Emery Down
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The New Forest Inn
The New Forest Inn is rather curiously decorated with wood on the front. This is said to be part of a caravan from which an old woman sold alcoholic drinks before the pub was built.
Contributed by Rosemary Bennett
Hampshire memories
The New Forest Inn
The New Forest Inn is rather curiously decorated with wood on the front. This is said to be part of a caravan from which an old woman sold alcoholic drinks before the pub was built.
A memory of Emery Down contributed by Rosemary Bennett
Church Fresco
Painted by Victorian artist Frederick, Lord Leighton
A memory of Lyndhurst contributed by Maggie Barnes
Grand Hotel missing archway
My mother says the two white pillars at the entrance to the Grand Hotel once supported an archway.
During WW2 the Royal Navy housed sailors in the hotel who were bussed out each day. The bus was too tall to go under the archway and so they decided to blow up the arch. The resulting explosion shattered every window in the hotel and was heard all over the village!
A memory of Lyndhurst contributed by Maggie Barnes
Extracts From Emery Down & Hampshire books
Not far from Lyndhurst is the village of Emery Down, blessed with a number of attractive cottages and a row of quite beautiful almshouses. Its church was built and endowed by Admiral Boultbee, who lies buried in the churchyard.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
Emery Down stands on the frontier of some of the wildest scenery in the New Forest. Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
Cattle graze on Emery Down’s green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now. By the end of the 20th century the village had become a rural suburb of nearby Lyndhurst.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
Emery Down, like many old Forest settlements, has seen its share of England’s history. Roman legions marched this way on the nearby Roman roads, Norman huntsmen chased the deer through the nearby woodlands and Civil War soldiers skirmished on the nearby heathlands.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".
The roads of the New Forest tend to be much busier these days than they were when this photograph was taken. The best way to explore the Forest is to use a village such as Emery Down as a base and then explore on foot or horseback.
An extract from from"New Forest Photographic Memories".