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Ringwood, Hampshire
Ringwood maps
Historic maps of Ringwood and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ringwood maps
Historic map of Ringwood
Illustrated Victorian map of Hampshire
Historic Map of any Ringwood postcode
Ringwood books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Ringwood and the local area. View all Ringwood books
Hampshire Living Memories
Paperback
$28
South Hams Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
20 Ringwood photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Ringwood
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I was born in a bungalow on the corner of Coxstone Lane in 1962 and my nanny lived in a thatched cottage called Brookside in Coxstone Lane. I had some very dear friends on that lane, I would love to know what happened to them all.
Shared on 27 June 2008
How lovely to find some photographs of The Flying G, but I am surprised that there are no other comments when so many people went there. I went there twice, once in 1966 and again in 1967. The first time I was studying at St Godric's in London and Maureen Smith was going there in the holidays. She was a very... [more]
Shared on 24 February 2009
I rember walking up to the High Street as a small child, there was a shop, I think it was a hardware or ironmongers, at Christmas time the shop was always lit with lovely fairy lights. There was also a supermarket called Pricerights and another shop called Coxs and Hicks which sold a full range of clothes and soft furnishings, wool,... [more]
Shared on 27 June 2008
Hampshire memories
My mum Barbara Wiltshire [nee Pritchard] was brouhgt up here with her 11 brothers and sisters. She is always reminding us that she had to walk 3 miles to school and one of her brothers used to bunk off and hide in the woods until it was time to come home, sadly she has dementia now, which took hold of many... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2008
I loved this charming village, I remember the 'fishmonger' and the 'greengrocer' bringing their wares from door to door with their 'horsedrawn' carts (yes, even in 1956). I used to walk her dog with auntie Joan to this very post office to mail letters and get 'bits and pieces". Auntie Joan always loved the small country places, she... [more]
Shared on 16 November 2007
The Post Office brings back many happy memories. In 1954 to 1957 I served in the RAF at Sopley. Some of us would walk to the Post Office to send letters home & meet friends we had made in the village. If anyone remembers the good times we had...
Thankyou. - B Haywood
Shared on 07 August 2006
RAF Sopley was very special. My station from July 1957 Till June of 1959. The post office in Bransgore was aspecial place for all airmen. The cat and fiddle, as well as the crown were special meeting places. My vist in September to the Station inasmuch with permission from Sue, I walked the site many of the old buildings in place.... [more]
Shared on 04 November 2007
I have just read about a memory relating to Emery Down Church and it has made me think about my childhood again. My grandparents lived in Northerwood Avenue, Swan Green in Lyndhurst and we regulary stayed there as children. When we stayed with my grandparents we used to have to walk up the hill and visit my great grandmother... [more]
Shared on 22 August 2009
Extracts From Ringwood & Hampshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ringwood, inspired by Frith photos.
New Forest Photographic Memories
Ringwood's houses date from most periods of England's history and include some modern buildings - for this is both a commuter town and a favourite place for retirement. Notice the antiquated tricycle just behind the taller of the two ladders.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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New Forest Photographic Memories
Ringwood stands on the banks of the meandering River Avon, at the New Forest's western boundary. A Saxon town in origin, it may get its name from its location. Its name is either derived from Rincrede, a river crossing point, or Rimucwude, meaning the edge of the forest. The Domesday Book refers to the settlement as Rinwede.
This is an extract from New Forest Photographic Memories.
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
The lamp standard with its five ornate lanterns in the square (right) commemorates Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887, three years before this picture was taken. Also over on the right stands The Red Lion Hotel, and just near it is a coal cart. The market in Ringwood dates back to 1226, when Henry III granted a charter here.
This is an extract from Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories.
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