Churches
Christchurch Hatherden
Christchurch Hatherden, the church was badly damaged in 1975 as a result of a lightning strike, but has now been completely restored.
Read MoreThe Tangley font a rare thing
The Tangley font is a rare font, at least in Hampshire. This is a lead font and unique in the realm of Hampshire history.
Read MoreHartley Wespall Church
Hartley Wespall church has is a timber framed C14th structure with a glorious roof which is repeated at the west gable and visible from the outside.
Read MoreHangman Hawley and Scotland
The connection between Scotland and Hampshire at the time of Union can be found in the grave of Henry Hawley at Hartley Wintney Hmpshire
Read MoreSt Boniface and Nursling
A man named Winfrith and born in Devon became known as the ‘Apostle of Germany’. The humble Winfrith became St Boniface and his story started to take root in Nursling Hampshire. At Nursling (Bede refered to it as Nhutscelle), where the River Test winds towards the sea, one of the earliest Benedictine monastries was founded.…
Read MoreSt Simon and St Jude Bramdean
In the ‘valley where the broom grows’, well actually not in the valley but sitting high above it, is the church of St Simon and St Jude Bramdean. You do not glimpse it from the road but this C12th church gazes down on its community, well above the winter bourne that floods the road below…
Read MoreSt Leonard’s Church Grateley
St Leonard’s church Grateley, is a wonderful piece of Norman architecture and custodian of some of the earliest English glass in the country.
Read MoreWWI Memorial Donald Wood Chawton
The church of St Nicholas Chawton has a lovely memorial to a man, Donald Wood, who gave his life fighting for his country in World War I. Whilst visited for its Austen connections its lovely to remember others who also lie here.
Read MoreWW1 Memorial the Tillard Brothers
WWI memorials can be fond in many Hampshire churches. Hampshire History is taking the opportunity to remember some of those who gave their lives. The Tillard brothers died within a few weeks of each other in France in WWI.
Read MoreSaxon Font at Boarhunt?
The ancient church of St Nicholas Boarhunt has a magnificent tub font probably dating from the same period.
Read MoreMeonstoke Font
The font at St Andrew’s church Meonstoke, is a simple C12th example with a beautiful lead lining.
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church Kingsclere
The magnificent church of St Mary’s Kingsclere, sits incongruously at the heart of the small village but once represented a community full of royal and ecclesiastical importance.
Read MoreSt Stephen’s Church Up Nately
St Stephen’s church Up Nately, with its pretty brick tower has its origins in the C12th.
Read MoreReginald Ponsonby Cox WWI Itchen Stoke
The church at Itchen Stoke holds a very beautiful memorial plaque to Reginald Ponsonby Cox who lost his life in WWI
Read MoreBonham Carter WWI Memorial
In remembrance of those who gave their lives in WWI, Hampshire History will be posting images of WWI memorials and associated artefacts and events,discovered as we travel through Hampshire.
Read MoreDeadman’s Plack Longstock
Deadman’s Plack, Longparish Hampshire, a monument to a deed supposedly committed nearly a thousand years ago, fact or fiction?
Read MoreSt Peter’s Church Ropley
The beautiful old church of St Peter’s Ropley, sits at the heart of the village but today was sadly destroyed by fire.
Read MoreGuy Burgess and West Meon
The remains of Guy Burgess, the Englishman who turned his back on his own country during the Cold War to become a Soviet spy, lie in Hampshire, in West Meon church yard by the grave of his father.
Read MoreBeautiful Brockenhurst Church
The oldest church in the New Forest, Brockenhurst church, the church of St Nicholas, has a beautifully mellow look, as though it has occupied this position for ever. And it nearly has. Like several other Hampshire churches, St Nicholas is positioned on a mound, a sign that this position has been held sacred maybe since…
Read MoreNew Zealand and Brockenhurst
The New Zealand Cemetery at Brockenhurst in the New Forest, is a beautiful calm and serene place where over one hundred headstones remember those who died in the hospital in Brockenhurst.
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