Placenames
Murder of Duke of Buckingham
The Duke of Buckingham was murdered in Portsmouth on a fine Summer’s morning in 1628
Read MoreEarly Saxon Hampshire
The early Saxons in Wessex shunned the Roman towns and religion preferring to settle with their own customs and pagan acts of worship. As Christianity re-emerged, the force of Royalty and Church, with Winchester as their seat, made its slow spread across Hampshire inevitable.
Read MoreSt John’s House Warnford c1209
This is a rare example of a C13th manor hall in England. Built in 1209 in Warnford in Hampshire
Read MoreSaint Wilfrid in Warnford
The parish church of Warnford sits in woodland rather as it might have done when it was founded in AD 682, nestling by the River Meon
Read MoreNames of Places and People
How can we create a unique project where we can share and build a picture of both meaning of place names in various periods and the frequency and location clusters for given and family names, with a view to contrasting them the national picture in due course,,,
Read MoreHampshire Old Map Southamtoniae 1575
Map of Southamtonaie (Southampton) the old spelling and what was the original basis of the County Area, which was enlarged to Hampshire as we know it today over time.
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