Puncknowle, Village 1906
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Photo ref: 54548
Photo of Puncknowle, Village 1906

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Under the spreading chestnut trees of St Mary`s churchyard, and on the opposite side of the village street, the photographer`s activities generate much interest from a mixed audience of both children and adults. The Napier family were, for three centuries until the early part of the 18th, lords of the manor here. A subsequent tenant of the manor house by the church, was Colonel Shrapnel, whose name is forever associated with his explosive invention.

A Selection of Memories from Puncknowle

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Puncknowle

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As a family we stayed at a self catering cottage here just before 1962 one of our first holidays in the Standard Vanguard estate after many staying in Railway Camping coaches all over southern England. [Sadly none feature in the archive] I well remember the water being delivered and the spout and trough in the retaining wall that held up the Church graveyard. I suppose it still does. Considering the origin of ...see more
My great grandfather John Cheney, died in 1943. The Cheney family lived in Puncknowle for centuries and were blacksmiths. They originally came from Litton Cheney, a village nearby, in the sixteenth century, Sir Ralph and Dame Edith Cheney, being the earliest names I have found. My grandmother, Mary Elizabeth, was born the eldest daughter in 1877 to John and Ann nee Hansford, and she married Lionel ...see more