but could have replaced an earlier Anglo Saxon or Norman preaching cross.
Read MoreBaptismal Font Selborne
The Baptismal font Selborne in the church of St Mary’s is a beautiful example of C12th tub shaped font.
Read MoreKnights Hospitaller in Godsfield
The Knights Hospitaller in Godsfield and Baddesley Hampshire were established in the C12th to aid those on pilgrimage between Southampton, Winchester and beyond.
Read MorePristine Norman Architecture at Winchfield Church
Wonderful Norman architecture at Winchfield church Hampshire, along with it’s manor house all that remains of medieval village
Read MoreTitchfields Great Wriothesley Monument
The Wriothesley monument is a wonderful Renaissance monument in the ancient St Peter’s church in Titchfield Hampshire. It is the family memorial to the hugely influential Wriothesley family of Tudor England.
Read MoreUntangling the Early Church in Hampshire (Part 1)
Hampshire has a great number of early churches, a number of which still have vestiges of their Anglo Saxon origins peeping through the structure.
Read MoreThe Splendid Baptismal Font Bentworth
The baptismal font Bentworth, in St Mary’s church is a C13th font but the cover is a beautiful early C17th gift from 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot.
Read MoreAshley Castle
Henry de Blois built Ashley Castle during the period of the Anarchy as part of his support for his brother King Stephen. Built in 1138, it was destroyed in 1155 before being rebuilt during the reign of King John.
Read MoreSt Peter ad Vincula Colemore
The church of St Peter ad Vincula Colemore is an isolated church that sits alongside its ancient manor house. It looks as if time has past it by and is a wonderfully evocative picture of a time long ago in Hampshire History.
Read MoreSt Swithun’s Church Martyr Worthy
St Swithun’s church Martyr Worthy is a Norman church but its tall narrow doorways might tempt you to think otherwise. There has been a church at Martyr Worthy Hampshire since Domesday.
Read MoreSt Catherine’s Church Littleton
St Catherine’s Church Littleton is a C13th church in Hampshire with a wonderful Norman font. A church was mentioned in Littleton in Domesday and the present is built on its foundation.
Read MoreEast Meon Overseers Book 1819-1826
An open access Hampshire History data Project. A transcription of the East Meon Overseers Book 1819-1826, over 300 names to explore. This is one of a number of small projects being undertaken by the Hampshire History Project which we hope will engage social and family historians alike.
Read MoreThe Mermaid of Nately Scures
The mermaid of Nately Scures resides in the church of St Swithun and has a most mysterious tale attached to it. The church is a brilliant Norman example of an aisle-less aspidal building.
Read MoreBaptismal Font Newton Valance
The ancient Baptismal font in St Mary’s church Newton Valance Hampshire may be as old as the ancient yew that stands guard over the church
Read MoreThe Mystery of Anne Steel Hymn Writer
Anne Steele Hampshire
Read MoreThe Broughton Dovecote
The Broughton dovecote is an unusual piece of architecture sitting in the churchyard of St Marys but what is even more interesting is the mechanism unseen inside.
Read MoreSt Mary Magdalene West Tisted
St Mary Magdalene church in West Tisted is one of Hampshire’s hidden gems. To find it involves taking a small path over a moat. The church sits within the grounds of a manor house whose history is tied up with the English Civil War and the Tichborne family. The church itself is much older, early…
Read MoreChurch of St Thomas a Becket Warblington
The church of St Thomas a Becket in Warblington, sits on the southern shore of the county of Hampshire and is Anglo Saxon in origin
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