Twyford
Twyford maps (2 available)
Map of Hampshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Personalised maps
Create an historic map centred directly on any postcode!
Twyford books (18 available)
- 6 photos on Twyford appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Twyford
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Twyford and Hampshire
Twyford memories
Read and share memories of Twyford and Hampshire inspired by Frith photos
The Volunteer Inn
Volunteer was built in 1703 and as far as we can find out, it possibly became a pub in 1840s. It ceased trading in 1973 when it was sold by the brewery to the Gray family. The Grays converted it back into a house.
We bought Volunteer in 2001 and it still looks much the same from the outside.
The door between the two windows (beneath the pub sign), used to lead into the Saloon Bar, which is now our study; the door was replaced some years ago with another window. We are currently renovating the property back to its former glory. Local people have told us various stories from years gone by when this place was a Pub!
read more here
Contributed by Penny Smith
Hampshire memories
The Volunteer Inn
Volunteer was built in 1703 and as far as we can find out, it possibly became a pub in 1840s. It ceased trading in 1973 when it was sold by the brewery to the Gray family. The Grays converted it back into a house.
We bought Volunteer in 2001 and it still looks much the same from the outside.
The door between the two windows (beneath the pub sign), used to lead into the Saloon Bar, which is now our study; the door was replaced some years ago with another window. We are currently renovating the property back to its former glory. Local people have told us various stories from years gone by when this place was a Pub!
read more here
A memory of Twyford contributed by Penny Smith
Memories of Colden Common
I have never heard of this person, although he makes reference to some people, and places in Colden Common I knew. So if anyone who knows him ever comes across this then I have been some help!
COLDEN COMMON?
Oh, yes - I remember it well!
As we get older I guess we must all suffer from nostalgic mental trips - I know I do. At least twice a year I find myself staring at your map of Colden Common and re-living a great part of my childhood - the time when I lived in this fondly remembered village - the nineteen-fifties. I sit here and I wonder: where today are all those wonderful people that I then ...read more here
A memory of Colden Common contributed by Bert Catt
2008
Although I have often E Mailed, and written to the committee of the Football Club I have not had a reply. Therefore I assume they are uninterested in my attempts.
My last memory of Colden Common is going through the village on the way to visit my mother (who lived at Shirrell Heath at the time).
I stopped and had lunch at the Fisher's Pond restuarant, and then passed through the village on the way back.
The Village Hall had been pulled down and houses were being built. The 'Rec had a nice new Club House built on it, where once there had been a children's playground. The village Post Office was no longer in 'Scott's Shop' ...read more here
A memory of Colden Common contributed by Bert Catt
Extracts From Twyford & Hampshire books
Twyford is a large village near Winchester, divided by the main road. This tree can be found in St Mary’s churchyard. Behind the yew is Mildmay House; it dates back to about 1700, and was once the rectory. St Mary’s Church was designed by Waterhouse, who also designed the Natural History Museum in London.
An extract from from"Hampshire Living Memories".
An ancient yew tree shows the antiquity of many a
country churchyard. Yew was used in the manufacture of
the traditional English longbow, which turned the tide of
battle at Crecy and Agincourt.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
The ‘Queen of Hampshire Villages’, Twyford, now a very large
settlement, belonged to the See of Winchester from Saxon times.
The poet Alexander Pope attended school here, and was expelled
for lampooning his schoolmaster in verse.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
One 18th-century resident of Twyford was
Mrs Maria Fitzherbert, who spent much of
her childhood here, before going to London
and becoming the mistress of the Prince of
Wales—later George IV. Local tradition
alleges that she married Prince George in
secret at nearby Brambridge House.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".
The local school is at the heart of many an English community,
being used for many local occasions after the end of the school day.
An extract from from"Winchester Pocket Album".