Architecture and Artefacts

Titchfield, an Ancient Market Place

Titchfield in Hampshire is now a sleepy village but this belies its important role in the history of the county.

The Green Man in Hampshire

The Green Man is an elusive creature in the churches of Hampshire but we have gathered a few to enjoy.

Langstone Mill

Langstone Mill, is a mix of water and windmills, built in the Georgian period on Chichester Harbour and a stone throw away from the waters of Langstone Harbour.

The Butter Cross of Winchester

The Butter Cross of Winchester which stands in the High St, dates from the C15th but could have replaced an earlier Anglo Saxon or Norman preaching cross.

Baptismal Font Selborne

The Baptismal font Selborne in the church of St Mary’s is a beautiful example of C12th tub shaped font.

Knights Hospitaller in Godsfield

The Knights Hospitaller in Godsfield and Baddesley Hampshire were established in the C12th to aid those on pilgrimage between Southampton, Winchester and beyond.

Pristine Norman Architecture at Winchfield Church

Wonderful Norman architecture at Winchfield church Hampshire, along with it’s manor house all that remains of medieval village

Titchfields Great Wriothesley Monument

The Wriothesley monument is a wonderful Renaissance monument in the ancient St Peter’s church in Titchfield Hampshire. It is the family memorial to the hugely influential Wriothesley family of Tudor England.

Untangling the Early Church in Hampshire (Part 1)

Hampshire has a great number of early churches, a number of which still have vestiges of their Anglo Saxon origins peeping through the structure.

The Splendid Baptismal Font Bentworth

The baptismal font Bentworth, in St Mary’s church is a C13th font but the cover is a beautiful early C17th gift from 1605, the year of the Gunpowder Plot.

Ashley Castle

Henry de Blois built Ashley Castle during the period of the Anarchy as part of his support for his brother King Stephen. Built in 1138, it was destroyed in 1155 before being rebuilt during the reign of King John.

St Peter ad Vincula Colemore

The church of St Peter ad Vincula Colemore is an isolated church that sits alongside its ancient manor house. It looks as if time has past it by and is a wonderfully evocative picture of a time long ago in Hampshire History.

St Swithun’s Church Martyr Worthy

St Swithun’s church Martyr Worthy is a Norman church but its tall narrow doorways might tempt you to think otherwise. There has been a church at Martyr Worthy Hampshire since Domesday.

St Catherine’s Church Littleton

St Catherine’s Church Littleton is a C13th church in Hampshire with a wonderful Norman font. A church was mentioned in Littleton in Domesday and the present is built on its foundation.

The Mermaid of Nately Scures

The mermaid of Nately Scures resides in the church of St Swithun and has a most mysterious tale attached to it. The church is a brilliant Norman example of an aisle-less aspidal building.

Baptismal Font Newton Valance

The ancient Baptismal font in St Mary’s church Newton Valance Hampshire may be as old as the ancient yew that stands guard over the church

The Broughton Dovecote

The Broughton dovecote is an unusual piece of architecture sitting in the churchyard of St Marys but what is even more interesting is the mechanism unseen inside.

St Mary Magdalene West Tisted

St Mary Magdalene church in West Tisted is one of Hampshire’s hidden gems. To find it involves taking a small path over a moat. The church sits within the grounds of a manor house whose history is tied up with the English Civil War and the Tichborne family. The church itself is much older, early…