Plantagenets 1154-1399 Period
Basing House Before the Civil War
Basing House is a marvelous ruin, filled with five hundred years of history and intrigue, its history prior to the English Civil War is as fascinating as what followed.
Read MoreHampshire Churches and Their Treasures No 14 East Worldham
East Worldham church in Hampshire contains a Medieval monument that is beautiful and enigmatic but who is the lady lying in gentle repose? Can she really be one of the Chaucer family?
Read MoreMedieval Merchant’s House Southampton
The Medieval Merchants House in Southampton is a fascinating C13th building that has seen its fortunes wax and wane. Part of the intriguing history of Hampshire England.
Read MoreThe Port of Portsmouth Hampshire
Why did Portsmouth become the home of England’s Royal Navy, it had an inauspicious start as a swampy disease ridden island but it grew into an important first line defence against French invasions
Read MoreHayling Priory
Hayling Island Priory has long since disappeared without trace but the history of it’s links with the French abbey of Jumièges is well documented and an intriguing part of Hampshire history
Read MoreHampshire Church Treasures 2: St Mary’s Amport
Hampshire churches contain many extraordinary objects and artefacts. This is number two in a series of Hampshire Church Treasures, to share these intriguing objects
Read MoreKnights Templars at Selborne
The Knights Templar tombstones in St Mary’s church Selborne are the sole surviving artefacts of the Knights Templar preceptory established at Sotherington close to Selborne in Hampshire
Read MoreAlresford Harbour
The dam and resevoir at Alresford is one of the largest and most impressive structures of Medieval England but has it revealed its full purpose?
Read MoreSouthampton Castle
When Winchester was the royal capital of England, Southampton, close by on the southern coast of England, was its chief port and trading centre. It was an obvious magnet for Danish and French raiding party’s and its defense became an issue. The castle was constructed first out of timber and then stone and its great city walls threw up a considerable obstacle to attack
Read MoreIntriguing Odiham Castle
Odiham Castle in Hampshire is one of those ruins where you wish the walls could talk, with connections to King John and Simon de Montfort, decisions about England were made here
Read MoreWinchester Bible
It is thought Henry de Blois commissioned the stunning Winchester Illuminated Bible. From the text to the illuminations, it is quite possibly the most beautiful piece of C12th artwork in Europe
Read MoreKnights Templar at Fordingbridge
Evidence of the Order of the Knights Templar, can be found in the church of St Mary the Virgin Fordingbridge.
Read MoreWinchester Jewish Community
Winchester had shown a tolerance to its Jewish community in the C12th, even as other English towns were rising against them but the rise in anti -semitism in the C13th saw a change in attitude and brought about a decline in the city itself
Read MoreBishop Woodlock’s Ring
The ring of Bishop Woodlock was found in his grave in Winchester Cathedral and is considered to be the finest Gothic Episcopal ring in Europe
Read MoreThe Round Table Winchester
The Round Table hanging in the Great Hall at Winchester Castle still manages to inspire mystery, even after hanging on it’s walls for over five hundred years.
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 MoreSouthampton 1337 The 100 Years War
The fortunes of C14th Southampton waxed and waned as the 100 year war between England and France unfurled
Read MoreThe Black Death in Hampshire
The Black Death of the C14th entered the country through one of the southern coasts ports in Hampshire or Dorset and ravaged the county both economically and socially
Read MoreSt John’s House Warnford c1209
This is a rare example of a C13th manor hall in England. Built in 1209 in Warnford in Hampshire
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