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Bishopstoke, Post Office, Spring Lane c1955 (ref. B693003) | Spring Lane, originally called Back Lane, branches off from Riverside and can be seen at the top centre turning back into the main road. This is the centre of the old village. Next to the post office (right) is the old Methodist church, now replaced by a new building. Near here is a butcher's shop over which early Methodists once met. The present butcher is famous as a national prize-winner for making sausages. |  Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, Spring Lane c1960 (ref. B693026) | This is a closer view of Spring Lane. Although all the buildings on the left have been replaced by flats, the road remains narrow and attractive. Shops are still thriving, and one tradesman reckons to sell everything that might be bought in a general ironmonger's. | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, the Old Church c1960 (ref. B693022) | This is the ivy clad tower remaining from a church built in 1823, most of which was demolished in 1909. The tower was taken down shortly after this photo was taken. The site of the church is now marked out in stones and there is a memorial table. The graveyard has become a pleasant open space. A new and bigger church was built on another site (see page 48). | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, St Mary's Church c1965 (ref. B693052) | This is the new St Mary's Church built in 1891 to replace the older building. Mr Barton gave the land and £1,000 towards the cost on condition that there should be no pew rents as there had been in the older church. The tower was added as a memorial to Admiral Kepple, who had lived in the village and was a church warden. There is a peal of ten bells. | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, Montague Terrace c1955 (ref. B693006) | At Bishopstoke the River Itchen divides into a number of waterways. There are two mill streams, one known as the Barton River, from which water is provided for the Itchen Navigation Canal, and this branch, which follows the Fair Oak Road with Montague Terrace on the right of the picture. All the streams rejoin the river further south. The house left centre was St Agnes, and became a doctor's surgery. The River Inn has now been built there. | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, Fair Oak Road c1960 (ref. B693031) | We are on the Fair Oak Road, but here looking back towards Eastleigh. The No 43 bus (the front one) was a service between Bishop's Waltham and the airport via Bishopstoke and Eastleigh. Hants & Dorset buses in their green livery have been replaced by Solent Blue. On the left can be seen a field of a farm which no longer exists. | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, the River Itchen c1960 (ref. B693029) | Beyond the tithing of Barton and after crossing water meadows, we come to the pretty village of Bishopstoke. This photograph has been taken from the left bank of the River Itchen, and the photographer appears to have been standing on a spot where there was once a ford - children played there even after the bridge was built. On the right is the old mill house, now converted into flats. Left centre, just beyond the van, is a glimpse of the Prince of Wales public house. | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, the Village c1955 (ref. B693002) | We have turned into Riverside, a delightful waterside road. On the right is the Anchor Inn, at this time owned by the brewers Strong & Co of Romsey. It has now been converted into flats and a doctor's surgery. We have reached the era of fish and chips, wrapped in newspaper and eaten possibly in the street or in Smart's Fried Fish Saloon (right). | Add your own Memory
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Bishopstoke, c1965 (ref. B693050) | Here we are looking south. There were two inns in Riverside, the Anchor, still a prominent feature although the front has been reconstructed, and the Anglers, affectionately known to locals as the Annie Miles, the name of the lady manager in 1900 – the nickname is still in use today. In the distance can be seen a small shopping centre with a post office at the point where Spring Lane branches off from Riverside. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, All Saints' Church c1955 (ref. B544001) | Approaching the village from the west along the Botley Road, we see on the right All Saints' Church, built in 1836 in Early English style. The village war memorial is on the left of the picture. Buried in a grave just outside the west end of the church are the parents of Richard St Barbe Baker, founder of the Men of the Trees. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, the Junior School c1955 (ref. B544024) | Almost opposite the church is Botley Junior School. It was opened as a National School on 1 January 1856. The building was considerably improved and additions made in 1966, but the outside appearance of the old building was preserved. Note the ornate bargeboards under the roof eaves and the tall chimneys. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, High Street c1960 (ref. B544045) | Here we are looking back towards the way we came. In the centre the church stands above the distant houses. Note the house to the centre right: the road has been built up here, and the entrance is now below road level. A low wall gives protection from flooding. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, the Square c1955 (ref. B544011) | Again looking back towards the church, this picture gives a good idea of the size of the Square, with the Market Hall on the left. Note the Dolphin Hotel on the left, and the Bugle Inn opposite. Botley once had numerous inns, because it was a kind of coaching station where drivers rested before crossing the Hamble River. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, the Market Hall c1955 (ref. B544027) | This is another picture of Botley Square, with a good view of the Market Hall. It was built in 1848, and some fifty years later the clock turret and the Tuscan columns were added. There has been a market here since 1267, and the area is now a conservation area. Improvements have been made to the layout of the Square, and renovations are shortly to be made to the Market Hall. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, the Square c1955 (ref. B544021) | This excellent view of the shops on the side opposite the Market Hall shows an attractive variety of architecture. We have Elcock's, newsagent and tobacconist; Maffey & Son Ltd, ironmongers; then a grocer's shop; and beyond the Bugle Inn another J Maffey & Sons, drapers and outfitters. The one car would find it more difficult to park nowadays. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, The Bugle c1960 (ref. B544058) | A close-up view of the Bugle Inn, a one time coaching inn for travellers before crossing the River Hamble. Note the outside shutters at the windows as well as those next door at Anne Firth's, 'Hair Fashions'. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, the Square c1960 (ref. B544067) | Here we are looking east towards the hill down to the Hamble River. On the right we have Robertson, a chemist, and the local post office adding to the many shopping facilities for the inhabitants. The odd thing is that there are no banks in the village today. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, High Street c1955 (ref. B544012) | Standing out in the distant centre is an attractive house where beer was once sold. It is situated at a crossroads, with Winchester Road on the left and Church Lane on the right. The corners are awkward to negotiate in modern vehicles. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, Mill Hill c1960 (ref. B544051) | Here we have a closer view of the house on the crossroads before going down Mill Hill. It has a varied brick pattern for the walls, mullion windows and a tiled roof. Even the outside wall shows an unusual pattern. The windows in the house opposite have been modernised. | Add your own Memory
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Botley, Winchester Road c1955 (ref. B544019) | The roads leading out of Botley Square are all narrow; this one leading to Winchester is particularly so. The houses are all of an individual design. Some shops have encroached into this road. | Add your own Memory
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