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Hythe photos

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Hythe maps

Historic maps of Hythe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Hythe maps

Hythe map

Historic map of Hythe

Hampshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire

Hythe map

Historic Map of any Hythe postcode

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Hythe books

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Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories
Paperback
£13

Hampshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14

Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Hythe books
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Memories of Hythe

Hythe memories
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Philip Streets

This is the photo in the distance of the house where I was brought up (from Dec 1952 to March 1964) with my three brothers, Michael, Alan and twin Roger, N° 1 Abbey Close. Our neighbours were Mr and Mrs Orchard with their two sons Malcolm and Melvin and on the other side Mr and Mrs Jewel with their three daughters.... [more]

Shared on 20 August 2009 by Philip Streets.

Hampshire memories

Dibden Purlieu Newsagents / Mr & Mrs Storey

It was so lovely to see you refer to Mr Storey (Sid) in the earlier post - he was my wonderful Grandad!

Nan and Grandad (Grace and Sid Storey) used to run the newsagents, and as a little girl, I was always in there playing - even now, years after Nan and Grandad have passed on, Grandad's daughter, my Mum... [more]

Shared on 22 September 2009 by Vicki Norman.

DP in the early 60's

I can remember Dibden Purlieu just after the Merrimede shops were built and the new shops opposite on the corner were being built (where the Bathroom Acadamy is in 2009). I was abou 5 years old.  In those days I could ride my first bike down the un-tarmacked Watermans Lane (which was a dead end, the Wimpey estate was being built)... [more]

Shared on 21 March 2009

S.A.R.C, Florence Road and more....

Woolston seems to have played quite a big part in the history of our family, so it's appropriate I guess that as an adult I have ended up living here with my Husband!! It started as far back as my great great great grandfather Boxall, my nan's granddad, who was Chief Fire Officer for Woolston for many years, he was based... [more]

Shared on 13 December 2006 by Tracy Thurman.

Extracts From Hythe & Hampshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hythe, inspired by Frith photos.

New Forest Photographic Memories

In Victorian times Hythe was a mere village on the banks of Southampton Water, but it increased in size during the 20th century largely owing to the availability of employment at the nearby oil refinery at Fawley.

This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories

Located on the western bank of Southampton Water, in the shadow of an oil refinery and heavy industry, Hythe is unexpectedly pretty in places. This picture shows its quaint, narrow High Street with the 450-year-old Lord Nelson pub, originally a customs house, on the left. Note the motor cycle and sidecar in the left foreground.

This is an extract from Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories.
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New Forest Photographic Memories

Hythe was once the port of the New Forest; a settlement survived here after the Conquest, despite the excesses of William the Conqueror. The Forest now begins some distance away, though its heathlands still border the town.

This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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