Hampshire People
Hangman 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 Swithun a Humble Man
15th July is St Swithun’s day, if it rains today folklore has it that it will rain for forty days and forty nights. An intriguing piece of Hampshire History
Read MoreWilliam Warham Son of Oakley
William Warham of Oakley Hampshire was a favourite of King Henry VII and became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1503. He was a diplomat and lawyer and friend of the great intellectual Erasmus.
Read MoreSir Thomas Sopwith Aviator
Sir Thomas Sopwith pioneer and aviator lies buried in the churchyard in Little Somborne Hampshire. His planes won the battle in the skies during WWI and WWII, with the Sopwith Camel and the development along with his friend Harry Hawker, the Hurricane.
Read MoreIzaak 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.
Read MoreSecrets of Winchester’s Mortuary Chests
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.
Read MoreTitchfield, an Ancient Market Place
Titchfield in Hampshire is now a sleepy village but this belies its important role in the history of the county.
Read MoreThe Link between Hampshire and New Hampshire
What links Hampshire England and its name sake New Hampshire in the United States of America? A wander through the streets of Portsmouth provides the clue.
Read MoreThe Mystery of Anne Steel Hymn Writer
Anne Steele Hampshire
Read MoreCharles Dickens Statue Porstmouth
The Charles Dickens Statue Guildhall Square Portsmouth was unveiled on 7th February 2014, two hundred years after his birth in the city of Portsmouth.
Read MoreRobert Owen Pioneering Socialist
Robert Owen was a pioneering socialist, who brought his ideas of Utopian living to the Hampshire countryside by building Harmony Hall near East Tytherley. Little remains now of the Hall, it was burnt down in the C20th but Robert Owen’s socialist ideas live on.
Read MoreMary Mitford Hampshire Author
Mary Mitford was an author in the early C19th whose work gives as rich a view of society at that time as that written by Jane Austen, her Hampshire contemporary.
Read MoreThomas Lord
Thomas Lord lies buried in West Meon church yard, not many miles from the cradle of English cricket Hambledon
Read MoreWilliam Cowper Hampshire Surgeon
The memorial and headstone to one of Englands most important surgeon / anatomists, lies in the church of St Nicholas Hampshire. A simple unpretentious church not far from Alresford.
Read MoreKing Alfred and The Vikings
King Alfred’s life was dominated by the incessant attacks by the Vikings but how did Alfred succeed in defeating them when so many other kings had failed and did that defeat then propel him to become King of all England.
Read MoreJane Austen in Chawton
The village of Chawton sweeps you back to the early years of the C19th, when Jane Austen and her family lived in the heart of the village
Read MoreSir Adam de Gurdon
Sir Adam de Gurdon, one time knight and land owner in Hampshire became a notorious highwayman after losing his estates because of his support for Simon de Montfort in the Second Barons War
Read MoreDeath of Jane Austen 1817
The death of Jane Austen in 1817 is still a puzzle but her gravestone in Winchester Cathedral is testament to her nature and nowhere does it speak of her being an author, just a much loved daughter and sister
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