Georgian 1714 – 1837 Period
Bugle Street Southampton
Bugle Street Southampton has some wonderful old merchants houses It is not just the Tudor House or the Medieval Merchants House that are worth looking at in the area around St Michael’s Square in Old Southampton. Cast your eyes around many old merchants houses to get a full flavour of the area when it fizzed…
Read MoreAll Saints Church Farringdon
All Saints Church Farringdon has some fascinating and intriguing characters associated with it, from eminent scientists, to world renowned authors and builders of follys. Such a great deal of history connected with a small place of thatched cottages and pretty country lanes.
Read MorePortsmouth Harbour 1782
The artist Dominic Serres painted the scene at Portsmouth Harbour in 1782 as HMS Foudroyant and Pegase come into the harbour after their battle in the English Channel.
Read MoreCharles Smith Poacher
The poacher Charles Smith buried in North Baddesley church yard, was he a victim or a perpetrator of crime?
Read MoreThe Dolphin Hotel Southampton
The Dolphin Hotel Southampton is one of England’s oldest and most historic hotels. The core of the Dolphin Hotel Southampton, dates back to the mid C13th when Southampton was a thriving merchant city, full of tradesmen and visitors putting into port. The Dolphin Hotel at this point was probably a merchant’s house, its cellars full…
Read MoreJane Austen Born in Steventon
Jane Austen and Hampshire are a sublime combination, walking the lanes of Steventon on a beautiful early Summer day places you in Jane’s shoes.
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 MorePortchester Castle As A Prison
Portchester Castle has undertaken many roles in its 1500 year history but none more colourful than when, in the C18th, it held prisoners of war.
Read MoreNapoleonic Soldiers in Alresford
The five graves of Napoleonic soldiers and wives taken prisoner of war and held on parole at Alresford in Hampshire are a poignant reminder of an unsettled time in English history
Read MoreA Hampshire Catholic 1716
The county of Hampshire was tolerant of its Catholic families during the Jacobite uprisings of the early C18th. Whilst other counties persecuted those Catholics refusing to take the oath of allegiance to King George I, Hampshire took a much more relaxed attitude.
Read MoreHanging of John Hughes Horse Thief
Itchen Abas the last resting place for a horse thief, John Hughes, last man to be hanged in England for such a theft.
Read MoreHambledon History Discover the Murder Stone
What does the murder stone at Cams Hill Hambledon commemorate and who is the man buried in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church Soberton, is he the victim?
Read MoreBramshott Mills
Bramshott in Hampshire, has a long industrial history associated with the production of iron and then paper, in a series of mills along the River Wey.
Read MoreHampshire Apples the Hambledon Deux-ans
Hambledon in Hampshire is home to an old variety of cooking apple, the Hambledon Deux Ans
Read MoreJohn Small Hampshire and England Cricketer
John Small was born in Empshott and lived in Petersfield Hampshire, becoming one of England’s greatest cricketers, leaving a legacy both in the game of cricket and in Hampshire’s history.
Read MoreLandport Gate and Area 1760
The iconic Landport Gate in Portsmouth This gate maybe attributed to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor, it is the Landport gate that formed part of the old Portsmouth defences. Thae “Land Port” gate still stands as the gateway to the dockyard and it was named thus and then attributed to the surrounding area around 1831,…
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 MoreHambledon Cricket
The Hambledon Cricket Club, the inspiration for English cricket.
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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