Crondall

One of the oldest pubs in this corner of Hampshire, the Feathers is a sturdy, oak-beamed building dating back to the 14th century. Cromwell is said to have stayed here, and Canadian officers based locally used it as their mess during the Second World War. Look closely at the sign over the door - it lists Courage, Alton Ales and London Stout.
An extract from from"Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories".

The curtain of trees to the right of the church is almost as high as the tower. The church is large, and includes three Norman doorways and a sweeping horseshoe arch. The pinnacled 17th-century tower was modelled on the tower of Battersea church in London. Crondall’s church accounts mention the fourpences paid for ferrying masons across the Thames in order to study the model.
An extract from from"Hampshire Churches Photographic Memories".

One of the county's most attractive villages, Crondall has an assortment of picturesque cottages. It has an interesting history too. Queen Victoria is said to have visited the place on several occasions to enjoy the view to the west. It is claimed she journeyed here from nearby Aldershot after inspecting the troops.
An extract from from"Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories".

Here, over 80 listed buildings are surrounded by picturesque farmland. Until 1935 there was a hand-pumped fire engine in the village. The school shut in 1945, and the pub disappeared in 1950. Nearby lived Denis Jenkinson, the racing driver who in 1955 had partnered Stirling Moss in a Mercedes Benz to win the Mille Miglia, that fearsome 1,000-mile race running from Brescia to Rome. The race was stopped in 1957.
An extract from from"Hampshire Living Memories".

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 War. (Plaques were added after the Second World War commemorating the 54 young men who died on duty away from home during that conflict). After much deliberation over an appropriate location for the town’s memorial, it was erected by the mason Andrew Perryman of Dragon Street in its present position early in 1922 - a position in the Square was discounted. In the wake of the war, under the auspices of the Housing Act of 1919, the country set about building ‘homes fit for heroes’. The first of these were built in Noreuil Road, which was named after a little village of some 100 inhabitants near Arras in France. Petersfield had adopted the village to help with its reconstruction, and a letter thanking the town for gifts of parcels of clothing and coloured wall maps to brighten the schoolroom was signed by J Nicholai, the schoolmistress at Noreuil. The Electricity Supply Act of 1919 gave rise to an application by Dr R J Cross, Mr T A Crawter and Mr C W Seaward, who wanted to form a company to supply electric light to Petersfield. The plan was for a generator on land located to the rear of the Volunteer Arms (now Meon Close), with a frontage on Frenchmans Road. (Note that the company was only to supply electric light, not power). With houses having only 40-watt lamps, it is unlikely that a supply greater than 20 kilowatts would be required. Tom Crawter’s house, Clare Cross, was the first house in Petersfield to be lighted by electricity. Nevertheless, there was enough power to supply the Electric Theatre with the town’s first film shows. The first cinema stood at the corner between Chapel Street and Swan Street - in fact, the demolition of the Swan public house made way for the Electric Theatre. That first cinema was replaced by the Savoy Cinema in 1935, and is now a nightclub.
An extract from from"Petersfield - A History & Celebration".