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Kingsley maps

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

Kingsley map

Historic map of Kingsley

Hampshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire

Kingsley map

Historic Map of any Kingsley postcode

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Kingsley books

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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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Kingsley books
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Memories of Kingsley

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Hampshire memories

Bordon County Junior School Orchestra

I lived in what was then Kildare Close when my dad was stationed there from 1972 to 1975 and I was lucky enough to be one of the founder members of the school orchestra, which was funded, if I remember correctly, by collecting waste paper and milk bottle tops. I was one of the cello players and I remember the Head,... [more]

Shared on 02 August 2009 by Mick Parry.

Bordon

This was a lovely quiet village when I first came here. Unfortunately, it is becoming run down and untidy. Pity, really. We seem to be having all the throw outs from other places. When the army goes (if they go), this will be a dumping ground for all types of undesireables.

Shared on 04 March 2008 by Brian Powell.

The Mill

My mum used to take us all (seven of us) to the mill to paddle. It was always freezing, some would even be brave enough to swim.  There was always a strong smell of pond weed, but we had great fun. When it was warm enough we used to pack a picnic and walk to Frensham pond which was a great... [more]

Shared on 07 August 2007 by Barbara Ingarfield.

Weyford Junior School

This photo is of the temporary classrooms and main building of Weyford Junior School where I was a pupil from 1964 to 1969.

Shared on 15 March 2007 by Gerry Thorne.

Binsted when I was a child 1950/60s

SUMMER IN BINSTED

I remember summer!
It was more than one week in May
I remember it lasted six whole weeks

I remember summer!
It started with a train journey -
I remember great clouds of steam!

Haymaking, harvesting
Mice running for their lives!
Corn stooks, threshing
Juddering and jarring

Playing cricket non-stop
Stalks scratching little legs[more]

Shared on 15 June 2009 by Sue Percival.

My Mum  Annie Spreadbury

My mum was born in Wintney Hartney near Binsted and went to school here.
These are her memories.

The school was staffed by nuns (maybe two). She remembers that one of them was very handy with the cane on knuckles! But she also remembers the kindness. She came from a typical large, poor family, which was rent apart when her... [more]

Shared on 15 June 2009 by Sue Percival.

Binsted School

I can still remember the day I started school. My Mum walked me from Isington to Binsted, I didn't know exactly where I was going and when we got to the school we had to go up these steps that were overhung with trees, it reminded me of a green tunnel.

I was shown my coat peg - it was... [more]

Shared on 01 October 2006 by Linda Cox.

TEACHERS

The picture is exactly how I remember the school. The headmaster was Mr Lee, we use to call him Jimpy. Then there was Mrs Waller, who we were all scared of, she was really strict. Mr Wiltshire was a favourite, he used to arrive at school on his little motor bike. Also Mrs Watkins and Miss Hussey, they looked after the... [more]

Shared on 02 August 2009 by Marian Plummer.

Extracts From Kingsley & Hampshire books

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Petersfield - A History & Celebration

The cenotaph in the High Street commemorates those who died in battle but whose remains lie elsewhere. It is of unusual and classic appearance; it was designed by the architect Harry Inigo Triggs, who had travelled and studied in Italy. The detailing is borrowed from the eight blank panels in the Medici chapel in Florence; on these panels are carved the names of the town's dead of the First World... [more]

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Petersfield - A History & Celebration

And now to the greatest mystery: who were the people who raised the tumuli or burial mounds on Petersfield Heath during the Bronze Age some 1,000 years after the Stone Age? Today, Petersfield is home to one of the most numerous collections of Bronze Age burial mounds in England. Unfortunately, the planting of conifers on the mounds in Victorian times and the mixed tree growth of the last 50 years has successfully camouflaged the outline... [more]

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Petersfield - A History & Celebration

MOST OF this first chapter has to be supposition, for the facts are few and far between, but certainly two requirements were just as important in the past as they are now in the 21st century: firstly, the lie of the land was and is still critical to a successful place to camp for the night; and secondly, man's intelligence was and is needed to make the right decisions... [more]

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