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Burley, Hampshire
Burley maps
Historic maps of Burley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Burley maps
Historic map of Burley
Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire
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Burley books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Burley and the local area. View all Burley books
Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories
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Hampshire Living Memories
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
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11 Burley photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Burley
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My mum Barbara Wiltshire [nee Pritchard] was brouhgt up here with her 11 brothers and sisters. She is always reminding us that she had to walk 3 miles to school and one of her brothers used to bunk off and hide in the woods until it was time to come home, sadly she has dementia now, which took hold of many... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2008
Hampshire memories
I loved this charming village, I remember the 'fishmonger' and the 'greengrocer' bringing their wares from door to door with their 'horsedrawn' carts (yes, even in 1956). I used to walk her dog with auntie Joan to this very post office to mail letters and get 'bits and pieces". Auntie Joan always loved the small country places, she... [more]
Shared on 16 November 2007
The Post Office brings back many happy memories. In 1954 to 1957 I served in the RAF at Sopley. Some of us would walk to the Post Office to send letters home & meet friends we had made in the village. If anyone remembers the good times we had...
Thankyou. - B Haywood
Shared on 07 August 2006
How lovely to find some photographs of The Flying G, but I am surprised that there are no other comments when so many people went there. I went there twice, once in 1966 and again in 1967. The first time I was studying at St Godric's in London and Maureen Smith was going there in the holidays. She was a very... [more]
Shared on 24 February 2009
I was born in a bungalow on the corner of Coxstone Lane in 1962 and my nanny lived in a thatched cottage called Brookside in Coxstone Lane. I had some very dear friends on that lane, I would love to know what happened to them all.
Shared on 27 June 2008
I rember walking up to the High Street as a small child, there was a shop, I think it was a hardware or ironmongers, at Christmas time the shop was always lit with lovely fairy lights. There was also a supermarket called Pricerights and another shop called Coxs and Hicks which sold a full range of clothes and soft furnishings, wool,... [more]
Shared on 27 June 2008
RAF Sopley was very special. My station from July 1957 Till June of 1959. The post office in Bransgore was aspecial place for all airmen. The cat and fiddle, as well as the crown were special meeting places. My vist in September to the Station inasmuch with permission from Sue, I walked the site many of the old buildings in place.... [more]
Shared on 04 November 2007
Is anyone able to tell me the name of what I presume is a Pub in the photo (just after the thatched cottage) - I am researching my family history and find all my ancestors come from Brockenhurst and the surrounding areas. I would be grateful if anyone was able to enlighten me about this pub name.
Shared on 25 January 2008
Extracts From Burley & Hampshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Burley, inspired by Frith photos.
New Forest Photographic Memories
Tourism in the New Forest is really a 20th-century phenomenon. An earlier trickle of visitors has now given way to something of a torrent, though increased numbers have not diminished the attractiveness of the setting. A number of older houses became hotels in the last century to cope with the increased demand.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Not far from Ringwood, Burley is reputedly the jewel in the crown of the New Forest. These two locals are standing just in front of the photographer, and seem engrossed in the cricket match. Does one of them own the car that the lady is waiting in? Nearby there is a village school and a couple of hotels, Moorhill House Hotel... [more]
This is an extract from Hampshire Living Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
New Forest Photographic Memories
Once a lonely hamlet in the Forest, beloved of smugglers and witches, Burley's residents were once said to depend on the annual crop of 'akermast' - acorns and mast.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
