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Hanging Langford maps
Historic maps of Hanging Langford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hanging Langford maps
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Wylye| Great Wishford| Stoford| Barford St Martin| Teffont| Compton Chamberlayne| Fovant| Stonehenge| Bemerton
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John And Hannah Kyte
Just found out my great great grandparants, John and Hannah Kyte lived there. John's occupation was horse carter. Hannah's maiden name was Huberd.
Chipperfield's Circus
In fact these are not Lotmore Cottages, which were along the road that leads to the River Wylye, immediately left in the photograph past the front of the Royal Oak pub on the left, about 50 metres down on the right. I know this because I lived in Lotmore as a small boy, in the first of two semi detached cottages. There was a hilly field opposite that led up towards Grovely Wood. Chipperfield's Circus used to rest in this field when not on the road. Sometimes there were elephants there. Old Mr Chipperfield made me a wooden dog on wheels which we called Chipperdog. Lotmore was demolished many years ago and some late 50's council houses now stand on the site.
Great Gran
My great-grandparents lived at Barford, they lived at the Dairy, Dairy Road. I visited there not long ago to find their graves, Harry and Harriet Fry, which I did. I also visited a lady called Wyn Fry a few years ago, she was married to my gran's brother. But then I never heard from her. I tried to find out what happened, can anybody help me?
Granny''s Home
I have never visited Druid's lodge, but have been brought up with stories of it.
It was for some years the home of my Grandmother. She was the daughter of Thomas lewis the Irish Race horse trainer.
Thomas was installed in Druids Lodge about 1907 by Lord Cunliffe who owned the 1913 Derby winner Aboyeur. Thomas was his trainer.
Granny went to school at the Gadolphin school for girls in Salisbury. She was about 16 at this time.
Stephen Donaghue was one of the young jockeys there at the time. According to my granny, she taught him to write his name so as to be able to sign cheques !
If anyone reading this small article has anymore information on Thomas Lewis, I should be grateful. Although he died in 1938, I do not know what or where he went after the start of the 1st world war.
Artist Jessie Currie
I have two water colour painting by Jessie Currie of Teffont Mill . Jessie Currie went on to illustrate for Raphael Tuck the producer of postcards in the 1900 . She also illustrated two children books -Sunshine and Flowers and Once upon a time . Published 1910 . Any information on Jessie Currie would help in my research . My two painting are of the front and rear view of Teffont Mill I feel they were painted in the early 1900 . It is over a hundred years ago maybe someone can shed some light on my mystery artist. Waiting in anticipation , Yours faithfully Philip wood .
A Good Place to Live
My mum & dad along with my brother & me came to live in Fovant in 1952. Mum & dad owned the butchers shop in the village. My brother Brian & me went to the school, we both made lots of friends. It was a good school, the teachers were nice. Every Sunday my dad played the organ at Fovant church. There was lots of things to do in Fovant. We played football in the street, went for bike rides around the other villages. I had lots of pets. I had a lamb called Larry, I used to take him for a walk on a lead. One day the Bishop of Salisbury came to see my dad & because dad was busy in the shop the Bishop had to wait . I was going for a walk with my lamb so the Bishop asked me if I minded if he came with me. I said that was ok, so we went down the village, it was great fun. Sadly mum&... Read more
Holidays
First holidays I remember 1939 and 1940. We stayed on a farm in Fovant, owned by the Brashers. The farmhouse was very old, had a thatched roof and a huge kitchen chimney with hams hung in it. My great uncle Fred Allen and Aunt Hannah used to live in a very small cottage up the lane from the farm - it was one of a row of cottages converted from an old chapel. We caught the bus from Salisbury station to Fovant. I think it only went on Saturdays and Wednesdays. It was one of the old type Charabancs. I just remember how rickety it seemed. The small river flowed past the farmhouse and there were steps down to it. The road ran in front of the farm house and crossed a bridge very closeby. I never went again, but my brother did a few years later and stayed with boy called Dennis, who lived in or near the mill. Anybody recognise/remember the farmhouse and the people?
