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Waltham Chase, Hampshire
Waltham Chase maps
Historic maps of Waltham Chase and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Waltham Chase maps
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Waltham Chase books
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Around Eastleigh including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley Living Memories
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Hampshire Living Memories
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$28
South Hams Photographic Memories
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Memories of Waltham Chase
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I can almost see Bull Lane from there. We lived in 'Summerfield' half way up that lane.
I remember Mr Wilbey's Ironmongers. He had a massive walrus moustache, and a shop that was a genuine museum in itself. There was Woodwards Store halfway up the main street, and I think W.C.Chase ran the Post Office Stores in this picture. There was... [more]
Shared on 16 December 2009
Hampshire memories
At the time of the 1881 census The Bricklayers Arms and Terrace was owned and operated by my great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Bevis, maiden name Pouncy, who was enumerated as a widow and "Licensed Victualler", or seller of spirits. My great-grandmother, Sarah Ann Hollis, maiden name Gulliver, and my grandfather, Owen Pouncy Hollis, were also living at this address.
Shared on 14 August 2009
The Grapes, St Peters Street,1871
My grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Higgs, was widowed in 1869, when her husband, John Russell Higgs, was drowned at sea. Her brother Silas Short was working at the brickyard in the town so she and her 2 children, Annie and Arthur (my father), moved to Bishops Waltham to be near him. Elizabeth ran the "Grapes" as it was then called for about... [more]
Shared on 29 April 2008
the old brickyard and employers
reletive used to work at the brickyard in claylands rd
Shared on 18 December 2007
I own 2 pieces of oak furniture which my great grandfather made from the old ruins of the Palace. They lived in Bishops Waltham and I believe (informed by my father of 87) his family owned 2 local mills.
Shared on 16 January 2007
I used to go to a pre-school in Wickham that got turned into tendy flats/houses. It used to be just down the hill from Clarkes and had an old house with the most wonderful almost 'secret' garden ajoining the school and the old lady that owned it used to let us go and play underneath the huge old apple tree in... [more]
Shared on 20 March 2009
MY MUM USED TO BIKE OVER FROM NORTH BOARHUNT TO SOBERTON EVERY THURSDAY WHEN I WAS SMALL.
She had a small seat fixed at the back so that she could take me too,i had to sit on a blanket as it was hard.It use to take a while and i use to sit back there and sing my heart out,as i... [more]
Shared on 20 January 2008
I remember I hadn't had my 5th birthday, and my mum said that tomorrow I was going to start school. School, I thought, whats that!.
The next day I was dressed up and at about 8.30 a small van with seats arrived outside my house, mum took me outside and kissed me and said I was to behave myself and to... [more]
Shared on 28 August 2007
Extracts From Waltham Chase & Hampshire books
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Waltham Chase originated as a medieval hunting ground not far from Bishop's Waltham. A number of Victorian redbrick houses survive, intermingled with more modern housing. Notice how quiet the road is. Is the lady making her way to the post office? A local contractor, Fred Dyke, owned steam-driven vehicles; lumps of red-hot ash would fall from the fire basket under the... [more]
This is an extract from Hampshire Living Memories.
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Petersfield - A History & Celebration
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... [more]
This is an extract from Petersfield - A History & Celebration.
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Petersfield - A History & Celebration
And now to the greatest mystery: who were the people who raised the tumuli or burial mounds on Petersfield Heath during the Bronze Age some 1,000 years after the Stone Age? Today, Petersfield is home to one of the most numerous collections of Bronze Age burial mounds in England. Unfortunately, the planting of conifers on the mounds in Victorian times and the mixed tree growth of the last 50 years has successfully camouflaged the outline... [more]
This is an extract from Petersfield - A History & Celebration.
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