Architecture and Artefacts
John Pounds Altruist and Teacher
John Pounds shoe maker, teacher and altruist lived and worked in Old Portsmouth in the early C19th and the inspiration for the ragged school movement.
Read MoreQuebec House Old Portsmouth
Quebec House in Old Portsmouth Hampshire, is an old bathing house built in 1754 and rich with history.
Read MoreGreat Families at Stratfield Saye
The history of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire is intricately woven into the lives of several great families going back as far as the C12th.
Read MoreKnights Enham a Saxon Royal Estate
Knights Enham consists of a small church and a cluster of buildings but this place has Saxon origins and is the place where Saxon kings came and met with archbishops to discuss the role of church and kingship.
Read MoreChristchurch Hatherden
Christchurch Hatherden, the church was badly damaged in 1975 as a result of a lightning strike, but has now been completely restored.
Read MoreThe Tangley font a rare thing
The Tangley font is a rare font, at least in Hampshire. This is a lead font and unique in the realm of Hampshire history.
Read MoreWater Babies in Hampshire
The Water Babies was a children’s novel written by Charles Kingsley, rector of Eversley and inspired by the grounds and building of Bramshill House Hampshire.
Read MoreThe Grange Northington
The Grange Northington is s stunning example of the Classical Greek Revival style of architecture. Only the exterior can be viewed but it is worth every effort to make the visit to see it.
Read MoreWarbrook House and John James
Warbrook House near Eversley in Hampshire was designed by the architect John James to be his own home. It is a beautiful and graceful house with wonderful canals included within its landscape design.
Read MoreHartley Wespall Church
Hartley Wespall church has is a timber framed C14th structure with a glorious roof which is repeated at the west gable and visible from the outside.
Read MoreHangman 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 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 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 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.
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