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Historic maps of Colemore and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Colemore maps
Colemore photos
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East Tisted| Newton Valence| Froxfield| Hawkley| Selborne| Lower Farringdon| Farringdon| Upper Farringdon| Steep| Four Marks| Langrish| Greatham| Sheet| Hartley Mauditt| Chawton| Adhurst St Mary| Liss| Petersfield| Medstead| West Meon| Beech| East Meon| East Worldham| Alton| Rake| Buriton| Bentworth| Bordon| Upper Wield| Kingsley
Colemore area books
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Selborne
We lived on the outskirts of selborne, my parents and three brothers and sister, at Lower Noar Hill Farm and Homestead Farm. My great-grandparents, grandparents and parents farmed the land between Selborne Common and Noar Hill for more than 70 years. Before us it was the Ganders, who later emigrated to Canada for health reasons. My other grandparents lived in Goslings Croft in the village.
My father was secretary of the Selborne Cricket Club for more than 20 years and actively involved in the youth club and parish council. My grandparents delivered milk by horse and cart to the villagers in the 40s and 50s. In our time there was the greengrocers owned by Grace and Roy Hayward, and of course Bubbles in the middle of the village. Mr Gallop was the butcher and in the early days there was I believe also a 'supermarket' in what became in my days the antique shop near the Plestor. I opened my first... Read more
Maxwells of Selborne
The brother of my 5xgt grandfather William Maxwell, was Thomas Maxwell, born in Harting in 1754. Thomas and Elizabeth's son Henry Maxwell, born 1807 in Harting, was by the census of 1841 living in Selborne with his wife Jane and two sons, Henry Thomas Maxwell and George Alfred Maxwell and daughter Emma Jane. Henry was listed as a Grocer and Draper and this business continued into the 1900s, run by his son Henry. Henry Thomas marries Jane Maria Waterman in 1861 and they have three children, George, William and Kate. His sister Emma Jane marries John Waterman in 1868, perhaps a brother of Jane Maria... The last Maxwell in the village, I think, was Henry George Selborne Maxwell, son of George, who lived to a ripe old age of 97! In the introduction to Gilbert White's book 'The Natural History & Antiquities Of Selborne & A Garden Kalendar', the editor Richard Bowdler Sharpe writes - "Mr Henry Maxwell of Selborne, who has helped me so much in the elucidation of the history... Read more
Farringdon Beat
I was the village beat bobby from 1983 until 1994, I lived in the police house in lower Farringdon, I covered the villages of Chawton, Newton Valence and east Tisted.I was PC 1609 Clive Cutts, but later changed my surname back to Renowden. I made some good friends in the village, and I miss my late friend Joe Lonsdale. I am now retired from the Hampshire Police and live back in my native Cornwall. anyone in the village who knew me. please contact me at Clivejac@fsmail.net
Family Bible
I have recently been given for safe-keeping a family Bible listing dates of family births, deeaths and marriages and christenings, all within the village of Farringdon and the church of All Saints. The earliest record was dated 1757. My great-great-grandmother was Mary Knight who married William Newell from Arylsford, their daughter Ellen Sophia was my great-grandmother and she married George Radfod from the village of Bentley in Hampshire. They all lived in Farringdon during periods of their lives. The surname Christmas is mentioned a lot as godmother or godfather and while visiting the churchyard I found a gravestone with this name on it.
Family Connections to Steep Going Back to 1708
Having researched my family history I was expecting that most of my family were from Bepton and Midhurst, however whilst several family members were laid to rest in Bepton churchyard, I have found that in fact we have long standing family links with Steep from the 1920s going back to Abraham PIERSON in 1708. Virtually all our family have been PIERSONS though some married local girls so there are of course links to other families. Dan PIERSON married in 1913 and then joined HMS Bulwark when the First World War broke out. It seems that in 1914 whilst loading ammunition at Sheerness in Kent the whole ship exploded and there was a terrible loss of life. I am keen to find out more about Steep, where the streets and houses were and of course the PIERSON family who have been there for more than 200 years. If anybody has any old photos of the village in Victorian times or perhaps knew somebody called Pierson I would be very glad to... Read more
My Surname
I never knew there was such a place spelt exactly like my surname. I have been there twice in my life and purchased a book on Langrish. It made very interesting reading. I visited the village in 1987 and again in 2006. I found some changes in the village.
Looking forward to visiting your little village again very soon.
Bowyers
I lived at Bowyers in Steep Marsh for five years and ran Country Riding Stables with my parents. We had 20 horses and ponies and I taught so many children to ride. They were really happy days and even now I regret giving it all up and moving on. I tried to find SteepMarsh on my way home from Portsmouth last year and it has all changed so much I did not recognised it. I just could not find the village at all. i loved to ride up over the hill at the back of Mrs Blackers Farm. We used the broiler houses opposite Bowyers to house the horses in the winter. We also rented a small field called venables on the other side of the village. i would love to know if any of this still remains after all these years. Does anyone remember Country Riding Stable??? ritahay@talktalk.net
