Posts by HLB
St Swithun a Humble Man
15th July is St Swithun’s day, if it rains today folklore has it that it will rain for forty days and forty nights. An intriguing piece of Hampshire History
Read MoreThe Chilbolton Wafers
The Chilbolton wafers have been made and distributed to the congregation of St Mary the Less Chilbolton, on Mothering Sunday, for generations.
Read MoreReginald Ponsonby Cox WWI Itchen Stoke
The church at Itchen Stoke holds a very beautiful memorial plaque to Reginald Ponsonby Cox who lost his life in WWI
Read MoreBonham Carter WWI Memorial
In remembrance of those who gave their lives in WWI, Hampshire History will be posting images of WWI memorials and associated artefacts and events,discovered as we travel through Hampshire.
Read MoreShick – Shack Day
Part of Hampshire folklore is the celebration of Shick-Shack day on the 29th May. Not many oak leaves are observed adorning the hats of folk these days though.
Read MoreDeadman’s Plack Longstock
Deadman’s Plack, Longparish Hampshire, a monument to a deed supposedly committed nearly a thousand years ago, fact or fiction?
Read MoreSt Peter’s Church Ropley
The beautiful old church of St Peter’s Ropley, sits at the heart of the village but today was sadly destroyed by fire.
Read MoreGuy Burgess and West Meon
The remains of Guy Burgess, the Englishman who turned his back on his own country during the Cold War to become a Soviet spy, lie in Hampshire, in West Meon church yard by the grave of his father.
Read MoreEmsworth Oyster Fleet
The Emsworth oyster industry used to supply a 100,000 oysters a week to the London market but the contamination of the bivalve with typhoid and other enteric diseases sent the industry into a spin from which it never recovered.
Read MoreKing John’s House Romsey
King John’s House and the late Tudor extension, form a wonderful collection of Medieval buildings in the heart of Romsey in Hampshire
Read MoreBeautiful Brockenhurst Church
The oldest church in the New Forest, Brockenhurst church, the church of St Nicholas, has a beautifully mellow look, as though it has occupied this position for ever. And it nearly has. Like several other Hampshire churches, St Nicholas is positioned on a mound, a sign that this position has been held sacred maybe since…
Read MoreNew Zealand and Brockenhurst
The New Zealand Cemetery at Brockenhurst in the New Forest, is a beautiful calm and serene place where over one hundred headstones remember those who died in the hospital in Brockenhurst.
Read MoreFroyle Village of Saints
Froyle in Hampshire is known as the village of saints because of its intriguing saints statues which gaze out from many of the village houses.
Read MorePetersfield War Memorial
The Petersfield War Memorial was designed by Harry Inigo Triggs who lived at the house he designed, Little Boarhunt in Liphook Hampshire
Read MoreD-Day Window Portsmouth Cathedral
The D-Day window in Portsmouth Cathedral was installed in 1956 as a memorial to Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey who commanded the seaborne forces at Normandy in 1944.
Read MorePortsmouth Remembers D-Day
Thousands of people came to Portsmouth to remember the 156,000 Allied troops who left the shores of southern England, launching themselves into the choppy sea of the Solent before landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans.
Read MorePreparing Southampton for D-Day
The city of Southampton and its docks were critical to the success or failure of Operation Overlord and D- Day. The city that had been devastated by air raids, somehow managed to become the greatest naval and military port the world had ever seen.
Read MoreAnti – Tank Blocks Eastney
The anti tank blocks at Eastney Hampshire stand as a powerful reminder of a time when the coast of Hampshire bristled with defences
Read MoreSouth Parade Pier Southsea 1928
South Parade Pier as it appears today and as it did in 1928, little has changed and yet so much has changed. View this old postcard image from 1928.
Read MoreWarblington Watch Huts
The rare watch huts in the church yard of the church of St Thomas a Becket in Warblington, are another intriguing facet of the history of this fascinating part of Hampshire.
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