Posts by HLB
Napoleonic Soldiers in Alresford
The five graves of Napoleonic soldiers and wives taken prisoner of war and held on parole at Alresford in Hampshire are a poignant reminder of an unsettled time in English history
Read MoreTitchfield Medieval Abbey
Place House in Titchfield is the site of a former Medieval Abbey, whose doors have been open to welcome many of England’s monarchs. This once important Medieval Abbey, fell at the Reformation and once given to the influential Earl of Southampton Sir Thomas Wriothesley
Read MoreA Hampshire Catholic 1716
The county of Hampshire was tolerant of its Catholic families during the Jacobite uprisings of the early C18th. Whilst other counties persecuted those Catholics refusing to take the oath of allegiance to King George I, Hampshire took a much more relaxed attitude.
Read MoreHanging of John Hughes Horse Thief
Itchen Abas the last resting place for a horse thief, John Hughes, last man to be hanged in England for such a theft.
Read MoreDroxford and D-Day
The unassuming village of Droxford in the Meon Valley played host to one of WW2’s most important meetings between the worlds leaders including Churchill and Eisenhower, just prior to the D-Day landings
Read MoreSelborne
Selborne in Hampshire, an ancient place in the beautiful Hangars of Hampshire. Home to the naturalist Gilbert White and backdrop to the notorious swing riots, the village has a plethora of magnificent buildings to admire. Take the historic Selborne walk, immerse yourself in the writings of Gilbert White or partake of refreshment in one of the lovely Hampshire Pubs, full of history themselves.
Read MoreAnglo Saxon Women – Frithburga
The grave cover for the Anglo Saxon women Frithburga, which can be seen in All Hallows church Whitchurch is a very lovely and special object
Read MoreHampshire Churches and Their Treasures No 14 East Worldham
East Worldham church in Hampshire contains a Medieval monument that is beautiful and enigmatic but who is the lady lying in gentle repose? Can she really be one of the Chaucer family?
Read MoreBuilding the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was built in the great dock in Portsmouth that King Henry VII had constructed. She was King Henry VIII’s flagship until that fateful day in July 1545 when she heeled over and sank quickly in sight of her King
Read MoreCowdray Engravings of Portsmouth
The Cowdray Engravings reveal great detail of King Henry VIII’s French campaign and the sinking of the Mary Rose but it is the work done by a team from the Geography department of the University of Portsmouth that has revealed even more
Read MoreHinton Ampner
Explore the place names of Hampshire and their toponymy, in this case that of Hinton Ampner and find out more about the history of this ancient place.
Read MoreJohn Young Dean of Winchester 1616
What connection can be made between Winchester Cathedral and Exton, a small village in the Meon Valley? Can you solve the chronogram found on the memorial to Dean Young and how does it all connect with the village of Soberton. More intriguing Hampshire history.
Read MoreHampshire Churches and their Treasures No 12 Exton
Solve this chronogram in the Hampshire church of St Peter and St Paul in Exton and then discover more about John Young, the man who wrote his own epitaph.
Read MoreHampshire Churches and Their Treasures No 11 Soberton
A puzzling carving on a Hampshire church in Soberton gave rise to an intriguing story, another Hampshire church treasure
Read MoreHambledon History Discover the Murder Stone
What does the murder stone at Cams Hill Hambledon commemorate and who is the man buried in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church Soberton, is he the victim?
Read MoreBishop Walter Curle of Winchester
Bishop Curle of Winchester fled Cromwell’s army in a cart of horse manure, leaving his Bishop’s palace at Bishops Waltham heading for the small village of Soberton in Hampshire, where he is buried in the church of St Peter there.
Read MorePetersfield History Medieval Wool Town
The market town of Petersfield was once an important wool town in Hampshire and grew and prospered on account of this trade.
Read MoreMedieval Merchant’s House Southampton
The Medieval Merchants House in Southampton is a fascinating C13th building that has seen its fortunes wax and wane. Part of the intriguing history of Hampshire England.
Read MoreHampshire Church Treasures No 10 Alton
St Lawrence church Alton contains a very beautiful mural on one of its C15th pillars. The church lay on the Pilgrim’s Way on the route from Winchester to Canterbury.
Read MoreThe Roanoke Voyages and Portsmouth 1587
In 1587 a ship left the Portsmouth bound for the New World. They would be the amongst the first colonists of Roanoke Island, the ‘lost colony’.
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