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Whitchurch, Hampshire
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Historic maps of Whitchurch and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Whitchurch maps
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Whitchurch 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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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
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Memories of Whitchurch
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The day of my nan's funeral, a goods train from Newbury's brakes failed, and the signalman switched the train to another track, thus averting a major disaster as a passenger train that was nearly full was heading into Whitchurch from Eastleigh on the same track. I remember seeing the massive black engine rolled on its side fown the embankment. I believe... [more]
Shared on 04 May 2009
Hampshire memories
I have good memories of the white thatched house in the picture. I was evacuated with my Mother during the latter part of the War to this house which at the front was the local sweetshop and it was run by Tilly Annals and her husband Fred. The house which is partly shown was owned by Tilly Annals' two sisters and... [more]
Shared on 26 March 2008
Many happy childhood yrs spent here remember Mrs Pike who used to lIve next door and then my Auntie bought her cottage to make it into one. So many happy years in summer and yes can still see the jeep scars! Auntie has gone recently so no more chill out zone but will never forget
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Shared on 13 January 2008
Church Street, St. Mary Bourne
This shows the notorious bend as you enter the village from the south, which is still almost the same today, made worse by the increase in traffic. The white house right on th bend was occupied by Mr. Pike who lived to be over 100.
Shared on 05 July 2006
In the foreground are the village Almshouses, with two village shops also in view. The first is the Post Office stores and the other owned by Roy and Ruth Wells. Neither are there today.
Shared on 05 July 2006
This is the War Memorial, which is in the centre of the village. The white house was occupied a few years later by Air Vice marshall and Mrs. Perry-Keene and adjacent is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cook with their daughter Angela, not to mention the Jack Russell Terriers.
Shared on 05 July 2006
On the right is the thatched house occupied at this time by Jack and Doris Howard with their daughters Stephanie and Jeanette. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor lived next door with there son Quiller. Opposite is the village Post Office stores.
Shared on 05 July 2006
Scene of High Street, St. Mary Bourne, Hampshire
This photograph shows the thatched house of Mr and Mrs Hansford on the right, on the opposite side of the road to the village stores owned by Roy and Ruth Wells. In the centre of the picture, in the background, are the village almshouses. At the time this phograph was taken I was aged 4 and lived next door to Mr... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2006
Extracts From Whitchurch & Hampshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Whitchurch, inspired by Frith photos.
The black and white marks on the kerbstones indicate the junction. This is a small handsome town on the River Test with Georgian buildings that are rendered or red brick. One of the best Georgian buildings is the White Hart Hotel with its rounded corner. To the north-west of the centre is the church of All Hallows, where parish rooms were... [more]
This is an extract from Hampshire Living Memories.
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Hampshire Revisited Photographic Memories
The Kingsley Hotel (right), named after Charles Kingsley who often came to Whitchurch and was inspired to write of his visits to the town, is now several shop units, but The White Hart across the road is still going strong. During the coaching era, this is where passengers stayed when they changed from one long-distance coach to another.
This is an extract from Hampshire Revisited Photographic 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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