Bramley
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Andover Town Walk Guide
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Southampton Photographic Memories
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Winchester Photographic Memories
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Bramley memories
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Scrumping
I lived at Lane End, Bramley no 6 in the circle. The white cottage in the picture use to have an apple orchard next to it. Me and my cousins used to try and get apples before the old lady got out of her house but she always caught us and told my gran .
the house where the car is ,is where my cousins lived the woolfords. sheila
Contributed by sheilagh daglish(smith)
bramley school days
I have strong memories of the church as every day at 10 we had to walk down the church path to pick up the milk also.our playground backed onto the graveyard so when there was a funeral we had to come inside which we thought was most unfair.After school we would wonder around the grave yards which was a big no no by the vicker . I have strong memories of the church after being in Australia for some 40years the internet has brought back memories.Any body who went to the church or school i would welcome contact. Andrew Locke
Contributed by andrew locke
Hampshire memories
bramley school days
I have strong memories of the church as every day at 10 we had to walk down the church path to pick up the milk also.our playground backed onto the graveyard so when there was a funeral we had to come inside which we thought was most unfair.After school we would wonder around the grave yards which was a big no no by the vicker . I have strong memories of the church after being in Australia for some 40years the internet has brought back memories.Any body who went to the church or school i would welcome contact. Andrew Locke
A memory of Bramley contributed by andrew locke
Scrumping
I lived at Lane End, Bramley no 6 in the circle. The white cottage in the picture use to have an apple orchard next to it. Me and my cousins used to try and get apples before the old lady got out of her house but she always caught us and told my gran .
the house where the car is ,is where my cousins lived the woolfords. sheila
A memory of Bramley contributed by sheilagh daglish(smith)
Extracts From Bramley & Hampshire books
The 16th-century half-timbered Manor House in Vyne Road fronts directly onto the road, so that its striking architecture, including carved bargeboards on the gables, can be studied at close quarters. Adjacent is a small Esso garage discreetly set back from the road.
An extract from from"Hampshire Photographic Memories".
Today modern houses are interspersed with the cottages. Nearby, close to the church, older cottages with thatched roofs and latticed windows can be found. The eastern part of the village is more modern. Bramley Road to the south has an avenue of horse chestnut trees. The Army’s Central Ammunition Depot was situated here - a sign for this can be seen in the Sherfield on Loddon photograph on page 92-93.
An extract from from"Hampshire Living Memories".
Bramley is a large, straggling village popular with those who work in London and nearby Basingstoke. A hundred years before this picture was taken it would have been less desirable, with the nearest passable road a mile away and the best route from one country house to another across the fields. This quiet corner of Bramley includes a picturesque cottage with several cartwheels in the garden.
An extract from from"Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
The late Norman church, distinguished by its red crenellated tower, contains some ancient wall paintings, including
a fresco of the murder of Thomas a Becket. Also on display are stained glass and brasses. One of the church’s
greatest treasures is a chapel dedicated to the memory of the Brocas family, who lived at nearby Beaurepaire
House. The large south window of the chapel is filled with 16th-century glass and is the work of Flemish craftsmen.
An extract from from"Hampshire Churches Photographic Memories".
One of Hampshire’s finest houses, The Vyne was built between 1518 and 1527 by William Sandys who became Lord Chamberlain in 1526. John Leland, the 16th century antiquarian and scholar, described The Vyne as ‘one of the principal houses in goodly building in all Hamptonshire’. The National Trust acquired the house in 1956.
An extract from from"Hampshire Photographic Memories".