Posts by HLB
Hangman Hawley and Scotland
The connection between Scotland and Hampshire at the time of Union can be found in the grave of Henry Hawley at Hartley Wintney Hmpshire
Read MoreTudor Bramshott Place
The tudor house at Bramshott Place has long gone but its gatehouse still stands, albeit in splendid isolation. There was a manor and estate at Bramshott at the time of Domesday. By the late C16th a wealthy cloth merchant from Godalming named John Hooke purchased the esate and built for himself and his family, a…
Read MoreYew Tree Newton Valance Church Yard
The yew tree in Newton Valance church yard is probably a thousand years old, before the Normans set foot here.
Read MoreSt Boniface and Nursling
A man named Winfrith and born in Devon became known as the ‘Apostle of Germany’. The humble Winfrith became St Boniface and his story started to take root in Nursling Hampshire. At Nursling (Bede refered to it as Nhutscelle), where the River Test winds towards the sea, one of the earliest Benedictine monastries was founded.…
Read MoreWymering Fields Cosham
This image of the Wymering Fields Cosham, is a reminder of a time when this suburb of Portsmouth was a rural area of farms and fields. To the south of Wymering the mudflats of the tidal shore, it sits tucked under the chalk hills at Portsdown north of Portsmouth. After much reclamation and the passage…
Read MoreSt Simon and St Jude Bramdean
In the ‘valley where the broom grows’, well actually not in the valley but sitting high above it, is the church of St Simon and St Jude Bramdean. You do not glimpse it from the road but this C12th church gazes down on its community, well above the winter bourne that floods the road below…
Read MoreWWI Guy Victor Baring Northington
Guy Victor Baring is remembered in Northington Church by amongst other things a simple wooden cross. Just another poignant reminder of the lives given by Hampshire men in WWI.
Read MoreSt Leonard’s Church Grateley
St Leonard’s church Grateley, is a wonderful piece of Norman architecture and custodian of some of the earliest English glass in the country.
Read MoreSaxons in the Meon Valley
The Saxons in the Meon Valley Project is a superb heritage lottery funded community history project, which is producing an aerial film of the Meon Valley.
Read MoreWWI Memorial Donald Wood Chawton
The church of St Nicholas Chawton has a lovely memorial to a man, Donald Wood, who gave his life fighting for his country in World War I. Whilst visited for its Austen connections its lovely to remember others who also lie here.
Read MoreWW1 Memorial the Tillard Brothers
WWI memorials can be fond in many Hampshire churches. Hampshire History is taking the opportunity to remember some of those who gave their lives. The Tillard brothers died within a few weeks of each other in France in WWI.
Read MoreSaxon Font at Boarhunt?
The ancient church of St Nicholas Boarhunt has a magnificent tub font probably dating from the same period.
Read MoreYew Trees Warblington Church Yard
The yew tree in Warblington church yard is an ancient as the church itself.
Read MoreMeonstoke Font
The font at St Andrew’s church Meonstoke, is a simple C12th example with a beautiful lead lining.
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church Kingsclere
The magnificent church of St Mary’s Kingsclere, sits incongruously at the heart of the small village but once represented a community full of royal and ecclesiastical importance.
Read MoreSt Stephen’s Church Up Nately
St Stephen’s church Up Nately, with its pretty brick tower has its origins in the C12th.
Read MoreThe Royal Pier Southampton
The Royal Pier at Southampton gave access to the ships that the travel hungry Victorians expected. Its wooden structure however meant it was far from an ideal or practical piece of engineering.
Read MoreThe Hayling Ferry 1922
The Hayling Ferry Hampshire 1922 an old postcard image
Read MoreThe Highclere Grampus
The Hampshire folktale of the Grampus of Highclere is surely one of the most peculiar folk stories in Hampshire. A creature that lives in a yew tree?
Read MoreFoxglove Fairies in Froxfield
Hampshire folklore is full of stories concerning the plants and animals of the county and one such piece of folklore surrounds the lovely foxglove, seen in the lanes of various parts of Hampshire.
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