Interesting Buildings
The Southampton Plot
The Southampton Plot was a conspiracy against King Henry V, concocted elsewhere in England but whose final blows were to be dealt in the city of Southampton The Southampton Plot was an intrigue that occurred in Southampton in July 1415. Southampton in 1415 was for a city preparing for war. The Hundred Years War had…
Read MoreThe Dolphin Hotel Southampton
The Dolphin Hotel Southampton is one of England’s oldest and most historic hotels. The core of the Dolphin Hotel Southampton, dates back to the mid C13th when Southampton was a thriving merchant city, full of tradesmen and visitors putting into port. The Dolphin Hotel at this point was probably a merchant’s house, its cellars full…
Read MoreRomsey Abbey
Romsey Abbey is an imposing Romanesque church and once one of the most important ecclesiastical sites in England. It’s Abbesses came from royal and high status families and before the black death amassed great wealth.
Read MoreJane Austen Born in Steventon
Jane Austen and Hampshire are a sublime combination, walking the lanes of Steventon on a beautiful early Summer day places you in Jane’s shoes.
Read MoreBishop’s Waltham Palace
Bishop’s Waltham Palace, the name itself conjurers up the magnificent place it must have been 900 years ago. Bishop’s Waltham Palace lies just ten miles away from Winchester Cathedral and was the noble palace of its Bishop’s who built a splendid residence for themselves and a 1000 acre park. Henry de Blois, that inveterate builder,…
Read MoreBasing House Before the Civil War
Basing House is a marvelous ruin, filled with five hundred years of history and intrigue, its history prior to the English Civil War is as fascinating as what followed.
Read MoreHampshire Church Treasure Hinton Ampner No 15
All Saints church in Hinton Ampner has a Hampshire church treasure tucked away on its vestry door and reminds us of a time when the English Civil War was in full flight and heading for the southern counties of England.
Read MoreSt Nicholas Church Bishop’s Sutton
The church of St Nicholas Bishop’s Sutton is a simple and beautiful church sitting at the headwaters of the River Arle
Read MoreAll Saints Church Steep
The church of All Saints Steep has a beautiful setting opposite the village common and school and with wonderful views East towards Petersfield.
Read MorePortchester Castle As A Prison
Portchester Castle has undertaken many roles in its 1500 year history but none more colourful than when, in the C18th, it held prisoners of war.
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 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 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 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 MoreHampshire Churches and their Treasures No 9 Hambledon
A Hampshire church treasure, the delightful Angel window in the Hambledon church of St Peter and St Paul is just one of the many treasures that are found in Hampshire’s historic churches.
Read MoreBramshott Mills
Bramshott in Hampshire, has a long industrial history associated with the production of iron and then paper, in a series of mills along the River Wey.
Read MoreHampshire Churches Treasures No 7: Hartley Mauditt
Hampshire history, sharing some of the unusual treasures found in Hampshire churches
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