BlogIndex – Page 9 – Hampshire History

The Yew at West Tisted

The yew at West Tisted is an ancient tree standing alongside the equally ancient building of St Mary Magdalene church, with its traces of Anglo Saxon architecture.

Izaak Walton in Hampshire

Izaak Walton, writer of The Complete Angler, was not born in Hampshire but he made it his home and died in Winchester in 1683, close to the glorious chalk stream that is the River Itchen.

Southampton Docks 1902

A scene from a postcard of Southampton Docks 1905.

St George in Hampshire

Images of St George pop up in churches all across Hampshire, here is just a few to celebrate the 23rd April

All Saints Church Little Somborne

All Saints Church Little Somborne is an Anglo Saxon church that sits close to Somborne Park in Hampshire and has remained largely untouched for seven hundred years. It is a looked after by the Church Conservation Trust.

Ruins of Place House Titchfield 1910

Place House or Titchfield Abbey ruins have changed little over the last hundred years as revealed in a lovely old picture postcard.

The Selborne Yew in 1932

Hampshire History has a photo of the great yew tree at Selborne as it was in the summer of 1932

Secrets of Winchester’s Mortuary Chests

Mortuary Box made in Bishop Fox's bishopric 1500 - 1529

The Winchester Cathedral mortuary boxes containing the remains of our earliest Saxon kings are being examined to see if the bones can be connected to King Cnut.

Untangling the Early Church in Hampshire (Part 2)

The pattern of the early church in Hampshire can be a complicated matter. Domesday records approximatley 128 churches but was that a complete tally?

The Tudor Queen in Winchester

Winchester Cathedral was the backdrop to the wedding of Mary Tudor and Philip of Spain. It was a ceremony set to impress the Spanish and the wonderful architecture of the cathedral did just that

Marwell Hall, an Intriguing Medley of Hampshire History

Marwell Hall has a plethora of intriguing Hampshire history to explore including a bishop, a king and a sad tale to boot.

Bishop Curle’s Riddle

Winchester Cathedral is full of odd little carvings and riddles, look out for Bishop Curle’s Latin inscription on the West Front

Southsea Common 1935

A wonderful image of Southsea with views of the pier and Canoe Lake

St Andrew’s Church Meonstoke

The Early English architecture of St Andrew’s church Meonstoke is beautiful in its simple lines, without too much Victorian ‘restoration’ and embelishment.

Wonderful WWI Memorial at Cheriton

The moving WWI memorial in Cheriton church in memory of the four nephews of Mary Augusta Phipps Egerton

A View of Netley Abbey 1909

The romantic ruins of Netley Abbey as they appeared in 1909. Netley Abbey has such a fascinating history and it’s interesting to see how historic sites have long captured the imagination of visitors.

Trams on Portsdown Hill

The old Horndean Light Railway ran between Cosham and Horndean between 1903 and 1935

The Impact of the Vikings on Churches in Wessex

Hampshire and its neighbouring counties of Berkshire and Wiltshire were at the core of West Saxon Wessex when the Viking raids swept through. The emerging Christian churches were attacked and the fragile shoots of the new religion stamped upon.