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Medstead, Hampshire
Medstead maps
Historic maps of Medstead and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Medstead maps
Historic map of Medstead
Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire
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Medstead books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Medstead and the local area. View all Medstead books
Hampshire Living Memories
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South Hams Photographic Memories
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
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5 Medstead photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Medstead
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my younger days up redwood lane.
i can remember menia cottage from a very early age.its not there anymore knocked down to make way for modern and bigger houses.to me that little tinned roof bungalow was heaven i lived there with mum and dad and my 5 brothers and 3 sisters until i was 23.now we have lost another brother (andy) i wish we could go back... [more]
Shared on 31 January 2008
I remember the Great Dane in the picture. My Grandma had a Yorkshire/Manchester Terrier cross, and the two animals looked so incongruous when they met. My aunt Doris Greenslade lived in a tiny cottage owned by Walter Little Senior situated 100 yards to the left of the post office in the picture.
Shared on 30 January 2008
I went to school here from about 1971 when I had just turned 6 until the age of 11 when I was sent off to the Amery Hill Secondary, in nearby Alton.
The school house and St. Andrews Church played a huge part in my life back then as I was also in the Church Choir, Brownies & later... [more]
Shared on 29 July 2008
Hampshire memories
I was baptised in this church . . .
and so was my mum, her dad, his dad, his dad, etc etc.
I was born in Upper Wield in 1949. The churchyard is full of us Giles'
Shared on 01 November 2007
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... [more]
Shared on 04 February 2008
I was diagnosed with Scoliosis and spent 3 weeks on the children's ward. I met lots of friends and the nursing staff were great. When we heard it was to close down my family and I went to fund-raises but unfortunately it still closed. My husband and I recently went to Alton and when we got to the area where the... [more]
Shared on 17 November 2009
My mother was the Health Visitor for Alton from 1949 until 1972 and I had many memories of Lord Mayor Treloars, both in and out, since I was a patient in April 1955. We also knew the doctors, Evans, and I think Caine was the accountant for the hospital. The grounds were very beautiful and it had that huge verandah in... [more]
Shared on 18 July 2009
Alton High Street, Tobaconist - A Jones
I was born at Southbrook, Lenten Street in 1949. Father ran a shop called A Jones Tobacconist on High Street, which had earlier been my grandfather's (Arthur Jones - known as Jack). I went to school at Mayfield, opposite Anstey Park. I moved to Devon in 1959 and now live in Sweden, so have no modern memories of Alton. Has anybody... [more]
Shared on 30 May 2009
Extracts From Medstead & Hampshire books
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
The village shop and post office are featured prominently in this picture. Like the pub and school, rural post offices are under constant threat of closure, and in recent times they have been closing at the rate of 400 a year. One third of Britain's country dwellers now have no access to a local shop.
This is an extract from Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories.
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This post office and hardware shop is near to the church of St Andrew, the church hall that was previously the village school, and the Castle of Comfort pub. In 1966 Medstead's population was 1,200, and today it is 2,000. East of Winchester, it is one of the highest villages in Hampshire, 700 ft above sea level. There are some magnificent... [more]
This is an extract from Hampshire Living Memories.
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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]
This is an extract from Petersfield - A History & Celebration.
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