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Beautiful Brockenhurst Church
The oldest church in the New Forest, Brockenhurst church, the church of St Nicholas, has a beautifully mellow look, as though it has occupied this position for ever. And it nearly has. Like several other Hampshire churches, St Nicholas is positioned on a mound, a sign that this position has been held sacred maybe since…
Read MoreNew Zealand and Brockenhurst
The New Zealand Cemetery at Brockenhurst in the New Forest, is a beautiful calm and serene place where over one hundred headstones remember those who died in the hospital in Brockenhurst.
Read MoreFroyle Village of Saints
Froyle in Hampshire is known as the village of saints because of its intriguing saints statues which gaze out from many of the village houses.
Read MorePetersfield War Memorial
The Petersfield War Memorial was designed by Harry Inigo Triggs who lived at the house he designed, Little Boarhunt in Liphook Hampshire
Read MoreD-Day Window Portsmouth Cathedral
The D-Day window in Portsmouth Cathedral was installed in 1956 as a memorial to Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey who commanded the seaborne forces at Normandy in 1944.
Read MorePortsmouth Remembers D-Day
Thousands of people came to Portsmouth to remember the 156,000 Allied troops who left the shores of southern England, launching themselves into the choppy sea of the Solent before landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans.
Read MorePreparing Southampton for D-Day
The city of Southampton and its docks were critical to the success or failure of Operation Overlord and D- Day. The city that had been devastated by air raids, somehow managed to become the greatest naval and military port the world had ever seen.
Read MoreAnti – Tank Blocks Eastney
The anti tank blocks at Eastney Hampshire stand as a powerful reminder of a time when the coast of Hampshire bristled with defences
Read MoreSouth Parade Pier Southsea 1928
South Parade Pier as it appears today and as it did in 1928, little has changed and yet so much has changed. View this old postcard image from 1928.
Read MoreWarblington Watch Huts
The rare watch huts in the church yard of the church of St Thomas a Becket in Warblington, are another intriguing facet of the history of this fascinating part of Hampshire.
Read MoreSouthsea Promenade 1901
Southsea Promenade Hampshire in 1901
Read MoreView from Clarence Pier Southsea 1904
Postcard view from Clarence Pier Southsea 1904
Read MoreBramshott and the Canadians in WWI and WWII
Bramshott and Liphook in Hampshire became home for thousands of Canadian soldiers during both great wars. The links between these villages in Hampshire and the Canadian nation are touchingly deep, with 318 soldiers buried in the churchyard.
Read MoreSt Dionisius’s Priory Southampton
A old 1784 image of St Dionisius’s Priory Southampton Hampshire, founded by King Henry I in the 1120’s.
Read MoreSouthampton Toast Rack Tram 1916
The Southampton Toast Rack 1916 was a single height open top tram car that could pass through Southampton Bargate
Read MoreMedieval Floor Tiles in Hampshire
Hampshire is home to one of the greatest pavements of Medieval tiles in Europe, in Winchester Cathedral. However several Hampshire churches contain some fascinating examples of early tiles
Read MoreThe FA Cup in Hampshire
The FA Cup was won by Portsmouth in 1939 and found a home in the county of Hampshire for the duration of WWII
Read MoreD-Day Gathering
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?
Read MoreBeaulieu River in WWII
The Beaulieu River was the hub of activity in WWII and critical in the pathway of Operation Overlord prior to the D-Day
Read MoreDroxford WW2 and the Royal Ulster Rifles
In the run up to D-Day Droxford was home to troops near and far including the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles. By kind permission of the official history site for the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, we are able to share some images from May 1944.
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