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Emery Down, Hampshire
Emery Down maps
Historic maps of Emery Down and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Emery Down maps
Historic map of Emery Down
Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire
Historic Map of any Emery Down postcode
Emery Down books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Emery Down and the local area. View all Emery Down books
Hampshire Living Memories
Paperback
$28
South Hams Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
8 Emery Down photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Emery Down
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I have just read about a memory relating to Emery Down Church and it has made me think about my childhood again. My grandparents lived in Northerwood Avenue, Swan Green in Lyndhurst and we regulary stayed there as children. When we stayed with my grandparents we used to have to walk up the hill and visit my great grandmother... [more]
Shared on 22 August 2009
At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 I was evacuated to Emery Down from Portsmouth.
I was billeted with a very nice couple who lived in a cottage quite close to the church. The church was the centre of the village community with a thriving congregation and I was soon invited to join the choir, together with the... [more]
Shared on 19 January 2009
The New Forest Inn is rather curiously decorated with wood on the front. This is said to be part of a caravan from which an old woman sold alcoholic drinks before the pub was built.
Shared on 08 August 2007
Hampshire memories
My mother says the two white pillars at the entrance to the Grand Hotel once supported an archway.
During WW2 the Royal Navy housed sailors in the hotel who were bussed out each day. The bus was too tall to go under the archway and so they decided to blow up the arch. The resulting explosion shattered every window... [more]
Shared on 17 November 2007
Hi
My partner owns the cottage to the left of the main Romsey road, that is Ivy cottage, next to Puckpit cottage the side of which adjoins cadnam road, Joyce purchased this in 1997 when she left the Isle of Wight and took up lectures post at Southampton Univercity.
Joyce wanted to be in Lyndhurst as she grew up their,... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2007
Came to Minstead for a weeks break to help my wife rest and recover from breast cancer.
Stayed in a very nice thatched cottage.
We live in a village in Saddleworth that is beautiful, but Minstead the village the people and most of all the church just made it so nice.
Just to sit in the garden of the Minstead cottage... [more]
Shared on 27 September 2006
I stayed at Twin Oaks one night in October 2008. I arrived very late after escaping from some motorway works madness, but my hostess was very welcoming and supportive. She explained that the twin oak at the front of the building is much admired, especially by the Francis Frith company photographer when this photo was taken. I was visiting because my... [more]
Shared on 20 October 2008
Extracts From Emery Down & Hampshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Emery Down, inspired by Frith photos.
New Forest Photographic Memories
Not far from Lyndhurst is the village of Emery Down, blessed with a number of attractive cottages and a row of quite beautiful almshouses. Its church was built and endowed by Admiral Boultbee, who lies buried in the churchyard.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Hampshire Photographic Memories
Half a mile from Lyndhurst and yet located within the parish lies the scattered hamlet of Emery Down, surrounded by peaceful forest glades and countryside. This settlement was once a centre for smuggling, a flourishing local industry that continued until the turn of the century, just before this photograph was taken.
This is an extract from Hampshire Photographic Memories.
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New Forest Photographic Memories
Emery Down stands on the frontier of some of the wildest scenery in the New Forest. Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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