Amanda Moore – Hampshire History

Old Family Names of Hampshire

Explore the Old Family Names of Hampshire and their Historic Connections to the county, its Places and Events across the centuries Do you know if you family name originates in Hampshire in the UK? How far back does your family name go in Hampshire, is it several centuries or more? Do you know the origin…

Southwick Digest

Southwick Key Facts and Records Links and Connections to Hampshire’s History Southwick remains a charming village in south Hampshire protected by its private ownership as an estate that has survived so many changes over hundreds of years. Here we start to capture the intriguing facts links and connections to help you explore your Hampshire History…

D-Day from Liphook to Southwick and Southampton WW2

#DDAY70 Red Arrows and a clear blue sky an enormous surge of energy and emotion #DDAY70 Portsmouth Hants UK

Hampshire was full of troops equipment and there was a sense of a huge buildup, the population had been drilled on security but speculation was growing something ‘BIG’ was going to happen. What was it like for the residents of Hampshire as finally these massive resources and numbers of troops mobilised for the big push? Something “BIG” was going to happen but when? One of a series of posts marking Hampshire and its role and experience of the run-up to D-Day.

D-Day Gathering

Hampshire was at the centre of D-Day Preparations as the massive force embarked for Normandy

Making ready for Overlord in Hampshire, with troops massing on the South Coast, Eisenhower moving into Southwick House and Admiral Ramsay running Neptune from Southwick Fort. Who was in your area around the time of Mid-May to 6th June there was lots of hearsay but has your village or town got a story to tell?

DataVis Network Diagrams

Jane Austen in Steventon

HGS Embedded Data Visualisation Prototype Testing This is an exploratory and experimental demonstration using nodal graphing and network diagram techniques around the density ad incidence of a sample of 7,500+ Family History Records Summarised as a SURNAME Network Map. It demonstrates how the maths of Graphing theory overcomes the relatively inflexible structure of the traditional…

How can You Survey 5 Million Books in Less than 5 Secs?

Use the Hampshire Digital Humanities Tool Tips and Connections for your project

If in 5 seconds you could glean some relevant data and insights from a text database (known as Corpra) searching 500 Billion Words in the process, would you be impressed? Books are wonderful things and with Ebooks, Ereaders, Tablets whatever the type or platform it has never been easier to read on the go and…

Hampshire History Source documents

Winchester Pipe rolls Digitised for Online search at the Archives http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/piperolls.htm WW1 Records Available at Hampshire Archives http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/ww1.htm Wessex Film Archive

Beaulieu Abbey

Beaulieu Abbey

Beaulieu Abbey, in the New Forest was founded by Cistercian monks on land gifted to them by King John in 1204. The ruins and the house are a historical gem that capture the essence of Hampshire history during the turbulent Medieval period.

Old Portsmouth Photograph Commercial Road Hampshire UK

Here is just an example of genuine old photographs available in our Hampshire History Archives…

Demo TEST Customised User Profiles

LOGIN FORM [wppb-login] – for a log-in form. REGISTRATION [wppb-register] – to add a registration form. EDIT YOUR PROFILE [wppb-edit-profile] – to grant users a front-end acces to their personal information(requires user to be logged in). RECOVER YOUR PASSWORD [wppb-recover-password]

Test IPN PP Payment and Processing

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Landport Gate and Area 1760

The iconic Landport Gate in Portsmouth This gate maybe attributed to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor, it is the Landport gate that formed part of the old Portsmouth defences. Thae “Land Port” gate still stands as the gateway to the dockyard and it was named thus and then attributed to the surrounding area around 1831,…

Hampshire History Gallery Example of Images

Samuel Pepys and the Commissioner of The Dockyard Portsmouth 1665

Portsmouth Hampshire

This snippet relates to correspondence written by Thomas Middleton in 1665 (the time Of Newton) regarding the lack of seamen to man the ships in Portsmouth, as with many correspondents throughout the ages Mr Middleton appeared to actively dislike Portsmouth… “For my part to you as a frinde I declayre I intend not to make…

Hampshire The Oldest Shire in England

Over a thousand years ago, Hampshire held the seat of power in England. It is the first of England’s shires to appear in the historical record, ‘The AngloSaxon Chronicle’. AD 757, it tells us that the councillors of the West Saxons; ‘deprived Sigeberht of his kingdom, except for Hampshire.’ Hampshire as a unit of government is…

Creating the ‘New Forest’

Forest Laws were introduced by William I and the New Forest in Hampshire was one of the most important of the King’s hunting grounds. For the local population however it was the imposition of a tyranny that brought them great suffering.

Winchester Bible

It is thought Henry de Blois commissioned the stunning Winchester Illuminated Bible. From the text to the illuminations, it is quite possibly the most beautiful piece of C12th artwork in Europe

Knights Templar at Fordingbridge

Evidence of the Order of the Knights Templar, can be found in the church of St Mary the Virgin Fordingbridge.

King John and Petersfield Hampshire

Petersfield had its charter confirmed by King John, just what was the connection between him and the Hampshire town of Petersfield?

Petersfield’s Ancient Charter

The ancient charter granting Petersfield in Hampshire the right to hold a market owes its existence to William Earl of Gloucester