RING BINDER INDEX - New Forest Centre

RING BINDER INDEX 

Reference No: Archive Store Shelf E2 

Subject: M Drummond papers (part) FC folder 

CONTENTS 

1 Copy of Regulations New Forest Acts1877 and 1879 

2 Traditional practices in the New Forest as memorised and related by Gerald 

Forward, covers Agisters, bracken, gorse, leaves, heather, rushes, crabstocks, 

gravel, turbary, moss and leaf mould. Practice and payment detailed 

3 Toomer’s Pig Pointer 

4 Bank Allotments, Lyndhurst rules, 1899 

5 Copy of New Forest Accounts 1299-1300 includes Manor of Lyndhurst 

6 Petition of Katherine, Duchesse dowager of Bolton as Bailiff of Burley, 25 th 

June 1785. Details the benefits to her, date of grant and loss if pending Bill is 

allowed. 

7 Judgement in King’s bench 1 st Mar 1911 re fuel rights being dependent on site 

of previous dwelling 

8 Note from Gerald Forward with subscription list and letter to Charles Evemy, 

agister on his retirement, presented 10 th Jan 1921. 

9 Copy letter from James Harris, 9 th Jun 1752 regarding rights of common 

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DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL 

Reference No: 

Location ARCHIVE STORE: Shelf A1 

Origin: Mr Wilkinson (Entry For 4/01) 

Subject: Documents relating to The Royal Oak, 

Bank, Lyndhurst, 1791 – 1957; also an 

un-associated deed of 1719 concerning 

lands in South Baddesley. 

CONTENTS 

1 1733, Sept 28 Lease for a year from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) William Olding of Totton, yeoman. 

(2) Robert Cull of Minstead, yeoman. 

Property: messuage, tenement and garden, in Minstead, now in the 

occupation of William Scorey or his under tenants (15 perches). 

Bounds: piece of ground of John Sofe called Calls on the North 

West; cottage of the said John Sofe on the South West; King 

Highway from Minstead to Redbridge on theSouth East 

2 1733, Sept 29 Release completing the conveyance ‘1’ above for £31 10s. 

3 1749, March 6 Copy of a deed to declare uses of a fine, parties: 

(1) William Olding of Eling, gentleman, eldest son and heir at 

law and devisee of the will of William Olding, late of 

Blashford, in the Parish of Ellingham, yeoman, deceased. 

(2) John Godden of Minstead, yeoman. 

(3) Aaron Purcas of Minstead, cordwainer. 

(4) William Bromfield of Bolderwood Lodge, in the New 

Forest, Groom Keeper. 

(5) Francis Cull of Minstead, cordwainer. 

Property: 

(a) One barn and close or arable and pasture ground called 

Longhow now divided into 2 closes (3 acres); bounds, land formerly 

in the occupation of Christopher Stride and now of William Soffe 

called Everdown on the North East, Fackers Lane on the South and 

West. Also a close of arable or pasture ground called Clayhayes (3 

acres) lying at or near Verkers or Fackers Lane; bounds, lands 

formerly of Francis House on the South, lands formerly of the said 

William Olding on the West, Fackers Lane on the North East. All 

which lands are in the Parish of Minstead now in the possession of 

John Godden. 

(b) Close of arable and pasture ground called Long Acre (2 acres) 

lying against the North West Lane and the church path going 

athwart the same. Also a tenement with a parcel of ground (1 acre)

called Little Longlands in Minstead, formerly in the tenure of John 

Pierce, since of John Springall and Elizabeth his wife, since of John 

Verrier and now of John Purcas brother to the said Aaron Purcas. 

(c) Close of arable or pasture grounds called Battins (1½ acres) in 

Minstead in the Parish of Minstead at or near Embins Dore; bounds, 

land theretofore in the occupation of Christopher Stride on the 

South, close of lands called Shetlocks then or theretofore in the 

occupation of William Gaine on the West, the Highway from 

Minstead to the Castle of Malwood on North and East. 

(d) Close of meadow ground in the Parish of Minstead called Little 

Parrock whereon a barn formerly stood, part and parcel of a 

messuage or tenement called Wishers (1 acre); bounds, land 

formerly of Richard Goddard, now of John Kent called Dunbridge 

on the East, Glebe Land benlong to the Parsonage or Rectory of 

Minstead on the South, the common called Minstead Green on the 

South West, the garden and orchard formerly of one Richard Cull, 

now of Jeremiah Soffe his tenant or tenants on the North West. 

Recites a fine in the Court of Common Pleas in the property is 

described as: One messuage, two barns, one stable, one garden, one 

orchard, twenty acres of land, 10 acres of meadow and 10 acres of 

pasture, with appurtenances in Minstead, London Minstead and the 

Parish of Minstead in the New Forest. Made between William 

Olding and John Godden in Hilary Term 1749/50. 

The intent of the fine was that property (a) passed to John Godden 

(2), property (b) passed to Aaron Purcas (3), property (c) passed to 

William Bromfield (4), and property (d) passed to Francis Cull (5). 

This property does not relate to the other deeds, though Dunbridge 

is mentioned as a bounding property in the description of property 

(d) above. 

4 n.d. [c.1834] Abstract of Title to a property at Minstead belonging to the 

daughters of the late William Cull under the will of their late great 

grandfather Francis Cull. 

5 1834, March 25 Release (lease for 1 year missing) from (1) to (2) for £100. 

(1) Jeremiah Viney of Portswood, innkeeper, and Ursula his 

wife, late Ursula Cull, spinster; Walter Bunny of Swathling, 

timber carter, and Mary his wife, late Mary Cull, spinster; 

William Hesketh of the Town of Southampton, accountant, 

and Charlotte his wife, late Charlotte Cull, spinster; and 

George Fielder of Minstead, blacksmith, and Elizabeth his 

wife, late Elizabeth Cull, spinster; which said Ursula Viney, 

Mary Bunny, Charlotte Hesketh and Elizabeth Fielder are 

the only daughters of William Cull late of Minstead, 

blacksmith, deceased, and devisees in fee named in the last 

will of Francis Cull, late of the same place, blacksmith, 

deceased. 

(2) William Gain of Minstead, yeoman. 

Property: messuage or tenement and garden in Minstead, late in the 

possession of the said George Fielder (15 perches); bounds, piece of

ground in the possession of John Kent called Culls on the North 

West, a small lifehold garden held Henry Combe Compton, esq., on 

the South West, the King’s Highway from Minstead to Redbridge 

on the South East. 

6 1860, May 29 Inland Revenue Receipt of David Gain for £2 4s 5d succession duty 

on The Royal Oak, inherited from William Gain by his will dated 

2 nd Dec 1859. 

7 1869, Nov 23 Conveyance from (1) to (2) for £150. 

(1) David Gain of Minstead, carpenter. 

(2) William Gain of Minstead, farmer. 

Property: messuage or tenement and garden in the Parish of 

Minstead, late in the possession of the George Fielder and now of 

Jane Thomas, widow, (15 perches); bounds, piece of ground now or 

late in the possession of John Kent called Culls on the North West, a 

small lifehold garden held Henry Combe Compton, esq., on the 

South West, the Queen’s Highway from Minstead to Redbridge on 

the South East. 

Notes that William Gain is acting as trustee for his daughter Sarah 

Jane Gain an infant. 

8 1987 Epitome of Title of the personal representatives of Mrs E.A. 

Merriman, deceased, relating to Dunbridge Cottage, The Village, 

Minstead, nr Lyndhurst, Hants. 

Contains copies of the following documents: 

(i) Abstract of Title of Sarah Jane Gain to a freehold cottage 

situated at Minstead, 1928. 29 th March 1883 – William 

Gain, late of Forest Cottage, Minstead, farmer, died 

intestate, leaving Jane Gain, his widow and relict, and 

Sarah Jane Gain his own child and heir at law; 6 th July 

1883 – Letters of Administration of the estate of the said 

William Gain granted to the said Jane Gain; 17 th Oct 

1899 – the said Jane Gain died intestate leaving the said 

Sarah Jane Gain her only child; 22 nd Dec 1899 – Letters 

of Administration of the estate of the said Jane Gain 

granted to the said Sarah Jane Gain. 

(ii) Abstract of the will, death and probate of Sarah Jane 

Gain, deceased, 1928. 25 th Jan 1928 – by will of this 

date Sarah Jane Gain of Pragnells, Minstead, spinster, 

appointed Basil Donald Rustom of Lyndhurst, solicitor, 

executor thereof, and gave to Dororth Ann Gain, her 

freehold cottage at Minstead then in the occupation of 

Sarah Wateridge; 3 rd March 1928 – Sarah Jane Gain died 

at Pragnells, Minstead; 7 th June 1928 – will of Sarah 

Jane Gain proved by Basil Donald Rutsom. 

(iii) Assent to devise freehold premises at Minstead given by 

Basil Donald Rustom of Lyndhurst, solicitor, to Dora 

Amy Gain of Seamans Corner, Minstead, spinster, 29 th 

Oct 1928. 

(iv) Declaration by Petronella Sarah Fry of Pragnells, 

Minstead, spinster, 29 th Jan 1929. Stating that she has

lived with the late Sarah Jane Gain at Pagnells from 

1899 until her death on the 3 rd March 1928; that she has 

read the conveyance from David Gain to William Gain 

dated 23 rd Nov 1869, and that the cottage then in the 

occupation of Jane Thomas, widow, is the same cottage 

subsequently let to Sarah Wateridge and devised by the 

will of Sarah Jane Gain to Dora Amy Gain; that during 

the time of her cohabitation with Sarah Jane Gain she 

received the rents and profits of the said cottage without 

interference. 

(v) Marriage certificate between William George Knott and 

Dora Amy Gain, at All Saints, Minstead, 11 th August 

1934. Copy made 5 th June 1968. 

(vi) Official Search of Land Registry for Dunbridge Cottage, 

Minstead, under the name Dora Amy Knott, 8 th Sept 

1969. Returned no subsisting entries. 

(vii) Mortagage of Dunbridge Cottage, Minstead, from Dora 

Amy Knott of Dunbridge Cottage, Minstead, wife of 

William George Knott, to The Rt. Hon. Christopher 

Patrick Parnell, 8 th Lord Congleton, of West End Farm, 

Ebbesbourne Wake, nr Salisbury, Wilts, for £2,449 and 

interest at 1%. With confirmation of the repayment of 

the principal sum and interest on 31 st March 1970. 

(viii) Official Search of Land Registry for Dunbridge Cottage, 

Minstead, under the names Dora Amy Gain, Dora Amy 

Knott, Basil Donald Rustom, 15 th Jan 1970. Returned no 

subsisting entries. 

(ix) Assent of Peter Basil Rustom and Frank Batchelor 

Blinkhorn, both of 39 High Street, Lyndhurst, solicitors, 

as personal representatives of Dora Amy Knott, late of 

Dunbridge Cottage, Minstead, deceased, to hold all 

Dunbridge Cottage in fee simple upon trust acting by the 

will made by the said Dora Amy Knott the 29 th May 

1969. 

(x) Official Search of Land Registry for Dunbridge Cottage, 

Minstead, under the names Peter Basil Rustom and 

Frank Batchelor Blinkhorn, 13 th March 1970. Returned 

no subsisting entries. 

(xi) Conveyance of Dunbridge Cottage, Minstead, by Peter 

Basil Rustom and Frank Batchelor Blinkhorn, both of 39 

High Street, Lyndhurst, solicitors, to Eileen Norah 

Merriman of 2 Rose Cottage, Bartley Road, Woodlands, 

widow, for £5,450, dated 31 st March 1970. 

(xii) Official Search of Land Registry for Dunbridge Cottage, 

Minstead, under the name Eileen Nora Merriman, 12 th 

March 1984. Returned no subsisting entries. 

(xiii) Grant of Probate of the estate of Eileen Nora Merriman, 

late of Dunbridge Cottage, Minstead (died 18 th Dec 

1986) to Peter Denis Bruxner-Randall of King’s Garn, 

Stoney Cross, Lyndhurst, and Mrs Alison Merriman of

The Old Cottage, Walwyn Road Colwell, Malvern, 

Worcestershire, executors named in the will of Eileen 

Nora Merriman. 

(xiv) Memorandum – Transfer made 16 th July 1987 by Peter 

Denis Bruxner-Randall and Alison Merriman to Howard 

Wilkinson and Irene Corrigan, of Dunbridge Cottage, 

Minstead. 

9 1987, July 27 Letter from Alan Barrett of Aldridge & Brownlee, solicitors, to Mr. 

H. Wilkinson of Dunbridge Cottage, The Village, Minstead, as to 

the deeds and ownership history of Dunbridge Cottage. 

10 1987, Oct 23 Land Registry entry for Dunbridge Cottage, Minstead. Proprietors: 

Howard Wilkinson and Irene Corrigan, both of Dunbridge Cottage, 

Minstead. Records a charge on the property to The National Home 

Loans Corporation plc, of 16 th July 1987. With attached plan.


Reference No: 


Origin: Robert Coles Collection 

Subject: Documents relating to The Hearts of 

Oak, Lymington, 1737 – 1897 

CONTENTS 

1 1737, Nov 28 Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £40. 

(1) Thomas Hancock of Lymington, salt boiler 

(2) Jane Bowler of Lymington, widow 

Property: messuage or tenement newly erected at the north end of a 

messuage or tenement now in the possession of John Hurst, in 

Lymington, containing 2 lower rooms, two chambers, one shed or 

skillen, one shop thereto adjoining and the north part of the garden 

as now staked out, and the east end wall belonging to a small room 

adjoining to the said premises which is now in the possession of the 

said John Hurst; all which premises are now in the occupation of the 

said Thomas Hancock and were lately purchased of Moses Hebbard 

of Lymington, wheelwright, by lease and release dated the 17 th & 

18 th Nov 1737. 

Bounds: field called Barfield on the North and East; the said 

messuage or tenement and garden now in the possession of the said 

John Hurst on the South; the King’s Highway on the West. 

2 1740, March 24 Mortgage assignment from (1) and (2) to (3) for £68. 

(1) Jane Bowler of Lymington, widow. 

(2) Thomas Hancock of Lymington, salt boiler. 

(3) Richard Chalke of Milford, gentleman. 

Property as described in ‘1’ 

3 1747, May 25 Mortgage assignment from (1) and (2) to (3) for £74 7s 6d. 

(1) Sarah Shephard of Lymington, widow, William Rice of 

Milford, cordwainer, Thomas Sparrow of Lymington, 

mercer, Joseph Sparrow of Lymington, place surgeon, and 

Ralph West of Lymington, maltster, Executors of Richard 

Chalke, late of Milford, gentleman, deceased. 

(2) Mary Hancock of Lymington (widow of Thomas Hancock, 

late of Lymington, salt boiler, deceased). 

(3) Samuel Emley of Downton, Wilts, officer in the excise. 

Property as described in ‘1’.

4 1752, March 6 Lease for a year (release missing) from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) Thomas Hancock of Lymington, bricklayer (grandson and 

heir at law of Thomas Hancock, late of Lymington, salt 

boiler, deceased, and also eldest son and heir at law of his 

late father, Thomas Hancock, late of Lymington, mariner, 

deceased). 

(2) Samuel Emley, now of Cerne Abbas, Dorset, late of 

Downton, Wilts, officer in the excise, and Obadiah Newell 

of Lymington aforesaid, timber merchant. 

Property as described in ‘1’. 

5 1771, May 28 Lease for a year (release missing) from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) Obadiah Newell of Plymouth, Devon, mariner (eldest son 

and heir of Obadiah Newell, late of Lymington, timber 

merchant, deceased), and Samuel Emley, heretofore of 

Downton, Wilts, officer in the excise, now of Salisbury, 

Wilts, gentleman. 

(2) Jasper Bursey of Christchurch, gentleman. 

Property as described in ‘1’ and heretofore in the occupation of 

Mary Hancock, widow, deceased, and of Thomas Rossiter, and now 

being an alehouse called the Blacksmiths Arms. 

6 1775, May 3 Lease for a year (release missing) from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) Jasper Bursey of Christchurch, gentleman. 

(2) Edward Taplin of the Parish of Brockenhurst, yeoman, and 

John Taplin of the Parish of Boldre, labourer. 

Property as described in ‘5’ above. 

7 1782, May 25 Release (lease for a year missing) from (1) to (2) for £80. 

(1) Edward Taplen of the Parish of Brockenhurst, yeoman, John 

Taplen of the Parish of Boldre, labourer and Mariam Bailey 

of Lymington, widow. 

(2) Thomas Macey of Brockenhurst, husbandman. 

Property as described in ‘5’ above and heretofore in the occupation 

of Mary Hancock, widow, deceased, since of Thomas Rossiter, late 

of William Bailey and now of the said Mariam Bailey and late being 

an alehouse called the Blacksmiths Arms. 

8 1788, Feb 20 Bargain and Sale in the form of a Lease for a year (release missing) 

from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) Thomas Macey, late of Brockenhurst, now of Lymington, 

husbandman. 

(2) William Galpine of Romsey, innholder, and Alexander King 

of Romsey, plumber and glazier (a trustee). 


of Mary Hancock, widow, deceased, afterwards of Thomas Rossiter, 

William Bailey and Mariam Bailey, successively, and now of 

William Pocock and being an alehouse called The Blacksmiths 

Arms.

9 1799, Dec 20 Lease for a year (release missing) from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) Thomas Warner of Romsey, gentleman, and Isaac Galpine 

of Southampton, gentleman, the executors of William 

Galpine, late of Romsey, common brewer, deceased. 

(2) John Cooke of Romsey, husbandman. 



William Bailey and Mariam Bailey, successively, since of William 

Pocock and now or late of Edward Mitchell and being an alehouse 

called The Blacksmiths Arms. 

10 1801, July 10 Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £300 at 5% interest. 

(1) John Latham of Romsey, common brewer. 

(2) Thomas Stride of West Tytherley, yeoman. 



William Bailey and Mariam Bailey, successively, since of William 

Pocock and now or late of Edward Mitchell and being an alehouse 

called The Blacksmiths Arms. 

11 1807, March 16 Copy of the will of Thomas Stride (proved 1 st Oct 1813). No 

mention of the Blacksmith’s Arms excepting that the name is 

written on the cover. 

12 1859, 23 June Deed of covenant for the production of Title Deeds from (1) to (2). 

(1) William Gutch of Broughton, gentleman. 

(2) John Rogers of Lymington, victualler. 

Schedule of Deeds: 

1820, April 14 & 15 – Lease & Release, parties: 

(1) Elizaeth Stride and Thomas Stride 

(2) John Latham, William Footner and James Aldridge 

(3) John Latham the son 

(4) Thomas Figes 

(5) Robert Godfrey Longcroft 

(6) Thomas Coleman 

(7) William Charles Daman & Robert Godfrey Longcroft 

1820, April 16 &17 – Lease & Release, parties: 



(3) Thomas Coleman 

(4) Caroline Chads 

1820, April 17 – Assignment, parties: 

(1) William Charles Daman 

(2) Thomas Figes & Robert Godfrey Longcroft 

(3) Caroline Chads 

(4) John Barney

1822, Feb 4 & 5 – Lease, Appointment & Release, parties: 



(3) William George Hunter 

1823, Aug 5 & 6 – Lease & Release, parties: 

(1) John Barney & William Hancock 


(3) George Berton 

(4) James Whitchurch & Martha his wife 

(5) John Spencer & Henry Holmes 

1823, Aug 8 – Deed of covenant, parties: 




(4) John Spencer & Henry Holmes 

1831, Nov 8 & 9 – Lease & Release, parties: 

(1) Thomas Bradby & John Bradby 



(4) Henry Hattatt 

1831, March 15 – Deed of covenant, parties: 



1836, Aug 21 & 22 – Lease & Release, parties: 

(1) Hatton Figes 


1839, April 1 & 2 – Lease & Release, parties: 

(1) Charles King 


1839, Oct 16 – Letters of administration to the estate and effects of 

Charles Holmes granted to Anne Frances Holmes by the Consistory 

Court of Winchester. 

1841, May 22 & 23 – Lease & Release, parties: 

(1) John Foote Hattatt, Edward Messum & Thirza his wife, & Henry 

Holmes 

(2) Sarah Clarke 

(3) Matthia Thomas Hodding 

(4) John Foote Hattatt

13 1859, June 24 

and 

1865, Jan 14 

1841, May 23 – Indenture, parties: 

(1) John Foote Hattatt, Edward Messum the elder, & Henry Holmes 

(2) Ann Holmes 

(3) John Foote Hattatt 

(4) Henry Read Hodding 

1841, May 23 & 24 – Lease, Appointment, Release & Assignment, 

parties: 

(1) John Foote Hattatt 

(2) William Gutch & James Cooe 

(2) Henry Reade 

Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £400 at 5% interest. 


(2) Jane Bignell of West Cholderton, Wilts, widow. 

Property: freehold messuage, tenement or public house formerly 

called The Blacksmiths Arms but know known as The Foresters 

Arms with the yard, garden, stables, outhouses and appurtenances in 

the Town of Lymington, now in the occupation of the said John 

Rogers. 

Re-conveyance from (1) to (2) confirming the repayment of £400 

plus interest. 

(1) Jane Bignell. 

(2) John Rogers. 

14 1865, Jan 16 Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £200 at 5% interest. 


(2) Joseph Read of Lymington, sawyer, John Wavell Cole of 

Lymington, grocer, & John Totterdell of Lymington, 

shipwright, the Trustees of the Court Yelverton Lodge 

(No.2437) of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly 

Society. 

Property as described in ’13’ above. 

15 1867, Oct 2 Re-conveyance from (1) to (2) confirming repayment of £200 plus 

interest. 

(1) John Wavell Cole of Lymington, grocer, John Totterdell of 

Lymington, shipwright, & Richard Marshall of Lymington, 

relieving officer, the Trustees of the Court Yelverton Lodge 

(No.2437) of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly 

Society. 

(2) John Rogers of Lymington, victualler.

16 1868, Sept 14 

and 

1883, Aug 23 

and 

1886, March 19 

Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £350 at 5% interest. 

(1) William Wheeler of Longham in the Parish of Hampreston, 

Dorset, publican. 

(2) John King of Lymington, malster. 

Property: messuage, tenement or public house previously called The 

Blacksmith Arms, now called The Foresters Arms, with the yard, 

garden, stables, outhouses and appurtenances in Queen Street, 

Lymington. Bounds: land belonging to Sir George Burrard and 

partly by Queen Street on the North; premises of Edward Thorn on 

the South; land belonging to Sir George Burrard on the East; Queen 

Street on the West. Which premises were late in the occupation of 

John Rogers, now of the said William Wheeler. 

Further charge from (1) to (2) for £77 at 5% interest. 

(1) William Wheeler 

(2) John King 

17 1883, Dec 31 

Reconveyance from (1) to (2) mortgage having been settled. 

(1) John King 

(2) William Wheeler 

Indenture of Lease (1) to (2) for 7 years for £45 p.a. 

(1) William Wheeler of Godfrey’s Farm, Beaulieu, bailiff. 

(2) John Taylor Marston of The Dolphin Brewery, in the Parish 

of St. James in the Town of Poole. 

Property: messuage, tenement or public house called The Hearts of 

Oak with the brewery, yard, garden, stables, outhouses and 

appurtenances in Queen Street, Lymington, now in the occupation 

of Henry Jupp. 

18 1890, March 24 Declaration by Mr John Wavell Cole as to the descent of the 

property. 

He was appointed a trustee of the Court Yelverton Lodge of the 

Foresters Friendly Society, with Joseph Read and John Totterdell 

recalling the mortgage entered into by the society, see ‘14’ above. 

Stating also that Joseph Read had no beneficial interest from the 

said mortgage, and that he retired as trustee in 1866 and was 

replaced by Richard Marshall of Lymington, relieving officer. 

Attached is Death Certificate for Joseph Read, who died 18 Sept 

1886 at Freemantle, Millbrook age 72.

Also records the following conveyance: 

1868, Sept 12 - Conveyance from (1) to (2) for £600. 

(1) John Rogers 

(2) William Wheeler of Longham, innkeeper. 

Property: messuage, tenement or public house late called The 

Blacksmiths Arms, but then The Foresters Arms with the yard, 

garden, stables, outhouses and appurtenances in Queen Street, 

Lymington. 

Bounds: land belonging to Sir George Burrard and partly by Queen 

Street on the North; premises of Edward Thorn on the South; land 

belonging to Sir George Burrard on the East; Queen Street on the 

West. 

Which premises were then in the occupation of John Rogers. 

Notes that the name changed from the Foresters Arms to the Hearts 

of Oak in 1878. 

19 1890, March 25 Conveyance in fee from (1) to (2) for £1000. 

(1) William Wheeler of Godfrey’s Farm, Beaulieu, bailiff. 

(2) Charles Taylor Marston of Poole, Dorset, brewery manager. 

20 1897, Sept 29 

Property: freehold messuage, tenement or public house formerly 

called The Blacksmiths Arms afterwards The Foresters Arms and 

now The Hearts of Oak Inn with the yard, garden, stables, outhouses 

and appurtenances in Queen Street, Lymington. 

Bounds: land formerly belonging to Sir George Burrard and now 

Mrs Sibylla Mary Shrubb and in the occupation of Lymington 

Cricket Club and partly by Queen Street and the footpath therefrom 

on the North; premises formerly of Edward Thorn but now John 

Charles Nike King and in his own occupation on the South; land 

formerly belonging to Sir George Burrard and now to The 

Corporation of the Borough of Lymington and in their own 

occupation on the East; Queen Street on the West. 

Which premises were in the occupation of John Rogers, but now of 

the under tenants of the said Charles Taylor Marston. 

Reconveyance from (1) to (2) mortgage having been settled. 

(1) Thomas Leanwarne of the City of Hereford, solicitor, Henry 

Salter Dickinson of Poole, Dorset, solicitor, & Daniel Pearce 

Sunderland, gentleman. 

(2) John Taylor Marston of Poole, Dorset, brewer. 

Relates to the following mortgage: 

1890, March 25 from (1) to (2) for £600 and interest. 

(1) Charles Taylor Marston 

(2) Thomas Leanwarne, Henry Salter Dickinson and Daniel Pearce 

Sunderland. 

Property: freehold public house and hereditaments in Lymington 

called The Hearts of Oak Inn

Further notes that Charles Taylor Marston made his will the 7 th July 

1888 appointing Mary Elizabeth Marston, Walter Marston, William 

Lowe and Ernest Augustus Brine as his executors and trustees who 

were to sell his property and perform certain trusts with the money 

arising therefrom. Charles Taylor Marston then died the 8 th May 

1892 and his will was proved 14 th June 1892. William Lowe by 

Deed Poll of 20 th March 1894 refused to act as a trustee of the said 

will. After which the following indenture was made: 

19 April 1894 Conveyance from (1) to (2) for 

(1) Mary Elizabeth Marston, Walter Marston and Ernest Augustus 

Brine. 

(2) John Taylor Maston.


Reference No: 


Origin: Mrs Judy Knight 

Subject: Documents relating to King’s Farm, 

Sway, 1813-1901. 

CONTENTS 

1 1813, Jan 1 Lease for 1 year from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) George Pardey of Lymington, carpenter, and George Bevis Banks 

of Lymington, bricklayer, the trustee of George Pardey. 

(2) Henry Lys of Sway in the Parish of Boldre, esquire. 

Property: Tithes and tenths arising from the tenement called Heads, also 

3 closes of arable and meadow land (described below). 

2 closes, lately 1 piece, (6 acres) called Heads adjoining to the said 

tenement, bounds, the garden and yard belonging to the said tenement 

and God’s Lane on the South, piece of meadow land hereinafter 

described called the Mead on the West, the lands of John Bond, esq., in 

the occupation of Richard Linney called Round Town and Combe on the 

North, the King’s Highway from North Sway to South Sway on the East. 

That Meadow called the Mead (1 acre) adjoining the westernmost part of 

the aforesaid two closes on the East, with God’s Lane on the South, 

small stream called God’s Brook on the West, land called Round Town 

on the North. 

All which premises are in Sway in the Parish of Boldre and now in the 

occupation of the said George Pardey. 

2 1813, Jan 2 Release of tithes relating to ‘1’ above for £45. 

Recites the following: 

Lease & Release dated 31 st July & 1 st Aug 1812 from (1) to (2) for £45 

& 10s. 

(1) John Littlefield Bean of Sway, esq. 

(2) George Pardey. 

(3) George Bevis Banks as trustee of George Pardey. 

Property as described in ‘1’ above.

3 1813, Jan 2 Assignment by (1) to (2) for £230. 

(1) George Pardey of Lymington, carpenter. 

(2) Henry Lys of Sway in the Parish of Boldre, esq. 

Property: Tenement called Heads, also 3 closes of arable and meadow 

land (described below): 

2 closes, lately 1 piece, (6 acres) called Heads adjoining to the said 

tenement, bounds, the garden and yard belonging to the said tenement 

and God’s Lane on the South, piece of meadow land hereinafter 

described called the Mead on the West, the lands of John Bond, esq., in 

the occupation of Richard Linney called Round Town and Combe on the 

North, the King’s Highway from North Sway to South Sway on the East. 

That Meadow called the Mead (1 acre) adjoining the westernmost part of 

the aforesaid two closes on the East, with God’s Lane on the South, 

small stream called God’s Brook on the West, land called Round Town 

on the North. 

Noting also that George Pardey had covenated with Henry Lys to take 

down and remove the messuage or tenement and the dairy, stable and 

other outhouses and buildings thereto belonging and erect a new fence 

and gateway in the gap left in the property boundary by removing the 

said buildings; to be done by the 31 st March 1813. 

Recites the following: 

Lease for 1000 years, dated 23 rd March 1694, from (1) to (2) for a 

peppercorn rent. 

(1) Robert Blachford of Landhall, near Fordingbridge, gentleman. 

(2) Mary Urry of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, spinster. 

Property: many including that messuage or tenement and land (20 acres) 

then or late in the occupation of Ralph Carpenter, his assignee or 

assignees, with common of pasture upon King and Hyde Commons in 

the Tithing of Sway. 

Relates that this property the descended unto John Littlefield Bean of 

Sway, esq., who by Assignment dated 1 st August 1812 sold that part of 

the property noted in the assignment above to George Pardey. 

This property assigned to George Pardey had been in the occupation of 

John Head, since of Joseph Henning, since of Thomas Roffe, then of the 

said John Littlefield Bean. 

Noting also that this the common rights mentioned in the original lease 

of 1694 was specifically saved to John Littlefield Bean, and not 

transferred with the property to George Pardey.

4 1841, Sept 16 Assignment by 1000 year lease (1) to (2) for £60. 

(1) Thomas Hobbs of Romsey, gentleman. 

(2) Henry Clewer Lys of Sway, esq. 

Property: messuage or tenement, garden and plot of land as described in 

a lease of 1780 (noted below), now in the occupation of James Bevis as 

tenant thereof, for the term unexpired. 

Relates that by indenture dated 24 th June 1780 from Mary Hayter widow 

to William Paul of that messuage or tenement wherein Mary Major then 

lately lived and the said William Paul then lived and the garden and one 

plot of arable and pasture land thereto adjoining (60 lugs), bounds: the 

King’s Highway leading to the New Forest on the East; the land then late 

Suffields and then or late in the occupation of Charles Whitmore, esq., 

on the West; with land then late in the occupation of Joseph Pearce on 

the North; land then of late Mr Scandling then late in the possession of 

John Wyatt and then of Richard Linney, which premises were in Sway in 

the Parish of Boldre and were then in the occupation of the said William 

Paul. 

Also that by diverse assignments and ultimately by the following: 

13 th Sept 1827 – Letters of administration with the will of William Paull. 

7 th Dec 1833 – Release of claims under the will of William Paul by 

Richard Figes of Westbourn, Sussex, schoolmaster, and Sarah his wife. 

Indenture of Assignment and Release dated 2 nd September 1837 from (1) 

to (2) & (3). 

(1) William Paul of the Parish of Boldre, publican. 

(2) Thomas Hobbs of Romsey, gentleman. 

(3) William Pinnick of Romsey, saddler. 

The land described in the indenture of 1780 noted above. 

5 1861, Aug 17 Declaration of William Gates of Sway, labourer, age 77. 

States that he has lived in Sway the whole of his life. That he is well 

acquainted with the cottage and garden now in the occupation of 

Lieutenant Colonel Grimstone and adjoining a field called Clea Acre, 

and also with: 

a piece of pasture land called Castle’s Mead (2a 0r 38p), 

a piece of arable called Burnt House Plot (3r 37p), 

a piece of arable called Four Acres (4a 0r 14p), 

a piece of arable called Ten Acres (10a 3r 24p), 

a piece of rough land adjoining the land next hereinafter mentioned (1a 

3r 29p), 

a piece of arable called East Street Field (3a 3r 27p), 

a piece of arable called One Acre (1a 0r 10p), 

a piece of arable called Chargeables (2a 1r 32p),

a piece of arable called Long Shot or Bar Close (2a 1r 11p), 

a piece of arable called Upper Castles (4a 3r 7p), 

a piece of arable called Eleven Acres (11a 0r 25p), 

a piece of arable called Seven Acres (7a 1r 26p). 

Which cottage, garden and land are in Sway, formerly part of an estate 

called Scanlans, purchased by Henry Lys of Sway, esq., deceased, from 

the trustees of the will of a Mr Ewer in about 1798 (except a portion of 

that piece called Seven Acres which was purchased by the said Henry 

Lys of Thomas Jones, esq., in about 1810 with other lands hereinafter 

mentioned). 

Further that he is well acquainted with a house, garden and outbuildings 

formerly called Suffields Farm House or Sway Hill Farm House and now 

called Kings Farm House and the lands following: 

a piece of Meadow called Home Mead (3a 0r 33p), 

a piece of arable called Barn Close (5a 0r 7p), 

a piece of arable called Barn Hill (6a 1r 10p), 

a piece of arable called Emmotts (5a 3r 18p), 

a piece of meadow called Long Mead (3a 1r 4p), 

a piece of arable called Field Ends (7a 3r 35p), 

a piece of arable called Broomy Close (2a 3r 1p), 

a piece of arable called Browns Plot (1a 2r 32p), 

a piece of land called Clea Acre (5a 1r 36p). 

Which house, garden and lands are in Sway and with a portion of that 

parcel of land aforesaid called Seven Acres were purchased by the said 

Henry Lys of the said Thomas Jones in about 1810 (except that said 

piece called Clea Acre, which was purchase by the said Henry Lys of the 

Trustees of the will of Mr Ewer in about 1798) (and also except a small 

portion of the said Broomy Close which he believes was purchased by 

Henry Clewer Lys of Sway, esq., deceased from the Trustees of the will 

of the late Mrs Elizabeth Tarrant in about 1822) and were then known as 

Suffields Farm or Sway Hill Farm. And that Henry Lys threw the lands 

together and occupied them as one farm previously called Suffields Farm 

or Sway Hill Farm and now Kings Farm. 

Also that at his first recollection the said Seven Acres contained three 

pieces of land called ‘The Four Acres’ ‘Two Acres and three-quarters’ 

formerly part of the estate called Scanlans and purchased by Henry Lys 

of the Trustees of Mr Ewer, while ‘Acre Plot’ was purchased by Henry 

Lys of Thomas Jones, as aforesaid. Shortly after the purchase of ‘Acre 

Plot’ Henry Lys removed the fences of the three pieces of land which are 

now called ‘Seven Acres’. 

Also that ‘Clea Acre’ formerly part of the estate called Scanlans, 

purchased by Henry Lys of the Trustees of Mr Ewer, consisted of two 

pieces of land called ‘Trims’ and that on the purchase by Henry Lys of 

Thomas Jones of the said last mentioned piece of land, Henry threw 

down the fences between the same and they now constitute ‘Clea Acre’. 

Also that Henry Lys took possession of the Estate called Scanlans in 

about 1798 and occupied the same until his death in about 1840, and that 

he took possession of the estate purchased by him of Thomas Jones in

about 1810 and occupied the same until his death. After the death of 

Henry Lys in 1840 his son Henry Clewer Lys took possession of the 

whole property and continued in possession either by himself or by 

tenants until the time of his death in about 1846. 

Also that ‘Broomy Close’ consisted of two pieces of land called 

‘Broomy Close’ and ‘Coney Poutin’ or ‘Honey Pot’. ‘Broomy Close 

was purchased by Henry Lys of Thomas Jones, while ‘Coney Poutin’ or 

‘Honey Pot’ was purchased by Henry Clewer Lys of the Trustees of the 

will of Elizabeth Tarrant in about 1822, and after Henry Clewer Lys took 

possession of the property on the death of his father he three the two 

pieces into one field which now constitute the piece of land called 

‘Broomy Close’. 

6 1861, Aug 17 Copy of item ‘5’ above. 

7 1861, Oct 10 Agreement for letting land from (1) to (2) for 1 year at £25 p.a. 

(1) Mary Lys of Woodside, in the Parish of Lymington, widow. 

(2) John Chandler of Sway, in the Parish of Boldre, yeoman. 

Property: 5 pieces of arable and meadow land numbered on the Tithe 

Map of Boldre Parish 548, 557, 558, 559 & 561. 

8 1861, Oct 10 Agreement for letting land from (1) to (2) for 1 year at £21 5s p.a. 

(3) Mary Lys of Woodside, in the Parish of Lymington, widow. 

(4) Moses Taylor of Sway, in the Parish of Boldre, yeoman. 

Property: 5 pieces of arable and meadow land numbered on the Tithe 

Map of Boldre Parish 198, 199, 200, 201 & 264 as the same was late in 

the occupation of Stephen Crumpler. Also that Moses Taylor should 

have use of the farmhouse TN 556 (but with the garden reserved to Mrs 

Lys). 

9 c.1862 Plan of King’s Farm, at Sway in the Parish of Boldre; Lymington, Hants. 

Moore & St Barbe, Solicitors, Lymington. 

10 1862, May 5 Supplementary Abstract of Title of Mrs Mary Lys & others to a 

messuage or dwelling house and outbuildings, cottage or tenement and 

several pieces of land in Sway in the Parish of Boldre. 

Reciting: 

5 th May 1862 Transfer of Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £500. 

(1) Charles P. Hobbs 

(2) Anne Dennett of Lymington, spinster. 

Mortgage as described by indenture of 27 th March 1861. 

11 1862, May 26 Lys & others to Meacher – Answers to further requisitions on title. 

12 1862, May 27 Lys & others to Meacher – Answers to further requisitions on title.

13 1862, June 2 Conveyance and assignment by (3) & (4) to (5) with the agreement of (1) 

& (2) for £1200 and discharged from all mortgages. 

(1) Edward Horatio Moore of Lymington, gentleman, Henry Daniell 

of Lymington, esq. 


(3) Edward Horatio Moore. 

(4) Mary Lys of Lymington, widow, Henry Joseph Calkin Andrew of 

Lymington, esq. and Mary Isabella his wife (formerly Isabella 

Lys, spinster), Henry Allen Lys of Lymington, esq., Francis 

Daniell Lys of Bere Regis, Dorset, Esq., Francis Robert Noble of 

Lymington, Esq., and Frances Ann his wife (formerly Frances 

Ann Lys, spinster). 

(5) John Meacher of 76 Oakley Square, Middlesex, Esq 

Property (includes plan): 

Freehold once belonging to Henry Lys, deceased, comprising of TNs 

198-201, 264, 556-560 on the Boldre Parish Tithe Map. 

Leasehold for 1000 years, original lease dated 23 rd March 1694, being 

TN 548 on the Boldre Parish Tithe Map. 

Leasehold for 1000 years, original lease dated 24 th June 1780, being TN 

561 on the Boldre Parish Tithe Map. 

Recites: 

A Mortgage, dated 30 th April 1844, for £3000 and interest at 5% [from 

(1) Henry Clewer Lys to (2) Ralph Allen Daniell and Francis John Lys]. 

Which Mortgage was last transferred by indenture dated 28 th July 1857 

from (1) Francis John Lys and David William Bissett to (2) Henry 

Daniell. 

Also that 18 th May 1846 Henry Clewer Lys died, having made a will 

dated 22 nd Oct 1844 which was proved 26 th June 1846 leaving his wife 

Mary Lys and daughter Mary Isabella Lys as executors. By which will 

he left his property to his wife Mary Lys during her widowhood and 

afterwards to his children when they reached the age of 21 years or in the 

case of daughters were married if under 21 years. That Henry Lys had 4 

children by his wife Mary who survived him: 

Mary Isabell Lys now the wife of Henry Joseph Calkin Andrew. 

Henry Lys. 

Francis Daniell Lys. 

Frances Ann Lys now the wife of Francis Robert Noble. 

All of whom are now (i.e. 1862) 21 years of age or more.

Also, a Mortgage and associated Indenture both, dated 27 th March 1861, 

parties: 

(1) Henry Allen Lys. 

(2) Francis Ann Noble by her name Francis Ann Lys, spinster. 

(3) Mary Lys 

(4) Rev. Charles Parsons Hobbs. 

Whereby (1) and (2) granted to (4) their undivided fourth parts in 

reversion expectant upon the death of (3). 

Which Indenture was endorsed with a Transfer and associated Indenture, 

both dated 5 th May 1862, parties: 


(2) Anne Dennett. 

By which the principal sum of £500 and interest was vested by (1) in (2). 

Also, a Transfer in Trust, dated 24 th Dec 1861, parties: 

(1) Henry Joseph Calkin Andrew & Mary Isabella his wife. 


Whereby (1) granted to (2) their undivided fourth part in trust for a sale 

to be made of the same. 

Also a schedule of deeds relating to the properties above mentioned: 

13 th & 14 th July 1798 – Lease & Release from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Arthur Atherley and George Waring. 

(2) Henry Lys. 

(3) James Lys. 

11 th Oct 1803 – Indenture from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) John Bond. 


(3) Thomas Lys. 

28 th & 29 th Nov 1810 – Lease & Release from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Thomas Jones & Mary his wife. 



25 th March 1837 – Indenture from (1) to (2). 



4 th Aug 1840 – Probate of the Will of Henry Lys. 

16 th July 1822 – Settlement between (1) and (2). 

(1) Henry Clewer Lys. 

(2) Ralph Allen Daniell and Francis John Lys. 

26 th Aug 1834 – Indenture from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Henry Clewer Lys & Mary his wife. 

(2) Thomas Daniell. 

(3) Ralph Allen Daniell and Francis John Lys.

29 th & 30 th Dec 1840 – Lease & Release from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Francis John Lys & Hannah his wife. 


(3) Samuel St. Barbe. 

30 th Dec 1843 – Deed Poll of Henry Clewer Lys. 

30 th April 1844 – Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £3000 & 5% interest: 



26 th June 1846 – Probate of the Will of Henry Clewer Lys. 

8 th June 1850 – Indenture (endorsed on Indenture of 26 th Aug 1834) from 

(1) to (2): 

(1) Mary Lys. 

(2) Francis John Lys and William Bissett. 

8 th June 1850 – Indenture (endorsed on Mortgage of 30 th April 1844) 

from (1) to (2) & (3): 

(1) Francis John Lys. 

(2) Francis John Lys and David William Bissett. 


9 th June 1850 – Deed Poll (endorsed on Mortgage of 30 th April 1844) of 

Edward Horatio Moore. 

28 th July 1857 – Indenture, parties: 

(1) Mary Lys. 



28 th July 1857 – Transfer of Mortgage (endorsed on Mortgage of 30 th 

14 1862, June 7 

April 1844) from (1) to (2): 


(2) Edward Horatio Moore and Henry Daniell. 

Certificate of the deed of Frances Ann the wife of Francis Robert Noble, 

being an indenture dated 2 nd June 1862, see item ‘12’ above. 

15 1862, June 10 Declaration of Mrs Mary Lys as to her children. Stating that she is the 

widow of Henry Clewer Lys, late of Sway, esq., who died in the year 

1846. Then refers to the documents listed below. Stating in addition 

that her children are all alive and over the age of 21, with the exception 

of Mary Isabella Andrew (nee Lys) who died in April 1862on her voyage 

from China, aged about 35 years. 

Attached documents: 

A. 22 July 1822 – Marriage certificate of Henry Clewer Lys, esq., of 

Boldre, batchelor, to Mary Daniell, at the chapel of St. Nicholas, 

Harwich, Essex. 

B. 12 Sept 1827 – Baptism certificate of Mary Isabella daughter of 

Henry Clewer Lys of Sway, esq., & Mary his wife, at Boldre 

Church.

C. 6 Nov 1832 – Baptism certificate of Henry Allen son of Henry 

Clewer Lys of Sway, esq., & Mary his wife, at Boldre Church. 

D. 16 Sept 1835 – Baptism certificate of Francis Daniell (born 20 

Aug 1835) son of Henry Clewer Lys of Sway, esq., & Mary his 

wife, at Lymington Church. 

E. 4 July 1838 – Baptism certificate of Frances Anne daughter of 

Henry Clewer Lys of Sway, esq., & Mary his wife, at Lymington 

Church. 

F. 26 June 1854 – Marriage certificate of Henry Joseph Calkin 

Andrew of Sway, son of George Andrew, deceased, to Mary 

Isabella Lys of Sway, daughter of Henry Clewer Lys, deceased, 

at Sway Church. 

G. 4 March 1862 – Marriage Certificate of Francis Robert Noble of 

Pennington, gentleman, batcherlor, son of Christopher James 

Noble, gentleman, to Frances Ann Lys of Lymington, spinster, 

daughter of Henry Clewer Lys, Barrister at Law, at Lymington 

Church. 

16 1862, Aug 5 Conveyance and assignment by (3), (4) & (5) to (6) & (7) with the 

agreement of (1) & (2) for £1200 and discharged from all mortgages. 

(1) Edward Horatio Moore of Lymington, gentleman, and Henry 

Daniell of Lymington, esq. 


(3) Mary Lys of Lymington, widow. 


(5) Henry Joseph Calkin Andrew, Henry Allen Lys of Lymington, 

esq., Francis Daniell Lys of Bere Regis, Dorset, esq., Francis 

Robert Noble of Lymington, esq., & Frances Ann his wife 

(formerly Frances Ann Lys, spinster). 

(6) Moses Taylor of Ashley, in the Parish of Milton, yeoman. 

(7) Henry Taylor of Ashely, in the Parish of Milton, labourer. 

Property (includes plan): 

Freehold once belonging to Henry Lys, deceased, comprising of TNs 

195-7 on the Boldre Parish Tithe Map. 

Recites: 

A Mortgage, dated 30 th April 1844, for £3000 and interest at 5% [from 

(1) Henry Clewer Lys to (2) Ralph Allen Daniell and Francis John Lys]. 

Which Mortgage was last transferred by indenture dated 28 th July 1857 

from (1) Francis John Lys and David William Bissett to (2) Henry 

Daniell. 

Also that 18 th May 1846 Henry Clewer Lys died, having made a will 

dated 22 nd Oct 1844 which was proved 26 th June 1846 leaving his wife

Mary Lys and daughter Mary Isabella Lys as executors. By which will 

he left his property to his wife Mary Lys during her widowhood and 

afterwards to his children when they reached the age of 21 years or in the 

case of daughters were married if under 21 years. That Henry Lys had 4 

children by his wife Mary who survived him: 

Mary Isabell Lys now the wife of Henry Joseph Calkin Andrew. 

Henry Lys. 

Francis Daniell Lys. 

Frances Ann Lys now the wife of Francis Robert Noble. 

All of whom are now (i.e. 1862) 21 years of age or more. 

Also, a Mortgage and associated Indenture both, dated 27 th March 1861, 

parties: 

(1) Henry Allen Lys. 

(2) Francis Ann Noble by her name Francis Ann Lys, spinster. 

(3) Mary Lys 


Whereby (1) and (2) granted to (4) their undivided fourth parts in 

reversion expectant upon the death of (3). 

Which Indenture was endorsed with a Transfer and associated Indenture, 

both dated 5 th May 1862, parties: 


(2) Anne Dennett. 

By which the principal sum of £500 and interest was vested by (1) in (2). 

Also, a Transfer in Trust, dated 24 th Dec 1861, parties: 

(1) Henry Joseph Calkin Andrew & Mary Isabella his wife. 


Whereby (1) granted to (2) their undivided fourth part in trust for a sale 

to be made of the same. 

Also a schedule of deeds relating to the properties above mentioned: 

13 th & 14 th July 1798 – Lease & Release from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Arthur Atherley and George Waring. 



11 th Oct 1803 – Indenture from (1) to (2) & (3). 



(3) Thomas Lys. 

28 th & 29 th Nov 1810 – Lease & Release from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Thomas Jones & Mary his wife. 



25 th March 1837 – Indenture from (1) to (2). 



4 th Aug 1840 – Probate of the Will of Henry Lys.

16 th July 1822 – Settlement between (1) and (2). 



26 th Aug 1834 – Indenture from (1) to (2) & (3). 


(2) Thomas Daniell. 


29 th & 30 th Dec 1840 – Lease & Release from (1) to (2) & (3). 

(1) Francis John Lys & Hannah his wife. 


(3) Samuel St. Barbe. 

30 th Dec 1843 – Deed Poll of Henry Clewer Lys. 

30 th April 1844 – Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £3000 & 5% interest: 



26 th June 1846 – Probate of the Will of Henry Clewer Lys. 

8 th June 1850 – Indenture (endorsed on Indenture of 26 th Aug 1834) from 

(1) to (2): 

(1) Mary Lys. 

(2) Francis John Lys and William Bissett. 

8 th June 1850 – Indenture (endorsed on Mortgage of 30 th April 1844) 

from (1) to (2) & (3): 

(1) Francis John Lys. 



9 th June 1850 – Deed Poll (endorsed on Mortgage of 30 th April 1844) of 

Edward Horatio Moore. 

28 th July 1857 – Indenture, parties: 

(1) Mary Lys. 



28 th July 1857 – Transfer of Mortgage (endorsed on Mortgage of 30 th 

17 1862, Aug 5 

April 1844) from (1) to (2): 


(2) Edward Horatio Moore and Henry Daniell. 

Certificate of the deed of Frances Ann the wife of Francis Robert Noble, 

being an indenture dated 5 th Aug 1862, see item ‘15’ above. 

18 1862, Aug 7 Mortgage from (1) to (2) for £200 & interest at 5%. 

(1) Moses Taylor of Ashley in the Parish of Milton, yeoman. 

(2) William Salway of Long Newnton, Wilts, yeoman. 

Property: two parcels or arable land (8a 3r 10p) formerly 3 pieces of land 

at Sway, in the Parish of Boldre, lately part of Kings Farm, and late in 

the occupation of Stephen Crumpler, but now of Moses Taylor [TNs 

195-7 on the Boldre Parish Tithe Map].

19 1865, Sept 29 Conveyance from (1) and (2) to (3) for £414 3s 9d of which £211 8s is 

paid to (2) to clear the mortgage. 

(1) Moses Taylor of Ashley, in the Parish of Milton, yeoman. 

(2) William Salway of Long Newnton, Wilts, yeoman (mortgagee). 

(3) John Meacher of 76 Oakley Square, Camden Town, Middx, 

gentleman. 

Property: as in ‘18’ above. 

20 1901, Nov 20 Lease for 21 years from 28 th Sept 1901 from (1) to (2) for £58. 

(1) Emma Mary Meacher of 24 Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, 

London, widow. 

(2) Jesse Burt Sparks of the Forest Heath Hotel, Sway, Hotel Keeper, 

Sway. 

Property: 49.163 acres of land shown on the Ordnance Survey Map as 

parcels 331-3, 380, 383-91. 

The document is annotated in pencil for drawing up a new lease, the 

result of is as follows: 

Lease for 21 years from 28 th Sept 1922 from (1) to (2) for £70. 

(3) Emma Mary Meacher of 10 Denbigh Gardens, Sussex, widow. 

(4) Jesse Burt Sparks & Montagu Sparks both of Kings Farm, Sway.


Reference No: ARCHIVE STORE Shelf B2 

Subject: Minute Books : Minstead WI and 

Minstead Over-Sixties Club 

CONTENTS 

1 List of Members 1917 (Minstead and Bartley Group WI) 

2 W.I. Committee Meeting Minutes 1921 - 1945 

3 W.I. Committee Meeting Minutes 1945 – 1960 (no 1961-1965 volume) 

4 W.I. Committee Meeting Minutes 1966 – 1972 



7 W.I. Monthly Meeting Minutes 19.09.1917 (inaugural meeting) – 15.09.1921 

(Volume includes Membership List with addresses and dates of admission). 

8 W.I. Monthly Meeting Minutes 1921 - 1937 


10 W.I. Monthly Meeting Minutes 1953 - 1960 (no 1961-1965 volume) 

11 W.I. Monthly Meeting Minutes 1966 Jan. - 1972 Feb. 

12 W.I. Monthly Meeting Minutes 1972 Mar. - 1976 Nov. 



15 W.I. Monthly Meeting Minutes 1986 – 1988 ( Minstead W.I. suspended 

meetings in 1988 ) 

16 W.I. Clip File: Annual Reports 1963 – 1988 & Miscellaneous Items, including : 

Envelope containing Programme Cards for the years 1960 – 1976 (excluding 

1962, 1963, 1975). 

Booklet, April 1970 : Report of the Ad hoc Committee appointed to consider 

revision of the Constitution and Rules of the National Federation of Women’s 

Institutes. 

Annual Reports, Minstead W.I. 1963 – 1988 inclusive. 

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17 W.I. Folder ( loose papers) : Hampshire Federation of Women’s Institutes 

Annual Reports 1970 – 1988 & Miscellaneous Items, including : 

Hampshire Federation of Women’s Institutes – Annual Council Reports for 

1983, 1984, 1985,1987. 

Twenty Sixth Report of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes for year 

ended 28 th February 1943 

Hampshire Federation’s 70th Anniversary Celebration, 14 th May 1988: Souvenir 

Programme 

Reports of Bartley Group (including Minstead) Committee Meetings for 1981 – 

1986 inclusive. 

Report of Autumn Council Meeting at Winchester ( no date) 

Report of Group Committee Meeting ( no date ) 

Report on National A.G.M., Albert Hall, London, 1987. 

18 Minstead Over-Sixties Club : Minute Books 1962 - 1996, including minutes of 

A.G.M.s, Management Committee, monthly meetings, outings etc. 

19 Minstead Over-Sixties Club: Minute Books for A.G.M.s 1981 – 1996 (There is 

overlap between 18 and 19 ). 

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Reference No: 

Location LIBRARY STORE 

Origin: Mrs Payne 

Subject: Documents mainly relating to the Payne 

family building business based at 

Emery Down, Lyndhurst, 1837 – 1977; 

with the Minstead Rate book 1906-10 

PA1 Day Book, 1837 - 1843. Book opens with handwritten A-Z of clients with 

reference numbers. Daily record per clients of work done and costs. Hours 

worked by employees with trade shown. Plus farm stock and produce sales. 

Note by Mrs. Britten (of Annesley House, Bank) paperclipped inside cover 

states: 1837-1843, work and materials, Brick Kiln goods. Some pages 

marked with pieces of paper probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, 

Bank which relate to work in Bank. Loose sheet of paper notes carpenters 

work done at Cow Shed and Stabling, itemised and costed. Occasional 

references made to place names. 

PA2 Day Book, 1843 - 1847. Day book per client, dated within work for the client 

and includes 1837, work done and cost, hours worked by employees with 

trade shown. Plus farm stock and produce sales. First section in faded black 

ink. Some pages marked with pieces of paper probably by Mrs. Britten of 

Annesley House, Bank which relate to work in Bank. 

PA3 Day Book, 1853 - 1866. Day book in date order, closely written to start with 

then becomes easier to read. Names of workers, hours/days worked, 

descriptions of work done. Later on the book goes into the format of work 

per client with an indication of ledger entry: 'took out'. Book originally blue 

lined paper, with additional white centre sewn in to make book bigger. 

Mainly work for Compton but Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank has left 

a loose sheet in it indicating that there are a few entries relating to Bank or 

Gritnam (which was her main interest). These she has bookmarked. End 

sheet someone has practised writing a curly 'P'. Inside back cover some 

jotted calculations and note re: 1844 Mr Lawson 2 Bushell Lime. Was this 

book used earlier and then the contents discarded and new paper sewn into it? 

PA4 Day Book, 1867 - 1880. Record of Goods from the Brick kilns 1867-1872 

reference numbered with names and destinations as well as carriers. Then 

day book of work, workers, hours, what and for whom with some addresses. 

1866 Almanac inside cover. Some pages marked with pieces of paper 

probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank which relate to work in 

Bank. 

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PA5 Day Book, 1850 - 1868. Daily record of work done, items supplied, 

description of work, names of workers, hours worked and locations. Towards 

the end are pages of accounts; a page summarising cash flow; continuation of 

day book as before plus accounts relating to suppliers of materials. Some 

pages marked 'carried over' and 'took out' perhaps relating to transfer to 

ledgers for billing purposes. Includes a page compirsing an estimate for 

Captain Boultbee dated 1859. Piece of computer paper used to mark new 

culvert at Bank by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank which relate to 

work in Bank. 

PA6 Day Book, 1881 - 1887. A-Z without entries; work listed in date order with 

names of clients, workers, hours worked and work described. Includes costs 

of bricks and suppliers at back and 'receipt for making outside colour' plus an 

estimate of cost (? Of wallpaper). Some pages marked with pieces of paper 

probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank which relate to work in 

Bank. 

PA7 Ledger, 1854 - 1864. First entry is 1853, Dec 24. Day book per client, 

workers, hours, work done, itemised and costed. Some pages marked with 

pieces of paper probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank which 

relate to work in Bank. 

PA8 Wages Ledger, 1885 - 1889 & 1919 - 1925. 1885-1889: daily record of wages 

paid, items purchased. Book restarted in 1919 with funeral expenses, wages 

and petty cash records. In July 1920 there is a comment 'less insurance'. In 

Jan 1925 the handwriting and format of book changes alongside the names of 

the workers are columns noting amount due and another amount paid, not 

always the same! The last page identifies by date the bricklayers working on 

the job for C. Phillips plus a note of the cost on Nov 19th for the lodging and 

fare provided to employees: Hayhall and Masters. 

PA9 Day Book, 1885 - 1894. Begins with non-alphabetical list of clients and 

reference numbers to pages. Continues as day book showing dates, clients, 

workers, hours worked, work done, some measurements, some items 

supplied. Names of tenants sometimes mentioned where landowners are the 

clients. Some names and locations. Some colours of paint mentioned. Some 

pages marked with pieces of paper probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley 

House, Bank which relate to work in Bank. 

PA10 Ledger, 1880 - 1886. A-Z entries. Begins with a continued entry from 

another book for the Hon. Mrs. St Leger Glynn. Itemised work by date with 

costings, including materials, hours worked by trades and brief description of 

work. Spine split at back and sellotaped together. Some pages loosened 

from binding. Some colours of paint mentioned. Some pages marked with 

pieces of paper probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank which 

relate to work in Bank or comments on spelling! 

PA11 Day Book, 1898 - 1903. Day Book per client, dated within work for the 

client, includes name of worker, hours worked, work done, items supplied. 

Loose pages: pre-printed time sheet for M. Stormes for the week ending 

February 23th (sic), on the reverrse are measurements and materials for Mrs. 

Holloway's new shed; loose foolscap sheet of work done for Mr H T Keeping 

from Mar 22 1895 to Jan 31 1902. Loose pages in back cover with jottings 

and foolscap sheet recording work done for Miss Welsh 1903 and Mr J 

Pearce 1903. Some pages marked with pieces of paper probably by Mrs. 

Britten of Annesley House, Bank which relate to work in Bank. 


PA12 Cash Book, 1880 - 1884. Book begins with daily record of wages and other 

expenses for household, farm and business. References to locations, names 

and places. Then from Aug 6th 1881-Feb 25 1885 book becomes weekly 

wages ledger showing names and amounts, including items such as stamps 

and payments to builders, carriers etc.. These two different formats are 

present throughout. Some pages marked with pieces of paper probably by 

Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, Bank which relate to work in Bank. 

PA13 Day Book, 1884 - 1887. Begins with client list per year and reference 

numbers to pages. Day book per client with work done, by whom, hours, 

materials and measurements. Client list per year and reference numbers 

continues at the back of the book No costings. 

PA14 Estimates, 1923 - 1927. Estimates showing clients' names, proposed work and 

costs. First date is June 2nd 1923, last date identifiable is March 27th 1924. 

Inside cover proclaims the book to be one of the "Tudor" Series of Account 

Books, with codes, descriptions & prices of other books in the range with a 

note on red paper to see the end of the book for full price list of the range. 

All covers and pages have been used by Payne for jottings and records. 

Includes page at back stuck in comprising estimate to John Inge dated March 

7th 1927. 

PA15 Ledger, 1928 - 1936. Daily record of accounts with name of clients, dates, 

description of work and costs. Years separated by blank pages. First two 

pages missing. Some entries very brief. Includes couple of loose sheets of 

paper with calculations of costs relating to Farm and ? 

PA16 Ledger, 1898 - 1906. Begins with non-alphabetical list of clients and 

reference numbers to pages. Day book of dates, clients, work done and 

itemised costs. Inserted loose page itemises work done for M.K. Peto Apr 

3rd Nov 6th 1908. Some blank pages. Then pages start to be numbered from 

page 1 part way into the book. Contains some addresses of clients. Some 



PA17 Day Book, 1868 - 1872. Daily record of work done, items supplied, 

description of work, names of workers, hours worked and locations. 

PA18 Day Book, 1895 - 1898 & 1904 - 1917. First page reads 'To Day Book Jan 4 

1895: Work listed in date order with names of clients, workers, hours worked 

and work described. 1904-1917: Work listed in date order with names of 

clients, workers, hours worked and work described. Book restarted at either 

end. Day book started in 1895 ends on Mar 11 1898. 1904-1917: Loose 

pages in this section are estimate to the Trustees of the Almshouses, Emery 

Down: 1 - dated Sept 14, 1907: Painting Almshouses; 2 - dated Sep 13, 1912: 

again for painting. 

PA19 Ledger, 1859 - 1876 & 1919 - 1927. A-Z index of clients. Begins with Farm 

and general accounts 1859-1876. Followed by assorted accounts, named 

clients with mixture of costs, work done, hours worked by named workmen 

with dates 1919-1927. Includes farming records, tithes, bills & rents. Some 




PA20 Index and Ledger, 1934 - 1935. A-Z index of clients comprising parts of B, P, 

S, T & W. Followed by alphabetical list of clients with mixture of costs, 

work done, hours worked by named workmen with dates. Includes some 

names with addresses. Names of workmen, costed items. Includes blank 

pages (left for extra clients within alphabetical listings?) 

PA21 Index and Ledger, 1928 - 1930. A-Z index of clients. Followed by 

alphabetical list of clients, hours worked by whom and costings. Includes 

some names with addresses. Names of workmen, costed items. Towards the 

end of the ledger the listings restart as entries for some clients have run out of 

space. 

PA22 Index and Ledger, 1933 - 1934. A-Z missing, first entry Aitchison starting 

alphabetical list of clients, hours worked by whom, items supplied and 

costings. Includes some addresses with the names. Sample of wallpaper used 

as bookmark and part of pre-printed invoice paper. Towards the end of the 

ledger the listings restart as entries for some clients have run out of space. 

Plus some pages at the back marked 'Odd' with names, items conveyed, and 

items bought from suppliers, etc.. Inside of an envelope used to note 

outstanding bills? 

PA23 Ledger, 1859 - 1876 & 1917 & 1919 - 1927. Several hands, different uses. 

Journal for Minsted Farm 1859 to 1876, column headings folio, & heading in 

Ledger, Not Cash, Cash Received, Cash paid. Continuation of day Book Nov 

9th 1917-1927: client's names, workmen's names, hours worked, work done. 

Script on inside cover reads: "Copy of letter with Executors papers in safe 

dated Sep 1871 - business carried on by late father for 53 years, Signed Jos 

Payne. With sum 1871 minus 53 = 1818 in coloured pencil; on opposite page 

sum 1928 minus 1818 = 110 in pencil. Few torn pages, some carbon paper 

and half an envelope addressed to Mr H Payne at Home Farm, Emery Down. 

PA24 Ledger, 1930 - 1933. A-Z index of clients cut out at beginning of book, 

shows O-Z only. Mainly alphabetical list of clients, work done, hours 

worked by whom and costings. Plus some pages at the back marked 'Odd' 

with names, items conveyed, and items bought from suppliers, etc.. Includes 

remarks about estimates and actual costs. Couple of samples of wallpaper 

used as bookmarks! 

PA25 Rate Book - Minstead, 1906 - 1909. An assessment for the Relief of the Poor 

of the Parish made third November 1906 after the rate of one shilling and 

eight pence in the Pound on buildings and agricultural land to meet expenses 

incurred before 31 March. Record of rates collected 3 Nov 1906, 2 May 1907, 

2 Nov 1907, 23 Apr 1908, 24 Oct 1908, 27 Apr 1909, 28 Oct 1909. 

Overseers: Frank Philip Payne & George Henry Penny. Allow and consent of 

assessment by Justices of the Peace 3 Nov 1906: John Jeffreys, Charles 

George Heathcote; 2 May 1907: Francis Compton, John Jeffreys; 2 Nov 1907 

Francis Compton, William Martin Powell; 23 Apr 1908: Francis Compton, 

John Jeffreys; 24 Oct 1908: Francis Compton, Henry Francis Compton; 27 

Apr 1909 Francis Compton, John Jeffreys; 28 Oct 1909: Henry Francis 

Compton, Charles George Heathcote. 


PA26 Ledger & funerals, 1940 - 1945. Ledger record of accounts by date and client 

name, with total balance brought forward page by page, pages numbered 281- 

560. Houses named only where owner is not resident, e.g. Minstead Manor 

Estate, New Forest Rural District Council. Possibly some pages missing 

from the back where the pages and spine have split. 

PA27 Estimates general, 1933 - 1935. Pages 86 & 87 loose inside front. Entries 

written in pencil. Some faded. Estimates per client dated and itemised per 

cost. Front of book missing, pages pre-numbered, first number is 182. 

Loose paper with jottings, estimates, typed quotes from suppliers (Henry 

Righton and Co Ltd, Pentonville Road, N.1.), reminders to order nails for 

e.g., list of materials for Cuffnells Farm Cottages, typed carbon copy 

specification of work at Minstead Parsonage dated December 9th 1933, 

signed on three pages by B.D. Cancellor, addressed from Queen Anne 

Chambers, High Street, Winchester. Pages loose and missing at back. 

PA28 Catalogue of Sale of Minstead Manor, September 6th 1921. Title page: The 

New Forest, Hampshire. Outlying portions of Minstead Manor. For sale by 

auction on September 6th 1921. Solicitors: Mssrs. Farrer & Co. 66, Lincoln's 

Inn Fields, London, W.C.2. Resident Agent: J.H. Sampson, Esq., Emery 

Down, Lyndhurst. Auctioneers: Richard Austin & Wyatt, F.S.I., Bishop's 

Waltham, Hants and at Fareham and Southampton. Catalogue comprises 76 

numbered pages. 84 lots described, summary of them at end of catalogue, 

conditions of sale and memorandum, inside back cover is one map, Plan No. 

1. Map states the time of the auction to be 11 o'clock. Map is coloured 

showing lots in Emery Down and Acres Down, but also some in Minstead 

(not in colour). First page of catalogue has the name 'Miss L. Payne'. Map 

marked on reverse 'Emery Down & Acres Down, Sale 1921'. Other 

maps/plans must exist? 

PA29 Catalogue of Sale of Minstead Manor, September 1944. Title page: New 

Forest. Minstead Manor Estate. September 1944. Price 2/6. Solicitors: 

Mssrs Farrer & Co. 66 Lincolns Inn Fields, Lonodn, W.C.2. Land Agent: 

A.C. Williams FSI FLAS, 16 West Borough, Wimborne. Auctioneers: 

Richard Austin & Wyatt, Botley, Hants.. (And at Bishop's Waltham and 

Fareham) Includes plans: Plan No 1 of portions of the Minstead Manor estate 

for sale by auction by Richard Austin & Wyatt, August 1944, Plan No 2 of 

the remaining portions The Grove, Stoney Cross for sale by auction by 

Richard Austin & Wyatt, August 1944, and Plan No 3 of properties at Bartley 

and Totton for sale by auction by Richard Austin & Wyatt, August 1944. 

PA30a Indenture made the 29th day of September in the sixth year of the region of 

our Sovereign Lord George the Second etc., 1732. Release of lands in the 

Parish of Ringwood by Richard Chater and his wife, Mary to Anthony 

Holloway. Their receipt of £110 is recorded and witnessed on the reverse 

(see comments). Chater also spelt as Cheater. Signed in the presence of 

witnesses N. ? (possibly Hussey) and ?? Mansfield. 


PA30b 100 year lease of the fifth house on the north side of the Lexham Road east 

from Earlsfield Road. 25th December 1871-25th December 1970, 5 August 

1872. Lease of land by The Right Honorable William Lord Kensington to 

Johh Sprake of Kennerton Street, Belgrave Square in the County of 

Middlesex. And also an agreement for Sprake to be responsible for 

completing and making good the road and sewer as well as the footpath or 

pavement etc.. On the reverse 'Signed Sealed and Delivered by the within 

named John Sprake in the presence of J. Perceval ?Tatham, Solicitor, 36 

Lincoln's Inn Fields. Rent £8. Iveagh Estate Lease No. 552. 

PA30c 99 year lease of the fifth house on the north side of the Lexham Road east 

from Earls Court Road. 25th December 1871-25th December 1970, 5 August 

1872. Lease of land by The Right Honorable William Lord Kensington to 

Johh Sprake of Kennerton Street, Belgrave Square in the County of 

Middlesex. And also an agreement for Sprake to be responsible for 

completing and making good the road and sewer as well as the footpath or 

pavement etc.. On the reverse 'Signed Sealed and Delivered by the within 

named John Sprake in the presence of J. Perceval ?Tatham, and William 

Weekes, Clerk to Mssrs ?Tatham & Procter, 36 Lincoln's Inn Fields. Rent £8. 

Lexham Road. A memorial registered at Eleven in the forenoon the twenty 

ninth August 1872 B17 No. 335 signed by T.R. Williamson Dep Reg. Also 

on reverse has a stamp (red ink) Land Registry No. 189598 Registered 29 Jul 

1918. 

PA30d Mortgage of Leasehold messuage and premises No. 9 Lexham Gardens, 

Kinsington from Mr. John Sprake to Mrs M.S. Graham, 18 October 1873. 

Indenture between John Sprake of Kinnerton Street, Belgrave Square in the 

county of Middlesex, Builder of the one part and Marianne Susannah Graham 

of No 103 Stockwell Park Road Saint Mary Lambeth in the County of Surrey 

Widow. Includes within agreement and seal second parchment relating to 

notice and paying off mortgage for release. Signed sealed and delivered by 

the within names John Sprake in the presence of Thomas Wale, Solicitor, 8 

Furnivals Inn, Holborn EC A memorial registered at eleven in the forenoon 

the thirty first October 1873 B21, No 914 and signed by T.R. Williamson, 

Dep Reg. Also on reverse has a stamp (red ink) Land Registry No. 189598 

Registered 29 Jul 1918. Pencilled note referring to No 9 Lexham Road states 

'now 138'. 

PA30e Assignment of No 9 Lexham Road Kensington (subject to a Mortgage for 

securing £1000 interest) from Mr. John Sprake to Colonel C.C. Fraser CB 

VC, 6 November 1876. Indenture between John Sprake of Kinnerton Street, 

Belgrave Square in the County of Middlesex, Builder of the one part and 

Charles Crawford Fraser of No 16 William Street Lowndes Square in the 

County of Middlesex a Colonel in the Army CB VC. Parish of St Mary 

Abbots. Signed sealed and delivered by the within named John Sprake in the 

presence of Charles Edward Fry Solicitor 26 Great George Street 

Westminster. Also received the day and year first within written of a from 

the within named Charles Crawford Fraser the sum of seven hundred pounds 

being the consideration money within expressed to be paid by him to me 

£700 signed John Sprake witness Charles Edward Fry. A memorial registered 

at twelve at noon the thriteenth November 1876, B29 No 212 and signed by 

T.R. Williamson Dep Reg. Also noted in corner 'Registered in Assignment 

Book (in accordance with covenanted lease page 52 2nd January 1877) 


signed by Tatham Procter Tatham & Procter. Also on reverse has a stamp 

(red ink) Land Registry No. 189598 Registered 29 Jul 1918. Pencilled note 

referring to No 9 Lexham Road states 'now 138'. 

PA30f Indenture from the Executrix of the late Mrs M.S. Graham to General Charles 

Crawford Fraser, Surrender of mortgage of No 9 Lexham Road Kinsington 

Middlesex on payment off of £1000 mortgage., 24 July 1885. Indenture 

between Margaret Mersey the wife of the Reverend Arthur Ashton of Lee in 

the County of Kent Clerk and Charles Crawford Fraser of No 16 William 

Street Belgrave Square in the county of Middlesex a General in Her Majesty's 

Army and CB VC. Signed sealed and delivered by the above names Margaret 

Mersey Ashton in the presence of George Burton, Solicitor, Burton on Trent. 

Signed sealed and delivered by the above named Charles Crawford Fraser in 

the presence of Clifford Sympson, 19 Great Groege Street West, Clerk to 

Mssrs W.H Withall & Co of same place, Solicitors. A memorial registered at 

one in the afternoon on twenty ninth March 1886 B8 No 937 signed by JCL 

Sl????? Dep Reg. Also on reverse has a stamp (red ink) Land Registry No. 

189598 Registered 29 Jul 1918. 

PA30g Lease of No 138 Lexham Gardens in the County of Middlesex from Major St 

John S Taylor to Mrs. Whitehead, 21 July 1902. Indenture between St John 

Stewardson Taylor of Bective Lodge, Eaton Rise, Ealing in the County of 

Middlessex a Major (Retired) in His Majesty's Army and Harriett Ann 

Whitehead of 12 Brind Terrace, Rignault Road, Fulham in the County of 

Middlesex, Widow. Signed sealed and delivered by St John Stewardson 

Taylor in the presence of R.P. Dawes, Clerk to Mssrs Wittall Trotter & 

Pattison, Solicitors, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster S.W. Commences 24th 

June 1902. Term of years (determinable at end of 7th or 14th years) 21 

Expires 24th June 1923. Rent £110. Also on reverse has a stamp (red ink) 

Land Registry No. 189598 Registered 29 Jul 1918. 

PA30h Acknowledgement of Right to production of Deeds and Undertaking for safe 

custody., 13 October 1902. Acknowledgement from Sir K.A. Fraser Bart and 

Captain H.C. Keith Fraser to Lady Stradbroke. Several indentures of 

partition. See supplemental deed dated 11 June 1903 relating to 136 & 138 

Lexham Gardens. Also on reverse has a stamp (red ink) Land Registry No. 

189598 Registered 29 Jul 1918. 


PA30i Fraser Partition, 11th June 1903. Deed relating to leasehold hereditaments No 

136 and 138 Lexham Gardens Kinsington in the County of Middlesex. And 

supplemental to Partition Deed of the 13th Of October 1902. Indenture 

between Sir Keith Alexander Fraser of 59 Sloane Street in the County of 

Middlesex Baronet, the Right Honorable Helena Violet Alice Countess of 

Stradbroke and St JOhn Stewardson Taylor of Bective Lodge, Eaton Rise, 

Ealing, in the County of Middlesex a Major (Retired) in His Majesty's Army 

supplemental to indenture between St John Stewardson Taylor, Sir Keith 

Alexander Fraser, Hugh Crawford Keith Frser, Lady Stradbroke and Philip 

Henry Cox. On reverse has a stamp (red ink) Land Registry No. 189598 

Registered 29 Jul 1918. 

PA30j Assignment of a leasehold messuage and premises No 138 Lexham Gardens, 

Kensington, London., 24th July 1918. Indenture between The Right 

Honorable Helena Violet Alice Countess of Stradbroke (the Vendor) and 

Mary Shreve Carter of 101 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, the County of 

London, Spinster (the Purchaser). Signed sealed and delivered by the above 

named Helena Violet Alice Countess of Stradbroke in the presence of Mabel 

Charlotte Harper, Henham Hall, Wangford (Spinster) V.A.D. and ... above 

named Mary Shreve Carter in the presence of A.D. Philp, 101 Lexham 

Gardens, House Agent. On reverse has a stamp (red ink) Land Registry No. 

189598 Registered 29 Jul 1918 and signed in red ink K. Stephens. Also 

stamp bearing the words: Stamp Office, Telegraph Street, E.C. 23 Jul 1918, 

IVD O 3765. 

PA31 Catalogue of Sale of Littlecroft, 1914. By direction of Morton K. Peto Esq., 

"Littlecroft" Emery Down, Nr. Lyndhurst, Hants. One mile from Lyndhurst; 

Three and a half miles from Lyndhurst Station; Four-and-a-half miles from 

Brockenhurst Station. Adjoining the New Forest. A Beautiful Building site 

most centrally placed in the New Forest with Lovely Old Gardens. enhanced 

by the background of magnificent Old Woods and glades; with Stables, 

Laundry and Entrance Lodge. Mssrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley will offer the 

above by auction at the Estate Room, 20, Hanover Square, London, W. on 

Tuesday, June 9th, 1914, at 2.30 o'clock. (unless previously disposed of.) 

The property will first be offered as a whole, and if not so sold, in six Lots as 

described in these particulars. Solicitors: Mssrs. Dunning, Rundle & Stamp, 

Honiton. Telephone: No. 30. Local Agents: Mssrs. Jackman & Masters, 107 

High Street, Lymington. Telephone: 0192. Auctioneers: Knight, Frank & 

Rutley, 20 Hanover Square, London, W. Telephone: 1942 Gerrard. 

Telegrams: "Galleries, Wesdo, London." Contains pictures depecting: The 

termination of the carriage drive, The tennis court, The gardens & adjoining 

New Forest and A view of the adjoining New Forest. Tissue paper protects 

the photographs. All 6 Lots are individually described with Land Tax 

amounts and apportioned tithe stated together with names of tenants where 

appropriate. A plan of Little Croft (sic) showing the properties is stuck into 

the back cover and dated 1914. 


PA32 Specification of a House at Emery Down, Hampshire for Morton K. Peto 

Esq., May 1884 by Ernest George Peto, Architects, 18 Maddox Street, W, 

May 1884. Specification of sundry works to be done in erecting and 

completely finishing a home to be known as 'Littlecroft' at Emery Down, 

Hampshire for Morton K. Peto Esq. in accordance with the drawings 

hereunder scheduled and all further details to be supplied from time to time, 

and this specification and under the superintendance, and to the complete 

satisfaction of Ernest George Peto, Architects, 18 Maddox Street, W May 

1884 whose decision on all paints in connection with the works is to be final 

and binding on all parties to this contract. 

PA33 Plan for Building Platelayers Cottages on linen, 1847. Southampton & 

Dorchester Railway. Platelayers Cottages. Elevation, section, ground plan 

and chamber plan. Dated on reverse: South Western Cottages 1847. Plus in 

blue crayon Southern Railway, Platelayers Cottages. 

PA34a Letter from Brown & Burgess to F.P Payne re: Little Croft, 24 April 1915. 

Reply to Payne's letter of 19th April agreeing 10% increase on prime cost and 

seeking information regarding clearing of cellar under kitchen and opening up 

of the foundations. A plan accompanied the letter (not present) referring to 

clearing of room A, east of dining room, seeking levels of concrete under 

some of the rooms and any presence of quarry tiles. 

PA34b Letter from Brown & Burgess to F.P Payne re: Little Croft, 26th April 1915. 

Further instructions seeking dimensions and referring to drawings previously 

sent. Also, asking for hours of supervision undertaken by Payne which will 

be paid at a higher rate. 

PA35 Emery Down Vicarage, Lyndhurst, Hants. List of further modification & 

renovation., 2 March 1897. Lists modifications and renovations that are 

"Reductions" or "Additions" to an earlier specification? List made at 11 

Buckingham Street, Strand, London WC. Figures showing cost or reduction 

of cost have not been entered. 

PA36 Proposed conversion of Bungalow at Swan Green, Lyndhurst, for Mr. H.C. 

Barnes, 19 September 1939. Plan showing ground floor, first floor, front 

elevation, side elevation, rear elevation and section A-B. Plus key plan and 

site and block plan of site. Three stamps showoing plans have been approved 

by New Forest & District Joint Planning Committee (Eastern Planning Sub- 

Committee) [permission number 1899 dated 19 Oct 1939] and New Forest 

Rural District Council (with received dated stamp 23 Sept 1939). Block plan 

shows site of Old Forge, Swan Green. 

PA37a Memorandum of Agreement dated 13 August 1936 between W. Veal Esq and 

J. Payne Esq. Erection of a House at Emery Down, Lyndhurst, Hants., 13th 

August 1936. Memorandum of agreement for the builder to execute and 

complete to the reasonable satisfaction of the Employer the erection of a 

house at Emery Down, Lyndhurst for £573. 

PA37b Proposed House at Emery Down, Lyndhurst for Mr. W. Veal, 13th August 

1936. Plan shows North elevation, West elevation, ground floor plan, first 

floor plan, section and site plan. Shows neighbours to be 'Camp Hill' owned 

by R.I. Lamb Esq., then on the other side Mr. Veal at Sunnyside, with Mrs. 

Peckham nextdoor, with Forest Land behind and the Misses Doughty. 


PA38 Letter from H.T. Hughes to reduce estimate, March 20th 1897. Writing from 

Bank, Lyndhurst, the vicar seeks a reduced estimate because of changes to 

specification. Signed "Yours Truly, H.T. Hughes". 

PA39 Proposed conversion of Bungalow at Swan Green Lyndhurst for H.C. Barnes, 

19 September 1939. Plan showing ground floor, first floor, front elevation, 

side elevation, rear elevation and section A-B. Plus key plan and site and 

block plan of site. 

PA40 Plan of Portions of the Minstead Manor Estate, June 1945. Shows Minstead, 

Manor House and Harcourt Wood. In pencil on reverse Part of Minstead 

Estate, 1945 and "Abbotts & C". 

PA41 Proposed House, Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst for E.H. Harper Esq., August 1933. 

Shows S.E. Elevation, N.W. Elevation, N.E. Elevation, S.W. Elevation, Roof 

plan, ground floor plan, first floor plan and block plan showing neighbouring 

plot owned by Colonel H.W. Heffernan and the plot on the other side os "St. 

Swithins". 

PA42 Proposed Cycle Shed & Fuel Store for Women's Institute Emery Down for 

The Misses Chamberlain., April 1927. Plan shows site plan with New Hall, 

Cycles with coal and wood stores and car park; plus Half Inch Scale Sections, 

elevations and Longitudinal Section. Drawn by Burnett & Sons, Chartered 

Architects, Southampton; signed A.S. Burnett; dated Apr 1927. 

PA43 Proposed addition of Men's Cloak Room to the Womans [sic] Institute Hall 

Emery Down for Miss Chamberlain, February 1930. Plan shows Sectional 

elevation looking East, Section looking East, Side elevation and plan. Drawn 

by Burnett & Sons, Chartered Architects, Southampton; dated Feb 1930. 

Builders Copy. 

PA44 Part of plan of Women's Institute Hall, Emery Down for Misses Chamberlain 

at Westons, Bank, Undated. Plan shows floor plan of hall, side elevation, 

Emergency Exit Door, Cloak Room Door and Bookshelves, plus plans of 

'corners'. Torn on left-hand side which is missing. 

PA45 Proposed house at Emery Down near Lyndhurst, New Forest for H.F. 

Compton Esq., April 1935. Plan shows South-East, North-East and North- 

West Section, and Sections C-D and E-F. Stamped on front and back with 'J. 

Payne, Builder etc., Emery Down, Lyndhurst. Plans drawn by Elms & Jupp 

FFRIBA, Architects, 25 Sackville St. W1 April 1935. 

PA46 Proposed house at Emery Down near Lyndhurst, New Forest for H.F. 

Compton Esq., April 1935. Plan shows Roof Plan, First Floor Plan and 

Ground Floor plan. Plans drawn by Elms & Jupp FFRIBA, Architects, 25 

Sackville St. W1 April 1935. Note says 'For ground floor dimensions see 

1/4" Setting-out Plan'. On the back written in red crayon is 'Salmonson' - see 

HFC funeral cutting. 

PA47 Cuffnells Estate by Roy Jackman, May 1996. Roy Jackman's research on The 

Estate, the House, Alice. Plus photocopied excerpt from magazine "What it 

used to look like" and hand-drawn copy of the 1858 Tithe Map Cuffnells 

Estate. Mr. Roy Jackman, 13, Northerwood Avenue, Lyndhurst, Hampshire 

SO43 7DU 


PA48 A History of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Emery Down and Bank 1864 - 1914 

by W.B. Hesketh Biggs, MA Vicar of Emery Down, 1864 - 1914. Contents: 

The Church, The School, The Reading Room, The Charities, Miscellaneous. 

"Render to all their dues …. Honour to whom honour." Romans xiii., 7. 

PA49 Seven photographs of School House and Children, 1900's. Photographs are: 3 

teachers (see note) outside the front door; photos of both teachers and pupils 

separated into Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3; outside view of the school 

from the road showing the flag pole (end nearest to the church); inside of the 

school room showing an L-shaped room in three sections; plus two photos on 

one sheet showing children and staff including a man in the lower photo 

which has the legend 'Grade I'. Handwritten on the album paper is just 

visible: on the three teachers the names from left to right - Miss Olphent, Mrs. 

James and Auntie Rebbie (Payne); and under the Group 2, 1914 it states 'All 

the children from Bank'. Visible in the school-room picture are smaller 

double desks in the far end, larger double desks in the main section and 

benches in the 'L'; plus two stoves. 

PA50 Certificate of Merit awarded to Barbara Allen, Emery Down Sunday School, 

signed by the vicar W.B. Hesketh Biggs, Vicar Xmas 1917., 1917. Preprinted 

SPCK certificate with coloured drawings and Bible quotation: "In the 

midst of the doctors both hearing them and asking them questions S. Luke 

11.46". 

PA51 Specification of the several works to be done and materials used in the 

erection of a Proposed Farm House, "Cuffnells" Lyndhurst for Reginald 

Hargreaves Esq., JP. WH Mitchell, Son & Cutteridge, Architects, 

Southampton. August 1896, August 1896. 15 pages of handwritten 

specification, last page blank. Folded and held together with three metal clips. 

PA52 Reginald Hargreaves Esq J.P. - Proposed Farmhouse, near Lyndhurst, 

Undated. Plan shows: Foundation plan and detail of footings. Creased and 

dirty. 

PA53 Farmhouse "Cuffnells", Lyndhurst for R Hargreaves Esq. Stamped in red 

WH Mitchell, Son & Gutteridge, Architects & Surveyors, Southampton, 8 

March 1897. Plan shows: elevation (of porch), section (detail of porch), 

chimney piece in drawing & dining room, plaster cornice to drawing & 

dining room (written in pencil), small cornice Ingle in dining room and to bay 

window of drawing room (written in pencil), top of skirting, and panel mould 

(both written in pencil). Fragile, torn and ragged. 

PA54 R. Hargreaves Esq., Farm House, Cuffnells, Lyndhurst, Undated. Plan shows 

SW Elevation, Plan, arch to ingle of dining room, broach to cement rough 

cast around bays, detail of cornice and square bays in drawing room, plan of 

chimney shaft. Items from Browns Catalogue noted. On reverse in black ink: 

Note - the figures given on the foundation plan are incorrect, the position and 

size of this Bay to be taken from this plan. 


PA55 Specification of works to be done and materials used in the erection of an 

Entrance Lodge at Cuffnells, Hampshire for RG Hargreaves, WH Masefield, 

Architects, Southampton, September 1888. 16 pages of handwritten 

specification, last page blank, with pencilled measurement on outside. Folded 

and held together with metal clip; the words written in ink "County of 

Southampton Provident" have been crossed out. 

PA56 Cuffnells Farm, Specification for repairs, August 1911, August 1911. 

Alterations are for: granary on staddles, builders store and root store, root 

house, store loft over, cow and stable next, harness room, store house, chaff 

house, the yard, range of fowl houses and piggeries, privy near, the second 

homestead: copper house & range of piggeries, open cattle sheds, cart house; 

Farm house: scullery. Externally. Company's water to be laid. The 

Farmhouse. Section No 2: builders store and drain. Farm house (one portion 

occupied by labourer other retained by Mssrs. Brown); the residence 

(occupied by Mrs. Brown). 

PA57 Reginald Hargreaves Esq J.P. - Proposed Farmhouse - Cuffnells near 

Lyndhurst, Undated. Plan shows SE Elevation, NE elevation, Section AB, 

Roof plan, first floor plan, ground plan, NW elevation and SW elevation. 

Notes, measurements and alterations with costings written in red ink where 

appropriate. 

PA58 Alterations Cuffnells' Farm House, Lyndhurst, Hants., May 1936. Plan 

shows: front elevation, section A-A, block plan, ground floor plan, first floor 

plan. Register No. 30/1177. Eric Brown - architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, 

Southampton. Tel. 2392. Block plan shows A35 (Bournemouth-Lyndhurst), 

road to Bank, and Cuffnells Farm Lodge. On reverse in blue crayon: 

Cuffnells Farm, Cuffnells Farm House. 

PA59 R.G. Hargreaves Esq., J.P. Details - Proposed Lodge for "Cuffnells", 1888. 

Plan shows frontage, section through ingle, elevation of ingle etc., plan of 

ingle, Bay to living room, and porch. 

PA60 Proposed Farmhouse "Cuffnells", Lyndhurst. Estimate for Proposed 

Farmhouse, "Cuffnells", Lyndhurst, for Reginald Hargreaves Esq. July 1896. 

All trades. WH Mitchell, Son & Gutteriedge, Surveyors, Southampton., July 

1896. Estimate for the erection of proposed Farm House, "Cuffnells", 

Lyndhurst for Reginald Hargreaves, Esq., JP. 

PA61 Detail of angles and returns, Undated. Drawings showing bracketting for 

mullion, tile hanging, angle frame of Bay and Drawing Room & Inglenook, 

cornice to cant bay of Dining Room, frame of bay of drawing room. Fragile, 

torn, ragged and chewed. 


PA62a Letters between Richard Austin of Richard Austin and Wyatt and J. Payne 

regarding Cuffnells Farm, September - December 1903. Letter 1: from 

Richard Austin intending to meet J. Pain (sic) at Cuffnells on September 10th 

1903 (handwritten); Letter 2: advising Payne that the clerk will be present to 

take measurements and would he be present (handwritten); Letter 3: 

enclosing plans and specifications seeking estimate (typed with handwritten 

PS from RA); Letter 4: informing Payne that his tender has been submitted to 

Mr. Hargreaves (Handwritten); Letter 5: from F.P. Payne irate that having 

tendered he was to be submitted to another tendering process (handwritten). 

F.P. Payne's letter refers to other clients. The first letter relies on next day 

postal delivery! 

PA62b Memorandum of Estimate to Build Cuffnells Farm House for Mr. G. 

Hargreaves Esq JP, November 28, 1903. Estimate of cost = £929 13s 0d. 

PA62c Quantities of Works Cuffnells Farm House, 1903. Itemised record of 

materials per room and per workman, e.g. plasterer. 

PA63 Plan for proposed W.C. at Ivy Cottage Bank on Cuffnells Estate for Captain 

CL Hargreaves, November 1940. Plan, key plan, elevation and section. Miss 

Rogers was the occupant. 'Plan of Proposed W.C. at Ivy Cottage, Cuffnells 

Estate' written in blue crayon on reverse. 

PA64 Block plan J Broomfield's new wash house, Undated. Heading': block plan re 

J. Broofield's new wash-house. Plan shows letter box with cottages on both 

side of road: owners/tenants are shown as Mrs. Nelson at the Old Cottage (on 

the plan divided into two sections), J. Wiltshire at Hayfield with the garden 

marked as Paddock, Hill View is Mr. Wilding's and new wash-house is at the 

back of F. Broomfield's new cottage (now Lilac Cottage). The lane is shown 

as opening out opposite Westons with the woodsheds shown, Combe Cottage 

and the Royal Oak. The allotments opposite The Old Cottage are marked. 

PA65 Proposed extensions to Cottage occupied by F. Bailey at Bank for the Misses 

Chamberlain, "Westons", Bank. April 20th 1928, April 20 1928. Plan shows 

Section A-A, New South elevation, existing cottage, ground floor plan and 

first floor plan. Very damaged and torn. On reverse Bailey written in blue 

crayon. 

PA66 Cottages - Lyndhurst - Hants - John Maxwell Esq., Unknown. Plan shows 

elevation, section and outlined floor plan. Preliminary drawings by Frank J. 

Brewer, Architect, Richmond, Surrey. 

PA67 Extensions Cottage, Pinkney Lane, Bank for Captain Hargreaves, January 25 

1937. Plan shows block plan, Section A-A, plan of existing cottage and 

woodshed and the additional scullery at the back off the living room. Block 

plan shows relationship to cottage with "Hillcote" occupied by Bailey and 

those occupied by Marshal and Miss Rogers. It also shows Deerhurst Field 

behind these three cottages. Drawing registered 135/1452, subject: plans and 

sections. Drawn by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, 

Southampton. Tel. 2392. On reverse written in blue crayon is Hargreaves 

and Capt. Hargreaves. 


PA68 Conversion of Bank Cottages into two cottages for employees fo….., 

Unknown. Plan shows Section through bathroom cottage B, north elevation, 

south elevation, east elevation, elevation and section of fuel stores and floor 

plan of cottage A and cottage B. Torn on right-hand side which is missing 

and torn along edges and badly on left-hand side. On reverse in blue crayon 

is Cottage at Bank. 

PA69 Specification of the several works required to be done and materials used in 

the erection of detached residence at Lyndhurst Nov 1880, November 1880. 

Specification by trade of work to be done. On the reverse is written in ink: 

Specification for House at Lyndhurst, Nov 1880. 

PA70 Proposed bathroom and W.C. accommodation at "Vine Cottage", Bank for 

Miss Henderson Nov 1939, November 1939. Plan shows Ground plan, first 

floor plan, existing elevation, section and west elevation. Block plan shows 

Vine Cottage opposite and on the other side of the road from Lane End and 

Bank Cottage grounds. First floor plan was drawn twice, first incorrectly and 

crossed out. On reverse in blue crayon is Proposed bathroom addition etc for 

Miss M. Henderson, Vine Cottage, Bank, Nov 1939 twice. 

PA71 Proposed new W.C. at Miss Rogers, Bank - Nr Lyndhurst July 1939 for Capt. 

C.L. Hargreaves, 26 Portman Square, W.1., July 1939. Plan shows new W.C. 

situated off the scullery and in part of the wood shed, elevation, Section A-B 

and block plan. Block plan shows Miss Rogers cottage adjoined to the next 

door cottage which has the name Marshall written in with a detached cottage 

on the other side with the name Bailey and "Hillcott". On the reverse in red 

crayon is Miss Rogers, New W.C., Bank and in blue crayon Cuffnells Estate. 

Also Rogers, Bank in pencil with jottings crossed out. 

PA72 "Yew Tree Cottage", plan shewing proposed Garage Extension, Unknown. 

Rough plan shows site of cottage in relation to garage and adjustments 

needed to extend it by 9' 1". Pencilled notes. Pinned to plan is a piece of 

paper with measurements of height, width and length of the Wolseley and 

Rolls Royce. On reverse in pencil 'garage, Sitting R.' and 'Yew Tree Cottage" 

Bank. 

PA73 Proposed Garage - "The Beeches" - Bank - Nr Lyndhurst for Sir Lancelot 

Elphinstone, November 1932. Plan shows North elevation, cross section A-A, 

east elevation, ground floor plan, west elevation, first floor plan and two half 

inch sections showing motor pit and sliding doors. Drawn by Burnett & Sons, 

Chartered Architects & Surveyors, 20 Portland Terrace, Southampton. On 

reverse Elphinstone in blue crayon and Garage, The Beeches in pencil. 

PA74 Proposed enlargement of drawing room "Yew Tree Cottage"., Unknown. Plan 

shows floor plan with drawing room extending into larder, the removal of one 

window and the addition on a new one to match. 


PA75 Plan shewing relaying of defective drainage at "Annesley Cottage" Bank, Nr 

Lyndhurst Hants for Major P.P. Curtis, April 1940. Plan shows site plan with 

new inspection chambers, new basins, outline of house, stables and pony grid 

with lawn and outbuildings. Some pencilled notes. Drawn by Burnett & 

Sons, Chartered architects, Rownhams Mount, Nursling, Southampton. April 

1940. J.W.R. On reverse in pencil: Major Curtis Annelsey Cottage and some 

jottings. 

PA76 Pages from old ledger, Unknown. Items costed are brought forward costs of 

front door linings and architraves, back entrance door, to two inside doors, to 

other inside door, door to box room to have upper pannels glazed with 

washable glass, shelves in both pantrys, cupboard in front sitting room, 

cupboard in old kitchen, stair case in front cottage, back staircase, guttering, 

stones and flanges, two large bedrooms one to each cottage, whiten all 

ceilings, plumber, glazier, painting outside, inside, large room in second 

cottage, the old kitchen and pantry, back cottage, landing and stairs and 

passage and painting all bedrooms. Guessed that this is separation of Bank 

Cottage into two because of its location with other documents. 

PA77ab 

Invoices from Scammell and Son, Hardware and General Merchants, hot and 

cold water engineers, shoeing and general smiths, electric bell fitters and farm 

implement agents to the Executors of the last Mr. F. Payne, Emery Down., 

December 15 1903 - September 10 1908 and September 13 1909 - February 

28 1919.. Summary of dates, items and costs owed by the Late Mr. F. Payne, 

Emery Down. The second invoice continues April 14 - July 23 1919 but this 

is crossed off and totalled separately. The new total to the Executors ending 

at the entry for 28 February 1919 = £59 4s. 9d. 

PA77c Invoices pinned together from Scammell and Son (as above) to Mr. F.P. 

Payne, August 1903, July and August 1905, April 30 1916 and May 1917. 

Invoice dated August 1903 for items February 2nd - October 24th: paid by 

cheques dated 5th December 1903, received with thanks George J. Scammell. 

Invoice dated April 30th 1916 paid receipt number 523 signed ???? Harris 

One Penny embossed receipt. On reverse of last invoice pencilled notes about 

a new job and some measurements. 

PA78 Mrs Mary Britten's list of notes of items retained from family files (John 

Payne's sister who lived at Annesley), Uknown. List of notes relating to 

documents she had retained or looked at. She retained papers relating to 

bankruptcy of Mrs Adeline Payne, will of Mrs. Elizabeth Payne 1902, 

Agreements re: Fritham property, Harry Cooper 1888 and Ann Stares 1892, 

own school reports etc, all Maxwell plans or specs, 2 day books, Cuffnells, 

Report 1850 Royal New and Waltham Forest Commission. Listed Advert 

Doultons chimney pots, Major Tileworks, lites etc., Kenrick sliding door 

ramping, plan of alteration to front of New Forest Inn, Emery Down, for 

Strong and Co July 1891, Mitchell Son and Gutteridge, Architects, Pidgeon - 

landlord. Specification of alterations to school buildings and new Master's 

residence July 1885/1890 Emery Down re: church and vicarage 1897. 

Cottage in New Forest at Burley Beacon for Morris Fletcher architect Ernest 

George etc.. Also listed drawings and specs. 


PA79 Specification of labour and materials required in repairs and decorations of 

Holidays Hill Cottage and New Forest Gate House (Brintons Toll Bar), 

Unknown. Details of interior and exterior work required to be done on each 

premises. Brinton Tollbar written in blue ink alongside New Forest 

Gatehouse on page 2. 

PA80 Bills of quantities for the erection of Forester's House at Burley, Nr. 

Lyndhurst, Hants for the Ministry of Works. February 1949., February 1949. 

Bill Nos. 1-4. Bill No. 1 - general conditions and preliminaries, Bill No. 2 - 

Forester's House Type XIIB, Bill No. 3 - Drainage and works in connection at 

Burley Site, Bill No. 4 - external works at Burley Site. All provisional. Front 

cover shows name and addresses: C.A. Morrison OBE FRICS., Chief 

Surveyor (Quantity and Costs), Cleland House, Page Street, Westminster, 

S.W.1. and Frank Andrews, LRIBA, Chartered Architect, 45 High Street, 

Ringwood, Hants. In collaboration with the Ministry of Works and on the 

back cover Denley & McPherson, Chartered and Corporate Quantity 

Surveyors, 8 Commercial Road, Parkstone, Dorset. 

PA81 Invoice addressed to Mr Payne Emery Down April 5th 1919 to The Fox and 

Hounds Hotel, Hunting and Posting Stables, Lyndhurst, New Forest, April 

5th 1919. To hire of Hearse and Carriage for Funeral £1 5s. Paid with thanks 

20th May 1919 John Ings. Heading shows Telephone No. 2, Lyndhurst. 

Telegrams: "Ings, Hotel, Lyndhurst." Please address all communications to 

John Ings (Proprietor). 

PA82 Letter from County Surveyor to J. Payne Esq., Emery Down, Lyndhurst., 

September 1937. Refers to application received 2nd September 1937 referring 

to Road A35 Bassett-Exeter and Addition to Garage, Vine Cottage, Lyndhurst 

for Miss M. Henderson, Section No. 519. Signed by A.C. Hughes, County 

Surveyor. On reverse in pencil notes: drainage scheme to Gritnam Cottages, 

June 1934, see and site plan. Pair semi detached cottages at Gritnam for 

Gritnam Trust plans 1933/4 for do. Additional bedroom to Woodbine and The 

Nest Gritnam 1934/5 1933 New E.C.s do. and Bramble Cottage. 

PA83 Receipt stamp 13500 May 23 1918 H.J. Holt Southampton Received the sum 

of £5 from Mr Payne, May 23 1918. Receipt initialled JP. Actual stamp 'on 

a/c' and signed ? Two perforated edges. 

PA84 Account prepared for Major P.P. Curtis for work done at Annesley Cottage, 

Bank, nr. Lyndhurst, July 1940. 13 pages comprising summary page showing 

cost including as the first item work as per contract, the following pages 

comprise itemised account of additional works. 

PA85a Approximate plan of proposed Hall Stove. "Cozy" design 25.E., Unknown.. 

Plans shows existing mantelpiece with the stove inserted into the fireplace 

with measurement of grate and stove. 

PA85b Rough elevation of proposed stove to Mrs. Upjohn's Room, "Cozy" 25.E, 

Unknown. Plan shows elevation of existing fireplace with stove in situ and 

showing new tiles to be applied to opening. 


PA86a Proposed A.R.P. works for W.H. Upjohn Esq., K.C. Bank, Lyndhurst, 26th 

July 1939 by J. Payne, Builder, Emery Down, July 1939. Plan shows plan of 

cellars, longitudinal section, section A-B, section C-D and elevation to exit. 

On reverse in blue crayon: w.H. Upjohn cellars. 

PA86b Correspondence between Payne and Gardner Sons & Co Limited of Bristol 

regarding basement reinforcements and gasproof doors for the A.R.P. works 

for W.H. Upjohn Esq., K.C. Bank, Lyndhurst, 26 July-10 August 1939. 

Seeking and providing estimates. Pre-printed notification of Annual Holidays 

1939 at Gardiner Sons and Company Limited pinned to estimate of August 

1st 1939. 

PA86c Letter of 11th August 1939 from J. Payne to W.H. Upjohn Esq., K.C., 11 

August 1939. Re: A.R.P. Work. Headed notepaper states: J. Payne, Builder, 

Contractor, Decorator, and Undertaker, Emery Down, Lyndhurst, Hants., 

Established 1818. Telephone - Lyndhurst 98. 

PA87 Letters re: Timber falling at Annesley, 22 May-20 July 1949. Two letters 

from H.G. Hayward seeking a meeting with Mr. Payne regarding timber 

felling at Dr Barnardo's Homes "Annesley", Bank and the other confirming 

the meeting. Two carbon copies from Payne: one is estimate of tree lopping 

and the other is a letter adjusting the estimate to the account of Mr. 

Whitehorn, the tree cutter as Payne had heavy building commitments - he 

thoroughly recommended this man. Exchange of last two letters supplies Mr. 

Whitehorn's address at Newtown, Minstead. Mr. Hayward's letter of 22 May 

1949 identifies Mr. A. Weatherall as the Superintendent at Annesley. 

Estimate of 15th June 1949 mentions residents of properties adjoining 

Annesley: Major Curtis, Mr. Garwood, Forest Cottage, and Yew Tree Cottage 

tenanted by Mr. Clay Carter. 

PA88 Letters regarding the Hot Water Storage Cylinder at Annesley, Bank., 21st 

November-1st December 1949. Letter from Butler asks Payne to estimate for 

a new Hot Water Cylinder, Payne suggests two options a replacement 

cylinder or an indirect cylinder (the latter being more expensive), the reply 

from Butler requests the replacement cylinder, the indirect cylinder will be 

considered at a later date when other alteration work is considered. 

PA89 Letters relating to work done by Payne on the Crittall cooker at Annesley, 

Bank , August 1949. First letter from Butler queries the sum charged by 

Payne, letters from Payne query the cost with the supplier, relay the true cost 

and adjusts the cost of 10lbs. Purimachos. 

PA90 Ledger pages recording work done for Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 1949-1957. 

Most of the work is being done at Annesley, but work is also done at Dell 

Cottage, the garage, the large greenhouse and the Gardener's Cottage. Dates, 

names of workers, work done and costings. 

PA91 Specification of work required to be done, and materials used, in the erection 

of two semi-detached cottages, at Gritnam, Nr. Bank, Lyndhurst, for the 

Gritnam Trust Ltd., 12th March 1934. Specification drawn up by Charles J. 

Hair, ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. Blue crayon on reverse 

states 'Gritnam Trust'. 


PA92 1/2" detail of new filter, Gritnam, 9th August 1938. Plan shows existing 

septic tank and manhole, Section, New Filter Bed, Half Section A-A and 

Humus chamber. Drawn by Charles J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, 

Southampton. Also stamped Lemon & Blizard, Castle Lane, Southampton. 

Lue crayon: Gritnam Drainage on outside. 

PA93a Forest Green, Bank. Details of Bay & Bath Room Window, 27 April 1928. 

Plan shows: Front Elevation, Section A-B, Interior Elevation, associated 

section, plan of window to library and bath room and plan of bay window. 

Builders comments in pencil. Damaged edge - been on site. On reverse in 

red crayon: Forest Green. Also in blue crayon Hay. 

PA93b Forest Green, Bank. Ground Floor and First Floor plans., 27 April 1928. Plan 

shows Library, downstairs W.C. & Lav and first floor dressing room and 

bathroom. Builders comments in pencil. Damaged edge - been on site. 

PA93c Proposed extensions to Forest Green for The Hon. S. Fletcher-Moulton, 

Unknown. Plan shows elevation, ground floor plan, Sections, 1st floor plan. 

On reverse in blue crayon: Moulton, also same in red crayon, and in pencil 

Miss Moreton (Barrett & Sons). 

PA94a Extension "Forest Green", Bank for Capt. J.C.M. Hay, June 1936. Plan 

shows: North-East Elevation, North-West Elevation, Ground Floor Plan and 

First Floor Plan. Plan drawn by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, 

Southampton. Tel. 2392. Register No. 97/1226. Subject: Sketch scheme. 

Blue crayon on reverse: Hay. 

PA94b Extension "Forest Green", Bank for Capt. J.C.M. Hay, June 1936 revised 

30/6/36 C.A.L.. Plan shows: North-East Elevation, North-West Elevation, 

Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan Section A-A and Block Plan. Plan drawn 

by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, Southampton. Tel. 2392. 

Register No. 97/1224. Subject: Plans, Section and Elevations. Blue crayon 

on reverse: Hay. 

PA94c Extension "Forest Green", Bank for Capt. J.C.M. Hay, June 1936 revised 

30/6/36 C.A.L.. Plan shows: North-East Elevation, North-West Elevation, 

Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan Section A-A and Block Plan. Plan drawn 

by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, Southampton. Tel. 2392. 

Register No. 97/1225. Subject: Plans, Section and Elevations. Blue crayon 

on reverse: Hay. 

PA95 Alterations to drainage at Gritnam, 9th August 1938. Site plan showing 

Bramble Cottage, The Nest, Woodbine Cottage and Rosemary with existing 

septic tank and manholes and site of new septic tank and manholes. Drawn by 

Charles J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. Pencilled and 

crayoned words on back of plan: Gritnam and Gritnam Drainage respectively. 

PA96a Site plan of Gritnam Cottages, 14th June 1934. Site plan showing Bramble 

Cottage, The Nest, Woodbine Cottage and Rosemary with new cottages 

(names Jassamine and Beechshade pencilled in). Drawn by Charles J. Hair 

ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. Blue Crayon: 'Gritnam' on 

reverse. 


PA96b Proposed Semi-detached Cottages for Gritnam Trust Ltd. Revised Plan., 1st 

February 1934. Plan shows first floor plan, Section A-A, side elevation, roof 

plan, front elevation, back elevation and ground floor plan. Drawn by Charles 

J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. Pencil and blue crayon 

on reverse: 'Gritnam' 

PA96c Proposed Cottages for Gritnam Trust Ltd. Site Plan, 8th March 1934. Plan 

shows new cottages site plan with extent of properties and drainage routes. 

Drawn by Charles J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. 

Pencilled on reverse: site plan Gritnam Trust. 

PA97a Proposed additional bedroom to 'Woodbine' & 'The Nest', Gritnam, 10th 

September 1934. Plan shows first floor plan, Section A-A, Back elevation, 

Alternative plan for 'Woodbine', Section B-B, side elevation and ground floor 

plan. Drawn by Charles J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. 

Blue Crayon: 'Gritnam' on reverse. 

PA97b Half inch detail of new Earth-Closets for 'Woodbine Cottage', 'The Nest' and 

'Bramble Cottage', Gritnam, Nr. Bank., September 6th 1933. Plan shows 

Section A-A,. Section B-B, Back elevation, elevation from garden, site plans 

of 'The Nest'/'Woodbine Cottage' and 'Bramble Cottage', and floor plan of 

closet chamber. Drawn by Charles J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, 

Southampton. Blue Crayon: 'Gritnam' on reverse. 

PA97c Specification of work required to be done, and materials used, in repairs to 

Cottages at Gritnam, Bank, nr. Lyndhurst., 23 August 1933. Prepared by 

Charles J. Hair ARIBA, 23 Portland Terrace, Southampton. 

PA98 Three letters regarding Poulner Cottages, Emery Down dated 23 March and 

10 June from J.D. Scott of Norris & Gillett, Solicitors to J. Payne at Firry 

Piece and one dated 9 June 1966 from Moberly & Wharton Solicitors of 

Pembroke House, Henstead, The Polygon, Southampton., 1966. The subject 

of the letters is ownership of land by Henry Payne and his sister and a right of 

way of the occupants of numbers 1 & 2 Poulner Cottages over property 3 

Poulner Cottages. Contained within envelope addressed to J. Payne at Firry 

Piece with handwritten 'Re: Poulner Right of Way'. 

PA98b Newspaper page 4 from the Southern Evening Echo, Tuesday Aug 9 1966., 

August 9, 1966. Tom Bargate's Topics of the Hour contains a piece entitled 

Back to Exhibit regarding Henry Payne's visit to the 'Old Lyndhurst' 

exhibition at the Community Centre and a picture which he brought with hiim 

of a cricket match at Park Hill School off the Beaulieu Road, between MIss 

Penton's XI and Miss Powell's XI in 1914. Page also contains picture of Mr. 

E. Light of Cadnam using horse power for haymaking and report of the 

pending marriage of a Miss Rosa Hockey of Fordingbridge. 

PA98c The Said Photograph' from Joyce Foreman's album, 1914. Picture of the 

teams of a cricket match at Park Hill School off the Beaulieu Road, between 

MIss Penton's XI and Miss Powell's XI in 1914. Ref Nfm server\new forest 

museum data\Peter\Payne Photos\ 7.tif 

PA98d Photograph of Henry Payne, 1950-60s. Photograph of Henry Payne. Ref Nfm 

server\new forest museum data\Peter\Payne Photos\ 4.tif 


PA99 The Farmer's Kalendar or Monthly Directory, 1771. Bible passages written on 

the title page and following pages. Book contains newspaper cuttings: a 

report of a visit to the Church of Santa Croce in Florence, with on the reverse 

an article about Sympathies of Sound; advertisement for a book/pamplet on 

'The advantages and method of watering meadows by ART by the Rev. T. 

Wright; four pages from another Kalendar: Of Rey-Grass, Of Lucerne, Of 

Saint Foin and Of making Hay; an advertisement 'Sheep Feed, on Turnips' 

apply to Arthur Mist, at Moyles-Court Farm, near Rignwood; and 

handwritten note copied from handwritten recipe in book 'A short account of 

the common method of making Hereforshire Cyder. Notes in margin on 

several pages. 

PA100 Vicar's statement (Herbert T Hughes), 1897. 

PA101 Plan of site of proposed church, Emery Down, 1860-ish?. 

PA102 3 letters re Emery Down School, election of managers, school accounts, 

charity commission grant, 1890, 1891-2, 1900 respectively. 

PA103 School Buildings, Emery Down Specification of the several works and 

materials used in making certain alterations and additions to the above 

building and in the execution of the Master's Residence together with offices 

and outbuildings as per plans etc prepared by W.H. Mitchell, Architects, 

Southampton, July 1885. Specification by trade of work to be done. Pencilled 

notes and costings regarding cleaning out well and new bell chain. 

PA104 Proposed Extension to "Horse-Shoe Cottage" Emery Down, Hants. For The 

Rev. Francis C. Dickson., January 1953. Plan shows Section A.A and B.B, 

South West Elevation and North West Elevation, Ground Floor plan and Roof 

plan. Drawing number 272/2 Hill & Allum, Architects and Surveyors, 28, 

East Park Terrace, Southampton. January 1953. Written on the back in 

pencil are two 'H', some measurements, plus a list '14 rafters, 16 collars, 17 

ridge, Lips and Lay boards", also Rev Dickson Horse Shoe Cott and in biro 

'Hill & Allum'. Plan was folded but then had been rolled up with a sticky 

label 'Extension for Horseshoe Cottage for Rev. F.C. Dickson'. 

PA104b Paynes' Wages Book, 1934-1937. Weekly accounts (handwritten) listing 

employees, rate of pay, a/c, health, Due, Paid. Starts week ending Nov 22nd 

1934, closes week ending Apr 22nd 1937. From 1935 the number of 

employees spreads the record for the week over two pages. 

PA105 Business accounts, 1941-46. Daily accounts of family firm and farm. 

Column headings handwritten are: Reference numbers, £sd, year, description 

of item, disc., Total, Goods, Labour, Gen. Exp. Farm, R&R Plant, Car in two 

columns: Rg and R&R, same with Lorries, then Drawings, Salary & Wages, 

Insurance, Bought Ledger. 


PA106 Purchasing book for building works , 1961-64. Set out in five columns 

comprising date, description and measurements, name of client, 

initials/abbreviations, date. Further on in the ledger the columnheadings are 

T, S, Job, Item, Delivery to, Supplier. Includes loose pages: cost of parts for 

Miss Kent's boiler & bathroom; notes of orders needed for work/stock; 

colours of enamelled hard board bath panels, size of window/lights, RSJ 

length; sample of wall paper; items needed for work for Mrs Tarrant; paint 

required; and fittings for Brinton Toll Bar. Back of book used for various 

calculation notes. 

PA107 Time & Wages book, 1954-1955. Weekly account (pre-printed) of individual 

employees' hours worked, rate paid, wages earned, holiday pay, NI, Savings, 

tax deductions, total deductions, balance due, NI employer, P&A Holiday 

stamps. Weekly summary each page. Inside back cover: 1954-55 & 1955-56 

weekly summary of Tax & Refunds. Note at back: 2nd page of 3rd November 

1955 - see end of Wages Book No. 2, week 22nd November 1956. 

PA108 Time & Wages book, 1939-1944. Weekly account (pre-printed) of individual 

employees' weekly wage, employee's Insurance contribution for Health and 

Pension unemployment, Balance Payable, and Employer's Insurance 

contribution. Starts week ending Oct 5th 1939, closes week ending 17th Aug 

1944. Some pages cut periodically so that the employee list does not have to 

be rewritten. Plus preprinted inside front cover: NI Act Pensions/Orphans 

1924-32. 

PA109 A few Lines Written at Lyndhurst New Forest on seeing the Keepers hunting 

the deer (which were all to be destroyed) with Dogs and Guns, across the 

Race Course, September 14, 1852., 1852. Poem 'dedicated to Mrs. Major 

Gilbert who name with the New Forest Hounds has been held in honourable 

unity a hundred years', written by John Goffe, Waltham Cross, Herts. Stuck 

together with sticky back paper. 

PA110 Late Mr. H.F. Compton, J.P. Funeral of Squire of Minstead, April 11, 1943. 

Tenants on the Minstead Estate were among the bearers at the funeral at 

Minstead on Thursday of Mr. Henry Francis Compton JP, Lord of the Manor 

who died at Lyndhurst on April 11 after a long illness. Ministers and 

mourners listed. Useful lists for relationships of gentry and holders of office. 

PA111 Plans on linen, Unknown. Plans: Plan of Attic, Chamber Plan, Ground Plan, 

Section A.B Assumption that this is for Holmfield as on the reverse is written 

'Holmfield' in pencil, and '? Holmfield' in red biro on front. Also assumed 

from floor plan that PA115 is also Holmfield. 

PA112 New House, Emery Down, Lyndhurst for H.F. Compton Esq. by J. Payne, 

Builder., Unknown. Estimate of material costs. Possibly for Brambletye as 

the title of the project is the same. 

PA113 Specification of works to be done at 'Hollowdene' Lyndhurst in improving the 

system of drainage and connecting the same with the Public sewer according 

to the accompanying plan, for Leonard R. Wilkinson, Esq., April 1906. 

Specification written by J.H. Roberts, Surveyor, Southampton. See PA114 

below. 


PA114 Hollowdene, Lyndhurst. Drainage Improvements for Leonard R. Wilkinson 

Esq., April 1906., April 1906. Site plan drawn by J.H. Roberts, Surveyor, 

Southampton with Explanation (or Key) in bottom right-hand corner. 

PA115 Plans showing West and South Elevation, Unknown. Plans: West Elevation, 

South Elevation Assumption that this is for Holmfield as the room layout 

seems to be the same. 

PA116 Proposed Shop, 6 High Street, Lyndhurst for Mrs. F.M. Burrell, Feb 1937. 

Plans: Plan, Section through Show window, front elevation, Section A-A and 

Block Plan. 

PA117 Post Office, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Unknown. Plans: Basement Plan, Ground 

Foor as at Present, Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan, Section, Back 

Elevation and Side Elevation. Plans drawn by Frank J. Brewer FRIBA, 

Architect and Surveyor, Richmond, Surrey. 

PA118 Faded pencil plan, Unknown. Rough measurements/framework for door and 

windows, possibly. Of little value? In blue crayon on the outside '185 Payne'. 

PA119 Alterations & additions, 'Woodlands', Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst for Mr. Ellery, 6 

May 1935. Plans: Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan, East Elevation, South 

Elevation, Section A.A. and Block Plan Block plan shows 'Woodlands' and 

its location with regard to the Fenwick Hospital. 

PA120 Detached House, Busketts Way, Ashurst, Hants for M.R. Swan., February 

1937. Plan shows: Section A-A, east elevation, north elevation, south 

elevation, foundation plan, ground floor plan, Section thro' cesspool and first 

floor plan. Drawn by M.R. Swan, Architect, c/o 24 Carlton Crescent, 

Southampton. February 1937. On reverse in blue crayon: Mr. Swan. 

PA121 Proposed shop, 6 High St, Lyndhurst, for Mrs. F.M. Burrell. Plan, Sections 

and Elevation., Feb 1937. Plan shows: Plan, Section through show window, 

front elevation, section A-A and block plan. Block plan shows High Street 

(Lyndhurst written in pencil), No. 6 highlighted in colour, and Workmen's 

Club marked in pencil. Plan drawn by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton 

Crescent, Southampton. Tel 2392. Mrs. Burrell written in blue pencil on 

reverse. 

PA122 For Lieut. Col. Sir Dudley Forwood Bart CMG Proposed Cottage Bungalow 

at Stoney Cross Lodge, Stoney Cross, Near Lyndhurst, Hants.., Apr 1926. 

Plans: Section through A-B, Plan, East Elevation, South Elevation and sketch 

Site Plan Stansfield C. #Greenwood, Architect, 5 The Abbey, Romsey, Hants. 

Sir Dudley Forwood and Sir Dudley Forward (sic) written on reverse in blue 

crayon and pencil. 

PA123 Duplicate of PA125, 1939. Plans: Ground Floor , Section A-B, East 

Elevation, South Elevation, West Elevation, North Elevation. Unnamed. 

PA124 Block plan for PA126, 30 Sep 1939. Plans: Block Plan showing location of 

two bungalows, Pikes Hill Avenue and Fenwick Cottage Hospital. Stamped 

'New Forest Rural District Council, received 30 Sep 1939'. 


PA125 Proposed new bungalow adjoining Pikes Hill Avenue, Lyndhurst for Miss M. 

Johnstone x2, September 1939. Plans: Plan, Section A-B, South Elevation, 

North Elevation, East Elevations. One plan is signed J. Payne and stamped 

New Forest Rural District Council Received 30 Sep 1939 and also Approved 

1 Nov 1939. The other includes in black ink 'J. Payne, Builder, Emery 

Down'. One plan has 'Miss Johnstone 1940' written in blue crayon on the 

reverse and the other has in blue crayon (written twice) 'New Bungalow at 

Pikes Hill for Miss Johnstone'. 

PA126 Proposed Bungalow on site adjoining Pikes Hill Avenue, Lyndhurst for Miss 

V.V. Law, September 1939. Plans: Plan, Section A-D,. South Elevation, End 

Elevation, North Elevation and Block Plan on separate piece of paper. Both 

pages stamped New Forest District Council Approved 1 November 1939 and 

signed J. Payne. Plan with elevations also stamped New Forest Rural District 

Council Received 30 Sep 1939. On reverse of plan with elevations is written 

in blue crayon 'Miss Law 1940'. Block plan shows Pikes Hill Avenue, 

pathway from main road and Fenwick Cottage Hospital. 

PA127 Special Double Stalls by Beatty Bros Ltd, Park Royal Road, London, NW10, 

Unknown. Plan for farm buildings. Beatty Stalls' in blue crayon on reverse. 

PA128 Proposed House at Stony Cross for W.K. Pearce Esq, June 1934. Plans: South 

Elevation, West Elevation, North Elevation, East Elevation, Section A-A. 

Secton B-B, Section C-C, Section D-D, Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan, 

Roof Plan and Typical Section thro' External Wall. Plans drawn by Burnett & 

Sons, Chartered & Registered Architects, 20 Portland Terrace, Southampton. 

On reverse in blue crayon 'W.K. Pearce Esq New House' and 'Pearce' in red 

ink. 

PA129 Proposed new cottages for The Misses Davies x2, Unknown. Plans: 

Perspective, Block plan, Side Elevation, Cross Section, Outbuilding, Front 

Elevation, Back Elevation, First Floor and Ground Floor. Plans drawn by B. 

Westwood AADip, 14 Buckingham Street, London, WC2. On reverse plan 2 

handwritten 'Miss Davies, New Cottage' and 'Miss Davies' in blue pencil, and 

'Cottages Miss Davies' in blue pencil on reverse of plan 1. 

PA130 Proposed pair cottages at Pollards Moor, Cadnam, Hants for Mrs. M.A. Petty, 

Apr 1935. Plan shows: elevation to road, back elevation, section AA, side 

elevation, foundation plan, ground plan and first floor plan, key plan and 

block plan. Plan drawn by Eric Brown, Registered Architect, 7 College Place, 

Southampton, April 1935, DWG No 29/. Arithmetical sum in ink in margin. 

PA131 Pages from old ledger, 1845-1846. Summary of dates, clients and sums owed 

or paid. 


PA132 Fox & Sons, Auctioneers, Bournemouth and Southampton: properties for sale 

notice due to F. Strange, deceased., 10 June 1919. F. Strange, deceased, 

Lyndhurst, Hants, Three detached Freehold Cottages with long gardens in 

Queen's Parade. Let at £16 4s. Each. In three lots. Plus, "Overmoor", 

Romsey Road, Jessamine House, Romsey Road and "Evergreens", Romsey 

Road. Plus several plots of Freehold Buildings or Accommodation Land and 

a parcel of Meadow Land. Properties for sale by auction at the Crown Hotel, 

Lyndhurst, on Tuesday, June 10th 1919 at 3 o'clock precisely,. On the 

reverse is a draft letter in pencil with some words overwritten in ink: Dear 

Sir, We think of selling the 2 cottages and live and dead stock the last week in 

June. Is it possible to sell the 3 cottages belonging to my mother - the late 

Mrs. E. Payne - situated quite near the above on the same date? If this could 

be arranged it would save further cost of printing etc., We are writing Mr. 

Stanton Atlee today to this effect. 

PA133 Site plan showing Miss Johnstone's plot, 1939. Plan shows Miss Johnstone's 

Plot (with colour wash) nextdoor to Miss Law's plot, the end of Pikes Hill 

Avenue with "Normanby" Mr. W. Wing (or might be Ding) the lane thorugh 

to Pikes Hill and the Fenwick Cottage Hospital Faded. 

PA134 Hymn Sheet for Hop-Pickers Mission 25th anniversary at Alton, October 

18th 1892. Hymns to be sung at the Commemmoration Service of the 25th 

Year of the Hop-Pickers' Mission in the Alton District in The Assembly 

Rooms, Alton. Chairman - W. W.ickham, Esq., MP. The nine printed Hymns 

are: "All hail the power of Jesu's name!", "I will sing of my Redeemer", 

"There are lonely hearts to cherish", "Once again the Gospel message", 

"There is a home eternal", "I know that Jesus ever lives", "Throw out the 

Life-line across the dark wave", "I will sing the wondrous story" and "God be 

with you until we meet again!". In pencil on last page what looks like travel 

directions and also childish scribble. 

PA135 Proposed addition (ground floor W.C.) to Rosedale, Shaggs Meadow, 

Lyndhurst for A.E. Jeffrey Esq.,, Nov 1953. Plan shows: Back elevation, 

Cross section, Part Ground Floor plan and scale plan of site. Drawn by M. 

Cowell, Surveyor, Quiggs Lane, Marchwood, Nov '53. In pencil on reverse: 

Rosedale, Shaggs Meadow. 

PA136 For Lieut. Col. Sir Dudley Forwood Bart CMG Proposed Cottage Bungalow 

at Stoney Cross Lodge, Stoney Cross, Near Lyndhurst, Hants.., Apr 1926. 

Plan shows section through A B, East Elevation, South Elevation, Plan "B". 

Drawn by Stansfield C. Greenwood, Architect, 5 The Abbey, Romsey, Hants. 

In red crayon Sir Dudley Forward Bart CMG, and in biro Bungalow with the 

word Cottage scribbled out. 

PA137 Proposed House at Plot 5 Calpe Ave., Lyndhurst, Hants for M.I.S. Smith, 

May 1956. Plan shows Front elevation, Section A-A, West elevation, South 

elevation, Ground floor plan, Basement, First floor plan and North elevation 

Drawn by Derrick Graham, Architectural Designer, 10 St. Johns, Redhill, 

Burley. 

PA138 Letter from W. Morris Fletcher to Mssrs F & W Payne, Builders, May 22 

1894. Letter returning plans, asking Payne to show to Mr. Peto and when 

considered inform WMF of cost to complete work. 


PA139 Cottage in the New Forest for Morris Fletcher Esq., FS details of window 

casements Drawing No 8., 8 September 1894. Plan shows opening light, 

head, jamb and sill Drawn by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox 

Street, W. September 8th 1894. 

PA140 Cottage in the New Forest for Morris Fletcher Esq., 1/2" detail of hole in 

larder floor drawing no. 12, January 14th 1895. Plan shows section and plan 

Drawn by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. January 

14th 1895 

PA141 Cottage in the New Forest for Morris Fletcher Esq., 1/2" detail of east 

elevation Drawing no. 2, 1894. Plan shows east elevation Drawn by Ernest 

George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. In corner is written 

Payne Bros in ink. 

PA142 Mr. Fletcher's House at New Forest Flues from parlour etc Drawing No. 9, 

2nd Oct 1894. Plan shows Flues Drawn by Ernest George and Peto, 

architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. In corner is written Payne Bros in ink. 

PA143 Do. By Peto, 1894. Drawn by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox 

Street, W. In corner is written Payne Bros in ink. 

PA144 Do., 1894. Drawn by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, 

W. In corner is written Payne Bros in ink. 

PA145 Cottage in New Forest Morris Fletcher Esq., 1/2" detail of screen between 

parlour & studio shewing adaptation of Indian panels rawing No. 15, 

February 26th 1895. Plan shows section and meeting styles Drawn by Ernest 

George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. In corner is written in 

pencil Payne March 5, 1895 

PA146 Tracing, Unknown. Floor plan Unknown drawing. 

PA147 New Forest Chimney Piece, 11 June 1894. Sections of chimney pieces Drawn 

by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. In corner is 

written in ink Payne Brothers 

PA148 Quarter partitions, Mr Fletchers House, Burley, Undated. Plan shows 

partition between No 3 and 4 bedrooms, partition between landing and no. 4 

bedroom, partition between no. 2 & 3 bedrooms and between landing and no. 

2 bedroom. F & W Payne, Lyndhurst written in pencil in corner. 

PA149 Cottage at New Forest - Morris Fletcher Esq., - Revised panelling to 

cupboard under staircase Drawing No. 13, January 14th 1895. Plan shows 

studded partitions Drawn by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox 

Street, W. In corner is written in pencil Payne 

PA150 Plans for Ringwood Cottage, Miss Payne, 3 November 1894. Very rough 

diagram showing chimney head, part of No. 2, Miss Payne Delicate and very 

sparsely drawn 

PA151 Cottage in New Forest, detail of staircase, etc. 1/2 to 1 foot and full size. , 11 

July 1894. Plan shows window boards, foot of newel, head of newel, Doors 

ground floor, door style and architrave, skirting, position of steps, Section at 

O, plan of stair, stringer, section A-B, Section C-D. Drawing number 3, 

Payne Bros by Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. 


PA152 Cottage at New Forest for Morris Fletcher Esq.., July 11, 1894. Plan shows: 

west elevation, section on O D,, Roof plan, first floor plan, north elevation, 

south elevation, east elevation, section on A B, ground floor plan. Drawing 

number 1, Ernest George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. with 

Payne Bros pencilled in the top right hand corner. 

PA153 Plans for above, rain water filter, 1894. 

PA154 Cottage in the New Forest for Morris Fletcher Esq., 1/2" detail of chimney 

pieces, Drawing No 5., 11 July 1894. Plans of chimney pieces in bedrooms, 

dining room/parlour, studio, facing and plan with section. Drawn by Ernest 

George and Peto, architects, 18 Maddox Street, W. With specific instructions 

included regarding quality of bricks and cost of frame. 11th July 1894. 

PA155 Plans for above, dining room, 1894. 

PA156 Proposed outbuildings at Burley for Morris Fletcher Esq., Dec 8th 1894, Dec 

8th 1894. Plan shows elevation, section and floor plan. F. & W. Payne, 

Lyndhurst written in ink on face 

PA157 Plan, . 

PA158 Plans Miss Law's bungalow, Pikes Hill, Oct 1939-Aug 1944. 

PA159 Plan for Miss Johnstone's bungalow, Pikes Hill, Oct 1939-Aug 1944. 

PA160 Plans for Mrs Davies x 2, Winsor, 1909. 

PA161 Plans for semi bungalow at Howen Farm, . 

PA162 Plans for Forest Corner Cottage for Crosthwaite-Eyre x 3, Bramshaw, 1955. 

PA163 Plans for Mrs Pulston's thatched cottage - alterations, Lyndhurst, Oct 1939. 

PA164 Bartley Manor Farm, plans for Major Despard + cowpen x 3, . 

PA165 Extension Skers Farm, 1955. 

PA166 Plans and tracing for Mrs Evison, Buddell's Corner, Fritham, . 

PA167 Plans semi-bungalow, elevation and tracings, Cadnam, July 1939. 

PA168 Woodview, Burley for Mrs. Hayter, . 

PA169 Yew Tree for Mrs Hayter x 2, . 

PA170 Part map OS 237 NE Ashurst Walk, post 1907. 

PA171 Part map Manor Park and Harcourt Wood, 1897. 

PA172 Part OS map The Grove, Minstead, 1895 rev. 

PA173 Part OS map, Lyndhurst and Emery Down, 1907 rev. 

PA174 Part OS map, Lyndhurst and Emery Down, 1896 rev. 


PA175 Part OS map, before Littlecroft in Emery Down, with stocks lockup in 

Lyndhurst (coloured), . 

PA176 Accounts Ledger, May 1949 - June 1950. Begins with A-Z of suppliers with 

reference numbers to pages. Alphabetical accounts relating to family firm 

and farm including properties and suppliers. Book supplied by WJ Atkins & 

Son, Commercial Stationers, 18a London Road, Southampton. 

PA177 Accounts Ledger, 1927 - 1933. Begins with A-Z of suppliers with reference 

numbers to pages. Non-alphabetical accounts relating to family firm and 

farm including properties and suppliers including miscellaneous accounts at 

the back. 

PA178 Accounts Ledger, Feb 1924 - July 1929. Begins with cash received and bank 

balances. Thereafter daily record of suppliers and farm accounts totalled and 

carried forward. 

PA179 Accounts Ledger , June 1933 - Sept 1945. Alphabetical accounts relating to 

family firm and farm including properties and suppliers with record of 

holidays-with-pay for employees. 

PA180 Accounts Ledger, Aug 1938 - July 1943. A-Z of clients/suppliers with 

reference number to pages. Followed by record of accounts with 

clients'/suppliers' names and some addresses. 

PA181 Accounts Ledger , 1962 - March 1977. A-Z of clients/suppliers with 

reference number ot pages. Then some pages have been cut out from book. 

Followed by daily records for some clients/suppliers. Only part of this book 

has been used. Some pages cut out and removed. Includes 6 loose leaves: 

Cylinder Hire Form 167 for hire of 1 x cylinder of Propane Gas; and sheet 

from debit/credit record for May 1961-Mar 1962; 4 pages of jotted notes. 

PA182 Accounts Ledger , April 1935 - Jan 1940. A-Z of clients/suppliers with 

reference number to pages. Followed by record of accounts with 

clients'/suppliers' names and some addresses. Ends with record of accounts 

of funerals. Some names at the back out of alphabetical order. 

PA183 Ledger, Jan 1924 - 1932. Begins with record mainly in pencil of daily income 

for milk, butter, etc., for 1924-1928. Thereafter daily record of suppliers and 

farm accounts totalled and carried forward for July 1929-April 1932. 

PA184 Estimate Book, Jan 1937 - May 1938. Estimates showing clients' names, 

proposed work and costs. Loose sheet relating to client 309, Miss LP 

Henderson, estimate for removal of caravan from Emery Down to 

Broadstone, with note of materials needed. 

PA185 Estimate Book, July 1934 - 1950. Estimates showing clients' names, proposed 

work and costs. Stuck on to inside cover is page from The Metal Agencies 

Company catalogue relating to sizes of tubes and fittings. Some pages 

marked with pieces of paper probably by Mrs. Britten of Annesley House, 

Bank which relate to work in Bank. 


PA186 Map Freehold Property of H C Compton near Totton, auction sale July 15th 

1914 (part) with plans of house on reverse, . 

PA187 School reports of Joyce Foreman (John Payne's cousin), . 

PA188 PC of Lyndhurst Postmen and Women 1914-1918, . 

PA189 PC of Proclamation of George V at Lymington, . 

PA190 Letter of introduction, Dottridge Brothers, Unknown, but 1881 handwritten as 

part of calculations on reverse. Introducing Payne to the only suppliers in 

England professing 'to supply first-hand everything an undertaker may be 

called upon to provide'. Found loose in 1880-84 Cash Book, reference PA12 

above. 

PA191 The Garwood Cylindrical Slide Rule, Unknown, but found in estimates ledger 

dated 1933-1935.. Instructions for assembling The Garwood Cylindrical Slide 

Rule (as designed by G.T. Garwood, BSc, AMIEE) (Patents Pending). Found 

loose in 1933-1935 Estimates, General Book, reference PA27 above. 

PA192 Sewage disposal Trusty Servant, Minstead, August 1936. Plans and sections. 

Drawn by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, Southampton. Shows 

old smithy, two houses and some sheds opposite the Trusty Servant where the 

council estate is now. The Trust Servant was owned by Mew, Langton and 

Co. Ltd. 

PA193 Proposed addition to Little Popes Farm, Brook, August 1953. Back and Side 

elevations, part ground floor plan, Section AA plus scale plan of side (from 

Hants sheet LXIII-4) showing proposed alterations. Plan of site shows Green 

Dragon Inn, Bell Inn, Popes Farm and roadways. Plan drawn for Colonel 

Crosthwaite-Eyre MP by M. Cowell, Surveyor, Twiggs Lane, Marchwood, 

Southampton. 

PA194 Proposed Cottage, Woodside, Lymington, 13 July 1937. South, North, East 

and West elevations, ground and first floor plans, Sections A-A and B-B, plus 

section through cess pit, 1/500 block plan and key plan. Plan drawn for J.E. 

Howard Esq., by Eric Brown, Architect, 24 Carlton Crescent, Southampton. 

Telephone 2392. Working drawings. 

PA195 Drawing No 2, ?. South elevation, Section throught Bedrooms 1 & 3, Part 

North elevation and section, detail of EC (plan view), detail of EC seat 1/4 

full size and plan showing living room, bedrooms 1-3, scullery, larder, lobby, 

fuel store and EC. ? Plan drawn for Deputy Surveyor, New Forest. 

PA196 Hampshire Sheet LXXII.I, ?. Printed in two parts with edging that can be 

pieced together. Map dates to before Littlecroft was built. 

PA197 Hampshire Sheet LXXI?.?, ?. Contains Holmfield, County Police Station, 

Cricket Pitch, Beaulieu Road and Ashurst Road. Top right and bottom left 

corners missing. Land beyond boundary not printed upon. 


PA198 Photocopy of agreement between Frank and William Payne of Emery Down 

Lyndhurst in the county of Hampshire, Builders with John Maxwell Esq of 

Annesley Bank Lyndhurst, April 1894. 2 pages of handwritten draft contract, 

1 x memorandum of estimate and letter to Mr. H. Brewers and 1 x quantities 

in cellar, Mrs. Maxwell Photocopied from original in file on Annesley held 

by Ms Annie Dickson, 6 Annesley House, Bank. 



Reference No: 


Origin: Nick Wateridge 

Subject: Documents relating to The Royal Oak, 

Bank, Lyndhurst, 1791 – 1957; also an 

un-associated deed of 1719 concerning 

lands in South Baddesley. 

CONTENTS 

1 1719, Feb 25 Indenture of Lease for 1 year (release missing) from (1) to (2) for 

5s. 

(1) John Barnes of South Baddesley, yeoman, son and heir of 

John Barnes, late of South Baddesley, yeoman, deceased. 

(2) John Melledge of Westover in the Parish of Ringwood, 

yeoman. 

Property: 

A messuage or tenement with garden, orchard and backside (12 

perches) and 2 closes of pasture called Slipes Closes (8 acres), 

bounds: King’s Highway called Forest Ford on the East; lands of 

the said John Barnes on the West, Highway called Forest Lane on 

the South; 

meadow called Slipes Mead (1 acre), bounds: the Forest Moore on 

the East, Slipes Field on the West; 

coppice called Picked Bridge Coppice (2 acres), bounds King’s 

Highway on the North, the Forest Moore on the East, aforesaid 

Slipes Mead on South; 

arable or pasture called Crooke Crofte (7 acres), bounds: lands of 

the Rt. Hon. Ralph, Earl of Montague on the East, the said Forest 

Lane on the West, land of William Colebrooke on the South, land of 

the said William Colebrook on the North, 

all situated in South Baddesley in the Parish of Boldre. 

2 1791, May 6 Deed to lead to uses of a fine from (1) to (2): 

(1) Thomas Taplin of Annis’s Bank, in the Parish of Lyndhurst, 

carpenter, and Ann his wife, the grand daughter of Matthew 

Goffe, late of the Parish of Lyndhurst, yeoman, deceased, 

and niece of James Goffe, late of the Parish of Lyndhurst, 

cardboard maker, deceased. 

(2) David Jones of Lyndhurst, linen draper. 

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Property: Messuage or tenement, cottage or dwelling house, 

workshop, fuel house, stable, garden and orchard adjoining (1 acre) 

at Annis’s Bank in the Parish of Lyndhurst, now in the occupation 

of Ephraim Green and Thomas Taplin 

3 1791, Easter term Fine: between David Jones, plaintiff, and Thomas Taplin and Ann 

his wife, deforciants, of two messuages, two cottages, two shops, 

two fuel houses, two stables, two gardens, two orchards and one 

acre of land in the Parish of Lyndhurst. 

4 1791, Easter term Fine: as above, matching copy of document (2). 

5 1791, May 30 Deed of Release (Lease missing) from (1) to (2) for £105. 

(1) Thomas Taplin of Annis’s Bank, in the Parish of Lyndhurst, 

carpenter, and Ann his wife, the grand daughter of Matthew 

Goffe, late of the Parish of Lyndhurst, yeoman, deceased, 

and niece of James Goffe, late of the Parish of Lyndhurst, 

cardboard maker, deceased. 

(2) Mr Richard Nightingale of the Parish of Lyndhurst, 

gentleman. 

Property as described in ‘2’ above 

6 1826, Dec 27 Lease for 1 year from (1) to (2) for 5s. 

(1) Richard Nightingale of Lyndhurst, gentleman, and James 

Nightingale of the Borough of Wilton, Wilts, draper. 

(2) Joseph Taplin of Lyndhurst, carpenter. 

Property as described in ‘2’ above, except now formerly in the 

occupation of Ephraim Green and now in the occupation of the said 

Jospeh Taplin 

7 1826, Dec 28 Release from (1) to (2) in consideration of £120 previously paid and 

5s for the lease (document ‘6’). 

(1) Richard Nightingale of Lyndhurst, gentleman, and James 

Nightingale of the Borough of Wilton, Wilts, draper. 

(2) Joseph Taplin of Lyndhurst, carpenter. 

(3) Charles Dudley, of the Borough of Wilton, gentleman. 

Records that Joseph Taplin paid Richard Nightingale, late of 

Lyndhurst, gentleman, now deceased, £120 for the property 

thereafter mentioned but did not make any conveyance in writing 

thereof. In his will, dated 26 Jan 1811 and proved 19 Nov 1814, the 

late Richard Nightingale left the residue of his estate to his sons 

Richard Nightingale and James Nightingale (parties hereto). 

Property as described in ‘6’. 

8 1841, Jan 30 Office copy of the Will of Mr Joseph Taplin, proved 7 July 1841. 

9 1841x1856 One partially illegible leaf of paper, transcription: 

Henry Broomfield & Maria his wife 


£100 

2 Tenenements burnt down … … newly erected messuge … … … 

w. garden and orchard, bounded by the Forest in the East, by piece 

of May the wife of Wm … … … Taplin in the south and the Forest 

in the … & West 

That sit[uated] at A… in Bank. 

[sketch on reverse] 

10 1856, June 4 Mortgage by (1) to (2) for £100 at 5% interest. 

(1) Henry Broomfield of Annesleys Bank, in the Parish of 

Lyndhurst, brewer and beer retailer, & Maria his wife 

(2) Andrew Hobbs of Lymington, gentleman, & Samuel 

Shrimpton of Lymington, saddler. 

Property: all that newly erected messuage or dwelling house with 

garden, outbuildings and premises adjoining at Annesley’s Bank. 

Notes that the premises originally of Joseph Taplin had been 

destroyed by fire and replaced by a new messuage. 

11 1856, June 4 Acknowledgement by Mrs Maria Broomfield, of the above 

mortgage. 

12 1861, Nov 18 Mortgage (further charge) by (1) to (2) for £50 at 5% interest. 

(1) Henry Broomfield of Annesley Bank, in the Parish of 

Lyndhurst, brewer, & Maria his wife 

(2) Samuel Shrimpton of Lymington, saddler. 

Property as in ‘10’ above. 

13 1861, Nov 18 Acknowledgement by Mrs Maria Broomfield, of the above further 

charge. 

14 1865, Feb 22 Copy Order made in Chancery on disputed will of Andrew Hobbs. 

Plaintiffs: Sarah Hiscock, widow, now deceased; James Hiscock; 

Henry William Hiscock; William Sheppard and Frances his wife; 

Samuel Moore and Ann his wife, now deceased; John White Hobbs, 

now deceased, ands Mary Ann his wife; Thomas Watts and Sarah 

his wife; Francis John Hobbs; Fanny Hobbs, spinster; & Emily 

Hobbs, spinster, an infant under the age of 21 years, by the said 

Francis John Hobbs her brother and next friend. 

Defendants: Samuel Shrimpton; Mary Elizabeth Hobbs, widow; 

Stephen Judd; Samuel Olding and Frances Jane his wife; Ellen 

Maria Judd; & Selina Emily Judd. 

Order: that Samuel Shrimpton be discharged from being a trustee of 

the will and codicil of Andrew Hobbs the testator. That James 

Hiscock and Francis John Hobbs and Samuel Olding be appointed 

trustees of the said will, in the place of Andrew Hobbs and Edward 

Andrew Hobbs, both deceased, and Samuel Shrimpton aforesaid. 


15 1868, Sept 18 Transfer of Mortgage from (1) and (2) to (3). 

(1) James Hiscock of Chislehurst, Kent, wine and spirit 

merchant, Francis John Hobbs of Florence Road, New 

Cross, Kent, grocer, and Samuel Olding of Romsey, 

gentleman, the executors of the will of the late Andrew 

Hobbs. 

(2) Henry Broomfield late of Annesley Bank, in the Parish of 

Lyndhurst, now of Minstead, brewer, & Maria his wife. 

(3) William Jacobs of Lymington, master mariner. 

Property as in ‘10’ above. 

16 1879, Jan 7 Indenture of conveyance from (1) to (2) for £550. 

(1) George Broomfield of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. 

(2) Elizabeth Jacobs of Lymington, widow, and Henry Hayward 

of Lymington, master mariner. 

(3) William Baron Mew, Walter Langton & Joseph Parker 

Mew, all of Newport, Isle of Wight, brewers and spirit 

merchants. 

Records descent of property from Joseph Taplin to the current 

parties. George Broomfield being noted as the eldest son of Henry 

and Maria Broomfield. 

Property: messuage or dwelling house now used as an inn, known 

as the “Royal Oak”, with the garden and land, outbuildings and 

premises thereto adjoining at Annesley’s Bank, in the Parish of 

Lyndhurst (with plan). 

17 1879, Nov 29 Inland Revenue Receipt of George Broomfield for £1 19s 

succession duty on The Royal Oak, inherited from Maria 

Broomfield and since sold. 

18 1880, Jan 6 Sworn Declaration by Robert Harfield, Solicitor, as to the identity 

& succession right of George Broomfield, with attached documents: 

A. Copy of entry in Lyndhurst Register of Marriage: Henry Richard 

Broomfield to Maria Taplin, 6 th Jan 1834. Copy dated 19 th Aug 

1879. 

B. Copy of entry in Minstead Burial Register: Maria Broomfield, 

28 th Sept 1875. Copy made 19 th Aug 1879. 

C. Copy of Coroner’s Certificate for death of Henry Broomfield, 

26 th Dec 1878. Copy made 27 th Dec. 1878. 

D. Copy of entry in Lyndhurst Register of Baptisms: George son of 

Richard Henry and Maria Broomfield, 30 th Nov 1834. Copy made 

19 th Aug 1879. 

19 1952, Oct 7 & 13 Correspondence: Post Office Telephones, concerning erection of a 

public telephone kiosk at The Royal Oak, with consent form and 

plan. 


20 1957, May 10 Letter from Lyndhurst Parish Council to Messrs W.B. Mew 

Langton & Co. Ltd. concerning positioning of a Parish Council 

notice board at The Royal Oak. 

21 1957, June 18 & 

July 18 

Memorandum of Agreement between W.B. Mew Langton & Co. 

Ltd. and Lyndhurst Parish Council, dated 18 th June 1957 concerning 

notice board at The Royal Oak, Bank, Lyndhurst, with covering 

letter, dated 18 th July 1957. 


Brockenhurst Allotments 

BPC Date 

001/1 Letter from the County Council notifying BPC of 

termination of Middle Clark’s field tenancy, by 

Morant Trustees, for the purpose of Allotments. Date 

of termination 30 March 1912 

10 Jan 1912 

001/2 Minute of Guardians requesting the Council to act as 

an administrative committee and to provide a 

statement of Receipts and Payments for the District 

Auditor. 

12 Feb 1918 

001/3 Copy of letter from the Office of Woods etc advising 

that deed of Covenant in respect of Whitefield Moor 

allotment site has been postponed, as the suitability of 

the past site has been questioned. 

14 Feb 1918 

001/4 Copy of letter from Guardians of Lymington Union to 

Office of Woods etc, suggesting that the control of 

allotments at Brockenhurst should be entirely in the 

hands of the Parish Council. 

29 May 1919 

001/5 Copy of letter from Ministry of Health, sanctioning the 

sub-letting of allotments on Crown Lands, by the 

Guardians of Lymington Union to the Parish Council, 

on condition that the Parish Council undertake all 

liabilities which would have devolved upon the 

Guardians of the Lymington Union. 

1 Sep 1919 

001/6 Letter from Clerk of Union enclosing copy of letter 

001/5 (Above) and asking that the Parish Council 

should let the Union know, at their earliest 

opportunity, of their intentions. 

5 Sep 1919 

001/7 Copy of letter 001/5, using identical wording but 

signed by a different official of the Ministry. 

1 Sep 1919 

001/8 Letter from the Deputy Surveyor to Parish Council 

stating that the Commons Preservation Society are 

protesting against the new allotments at Brockenhurst , 

and asking that the enclosing and breaking up of the 

ground should be suspended pending the Verderers 

decision to hold a special court to thrash out the 

matter. 

8 Mar 1920 

001/9 Letter from Solicitors, acting for Commoners, 

informing Parish Council that application had been 

made on 8 th March to the Court asking for an enquiry 

into the legality of the proposed enclosure of Forest 

lands for the purpose of allotments. The Court had 

reserved judgement and opined that in the meantime 

no further work ought to be done. The solicitors stated 

that if the Parish Council or its agents continued to 

work on the allotment, steps would be taken to 

maintain the “status quo ante” or if need be to press for 

penalties against the parties. 

9 Mar 1920 

001/10 Letter from the Clerk to the Verderers to BPC 9 Apr 1920

equesting a copy of any document giving the Local 

Authority right of entry on to Forest land for the 

purpose of allotments or otherwise. 

001/11 Order of Verderers Court declaring the inclosure of 

land at Brockenhurst Weirs to be “unlawful” and 

ordering it to be abated forthwith. 

001/12 Copy of letter from Verderers to Brockenhurst PC 

informing them of declaration by Verderers Court set 

out in BPC 001/11 

001/13 Statement from Brockenhurst PC to all allotment 

holders, that because of the possible legal expenses the 

council think that it wise to give up and vacate Weirs 

Allotments at once. The council ask all allotment 

holders to give up possession and vacate from May 

29 th 1920. The Council advised that they would not be 

responsible in any proceedings taken after this date. 

All rents paid in advance will be returned. 

001/14 Letter from Verderers to Brockenhurst PC stating that 

they have suggested to their solicitors that all 

proceedings against the Guardians or Parish Council 

shall remain in abeyance. 

001/15 Letter from Secy Brockenhurst District Allotments 

Assoc to Brockenhurst PC asking that the council 

should continue to fight the case. The return of rents 

(see 001/13) was refused and the Allotments Assoc 

was very critical of the attitude taken by the 

Brockenhurst PC. 

001/16 Letter from G Sayers Secy of Allotments Assoc to 

Brockenhurst PC stating that the allotment holders had 

no intentions of moving from their plots. 

001/17 Letter from Verderers to clerk Brockenhurst PC 

enclosing order of 10 May (see 001/11) and asking for 

acknowledgement of receipt thereof, and also that the 

order should be placed before the Council at the 

earliest possible moment. 

001/18 Letter from the Ministry of Ag and Fisheries to 

Brockenhurst PC advising that a petition to the King 

from the New Forest District regarding the eviction of 

ex-servicemen from allotments at the Weirs, 

Brockenhurst had been referred to the Ministry and 

one of the Ministry’s Commissioners, Mr Sydney 

Mager C.B.E. had been appointed to hold a Public 

Local Inquiry into the matter. 

001/19 Letter from Mr Sutton, Estate Office Morant Estate 

Brockenhurst stating that he would be attending the 

Enquiry on the 16 th . 

001/20 Letter from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 

stating that the local Inquiry would be held at 

11o’clock on 16 th December at the Morant Hall 

Brockenhurst 

10 May 1920 

13 May 1920 

29 May 1920 

31 May 1920 

7 Jun 1920 

8 Jun 1920 

11 Jun 1920 

12 Nov 1920 

13 Dec 1920 

19 Nov 1920

001/21 Letter from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 

to Brockenhurst PC informing them of proposal to 

hold enquiry. 

001/22 Letter from Mr Sutton to Brockenhurst PC confirming 

that at the enquiry the Morant Trustees stated that an 

arable field at Armstrong Farm would be offered for 

allotments and that this offer was considered 

satisfactory and acceptable by the applicants for the 

Allotments 

001/23 Extract from Local Govt Act 1924 “proceedings of 

Committees of Parish Councils”. 

001/24 Letter from the Hampshire Agricultural Committee 

querying a demand for allotments by two applicants to 

Brockenhurst PC and asking what action the BPC 

intended to take. 

001/25 Letter from Brockenhurst PC to Hampshire Ag 

Committee advising that Brockenhurst PC had no 

unsatisfied demand for allotments but did have three 

and a half acres vacant and waiting for tenants. 

001/26 Letter from Hants Agriculture Committee confirming 

receipt of BPC letter of 14 Jan (see 001/25) 

001/27 Memo from Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to 

clerk to the Parish Council Rhinefield Southampton 

(sic) asking that Report of Proceedings under the 

Allotments Acts for the year 1927 should be returned 

as a matter of urgency. 

001/28 Letter from the Parish Council Clerk to Deputy 

Surveyor New Forest enclosing cheque for £3/8/3d in 

respect of Annual rents for the Parish Council 

Allotments. 

001/29 Letter to Inspector of Taxes from BPC querying the 

assessment of £9 in Income tax in respect of income 

from Parish Council Allotments 

001/30 Letter from BPC to Inspector of Taxes giving 

assurance that no profit is made on land leased from 

the Forestry Commission. 

001/31 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Lyndhurst 

enclosing cheque for 19s-3d balance of Black Knoll 

Allotments rent, noting that the Inspector of Taxes had 

now exempted the Allotments from Income Tax. 

001/32 Letter from BPC to Mr Fraser Partridge Road 

Brockenhurst terminating his allotment tenancy as he 

had sub-let without permission. 

001/33 Letter from BPC to Mr T Burt South Weirs 

Brockenhurst noting that his allotment plots were not 

being worked in a husbandlike manner and asking that 

action should be taken as per his agreement 

001/34 Letter from BPC to Allotments Committee asking for 

a report to be submitted to enable expenditure of £4 to 

gravel the Allotments Road to be approved. 

26 Nov 1920 

13 Jan 1921 

u/d 

9 Jan 1926 

14 Jan 1926 

19 Jan 1926 

9 Feb 1928 

20 Oct 1931 

16 Nov 1931 

Nd 

15 Dec 1931 

21 Jun 1932 

21 Jun 1932 

11 Mar 1933

001/35 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor of New Forest 

asking that the furze surrounding the allotments should 

be burnt off. 

001/36 Letter from BPC to Allotments Committee suggesting 

that some local unemployed might be put to clearing 

of allotment ditches and surrounding furze. This 

proposal had been put forward by the Unemployed 

Fund Committee. 

001/37 Letter from BPC to Allotments Committee bringing to 

their notice that some of the plots were badly 

neglected. 

001/38 Letter from BPC to Allotments Committee correcting 

figures in the Allotment Statement of Accounts. 

001/39 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry 

Commission stating that the government Auditor had 

directed the Council to Deduct Schedule “A” Income 

Tax from any rents paid to the Forestry Commission. 

001/40 Letter from Deputy Surveyor to BPC detailing rental 

agreement regarding lease of Allotments at 

Brockenhurst. 

001/41 Letter from BPC to Allotments Committee listing 

allotment holders in arrears of rent. 

001/42 Letter from BPC to Mr Clegg asking for arrears of rent 

to be paid by 10 March failing this Mr Clegg would 

lose Possession. 

21 Mar 1933 

13 Dec 1933 

19 Jun 1934 

5 Feb 1937 

22 Jul 1937 

24 Jul 1937 

23 Feb 1938 

3 March 1938 

001/43 Letter to Mr Dunkinson in similar terms to 001/42. 3 Mar 1938 

001/44 Letter to Mr Harris in similar terms to 001/42 3 Mar 1938 

001/45 Letter to Mr Keeping in similar terms to 001/42 3 Mar 1938 

001/46 Letter to Mr Harris in similar terms to 001/42 3 Mar 1938 

001/47 Final Notice to Mr A Harris Allotment No 46A 12 Mar 1938 

001/48 Letter to Mr Purkis in similar terms to 001/42 12 Mar 1938 

001/49 Letter from Mrs Lavinia Hindson asking if she is 3 Feb 1939 

eligible to rent an allotment. 

001/50 Letter from BPC rejecting Mrs Hindsons application 

for an allotment on the grounds that they could only be 

let to “parishioners of the working class” 

001/51 Letter from BPC to Inspector of Taxes Southampton 

enclosing a cheque due for Butts Lawn Allotments 

also pointing out that ownership of the land has now 

passed to New Forest District Council. 

001/52 Letter from Horticulture Superintendent Hants CC 

Agricultural Education Comm to BPC enclosing notes 

on increasing production of vegetables and offering 

help and advice should any difficulties occur. 

001/53 Unsigned letter to Allotments Committee enclosing 

application for an allotment 

24 Feb 1939 

24 Feb 1939 

13 Sep 1939 

24 Nov 1939 

001/54 Page 1 of leaflet from Agricultural Organiser Dept 

HCC Winchester “The Garden and Allotments in War- 

Time” emphasising the need to grow more food. 

12 Sep 1939 

001/55 Page two of leaflet 001/54 12 Sep 1939

001/56 Letter from Mr Larcombe Secy Allotments and 

Gardens Assoc to BPC regarding the flooding at Black 

Knoll Allotment. 

001/57 Letter from BPC to Mr Larcombe Allotments 

Committee arranging joint meeting on Nov 20 th . 

001/58 Letter from Allotments Committee to BPC asking for 

assistance to improve the condition of vacant 

allotments and complaining of foraging rabbits. 

001/59 Letter from BPC to Allotments Committee pointing 

out that a ditch had been dug to improve the drainage 

of plots and asking that the ditch is kept clear and 

unblocked. 

001/60 Letter from Allotments Committee to BPC asking for 

fence South of Black Knoll Allotments to be repaired 

to keep out cattle. 

001/61 Letter from the Allotments Committee to BPC asking 

for action re:- 

1. Grass and weeds growing on vacant plots. 

2. Repairs to fences to keep cattle and other 

animals out. 

3. Asking for the Council to consider sinking 

wells to improve the water supply. 

001/62 Letter from allotment holder Mr R Stevens to BPC 

complaining that animals had got into his allotment at 

Black Knoll and eaten his early Brussels Sprouts. 

001/63 Letter from Hants War Agricultural Executive 

Committee to BPC advising that any application for 

fencing around the Parish Allotments should be made 

to the Ministry of Works at Earley Reading. 

001/64 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Forestry Committee 

Lyndhurst to BPC advising that should a demand note 

for tax be received it should be forwarded to Forestry 

Committee for payment. 

001/65 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission requesting 

that the lease of the land at Black Knoll Allotments 

should be renewed for a period of 31 years. 

001/66 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC 

acknowledging receipt of letter 001/65. 

001/67 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC stating 

that as the present lease does not expire until October 

the Director had decided to consider the application 

for renewal later in the year, preferably a short term 

letting. 

001/68 Letter from New Forest District Council requesting 

statistical return as to number of allotment holders and 

acreage of land provided for allotments. 

001/69 Letter to BPC from Allotments Assoc pointing out that 

gates were being left open at Black Knoll allotments 

and requesting that notices should be placed on each 

gate asking that they should be kept shut. 

3 Nov 1942 

17 Nov 1942 

19 Nov 1944 

14 Jan 1945 

7 Dec 1941 

24 Jul 1947 

21 Sep 1947 

22 Sep 1947 

18 Dec 1947 

22 Jan 1948 

30 Jan 1948 

19 Mar 1948 

14 Apr 1948 

12 May 1948

001/69A Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission Lyndhurst 

asking for clarification of the term “short term 

lettings” in respect of the renewal of the lease of Black 

Knoll Allotments. 

1 Jun 1948 

001/70 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC stating 

that the lease of Allotments can only be extended on a 

year by year Basis. 

20 Jul 1948 

001/71 Letter to BPC from Allotments Assoc asking for 

action regarding the weeds on some plots at Black 

Knoll Allotments. 

18 Sep 1948 

001/72 Letter from the Forestry Commission offering 

tenancies on a year by year basis at a rent of £4. 7. 6d 

per annum. 

17 Dec 1948 

001/73 Invoice for £4. 15. 6d. for repairing fence to 

Allotments. 

6 Jul 1949 

001/74 Invoice for £7. 7. 3d. re supplying and fitting new gate 

to the allotment and repair of the second gate. 

17 Sep 1949 

001/75 Invoice for supply, erection, painting and writing of 

notice boards at Black Knoll and Brookley Road total 

£8. 14. 8d. 

7 Dec 1949 

001/76 Memo giving dates of Allotments lease 1917- 1948. u/d 

001/77 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC re 

request for a renewal of the lease. Postponing any 

decision for 3 months, while the Allotments Bill is 

before Parliament. 

1 Nov 1950 

001/78 Letter from New Forest R.D.C. asking for information 

regarding allotments at request of the Ministry of 

Agriculture and Fisheries. 

30 Sep 1950 

001/79 Copy of return requested in 001/78 9 Oct 1950 

001/80 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC rejecting 

their application for a long term lease. 

5 Apr 1951 

001/81 Statistical return re allotments from BPC to New 

Forest Rural District Council 1951 

26 Sep 1951 

001/82 Letter from Allotments Committee asking for action re 

the flooding of the ditch at the North (?) gate of the 

Black Knoll Allotments. 

12 Jan 1952 

001/83 Statistical return re Allotments from BPC to New 

Forest Rural District Council. 1952 

24 Sep 1952 



24 Sep 1953 



11 Oct 1954 

001/86 List of holders of Allotments Agreements. u/d 

001/87 Letter from outgoing Clerk to BPC (Mr Tiller) to 

incoming Clerk to BPC (Mr Spracklen) detailing 

suggested handover procedures. 

2 April 1945 

001/88 Invoice for £4. 2. 0d. re supplying padlocks and keys 

for Butts Lawn Allotments. 

ALLOTMENTS FOOTBRIDGE 

30 Nov 1962 

001/89 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission asking for 4 Feb 1933

epairs to be put in hand to footbridges from Meerut 

Road to the Allotments. 

001/90 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC pointing 

out that they only have of one bridge not two, on the 

path in question, and that their maintenance can “in no 

way fall of the Forestry Fund”. 

001/91 Letter from the Forestry Commission stating that the 

liability for the maintenance of the bridge was 

undertaken by the Lymington Guardians when they 

leased the Allotments from the Crown 

001/92 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission asking that 

further investigation be made as to the responsibility 

for maintenance of the bridge in Meerut Road. “The 

bridge existed long before the Black Knoll 

Allotments”. 


arranging a meeting to discuss the bridge. 


reiterating that the Forestry Commission will not 

undertake the repair of the bridge. 

001/95 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission asking for 

further consideration be given as to the Forestry 

Commission responsibility re the maintenance of the 

bridge and pointing out that it is the responsibility of 

the landlord and not the tenant to put the bridge in 

order. 

001/96 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission disclaiming 

any responsibility for accidents to cattle and other 

001/97 

users of the bridge. 

Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC outlining 

their position at length and dismissing the BPC’s view 

of Landlords responsibility in the matter of the bridge. 

001/98 Letter from the Forestry Commission acknowledging 

receipt of letter 001/96 and saying he will arrange to 

have the bridge removed. 

001/99 Letter from the BPC to Forestry Commission asking 

permission to erect a new bridge at Meerut Road to 

replace the bridge recently removed (001/98). 

001/100 Receipt for 10/- shillings in respect of repairs to bridge 

to Black Knoll Allotments by C Adams. 

001/101 Letter from Ass Commissioner Forestry Commission 

Whitehall London setting out conditions under which a 

new bridge might be erected. 

001/102 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission Lyndhurst 

agreeing to terms in letter 001/101 and thanking 

Deputy Surveyor for “all you have done in the matter”. 

001/103 Receipt for 10/- shillings re labour on Allotments 

Road Bridge 

6 Feb 1933 

16 Sep 1937 

20 Oct 1937 

3 Nov 1937 

17 Nov 1937 

19 Nov 1937 

21 Dec 1937 

22 Nov 1937 

24 Dec 1937 

18 Jan 1938 

21 Jan 1938 

14 Feb 1938 

16 Feb 1938 

16 Feb 1938 

001/104 Site Plan of Butts Lawn Allotments. u/d 

001/105 Receipt for collection and delivery of timber and 1 Mar 1938

sleepers from Brockenhurst Station to bridge opposite 

Keeping’s Garage. 

001/106 Receipt for 36/- shillings received by F Waterman for 

work on Black Knoll Allotments. 

ALLOTMENTS FOOTPATH 

001/107 Annotated list of Allotments Committee business in 

respect of Allotments Footpaths Aug 1917-1925. 

001/108 Letter from Office of Woods to BPC giving 

permission to the Council to make and maintain a 

footpath for the use of Allotments Holders on payment 

of 2s.6d per annum to the Deputy Surveyor of the New 

Forest on 5 April each year. 

001/109 Note from Deputy Surveyor to BPC confirming 

decision in 001/108. 

26 Mar 1938 

u/d 

23 May 1918 

10 April 1919 

001/110 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC 

acknowledging receipt of letter asking for permission 

to put a bridge over stream between Sharks’s Island 

and the Allotments. 

22 Mar 1922 

001/111 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC complaining 

that the track from Keeping’s Garage to Black Knoll 

allotments is being used as a dumping ground for 

unsightly rubbish. 

22 Oct 1920 

001/112 Diagram 1/25000 scale of Footpath and Allotments 

referred to in 001/108. 

23 May 1918 

001/113 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC disclaiming 

any intention of maintaining or improving the road 

between Meerut Road and Allotments. 

13 Dec 1924 

001/114 Letter from the Forestry Commission refusing 

permission to BPC to take materials free of charge 

from the forest for the repairs of Allotments Footpaths. 

21 Jan 1925 

001/115 Invoice for carting gravel and ashes to Queens Bower 

and Black Knoll allotments. 

24 Jul 1936 

001/116 Invoice for erecting new gate and posts at Black Knoll 

£4. 8s. 0d. 

18 Jun 1936 

001/117 Invoice for work on Black Knoll footpaths by Charles 

Harrison 110 hours @ 1s per hour = £5. 10s.0d. 

19 Jan 1937 

001/118 Invoice for 4 loads of ashes to Black Knoll. 19 Jan 1938 

001/119 Letter from War Agriculture Executive Committee to 

BPC outlining proposal to erect a new bridge at Black 

Knowl (sic) site and asking if there are any objections. 

10 Apr 1945 

001/120 Letter from the War Agriculture Executive Committee 

Land Agent in response to letter from BPC 

complaining of damage to path. 

17 Jun 1949 

001/121 Letter from the War Agriculture Executive Committee 

Land Agent disclaiming any liability for condition of 

path from Black Knowle (sic) to Queens Bower. 

ALLOTMENTS INCOME TAX 

7 July 1949 

001/122 Memo from Collector of Taxes to BPC re assessments 

on Parish Council Allotments. 

24 July 1924 

001/123 Letter from BPC to Collector of Taxes questioning 4 Nov 1924

BPC’s liability for Income Tax on the Allotments. 

001/124 Letter from the Clerk BPC to Vice Chairman of BPC 

Capt A E Tompkins re meeting with the Collector of 

Taxes. 

001/125 Letter from the Collector of Taxes to BPC re Tax 

Assessment. 

001/126 Memo from Collector of Taxes to Vice Chairman BPC 

arranging meeting to discuss Tax Assessment. 

001/127 Letter to Collector of Taxes from Vice Chair BPC 

clarifying BPC’s responsibility for Income Tax. 

001/128 Letter from Inspector of Taxes to Vice Chair BPC re 

their appeal against tax demand year ending 5 April 

1924. 

001/129 Letter from Vice Chair BPC to Inspec of Taxes 

pointing out that no appeal had been made but that the 

BPC wanted the matter cleared up. 

001/130 Letter from Vice Chair BPC querying Second 

Instalment of Taxes on Allotments. 

001/131 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to vice Chair BPC setting 

out liability of BPC for Allotment Taxes in respect of 

Parishes of Boldre Brockenhurst and Sway. 

001/132 Letter from Vice Chair BPC to Inspec of Taxes setting 

out the history of income Tax payments made in 

respect of Brockenhurst Allotments. 

001/133 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to vice Chair BPC setting 

out Tax payable by BPC re allotments. 

001/134 Letter from Vice Chair BPC denying any outstanding 

Income Tax liabilities to Inspec of Taxes. 

001/135 Letter from Inspec of Taxes confirming that tax of 

8s.5d. due from 5 April 1924 has been discharged. 

001/136 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission to 

“Lymington Guardians” (forwarded to BPC) notifying 

that the Allotments are now exempted from Income 

Tax Schedule “A”. 

001/137 Letter from the Land Agent Brockenhurst Estates 

stating that area of allotments and number of tenants 

holding allotments. 

001/138 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission to 

BPC thanking them for passing on notice of tax 

assessment. 

5 Nov 1924 

8 Oct 1924 

6 Nov 1924 

10 Dec 1924 

12 Dec 1924 

13 Dec 1924 

15 Dec 1924 

19 Dec 1924 

24 Dec 1924 

8 Jan 1925 

9 Jan 1925 

21 Jan 1925 

2 Jan 1929 

11 Jan 1929 

27 Jun 1931 

001/139 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission 

acknowledging receipt of rent for Brockenhurst 

Allotments from BPC. 

22 Oct 1931 

001/140 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission regarding 

correspondence on the liability for Income tax. 

16 Nov 1931 

001/141 Letter from Forestry Commission asking for 19s 3d. to 

clear the Tax Assessment. 

18 Nov 1931 

001/142 Letter from Inspec Taxes Southampton arranging to 

discharge Schedule “B” tax Assessment. 

25 Nov 1931 

001/143 Letter from Inspec of Taxes confirming that Schedule 17 Dec 1932

“B” Tax on the Allotments has been cancelled. 

001/144 Letter from BPC to the Inspector of Taxes querying 

further Income Tax demand. 

001/145 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to BPC clarifying that tax 

demand referred to in 001/144 is for Schedule A Tax 

not Schedule B. 

001/146 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to BPC asking if BPC had 

received Income Tax demand for 1934/5. 

001/147 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to BPC asking for 15s 2d 

Tax. 

001/148 Letter from BPC to Inspec of Taxes asking for return 

of Tax receipt for purpose of Local Government Audit. 

001/149 Notice of Repayment of Tax (Form R54 Inland 

revenue) 

001/150 Letter from BPC to Dep Surveyor forwarding tax 

repayment order incorrectly sent to BPC 

001/151 Letter from Deputy Surveyor New Forestry returning 

tax rebate (see 001/150) 

001/152 Letter from BPC to Hants CC asking them to deal with 

the matter of tax repayment. 

001/153 Letter from Treasurer Hants CC to BPC Tax 

Repayment would appear to be in respect of Fire 

appliances not allotments. 

001/154 Letter from BPC to Inspec of Taxes objecting to Tax 

Assessment. 

001/155 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to BPC pointing out that 

assessment objected to by BPC is in respect of 

Valuation not a tax demand. 

001/156 Letter from BPC to Inspec of Taxes re £7 Tax 

Assessment. 

001/157 Letter from BPC to Inspec of Taxes asking Inspector 

of Taxes to collect tax from Forestry Commission, as 

landlord, not from BPC. 

001/158 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry 

Commission querying ownership of allotment land and 

liability for tax. 

001/159 Letter from Collector of Taxes to BPC re liability for 

Taxes 

001/160 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC answering 

queries in 001/158. 

10 Feb 1932 

23 Feb 1932 

28 Feb 1935 

1 April 1935 

20 April 1935 

22 May 1935 

29 May 1935 

5 Jun 1935 

7 Jun 1935 

26 June 1936 

20 May 1936 

8 Jun 1936 

u/d 

15 Dec 1938 

9 Jan 1939 

9 Jan 1939 

13 Jan 1939 

001/161 Letter from BPC to Collector of Taxes asking for 

advice on “difficult situation” regarding Income Tax 

demand. 

26 Jan 1939 

001/162 Letter from Inspec of Taxes advising and clarifying 

tax situation in respect of Allotments. 

7 Feb 1939 

001/163 Tax demand from Inspec of Taxes to BPC. 5 Jan 1939 

001/164 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission informing 

them that Inspec of Taxes had made a mistake in tax 

demand which has now been rectified. 

1 Mar 1939 

001/165 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC re 3 Mar 1939

001/166 

procedures for repayment of Tax. 

Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC enclosing 

cheque for £1. 4s. 1d. Tax repayment. 

6 Mar 1939 

001/167 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission 

acknowledging receipt of 001/166. 

8 Mar 1939 

001/168 Letter from Inspec of Taxes to BPC (?) re assessment 

of land for tax purposes. 

9 Jan 1940 

001/169 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC re Rent and 

Tax position. 

7 Nov 1949 

001/170 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC further 

explaining Rent and Tax position. 

12 Nov 1949 

End End End

Brockenhurst Council Housing 

BPC Date 

002/1 Memo re conditions upon which the County Council are 

prepared to make advances under the small dwelling 

Acquisitions Acts 1899 to 1923 

Nov 1924 

002/2 Memorandum listing Urban and Rural Districts in which 

the small dwellings Acquisition scheme will operate. 

Nov 1924 

002/3 Schedule of Application Form for advance to enable Form number 8apurchase 

of house under the S.D.A.A. 1899 to 1923 500-11/24 

002/4 Letter from BPC to Mr Shephard Rae , Sway advising him 

that his application for the tenancy of a council cottage had 

been forwarded to the Rural District Council. 

10 Sep 1925 

002/5 Application for £75 Building Grant subsidy by A Stanfield 

on behalf of Mr C.E. Sherbrook to Lymington R D C. 

19 Oct 1925 

002/6 Application (002/5) to Brockenhurst Parish Council from 

Lymington Rural District Council. 

20 Oct 1925 

002/7 Letter from Ministry of Health to Lymington Rural District 

Council enclosing copy of a letter from Mr William 

Clifford to Ministry of Health asking for provision of 

workmen’s cottages in Brockenhurst. The Ministry of 

Health asked for “observations” of the Council at an early 

date. 

3 Nov 1925 

002/8 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council to 

Brockenhurst Parish Council thanking them for their 

cooperation and support in the administration of the 1923 

Housing Act. 

31 Oct 1924 

002/9 Letter from Brockenhurst Parish Council to Lymington 

Rural District Council re 002/6 advising that the 

application would be submitted without recommendation 

as the Parish Council felt that it did not come within the 

scope of the Act. 

10 Nov 1925 

002/10 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council 

acknowledging the receipt of 002/9. 

12 Nov 1925 

002/11 Letter from the Lymington Rural District Council in 

response to letter from Ministry of Health (002/7) 

28 Nov 1925 


Brockenhurst Parish Council regarding the eligibility of a 

landed proprietor for a Housing Grant (see 002/9). 

4 Dec 1925 

002/12a Letter from the Brockenhurst Parish Council to Lymington 

Rural District Council supporting the letter from Mr 

William Clifford to Ministry of Health regarding the 

provision of workmen’s accommodation in Brockenhurst. 

10 Dec 1925 

002/13 Letter from Brockenhurst Parish Council to Serg Major 

Baker? Drill Hall Totton advising him that Lymington 

Rural District Council are the Housing Authority for this 

district. 

17 Feb 1926


Brockenhurst Parish Council informing them of the 

acquisition of an option on the field known as “Butts 

Field” for the purpose of building subsidy houses under the 

1923 Housing Act. 

18 Feb 1926 


Brockenhurst Parish Council clarifying some details of 

002/14. 

24 Feb 1926 

002/16 Plan of proposed development at Butts Field. u/d 

002/17 Letter from Letter from Lymington Rural District Council 

to Brockenhurst Parish Council re planning of Butts Field 

project. Proposed deposit by intending Purchasers reduced 

to a non-returnable £5. 

17 Mar 1926 

002/18 Letter from Brockenhurst Parish Council to Lyndhurst 

Parish Council re Housing Authority and the provision of 

the supply of electricity to the villages. 

3 Apr1926 

002/19 Letter from Lyndhurst Parish Council to Brockenhurst 

Parish Council thanking them for the information provided 

in 002/18. 

8 Apr 1926 


Rural District Council regarding the attendance of a Mr 

Walsh at a Parish meeting on the matter of the Butts Field 

building sites and thanking the Housing Committee for 

their support. 

14 Apr 1926 


Brockenhurst Parish Council regarding date of Mr Walsh’s 

attendance at council meeting. 

21 Apr 1926 


Rural District Council re Mr Walsh’s attendance at 

meeting. 

12 May 1926 

002/23 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council confirming 

date for Mr Walsh (and a Mr Hayter) to attend meeting 

Thursday 20 may. 

14 May 1926 

002/24 Public Notice regarding the availability of Housing land at 

Butts Field Brockenhurst. 

u/d 

002/25 Letter from BPC to Lymington Rural District Council 

requesting an extension of the date for final applications 

for building sites at Butts Field from 16 th to 30 th June. 

11 Jun 1926 

002/26 Letter from Mrs Munday of North Baddesley to BPC 

asking for advice on provision of homes for working men. 

12 Jun 1926 

002/27 Copy of letter from Ministry of Health to Lymington Rural 

District Council regarding specification of proposed 

buildings. 

29 Jun 1926 


returning a set of plans left by Mr Hayter at Parish Meeting 

on 20 th May and advising that so far there had only been 

one application for a site at Butts Field. 

1 Jul 1926

002/29 Letter from C Sutton (Land Agent) to BPC agreeing to 

suggestion that correspondence should be published in the 

local press. 

002/30 Copy of letter from South Western Appliance Co Fulham 

re bungalow specifications and confirming an estimate of 

the all-in-cost of a bungalow at about £350. 

002/31 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council stating that 

scheme for housing at Butts Field has now been definitely 

abandoned. 

002/32 Letter from W Clifford to BPC asking for an investigation 

as to why the cost of a Drainage Scheme had spiralled 

from an original estimate of £14,000 to a Final Bill for 

£50,000. 


asking for any communication re Housing to reach the 

BPC in time for their next meeting on 9 th inst. 

002/34 

Handwritten proposal that BPC should ask the Rural 

District Council to acquire land to build 40 homes. 

17 Jul 1926 

19 Jul 1926 

6 Aug 1926 

14 May 1928 

6 Oct 1928 

002/35 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council to BPC re 

provision of working class houses for rent. Setting out 3 

schemes for financing any such scheme. 

8 Oct 1928 

002/36 Continuation of letter (002/35). 8 Oct 1928 


stating that schemes put forward in 002/35 are 

unacceptable and that the cost of any building scheme 

should be met by a particular Parish levy rather than a 

general rate on the Rural District Council. 

10 Oct 1928 

002/38 Letter from Rural District Council to BPC regarding the 

timing of the letter (002/35). 

12 Oct 1928 


stating that they will reconsider housing matter when the 

Rural District Council Surveyor’s report on the Lady Byng 

Housing Scheme is available. 

14 Nov 1928 

002/40 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council to BPC 

outlining scheme for small cheap houses cost £260 

exclusive of land and fencing and asking BPC to consider 

recommendations for houses to be built in their parish. 

22 Dec 1928 

002/41 Continuation of letter 002/40 22 Dec 1928 

002/42 Letter from Rural District Council to BPC correcting some 

of the figures given in 002/40 

24 Dec 1928 


passing on a resolution of the BPC that the present scarcity 

of workman’s cottages arises through the high price of 

land. 

u/d 

u/d

002/44 Letter from Mr W Clifford, The Weirs, Brockenhurst 

criticising the environmental impact of the Electric Light 

Scheme and inaction of local rep of Society for 

Preservation of Rural England 

24 Jan 1929 

002/45 Letter from Mr Sutton Land Agent to Rear Admiral Rymer 

(Rural District Council Councillor) amending details of 

Housing Site. 

18 Jan 1929 

002/46 Continuation of letter 002/45 18 Jan 1929 

002/47 Letter from BPC to Lymington Rural District Council (re 

proposed land for building of cottages in Brockenhurst 

adjacent to Sewage Disposal Works. 

23 Jan 1929 

002/48 Acknowledgment or receipt of letter 002/47. 2 Feb 1929 

002/49 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council to Mr 

Sutton, Land Agent Morant Estate containing resolution of 

Lymington Rural District Council that condition laid down 

by Morant Estate regarding purchase of land for housing 

“Be not entertained”. 


containing similar information to 002/49. 


outlining proceedings of a “crowded Annual Parish 

Assembly” on 25 Mar 1929. After discussion Capt Sutton 

Land Agent Morant Estate offered a site of one acre for 

housing at the rear of Brookley Road. This was regarded as 

suitable and the BPC ask the Rural District Council to 

pursue the matter as regards price and conditions. 

002/52 Letter from Mr W Clifford The Weirs Brockenhurst 

alleging that a drainage scheme in Brockenhurst had been 

altered from its original plan to one which favoured the 

Morant Estate to the detriment of the village. 

002/53 Letter from BPC to John Morant Esq. thanking him for the 

offer of land for working class dwellings. 

16 Mar 1929 

16 Mar 1929 

29 Mar 1929 

6 Apr 1929 

10 Apr 1929 


informing them of BPC resolution that the cost of 

developing the proposed housing site is an un-economic 

proposition and the Council are not inclined to go further 

in the matter. 

9 May 1929 

002/55 Letter from BPC to John Morant Esq. asking whether he 

could offer land for Housing Development. 

14 Jun 1929 

002/56 Copy of letter 002/55 14 Jan 1929 

002/57 

Letter from C Sutton Land Agent to BPC informing them 

that any communication regarding land should be sent to 

Mr Sutton and not to Mr Morant direct. 

002/58 Letter from BPC to C Sutton acknowledging receipt of 

letter 002/57. 

22 Jan 1929 

26 Jan 1929

002/59 Letter from C Sutton to BPC expressing regret at not 

contacting them owing to “an extremely busy time”. 

8 Jul 1929 

002/60 Letter from C Sutton to BPC offering two alternative sites 

for housing developments and commenting on the BPC’s 

views regarding the sewage scheme. 

7 Aug 1929 

002/61 Continuation of letter 002/60. 7 Aug 1929 

002/62 Letter from BPC member (not Clerk) to Mr Sutton 

requesting further information re sites mentioned in 

002/60. 

18 Aug 1929 

002/63 Letter from Mr Sutton to H M Bowden –Smith Esq. 

acknowledging receipt of 002/62. 

19 Aug 1929 

002/64 Letter from BPC to Mr Lovell Rural District Council 

Surveyor enclosing tracings of proposed building sites and 

asking for the sites to be inspected. 

12 Sep 1929 

002/65 Letter from Lymington Rural District Council Surveyor 

informing them of the processing of their request. 

18 Sep 1929 

002/66 Letter from Mr Sutton Land Agent asking for 

acknowledgment of a letter of 9 th ultimo. 

10 Oct 1929 

002/67 Letter from BPC to Rural District Council Surveyor asking 

for estimate for Gas and Water Mains. 

9 Oct 1929 


requesting them to Approach Brockenhurst Gas Co and 

Southampton Water Works as to their willingness to install 

services in Brockenhurst. 

9 Oct 1929 

002/69 Letter from BPC to Mr Sutton Land Agent making further 

enquiries as to the cost of the two proposed building sites. 

9 Oct 1929 

002/70 

Letter from Mr Lovell Rural District Council Surveyor 

asking that enquiries re building sites should be left to him 

(Mr Lovell) to deal with. 

002/71 Letter from Mr Sutton to BPC asking for clarification of 

letter 002/69. 

002/72 Letter from BPC to Rural District Council Surveyor asking 

for return of tracings of building sites. 

002/73 Letter from Rural District Council Surveyor to BPC saying 

that the tracings are being held by clerk to Lymington 

Rural District Council. 


enclosing tracings of building sites. 

11 Oct 1929 

16 Oct 1929 

30 Oct 1929 

31 Oct 1929 

1 Nov 1929 

002/75 Letter from Mr Sutton to Lymington Rural District Council 

outlining conditions and costs of proposed sites offered for 

housing development. 

5 Nov 1929 

002/76 Continuation of letter 002/75 5 Nov 1929 


enclosing copy of letter 002/75 and 76. 

6 Nov 1929

002/78 Letter from Mr Sutton Land Agent to Chairman of BPC 

criticizing the BPC’s administration and efficiency in 

particular that of the Parish Clerk. 

002/79 Note from the Chairman to Clerk BPC asking that letter 

002/78 and draft reply should be put before the BPC. 

002/80 Letter from BPC to Mr Sutton stating that the BPC would 

take no action on Housing until receipt of the RD Councils 

Surveyors report. 

002/81 Copy of letter from Chairman BPC acknowledging receipt 

of letter 002/78 of 7 th November 

002/82 Letter from Clerk BPC to Mr Sutton bringing him up to 

date on the Housing situation and returning tracings of the 

building sites. 

002/83 Letter from Clerk Rural District Council to Clerk BPC 

asking for a copy of a letter from Mr Sutton to BPC dated 

9 th Sept see 002/85 

002/84 Letter from Mr Sutton to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

letter 002/82 of 8 Nov 

002/85 Copy of extracts from Mr Sutton’s letter to BPC dated 9 

Sept setting out 5 Areas where Mr Morant would be 

prepared to sell to the Council for the erection of houses. 

002/86 Letter to Clerk Lymington Rural District Council from 

BPC acknowledging receipt of letter from Mr Sutton to 

Rural District Council dated 5 Nov 

002/87 Letter from Clerk BPC to Mr Sutton responding to 

criticism expressed in letter 002/78 of 7 Nov 

002/88 Letter from Clerk BPC to Clerk Rural District Council 

asking if Surveyors report might be expedited. 


letter 002/87 of 13 Nov. 

7 Nov 1929 

u/d 

13 Nov 1929 

8 Nov 1929 

8 Nov 1929 

8 Nov 1929 

9 Nov 1929 

9 Nov 1929 

9 Nov 1929 

13 Nov 1929 

13 Nov 1929 

15 Nov 1929 

002/90 Letter from Forestry Commission London querying reports 

of erection of houses and siting of approach entrance to 

Forest and asking that entrance should be closed up 

pending settlement of terms. 

20 Nov 1930 

002/91 Copy of letter 002/90 20 Nov 1930 

002/92 Letter from Clerk BPC to Chairman BPC enclosing copy 21 Nov 1930 

of 002/90 

002/93 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission London 

acknowledging receipt of 002/90 of 20 Nov 1930 and 

stating that it had been sent to the “Competent Authority- 

(Lymington Rural District Council). 

002/94 Letter from BPC to Rural District Council enclosing 

Forestry Commission letter 002/90 

002/95 Extracts from the Rural District Council Surveyors Report 

concluding that the cottages could not be built for the price 

stated. 

002/96 Letter from BPC to John Morant Esq. thanking him for the 

generous way he had acted in the matter of Brockenhurst 

Housing Scheme 

21 Nov 1930 

21 Nov 1930 

u/d 

11 Mar 1931

002/97 Letter from BPC to Rural District Council re depositing of 

rubbish by council tenants. 

1 Jun 1931 

002/98 Letter from Rural District Council to BPC in reply to 

002/97 

2 Jun 1931 

002/99 Financial Statement- Brockenhurst Housing. Feb 1931 

002/100 Letter from Clerk New Forest Rural District Council 

asking for notices (enclosed) to be completed in respect of 

Council Houses. 

3 Jul 1933 

002/101 Letter from BPC to New Forest Rural District Council 

enclosing resolution passed by BPC expressing concern at 

the shortage of working class houses in Brockenhurst. 

18 Oct 1944 

002/102 Letter from New Forest Rural District Council to BPC 

acknowledging receipt of letter 002/101 

20 Oct 1944 

002/103 Letter from BPC to District Planning Office asking for 

map showing zoning plans for districts of Brockenhurst. 

1 Dec 1944 

002/104 Letter from BPC to Mr Sutton re availability of sites for 

building “working class houses” in Brockenhurst. 

7 Dec 1944 

002/105 Letter from Planning Officer in respect to 002/105- map 

requested “not available” 

4 Dec 1944 

002/106 Letter from Mr Sutton to BPC asking for clarification of 

request in 002/104 

8 Dec 1944 

002/107 Letter from BPC to Mr Sutton requesting land for six 

houses if possible “quite central”. 

11 Dec 1944 

002/108 Letter from Mr Sutton to BPC offering land- “to the East 

of Careys”. 

12 Dec 1944 

002/109 Letter from BPC to New Forest Rural District Council re 

sites for houses in Brockenhurst. 

18 Dec 1944 

002/110 Letter from BPC to New Forest Rural district Council, 

copy of 002/109. 

18 Dec 1944 


asking for news re queries in their letter 002/109 of 18 Dec 

1944. 

002/112 Letter from New Forest Rural District Council stating that 

“The matter is being considered”. 


stating that in the opinion of the Parish Council, “the 

Prisoner of War Camp at Setley, when vacated, should be 

converted into temporary houses to help meet the needs of 

the Parish. 


thanking them for letter of 19 June (plus copy of 002/110 

of 18 Dec 1944). 


asking for action and complaining of delay in choosing 

sites for housing. 


explaining reasons for delay in choosing Housing Sites. 

24 Feb 1945 

28 Feb 1945 

19 Jun 1945 

21 June 1945 

18 July 1945 

24 July 1945


asking for clarification of number of houses on South 

Weirs site and asking Rural District Council to approach 

Crossthwaite Eyre M.P. re Prisoner of War site at Setley. 


agreeing to receive a deputation to attend Rural District 

Council Committee Meeting. 


answering queries raised in 002/117 of 22 Aug 1945. 


stating that the Rural District Council Committee are not 

prepared to receive a deputation from the BPC but Clerk to 

Rural District Council offers to attend a BPC meeting to 

explain the Rural District Council Housing programme. 


expressing Clerk to Rural District Council’s “intention” to 

attend BPC meeting on 15 Jan 1946. 


outlining possible conflict of interest in land suitable both 

as a site for Housing and a site for a playing field. 


informing them of Rural District Council’s decision to 

apply to Ministry of Town and Country Planning for a 

housing site at the Market Field site. 

002/124 Letter from three Ex-Servicemen to BPC expressing 

dissatisfaction at lack of Council Housing in Brockenhurst. 

002/125 Letter from District Planning Officer to BPC querying 

whether BPC wished Fathers Field site in Brockenhurst to 

be proposed as a Public Open Space. 

002/126 Letter from Rural District Council to BPC suggesting 

answer to query in 002/125. 

002/127 Letter from New Forest Rural District Council to BPC re 

possibility of buildings at Beaulieu Airfield being made 

available for temporary housing purposes. 


denying any intention of Rural District Council to 

demolish Thatched Cottage Sway Road Brockenhurst. 

002/129 Letter from Hampshire County Council to New Forest 

Rural District Council re proposed use of “Culverley” for 

boarders from Brockenhurst Grammar School. 


passing on a copy of 002/129 


giving details of long term plans to build housing in the 

New Forest. 

002/132 Handwritten “resolution” untitled, undated and unsigned 

stating that a “Council” do not consider the Grigg Lane site 

suitable for housing. 

22 Aug 1945 

22 Nov 1945 

29 Aug 1945 

5 Dec 1945 

7 Jan 1946 

4 Mar 1946 

24 May 1946 

11 June 1946 

7 Aug 1946 

26 Aug 1946 

19 Sept 1946 

30 Sept 1949 

26 Nov 1946 

2 Dec 1946 

5 May 1947 

u/d

002/133 Letter from Valuation Officer to BPC re Rent Control Act 

1946. 

6 Sept 1948 

002/134 Form for Application for Tenancy of Council House in 

New Forest Rural District. 

u/d 

002/135 Notice of availability of Forms 002/134 u/d 

002/136 Notice of setting up of local Rent Tribunal. u/d 


suggesting that application should be made for sites for 

Housing purposes on land at Fathers Field and Grigg Lane. 

19 Sept 1949 


acknowledge receipt of letter of 27 Sept 1949(?) 

30 Sept 1949 

002/139 Letter from Knight, Frank and Ruttley (Auctioneer) to 

BPC re Auction particulars and plan of properties at 

Brockenhurst and Ringwood. 

12 Sept 1950 

002/140 Letter from Hampshire South West Planning Officer to 

E.D.Townsend –Rose Esq. enclosing plan of Grigg Lane 

road diversion. 

22 Sept 1950 

002/141 1/2,500 plan of Brockenhurst. u/d 

002/142 Letter from New Forest Rural District Council to BPC re 

naming of road at the New Houses at Brockenhurst. 

5 Feb 1952 

002/143 Petition (40 Names) to change the name of Fathers Field to 

Maple Road (to commemorate the Canadian Connection 

during WW2). 

u/d 

002/144 Letter from Hampshire County Council Divisional 

Surveyor to BPC re repairs to roads servicing new homes 

at Fathers Field Brockenhurst. 

4 Mar 1952 

002/145 Letter from Mr May 24 Fathers Field Brockenhurst to Mr 

Townsend-Rose re provisions of water drains at Fathers 

Field. 

20 Aug 1952 

002/146 Letter to Mr May from BPC in answer to 002/145 stating 

that work on the drainage would be put in hand in the near 

future. 

19 Sept 1952 

End End End

Brockenhurst County School/Swimming pool (B) 

BPC Date 

003/1 Letter From BPC to County Education Officer, Winchester 

asking if the County School Playing Field might be made 

available when appropriate to village clubs in Brockenhurst. 

17 Jun 1931 

003/2 Letter from County Education Officer to BPC acknowledging 

receipt of letter 003/1. 

19 Jun 1931 

003/3 Letter from BPC to W.I.Whitaker, Pylewell Park (local 

representative of the Playing Fields Association) asking for his 

support in their request to Education Department regarding use 

of Brockenhurst School Playing Field. 

17 Jun 1931 

003/4 Letter from W Whitaker to BPC agreeing to support the BPC 

application (003/1). 

23 Jun 1931 

003/5 Letter from the Education Department stating that they “regret 

they are not in a position to grant the application of the Parish 

Council” with regard to the playing field. 

15 Jul 1931 

003/6 Letter from BPC to W Whitaker thanking him for his support 

in the rejected application regarding the playing field and 

asking for his support in respect of a fresh application to be 

made for the Elementary (Church) School to be allowed to use 

the ground. 

23 Jul 1931 

003/7 Application by BPC to County Education Officer for 

Elementary School to use the County School playing field. 

23 Jul 1931 

003/8 Letter from W Whitaker to BPC agreeing to support fresh 

application (003/6) 

25 Jul 1931 

003/9 Letter from Education Department acknowledging receipt of 

letter 003/7 of 23-7-31 

1 Aug 1931 

003/10 Letter from Education Department to BPC rejecting 

application of BPC in 003/7 

19 Oct 1931 

003/11 Letter from BPC to Education Department re-iterating their 

argument in favour of Elementary School being allowed to use 

the County School playing field. 

20 Oct 1931 

003/12 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor New Forest regarding the 

possible use of Culverley Green, a piece of forest land, to be 

made available as a playing field for Brockenhurst village. 

9 Nov 1931 

003/13 Letter from Deputy Surveyor to BPC agreeing to submit the 

suggestion (in 003/12) to his department but asking for more 

details regarding the plans for the proposed playing field. 

20 Nov 1931 

003/14 Copy of 003/13 20 Nov 1931 

003/15 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor acknowledging receipt of 

003/13 of 20 Nov. 

23 Nov 1931 

003/16 Letter from BPC to G N Fairhurst Esq. informing him of the 

progress of the application for Culverley Green and asking that 

Mr Whitaker (Playing Fields Association) should also be kept 

informed. 

23 Nov 1931 

003/17 Letter from G N Fairhurst Esq. to Playing Fields Association 

(Mr Whitaker) with formal application regarding Playing Field 

at Culverley Green, Brockenhurst. 

24 Nov 1931 

003/18 Continuation of letter 003/17 24 Nov 1931

003/19 Copy Letter from Montague Ellis, London W1 to G N 

Fairhurst expressing surprise that he had not been consulted 

regarding the Culverley Green Playing Field proposal. 

26 Nov 1931 

003/20 Letter from G N Fairhurst to BPC advising them of progress of 

the Culverley Green application. 

27 Nov 1931 

003/21 Letter from Montague Ellis to BPC asking them to consider 

how the Culverley Green Playing Field plan would inflict 

grievous injury on me (Mr Ellis) and my property. 

5 Dec 1931 

003/22 Letter from BPC to Montague Ellis acknowledging receipt of 

003/21 and requesting further details of his objections. 

7 Dec 1931 

003/23 Situation Report on provision of Playing Field 13 Dec 1931 

003/24 Letter from BPC to G N Fairhurst Esq. advising him that 

discussion of provisions of Playing Field had been adjourned 

for a month. 

15 Dec 1931 

003/25 Letter from BPC to Montague Ellis Esq. replying to 003/21 

and stating that every endeavour would be made to obtain land 

elsewhere. 

15 Dec 1931 

003/26 Letter from Montague Ellis acknowledging receipt of letter 

003/25. 

18 Dec 1931 

003/27 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton, Land Agent asking for his 

observations on the matter of Playing Fields. 

30 Jan 1932 

003/28 Letter from Capt Sutton listing preliminary proposals for the 

provision of playing fields. 

15 Feb 1932 

003/29 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton advising him of their 

objections to proposals in 003/28 

23 Feb 1932 

003/30 Copy of 003/29 23 Feb 1932 


003/29 

25 Feb 1932 

003/32 Letter from BPC to Mr Whitaker (Playing Fields Association) 

asking for support in a further application to the Education 

Department to allow the Elementary School children to use the 

County School Playing Field. 

16 May 1933 

003/33 Letter from Mr Whitaker acknowledging receipt of 003/32 and 

agreeing to take the matter up again when he is next in 

Winchester. 

18 May 1933 

003/34 Letter from Mr Whitaker to BPC stating that he had spoken 

with the County Education Officer who said that he had not 

received any further application from BPC regarding the use of 

the County School Playing Field. 

19 Jun 1933 

003/35 Application from BPC to County Education Officer for the 

Elementary School children to use the County School Playing 

Field. 

20 Jun 1933 

003/36 Letter from BPC to Mr Whitaker confirming that Application 

(003/35) had been made and thanking him for his interest in 

the matter. 

20 Jun 1933 

003/37 Letter from County Education officer acknowledging receipt 

of the letter (003/35) 

27 Jun 1933

003/38 Letter from County Education Officer to BPC declining the 

application for the Elementary School to use the County 

School Playing Field. The Education Department would have 

been pleased to help but they are tied by the terms of the 

agreement under which the field is let to the Education 

Department by the Morant Trustees. 

003/39 Letter from BPC to Mr Whitaker (Playing Fields Association) 

informing him of the contents of the letter 003/38. 

003/40 Letter from BPC to County Education Officer acknowledging 

receipt of letter 003/38 

003/41 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor New Forest enclosing 

Parish Council Resolution that permission be sought to pipe 

and level part of Waters Green for use as a children’s’ playing 

field. 

003/42 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC asking for more 

information regarding the permission sought in 003/41. 

003/43 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC stating that the 

proposed site at Waters Green would be objected to “in certain 

quarters” and suggesting that alternative sites might be found. 

14 Jul 1933 

19 Jul 1933 

19 Jul 1933 

22 Jul 1936 

27 Jul 1936 

5 Aug 1936 

003/44 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission confirming that the 

Council wished to pursue their application in respect of Waters 

Green. 

16 Sep 1936 

003/45 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC asking for a plan 

or tracing of the proposals for Waters Green. 

17 Sep 1936 

003/46 Letter from BPC to Mr Stansfield asking for a sketch plan of 

Waters Green Playing Field proposal. 

10 Nov 1936 

003/47 Letter from Mr Stansfield, Clovelly, Brockenhurst advising the 

BPC that he will prepare a plan for the meeting on 17 Nov. 

16 Nov 1936 

003/48 Copy of plan referred to in 003/47. 17 Nov 1936 

003/49 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission 21 Nov 1936 

enclosing copy of sketch plan of Waters Green. 

003/50 Letter from Education Office Winchester to BPC informing 

them that Colonel H T Huxford, Copford, Lymington has been 

appointed area representative of the Playing Fields 

Association. 

2 Jan 1937 

003/51 Letter from Education Office Winchester to Rhinefield Parish 

Council in forming them that Lt Col H G Grace of Thornaby, 

Brockenhurst has been appointed area representative of the 

Playing Fields Association. 

19 Mar 1937 

003/52 Untitled plan (1/1,250) of proposed Playing Field? u/d 

003/53 Letter to BPC from National Fitness Committee thanking the 

BPC for information received for the National Fitness 

Committee’s Survey. 

23 Jan 1939 

003/54 Letter from BPC to Mr B Britton, Shirley, Southampton asking 

for help and advice in connection with the proposal for an 

Open Air Swimming Bath beside the river at Boldre Ford, 

Brockenhurst. 

1 Feb 1939

003/55 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor, Forestry Commission 

asking whether it would be possible to rent a portion of Crown 

Land for the purpose of making a recreation ground. 

003/56 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton regarding possible sites on the 

Morant Estate being let for the purpose of a recreation ground 

or swimming pool. 

003/57 Letter from the Deputy Surveyor to BPC informing them that 

the Forestry Commission had no power to let inclosures for 

purposes other than the protection of timber. 

003/58 Letter from Capt Sutton asking for more details regarding 

plans for a recreation ground. 

003/59 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton outlining proposed facilities 

for football, tennis, children’s’ swings and possibly a cricket 

pitch on an estimated area of 3 acres. 

003/60 Letter from Capt Sutton acknowledging receipt of letter 003/59 

of 1 Mar 1939 

003/61 Letter from Capt Sutton to BPC enclosing plan of area offered 

by the Morant Estate for the purpose of a playing field. 

003/62 Letter from Mr Bartlett, Secretary, Village Hall Community 

Centre Entertainments Committee asking the BPC Committee 

Meeting to be arranged so that the Entertainments Committee 

might be able to put forward suggestions. 

003/63 Letter from Mr Bartlett, Secretary, Village Hall Community 

Centre Entertainments Committee to BPC quoting minute 

asking for a BPC Committee Meeting. 

003/64 Letter from Inland Revenue District Valuer, Bournemouth to 

BPC reporting on the land for the proposed playing fields. 

003/65 Letter from A Stewart (Rhinefield Estate Office) offering soil 

from Ober Farm for use on the proposed playing fields for 

Brockenhurst Parish Council. 

003/66 Letter from BPC to Mr Stewart thanking him for the offer of 

soil but the council with regret have to decline the offer due to 

the lack of finance for carting the soil. 

003/67 Letter from J M Cremer to BPC (Mr Horlock) advising him of 

the forthcoming visit of assessment by Mr King, Regional 

Officer of the National Council of Social Service to Bashley 

and Boldre and to offer advice of planning their Community 

Centres. Mr Cremer suggested he might be requested to visit 

Brockenhurst on the same visit. 

003/68 Letter to BPC from J M Cremer enclosing the address of Mr 

King of the National Council for Social Service and also 

offering to attend any meeting arranged as the representative 

of the Women’s’ Institute 

003/69 Letter from Mr King National Council of Social Service to 

BPC offering advice on the “playing fields difficulties”. 

003/70 Letter from Secretary VJ Celebrations Committee enclosing a 

cheque for £21- 9s-4d the money to be used in the provision of 

apparatus in the Children’s’ Corner of the proposed Playing 

Field. 

24 Feb 1939 

24 Feb 1939 

25 Feb 1939 

28 Feb 1939 

1 Mar 1939 

3 Mar 1939 

27 Mar 1939 

2 Dec (1939?) 

9 Dec (1939?) 

3 Nov 1944 

27 Feb 1945 

24 Mar 1945 

19 Jun 1945 

20 Jun 1945 

10 Oct 1945 

4 Jan 1946

003/71 Letter to BPC from Secretary, Brockenhurst Labour Party 

passing on a resolution passed at their last meeting “that the 

Parish Council press for the Elementary School children to be 

allowed to use the Grammar School Playing Field at least one 

day of the week.” 

003/72 Letter from Brockenhurst Church of England School to BPC 

informing them that although they are sympathetic to the 

Resolution in 003/71 the Managers are unable to associate 

themselves with the resolution. 

003/73 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC stating that “No 

application has yet been made to the Ministry of Health to 

borrow money for the playing fields”. 

003/74 Letter from Mr Sutton Land Agent withdrawing the offer made 

to BPC “some three years ago” to sell Kia Ora Hut and seven 

and a quarter acres of land for playing fields. 

003/75 Letter to BPC from 1 Knoll Cottage, Martins Road, 

Brockenhurst (seven signatures) asking that a Special Parish 

Meeting should be convened to consider whether the Fathers 

Field proposed Playing Field site would be better used for 

housing. 

003/76 Letter from the Planning Officer, New Forest RDC to BPC 

stating that fathers Field is not included in the proposed Open 

Space Planning Scheme. 

003/77 Letter from the Hon Secretary, Brockenhurst Women’s’ 

Institute asking for a progress report on the Playing Fields and 

Village Hall Scheme and expressing concern at the apparent 

lack of progress. 

003/78 Letter to BPC from New Forest RDC explaining reasons for 

delay in policy decisions regarding provision of Playing 

Fields. 

003/79 Letter from Ministry of Health to new Forest RDC stating that 

the Minister would not consent to a loan for the purchase of 

land unless he was entirely satisfied that the acquisition of the 

particular site was immediately essential in the public interest. 

003/80 Letter from the County Education Officer to E D Townsend 

Rose Esq. stating that the Education Ministry are now unable 

to consider proposals to grant aid for the purchase of, or 

building of, premises for Community Centre purposes. 

003/81 Letter from Knight , Frank and Rutley to BPC acknowledging 

receipt of letter of intent to purchase a site suitable for the 

erection of a Village Hall and suggesting that an offer should 

be made for the Kia Ora Hut and the land on which it stands. 

003/82 Letter from Knight Frank and Rutley to BPC on behalf of Mr 

Morant offering the sale of Kia Ora Hut and site for the price 

of £1,600. 

003/83 Letter from Knight Frank and Rutley noting that the BPC do 

not propose to continue negotiations for the Kia Ora Hut. 

24 Jun 1946 

22 Jul 1946 

8 Oct 1946 

10 Oct 1946 

13 Oct 1946 

21 Oct 1946 

12 Nov 1946 

15 Nov 1946 

20 Dec 1946 

2 Dec 1949 

3 Apr 1950 

12 Apr 1950 

27 Apr 1950

003/84 Letter from Knight Frank and Rutley to BPC offering a site to 

the North of the Bowling Green at the “rock bottom” price of 

£125. 

003/85 Letter from the Ministry of Health to BPC outlining conditions 

and procedures necessary for the acquisition of land. 

003/86 Letter from the Ministry of Health to BPC stating that the 

Minister would be prepared to consider the acquisition of land 

for the erection of a Village Hall if the land can be acquired at 

the District Valuer's valuation. 

003/87 Letter from the District Valuer to BPC asking for a 

questionnaire to be completed before he estimates the cost of 

acquiring the Kia Ora Hut. 

003/88 Letter from the District Valuer to BPC explaining the delay in 

his formulating an opinion of the value of the Kia Ora Hut. 

003/89 District Valuer’s report and valuation of the Kia Ora Hut 

marked Strictly Confidential. 

003/90 Letter accompanying 003/89 emphasising the report as being 

“Strictly Confidential”. 

003/91 Letter from the Hon Sec Village Hall Entertainments 

Committee asking for a meeting with the Executive Committee 

of the Village Hall at an early date. 

003/92 Postcard from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government 

acknowledging receipt of letter 22/12/56 on the provision of 

land for a Village Hall. 

2 May 1950 

3 May 1950 

9 Jun 1950 

30 Jun 1950 

1 Aug 1950 

22 Aug 1950 

22 Aug 1950 

5 Jul 19?? 

28 Dec 1956 

003/93 Letter from Heppenstall and Co, Solicitors to clerk BPC asking 

about money and National Savings Certificates held by Lloyds 

Bank since 1946. 

18 Dec 1962 

003/94 Letter from BPC to Heppenstall and Co regarding repayment 

and reinvestment of National Savings Certificates. 

24 Aug 1964 

End End End

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

Fire Brigade 

Fire Brigade : General 

009/001 Letter from M Martin to BPC informing that he is leaving Brookley 

House but his successor Mr F Perkins had agreed to allow the 

Council’s Tenancy of the Fire Brigade Hut to continue on the same 

terms as heretofore. 

009/002 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade authorising purchase of 

clothing and equipment for the Fire Brigade. 

009/003 Letter from BPC to Dr Maturin, Lymington, enclosing cheque for 12s 

– 6d payment for attendance to Fireman Hayward. 

009/004 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade thanking him for his Annual 

Report and asking that the Council’s hearty thanks should be passed 

on to the members of the Fire Brigade. 

009/005 Letter from Milton Parish Council to BPC advising that they (Milton) 

had acquired an up-to-date Fire Engine Tender and asking if BPC 

would wish to have an arrangement that they could call on the services 

of this new equipment on terms to be arranged. 

009/006 Letter from BPC to Milton Parish Council rejecting the offer made in 

009/005. 

25 Mar1924 

14 Jul 1925 

10 Sep 1925 

14 Oct 1925 

18 Dec1925 

14 Jan 1926 

009/007 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade thanking them for their gift 11 Feb 1926 

of equipment. The appointment of Dr Graham Bonnalie was 

confirmed as Hon Surgeon. 

009/008 Letter from BPC to Mr Horlock duplicating information in 009/007. 11 Feb 1926 

009/009 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing 30 9 Jun 1926 

copies of the new Regulations for the Fire Brigade. 

009/010 Letter from BPC to P J Horlock enclosing papers regarding joining the 7 Dec 1926 

National Fire Brigade Association. 

009/011 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing 15 Dec1926 

cheque for subscription to National Fire Brigades Association. 

009/012 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade conveying the 

hearty thanks of the BPC and residents for the public spirited way the 

Brigade serves the parish. 

009/013 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton, Estate Office, Brockenhurst thanking 

him for the offer of a site for the Firemen’s Hose Gallows. 

009/014 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton, Estate Office, Brockenhurst 

confirming the BPC acceptance of a site and poles for the Hose 

Gallows with an acknowledgement rent of one shilling p.a. 

009/015 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

acknowledging letter of application for the purchase of new hose. 

009/016 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade giving 

authority for the expenditure of £30 for new hose and couplings and 

thanking the Brigade for their offer to pay for part of the costs. 

009/017 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst in similar 

terms to 009/014. 

009/018 Letter from BPC to Mr Horlock informing that the Fire Brigade had 

been given the gift of a Ford van by Mr A E Hendy and requesting 

25 Mar 1927 

5 Apr 1927 

15 Apr 1927 

15 Jun 1927 

12 Jul 1927 

12 Jul 1927 

15 Nov 1927

that the Lighting and Watching (sic) Committee should consider the 

matter. 

009/019 Letter from clerk BPC to Chairman BPC informing him of info in 15 Nov 1927 

009/018 and advising that the Lighting Committee will submit a report 

for the Council’s approval at the December meeting. 

009/020 Letter from clerk BPC to Chairman (?) BPC stating that as only 2 19 Nov 1927 

members had attended the Lighting Committee meeting; they had felt 

it appropriate to postpone any consideration of Mr Hendy’s gift until a 

special meeting of the whole Council. 

009/021 Letter from clerk BPC to Chairman BPC detailing arrangements for 29 Nov 1927 

accepting the gift of a van from Mr Hendy and directing that a letter 

should be sent expressing the thanks of the Council. 

009/022 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade expressing 29 Nov 1927 

their thanks to the Fire Brigade for the time and effort they have put in 

to put car in order. 

009/023 Letter from Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to clerk BPC asking 6 Dec 1927 

that they be reminded of the erection of scaffold for drying hoses. And 

also asking when the Brigade might expect the new hoses. 

009/024 Letter from clerk BPC to Mr Horlock detailing arrangements for 13 Dec 1927 

maintenance and expenditure in respect of the new motor vehicle. 

009/025 Letter from Mr Horlock, Chairman Lighting and Watch Committee to 13 Dec 1927 

Sec BPC regarding arrangements to purchase new hoses for the Fire 

Brigade. 

009/026 Letter from Sec BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade passing 17 Dec 1927 

on information in 009/025. 

009/027 Ditto 17 Dec 1927 

009/028 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade giving the Council’s 7 Jan 1928 

full support to the Brigades efforts to obtain a site on which to build a 

new Fire Station. 

009/029 Letter from BPC to Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for £15-15s a 14 Feb 1928 

contribution to the payment for new hose. 

009/030 Letter from BPC to Mr Jenvey asking for his account for erecting the 14 Feb 1928 

Fire Bell and Hose Gallows. 

009/031 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade passing on the 15 Mar 1928 

“hearty thanks of the Parish Meeting for the excellent services 

rendered by your men”. 

009/032 Letter from BPC to Town Clerk, Lymington Borough asking what the 21 Aug 1928 

likely terms would be if BPC entered into an agreement to use 

Lymington Fire Brigade and Engine. 

009/033 Letter from Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to BPC asking that 9 Mar 1929 

the estimates for the coming year should contain an application for 3 

X 100ft of new hose for the Fire Brigade. 

009/034 Letter from Turner & Lipton (Solicitors?) asking for a lease to be 2 May 1929 

signed by Col Mansel-Jones. VC. 

009/035 Letter from BPC to Mr R Burton, Brookley Road Brockenhurst 8 May 1929 

accepting his tender for painting 35 public lamps for the sum of £6-2s- 

6d. 

009/036 Letter from BPC to Southampton Water Works asking for a 

29 May 1929 

connection to be made from the mains to the site proposed for the new 

Fire Station. 

009/037 Letter to BPC to Lymington RDC informing that the application for a 8 June 1929 

new building to accommodate their Fire Engine had been approved by 

the RDC.

009/038 Letter from BPC to Southampton Water Works informing that the 

Council’s plumber is Mr J Spracklen Partridge Road Brockenhurst. 

009/039 Letter from BPC to F Webster Lymington Post Office detailing the 

Fire Brigades resources to deal with any fire call from the Post Office 

Buildings. 

009/040 Invoice from J Spracklen to BPC - £2-10s-6d for excavating and 

cementing from mains to new Fire Station. 

009/041 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for information on “The 

movement in opposition to the increase in the Water Rate. 

009/042 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC 

acknowledging BPC’s termination of their tenancy of the Fire Station 

on payment of proportionate rent for the Quarter. 

009/043 Omitted in Numbering system. 

009/044 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC thanking them for information 

regarding prospective increases in Water Charges by Borough of 

Southampton. 

009/045 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for comparative charges 

for water paid by (1) Borough of Southampton and (2) Rural Districts 

such as Brockenhurst. 

009/046 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst British Legion regarding supply of 

power to British Legion Club, pointing out that Electricity Company 

would be asked to supply a line to the new Fire Station. 

009/047 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst British Legion acknowledging 

receipt of letter from the West Hants Electricity Company re cost of 

service wiring. 

009/048 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst British Legion stating that the 

Council is not agreeable to contributing to the cost of service wiring. 

009/049 Letter from Secretary British Legion to BPC clarifying the situation 

regarding power supply to Legion Club and new Fire Station. 

009/050 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst British Legion acknowledging 

receipt of 009/049 and suggesting a meeting to further consider the 

matter. 

009/051 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electricity Company asking that the 

new Fire Station should be put on the mains supply from Fibbards 

Road and asking for an estimate of the costs. 

009/052 Letter from BPC to Turner Esq. Solicitor Piccadilly London W 

enclosing cheque for £5. Ground rent for land leased to BPC by Miss 

Lovell of Hincheslea. 

009/053 Receipt from Chamberlain Bros for £10-9s-8d paid by BPC for labour 

and materials at new Fire Station. 

009/054 Letter from Mr Martin, Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to BPC 

reporting that they are now housed in the new Fire Station and 

offering the building to the Council free of all debt. 

009/055 Letter from BPC to Mr G Lee Hathaway Cottage Brockenhurst 

conveying the thanks of the Parish Council and the Parish Meeting for 

Mr Lee’s help in the erection of their new Fire Station. 

009/056 Letter from BPC to Secretary Brockenhurst Fire Brigade conveying 

the very sincere thanks of the parishioners of Brockenhurst for their 

splendid public spirit and for the time, energy and money they put into 

the work of the Brigade. 

009/057 Letter from BPC from Turners Solicitors Piccadilly London W 

enclosing cheque value £2-10s being one half year’s ground rent for 

Fibbards Road Fire Station. 

12 June 1929 

4 July 1929 

1 Aug 1929 

9 Oct 1929 

14 Oct 1929 

13 Nov 1929 

14 Nov 1929 

10 Dec 1929 

9 Jan 1930 

14 Jan 1930 

15 Jan 1930 

12 Feb 1930 

13 Mar 1930 

12 Mar 1930 

20 Mar 1930 

25 Mar 1930 

2 April 1930 

2 April 1930 

15 Sep 1930

009/058 Letter to BPC from Turners Solicitors acknowledging receipt of 16 Sep 1930 

cheque (see 009/057) 

009/059 Letter to BPC from Turners Solicitors asking that in future the ground 19 Sep 1930 

rent for Brockenhurst Fire Station should be paid directly to Miss 

Lovell at Hincheslea. 

009/060 Letter from Mr Martin Secretary Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to BPC 2 Feb 1931 

giving details of stocks of hose held by Brockenhurst Fire Brigade. 

009/061 Letter from BPC to Fire Brigade informing that the Council had 12 Feb 1931 

agreed to provide money for new hose, cost not to exceed £25. 

009/062 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electricity Co querying an apparent 12 Feb 1931 

2s-6d overcharge on their account. 

009/063 Letter from BPC to Secretary Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing 3 Mar 1931 

cheque for £21-7s-6d for the purchase of hose and reminding him that 

the balance of £25 is for disposal on other articles required by the 

Brigade 

009/064 Letter from BPC to Miss Lovell, Hincheslea enclosing cheque for £2- 3 Mar 1931 

10s for ground rent for half year for Fire Station in Fibbards Road. 

009/065 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electric Company enclosing cheque 15 Apr 1931 

for the lighting a/c for the Fire Station and complaining of the 

unreasonable charges. 

009/066 Letter from West Hants Electric Company to BPC acknowledging 20 Apr 1931 

receipt of cheque (009/065) and explaining the criteria for their 

charges. 

009/067 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade informing that 27 May 1931 

the Council had voted the sum of £5 towards the expenses of 

converting the new Motor Chassis. 

009/068 Letter from BPC to Inland Revenue querying the Income Tax 16 Jun 1931 

Assessment for the Fire Station. 

009/069 Letter from BPC to Local Taxation Officer, Winchester enclosing Fire 10 Jul 1931 

Motor Insurance Certificate. 

009/070 Letter from Inland Revenue to BPC clarifying the tax assessment 22 Jul 1931 

exemption. 

009/071 Fire Station Tax Assessment Form for 1931-1932. 15 May 1931 

009/072 Land, Brookley Road, Tax Assessment Form for 1931-1932. 15 May 1931 

009/073 Letter from Moore and Blatch, Solicitors to BPC enclosing 

23 Jul 1931 

conveyance of Fire Station Site. 

009/074 Letter from Moore and Blatch, Solicitors to BPC acknowledging 25 Jul 1931 

return of conveyance. 

009/075 Letter from BPC to Inspector of Taxes Southampton objecting to the 10 Aug 1931 

Tax Assessments on the land and building at Fire Station, Fibbards 

Road, Brockenhurst. 

009/076 Letter from Inspector of Taxes, Southampton to BPC explaining 18 Aug 1931 

reasons for tax assessment (see009/075) repeating demand. 

009/077 Letter from Sec BPC to Chairman Lighting and Watch Committee 3 Sep 1931 

enclosing letter 009/076. Handwritten note of Chairman “I don’t see 

that we can do anything more”. 

009/078 Letter from Inspector of Taxes, Southampton to BPC asking for reply 10 Sep 1931 

to 009/076. 

009/079 Letter from Moore and Blatch, Lymington to BPC asking for 11 Sep 1931 

conveyance to be initialled by 3 Parish Council members. 

009/080 Letter from BPC to Inspector of Taxes withdrawing objection to Tax 21 Sep 1931 

Assessment.

009/081 Letter from Moore and Blatch to BPC enclosing deeds of the Fire 19 Oct 1931 

Station. 

009/082 Letter from BPC to Moore and Blatch enclosing cheque for £4-17s-8d 20 Oct 1931 

for professional charges re Fire Station. 

009/083 Letter from Hon Sec Fire Brigade to BPC suggesting the installation 19 Jan 1932 

of electricity slot meter. 

009/084 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electricity Company requesting the 30 Jan 1932 

installation of a pre-payment meter. 

009/085 Letter from West Hants Electricity Company to BPC enclosing 2 Feb 1932 

Application Form for installation of pre-payment meter. 

009/086 Letter from Moore and Blatch, Solicitors to BPC enclosing tax 3 Feb 1932 

demand forwarded by Miss Lovell’s Solicitors. 

009/087 Letter from Clerk BPC to Chairman BPC outlining proposals for a 10 Feb 1932 

change in method of paying for lighting of Fire Station. 

009/088 2 nd Copy of Letter 009/087 10 Feb 1932 

009/089 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electricity Company enclosing 23 Feb 1932 

application for installation of pre-payment meter at the Fibbards Road 

Fire Station. 

009/090 Letter from Hon Sec Fire Brigade to Sec BPC confirming that 2 Mar 1932 

electricity meter has been installed and drawing his attention to 

equipment deficiencies and problem with trespassers. 

009/091 Letter from Inspector of Taxes Southampton to BPC explaining tax 8 Mar 1932 

assessment references. 

009/092 Letter from BPC to Miss Lovell, Hincheslea thanking her for the gift 9 Mar 1932 

of the site of Fibbards Road Fire Station. 

009/093 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate Office 15 Mar 1932 

drawing his attention to the poor condition of fencing between 

Brockenhurst Estate and Fibbards Road Fire Station. 

009/094 Letter from Clerk BPC to Chairman Light and Watch Committee 15 Mar 1932 

forwarding letter from Mr Martin and from West Hants Electricity 

Company and informing of Council resolution that “The Council 

instruct the Lighting and Watch Committee to inquire into the 

efficiency of the Fire Brigade and report”. 

009/095 Copy of letter 009/094 15 Mar 1932 

009/096 Letter acknowledging receipt of letter 009/093 and stating the matter 17 Mar 1932 

will receive attention from the Brockenhurst Estate Office. 

009/097 Letter from Clerk BPC to Chairman BPC enclosing report of Lighting 23 Mar 1932 

and Watch Committee. 

009/098 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estates acknowledging receipt of 19 Apr 1932 

letter 009/096 and asking for the matter to be expedited. 

009/099 Letter from Clerk to Chairman BPC enclosing four copies of report on 4 May 1932 

Fire brigade matters. 

009/100 Letter from Clerk BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade reporting the 18 May 1932 

Council’s response to the submitted report on the Fire Brigade. 

009/101 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estates reminding them of 

10 Jun 1932 

complaints regarding condition of the fence. 

009/102 Letter from Brockenhurst Estates to BPC (re 009/101) stating that the 21 Jun 1932 

fence had now received their attention. 

009/103 Letter from Clerk BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 21 Jun 1932 

enclosing box for use as First Aid Box and asking for arrangements to 

be put in hand for the erection of a “Fire Station” sign. 

009/104 Letter from Joseph Jenvey to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 29 Jul 1932

giving permission for the erection of Notice Boards in Fibbards Road. 

009/105 Letter to BPC from Fire Brigade reporting that the First Aid Box had 

been painted, filled and was positioned inside the car and the post and 

notice board have now been erected. 

19 Sep 1932 

009/106 Letter from BPC to Chair Lights and Watch Committee noting that 

members of the Committee had been invited to a drill by the Fire 

Brigade on Nov 8 th 3 Nov 1932 

. 

009/107 Letter from BPC to Fire Brigade inviting Officers of the Brigade to a 

meeting of the Lighting and Watch Committee on the 17 th u/d 

(undated) 

009/108 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing 18 Jan 1933 

cheque to cover Pyrene Company’s Account. 

009/109 Letter from Chairman BPC to Clerk BPC enclosing a report regarding 15 Apr 1933 

a fire at Mrs Morrisons(?). 

009/110 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade praising the 20 Apr 1933 

demonstration of the efficiency of the Fire Brigade and congratulating 

all the Officers and men. 

009/111 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

16 May 1933 

acknowledging receipt of letter to Admiral Rymer. 

009/112 Letter from BPC to Sir Thomas Urwick, Nethermoor, Brockenhurst 16 May 1933 

acknowledging receipt of his letter. 

009/113 Receipt from Hayter Bros Garage for £1-5s-2d in respect of grease 30 May 1934 

and fuel. 

009/114 Letter to BPC from Admiral Rymer enclosing bill from Fire Brigade 19 Apr 1934 

Association and asking Clerk to deal with it. 

009/115 Letter from Southern Tractors and Motors to BPC acknowledging 3 May 1934 

receipt of cheque in payment of Insurance on Fire Equipment. 

009/116 Letter to BPC from National Fire Brigades Association requesting 26 Jun 1934 

subscription of £1-10s-0d. 

009/117 Receipt from Hayter Bros Garage for 8s-3d in respect of Fuel and Oil. 10 Jun 1934 

009/118 Receipt from Hayter Bros Garage for 9s-8d in respect of Fuel and Oil. 20 Sep 1934 

009/119 Copy of Report of Lighting and Watch Committee making 

14 Sep 1934 

recommendations for the financial estimates for the Fire Brigade for 

1934-35 

009/120 Letter from BPC to A Stansfield and Sons abandoning plans to 18 Sep 1934 

creosoting the woodwork of the Fire Station. 

009/121 Letter to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade from BPC approving 21 Sep 1934 

Financial Estimates for the year 1934/35. 

009/122 Letter from BPC cancelling letter 009/120 and requesting Stansfield 16 Oct 1934 

and Sons to creosote the woodwork of the Fire Station. 

009/123 Receipt from Hayter Bros Garage for Fuel and cleaning carburettor. 1 Nov 1934 

009/124 Letter from Clerk BPC to Mr Stevens thanking him for a copy of his 22 Nov 1934 

book “History of the Fire Brigade”. 

009/125 Letter from Clerk BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 18 Dec 1934 

regretting Mr Steven’s resignation. 

009/126 Letter from BPC to Mr Bowden thanking him for his service with the 18 Dec 1934 

Fire Brigade and wishing him well on his retirement. 

009/127 Letter from BPC to Mr Stevens, Second Officer of the Fire Brigade 18 Dec 1934 

regretting that for health reasons it was necessary for him to retire 

from the Fire Brigade. 

009/128 Letter from Chairman Lighting and Watch Committee to BPC giving 18 Dec 1934 

a report on the condition of the Fire Brigade Station Doors. 

009/129 Letter from BPC to Captain Hayward Southampton Borough Fire 15 Jan 1935

Brigade asking him to undertake an inspection of Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade and its equipment and report back. 

009/130 Letter from BPC to (?) thanking for the tender submitted for the 

repairs at the Fire Station. 

009/131 Letter from BPC to Mr Hiatt informing him of arrangements for the 

inspection of the Fire Brigade. 

15 Jan 1935 

21 Jan 1935 

009/132 Letter from BPC to Captain Hayward Southampton Borough Fire 21 Jan 1935 

Brigade confirming arrangements for the inspection of Brockenhurst 

Fire Brigade. 

009/133 Receipt from Hayter Bros Garage for Fuel and Oil supplied. 7 Feb 1935 

009/134 Invoice from Tractors and Motors (Southern) Ltd for dismantling 22 Feb 1935 

repairing and assembling axle of Fire Engine Trailer- 12s-6d. 

009/135 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing 26 Feb 1935 

report on the Fire Brigade Inspection. 

009/136 Invoice from J Spracklen Builder to BPC for “work at Brockenhurst 28 Feb 1935 

Fire Station and rehanging door.” 

009/137 Receipt from Hayter Bros Garage for Fuel supplied. 1 Mar 1935 

009/138 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade giving 17 Sep 1935 

approval for the purchase of an Armstrong Siddely car. 

009/139 Letter from Mr Lee Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing 8 Oct 1935 

account from Baker and Spencer for work done on the Fire Engine. 

009/140 Letter from District Surveyor NFRDC giving estimate of cost of work 11 Oct 1935 

to be done at access to Fire Station to Admiral Rymer Chair Lighting 

and Watch Committee. 

009/141 Report to BPC from Chairman Lighting and Watch Committee 15 Oct 1935 

including recommendations for future development. 

009/142 Note on suggested alterations in Insurance of Fire Brigade by Chair 28 Oct 1935 

Lighting and Watch Committee. 

009/143 Letter from BPC to NFRDC requesting work to be carried out at Fire 20 Nov 1935 

Station Brockenhurst. 

009/144 Letter from BPC to NFRDC repeating request made in 009/143. 22 Apr 1936 

009/145 Invoice and receipt for £17-10s-6d from M’Gregor and Co Dundee. 19 Jun 1936 

009/146 Note from Chair Lighting and Watch Committee to Hon Sec 

7 Nov 1936 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade inviting personnel to meeting on 17 Nov. 

009/147 Annual subscription reminder from National Fire Brigades 

5 Sep 1936 

Association. 

009/148 Letter from BPC to National Fire Brigades Association asking for 

information on the legal position in respect of occasional payments 

received by the Fire Brigade which do not pass through the BPC 

accounting system. 

009/149 Letter from national Fire Brigades Association to BPC emphasising 

the importance of ALL Fire Brigade receipts passing through BPC 

accounts so that they could be audited. 

009/150 Letter from Chair Lighting and Watch Committee to Hon Sec 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade stating that all funds accruing to the Fire 

Brigade must pass through the BPC Accounts. 

009/151 Handwritten copy of Lighting and Watch Committee Accounts for 

1936-37. 

23 Oct 1936 

2 Nov 1936 

18 Nov 1936 

009/152 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade asking for the Brigade 1 Feb 1937 

accounts for audit and requesting attendance at a meeting to review 

Fire Brigade matters and make estimates for 1937/38. 

009/153 Handwritten copy of expenses and profits of Brockenhurst Fire 6 Feb 1937 

u/d

Brigade (1936). 

009/154 Report of Lighting and Watch Committee and estimates for 1937/38. 15 Feb 1937 

009/155 Letter from BPC to Fire Brigade giving list of accounts adjustments 24 Feb 1937 

(copy). 

009/156 Original Letter of 009/155. 24 Feb 1937 

009/157 Letter from BPC to Home Office (Fire Brigades Division) querying 19 May 1937 

conditions of Insurance cover for firemen. 

009/158 Letter from BPC to R A F Calshot enclosing cheque for services 19 May 1937 

rendered at Cadland House fire. 

009/159 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade asking that their 19 May 

account balance be transferred to the Council. 

1937 

009/160 Letter from Home Office to BPC clarifying arrangements for 25 May 1937 

insurance of Fire Brigade staff. 

009/161 Letter from Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to BPC regarding ? May 1937 

adjustments to expenses sheets. 

009/162 Letter from R A F Calshot to BPC acknowledging receipt of cheque 27 May 1937 

(see 009/158). 

009/163 Letter from Clerk BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade on 31 May 1937 

completing his service with BPC. 

009/164 Copy of letter 009/163. 31 May 1937 

009/165 Invoice and receipt from Tractors and Motors (Southern) Ltd for 30 Jun 1937 

repairs to Fire Engine. 

009/166 Letter from Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to BPC re painting of 8 Jul 1937 

Fire Station and asking for funds for the annual outing. 

009/167 Letter from BPC to Fire Brigade re painting of Fire Station and 22 Jul 1937 

enclosing cheque for £7-10s-0d for annual outing (ten shilling per 

fireman) 

009/168 Letter from County Council to BPC requesting payment of Interest 27 Oct 1937 

and Instalment of payment of Loan total £27-16s-8d. 

009/169 Letter from National Fire Brigades Association asking for subscription 7 Sep 1937 

of £1-10s-0d for Jan-Dec 1937. 

009/170 Letter from NFRDC to BPC advising that a member of the Valuer’s 10 Nov 1937 

staff would be calling to make a re-valuation of the Fire Station. 

009/171 Invoice for Paint and for Painting the Fire Station £2-0s-0d. 15 Nov 1937 

009/172 Copy of Letter from NFRDC to BPC outlining Council policy in 25 Nov 1937 

respect of Air Raid Precautions Fire Fighting. 

009/173 Letter from BPC to (?) stating that the Council does not intend to 25 Nov 1937 

purchase “Fireplanes”. 

009/174 Copy of Lighting and Watch Committee estimated expenditure for u/d 

1937-38. 

009/175 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade enclosing copy of 009/172 21 Dec 1937 

009/176 Letter from BPC to J Jenvey (Building & Heating Engineer) drawing 12 Jan 1938 

attention to the “Bad state of the Road” adjoining the Fire Station. 

009/177 Letter from NFRDC giving notice of four lectures on “Fire Fighting as 20 Jan 1938 

applied to Air Raid Precautions “ 

009/178 Letter from NFRDC arranging meeting of Fire Brigade Captains to 24 Jan 1938 

determine additional equipment required for Air Raid Precautions 

Scheme. 

009/179 Letter from BPC to NFRDC querying arrangements for the supply of 4 Feb 1938 

Gas Masks to the Fire Brigade. 

009/180 Letter from Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to Chairman Lighting 8 Feb 1938 

and Watch Committee asking for consent for Brockenhurst Fire

Brigade to give a demonstration of the use of trailer pumps to the 

Combined Fire Brigades of the area. 

009/181 Letter from A Robertson to Mr Stretton Clerk BPC apologizing for u/d 

non-attendance at the meeting of the Lighting and Watch Committee. 

009/182 Letter from NFRDC answering query in 009/179. 8 Feb 1938 

009/183 Letter from BPC to NFRDC expressing agreement to trailer pump 10 Feb 1938 

demonstration (see 009/180). 

009/184 Letter from NFRDC giving arrangements for second lecture of “Fire 10 Feb 1938 

Fighting as applied to Air Raid Precautions” 

009/185 Agenda for Meeting of Lighting and Watching Committee. 10 Feb 1938 

009/186 Letter from NFRDC to BPC thanking them for the agreement to the 12 Feb 1938 

demonstration by the Brockenhurst Fire Brigade (009/183) 

009/187 Letter from BPC to Third Officer Hayward Southampton Fire Brigade 16 Feb 1938 

asking him to inspect Brockenhurst Fire Brigade. 

009/188 Letter from BPC to NFRDC agreeing to the Rural District Council 16 Feb 1938 

becoming the Fire Fighting Authority for the New Forest. 

009/189 Letter from Third Officer Hayward Southampton Fire Brigade to BPC 23 Feb 1938 

agreeing to inspect Brockenhurst Fire Brigade. 

009/190 Letter from Vice Chairman Air Raid Precautions Committee rearranging 

date for the Third Lecture by 3 rd 24 Feb 1938 

Officer Hayward. 

009/191 Letter from C Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst to Hon Sec Fire 7 June 1938 

Brigade regarding cancelled meeting and querying provision of hose. 

009/192 Letter of resignation Mr Martin Hon Sec Fire Brigade to Admiral 1 Jul 1938 

Rymer Chairman Lighting and Watching Committee. 

009/193 Letter from BPC to Mr I Lee confirming his appointment as Hon Sec 19 Jul 1938 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade. 

009/194 Copy of 009/193. 19 Jul 1938 

009/195 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electricity Company suggesting 19 Jul 1938 

minor changes in draft agreement. 

009/196 Letter from Clerk BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade asking that all monies 

should be paid in through the Clerk only, and not through Chairman of 

Lighting and Watching Committee as in the past. 

009/197 Letter from Post Office Telephones to Hon Sec Fire Brigade 

confirming arrangements for a new number for receipt of Fire Calls. 

009/198 Letter from BPC to West Hants Electricity Company asking for a 

quarterly lighting meter to replace the prepayment meter. 

009/199 Letter from West Hants Electricity Company to BPC enclosing 

Application form for change of tariff. 

009/200 Letter from NFRDC to BPC answering queries on administrative 

matters. 

009/201 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Fire Brigade giving authority for the 

purchase of uniforms for new recruits. 

009/202 Letter from NFRDC to BPC enclosing memo on payments and giving 

notice of a conference of New Forest Fire Brigades. 

009/203 Letter from NFRDC to BPC asking for all Insurance Policies relating 

to the Fire Brigade to be forwarded to NFRDC for new endorsement. 

009/204 Letter from NFRDC enclosing a copy of valuation of Fire Brigade 

equipment by Captain Hayward. 

009/205 Letter from NFRDC to BPC re arrangements for appointment of 

Valuer for Fire Brigade land and buildings. 

009/206 Letter from NFRDC explaining that from 30 January the volunteer 

personnel, Fire Equipment and property will come under the 

31 Aug 1938 

3 Oct 1938 

3 Oct 1938 

5 Oct 1938 

14 Nov 1938 

15 Nov 1938 

29 Nov 1938 

8 Jan 1939 

3 Jan 1939 

16 Jan 1939 

25 Jan 1939

jurisdiction of the NFRDC. 

009/207 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst asking 

him to undertake the post of valuer on the Fire Station land and 

premises. 

009/208 Letter from BPC to NFRDC accepting Captain Hayward’s valuation 

of Fire Fighting Equipment. 

009/209 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC agreeing to be valuer of Fire 

Brigade Equipment land and premises. 

26 Jan 1939 

26 Jan 1939 

27 Jan 1939 

009/210 Letter from NFRDC to BPC arranging for the NFRDC valuer, 30 Jan 1939 

Rawlence & Squarey to get in touch with Captain Sutton (see 

009/209). 

009/211 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC stating that after meeting 

7 Feb 1939 

Rawlence & Squarey an agreed valuation of £230 was arrived at. 

009/212 Letter from NFRDC to BPC asking, as there was an agreed valuation, 20 Feb 1939 

for the Title Deeds to be sent to the NFRDC. 

009/213 Letter from County Fire Officer, London accepting the surrender of 9 Feb 1939 

Fire Insurance Policy’s. £2-9s-1d rebate due. 

009/214 Letter from Captain Sutton Valuer enclosing account for his fee as 22 Feb 1939 

valuer of Fire Brigade Premises. 

009/215 Letter from BPC to NFRDC agreeing to the valuation of £230 made 24 Feb 1939 

on the Fire Station premises. 

009/216 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton thanking him for his services as a 24 Feb 1939 

valuer. 

009/217 Letter from BPC to Manager, Lloyds Bank, Brockenhurst regarding 17 Mar 1939 

conveyance of Fire Station land from BPC to NFRDC. 

009/218 Copy of Minute of BPC relating to valuation of Fire Station premises. u/d 

009/219 Schedule of Deeds and Documents relating to the Fire Station at 22 Oct 1931 

Brockenhurst. 

009/220 Letter from NFRDC to BPC regarding convincing of Fire Station 21 Mar 1939 

property from BPC to NFRDC. 

009/221 Letter from NFRDC regarding process for dealing with any 

13 Apr 1939 

outstanding liabilities of assets which might arise out of the transfer of 

Fire Station property and other assets. 

009/222 Letter from Financial Officer NFRDC to BPC advising on the 27 Apr 1939 

investment of funds arising out of the transfer of the Fire Brigade. 

009/223 Letter from Mr R E Tiller to NFRDC introducing himself as successor 14 Oct 1939 

to Mr Stretton as Clerk to Brockenhurst Parish Council. 

009/224 Letter from BPC to NFRDC regarding disposal of funds received in 26 Feb 1940 

connection with transfer of Fire Brigade. 

009/225 Letter from NFRDC to BPC in answer to 009/224 advising that the 11 Mar 1940 

matter should be dealt with through the Ministry of Health. 

009/226 Letter from BPC to Ministry of Health in similar terms to 009/224. 12 Mar 1940 

009/227 Letter from Ministry of Health to BPCV rejecting use of Fire Brigade 27 Mar 1940 

related monies towards the relief of rates. 

009/228 Letter from Hampshire County Council to BPC stating that they were 4 Apr 1949 

not considering closing the Fire Station at Brockenhurst. 

009/229 Letter from Ministry of Housing and Local Government to BPC 29 Jul 1960 

stating there are no objections to use of Fire Brigade related monies 

for the development of recreational facilities. 

End End

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

Fire Brigade 

Brookley House Fire Station 

008/001 Letter from Mr Martin to Mr Dear, Chairman BPC offering to rent a garage 

20 Jun 1921 

008/002 

to the Fire Brigade at £5 per quarter. 

Letter from Mr Martin to Mr Quinn, BPC rejecting any agreement to let the 

garage for any period over three months at a time. 

12 Jul 1921 

008/003 Letter from Mr W C Martin to Mr Quinn, BPC informing him that he had 

sold Brookley House including the garage occupied by Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade, Mr H C Heppenstall of 75 High Street Lymington. 

26 Apr 1924 

008/004 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC asking for rental 

payments in respect of the Fire Station at Brookley House. 

5 Aug 1924 

008/005 Letter from Mr Gurney-Dixon to Clerk BPC regarding Insurance cover for 

the Fire Brigade. 

6 Sep 1924 

008/006 Letter from Clerk to Chairman of BPC regarding the Conservative 

Associations request that the rent for the Fire Station should be paid before 

the end of the year. 

22 Dec 1924 

008/007 Letter from Mr McDermott to BPC offering a demonstration of a Fire 

Engine. 

2 Mar 1925 

008/008 Letter from Mr Martin, Hon Sec. Fire Brigade to Clerk, BPC reporting on 

the Fire Brigade’s activities in action on Sat, Mar 7 th 1925. 

9 Mar 1925 

008/009 Letter from S.S.Welch(?) to BPC regarding procedures for making an 

Insurance claim. 

14 Jul 1925 

008/010 Letter from BPC to Ministry of Health regarding making an appointment 

for a meeting. 

18 Jul 1925 

008/011 Letter from Fire Brigade Sec to Insurance Company (?) regarding injury to 

Fireman Hayward and lost fire axe. 

u/d 

008/012 Letter from Sec Fire Brigade to Clerk, BPC asking for sight of Insurance 

Policy covering Fire Brigade Members. 

8 Jun 1926 

008/013 Letter from BPC to New Forest Conservative Association asking for a 

reduction in the rental for the Fire Brigade shed. 

9 Jun 1926 

008/014 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC acknowledging 

receipt of letter 008/013. 

12 Jun 1926 

008/015 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC stating that they 

feel the rental for the Fire Station at £20 per annum is a reasonable figure 

and that they cannot reduce this figure. 

21 Jun 1926 

008/016 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC stating that after 

further consideration they are willing to reduce the rent for the Fire Station 

from £20p.a. to £15p.a. 

24 Nov 1926 

008/017 Letter from (?) to Mr Horlock. (BPC?) enclosing letter re rental of Fire 

Station. 

25 Nov 1926 

008/018 Letter from BPC to New Forest Conservative Association gratefully 

accepting the offer of a reduction in rent for the Fire Station. 

15 Dec 1926 

008/019 Letter from Sec. Fire Brigade to BPC stating that they had been offered a 

site for erecting drying apparatus and 2 Poles for its operation at a rental of 

1/- per year. 

5 Apr 1927 

008/020 Letter from Sec. Fire Brigade to BPC asking for £20 to purchase new hose 

to which the Fire Brigade would add £10 from their own funds. 

11 Jun 1927 

008/021 Letter from BPC to New Forest Conservative Association asking that 14 Jun 1928

008/022 

repairs be carried out to the Fire Station Building. 

Letter from Clerk. BPC to Admiral Rymer. Chairman BPC enclosing tender 

for work at the Fire Station. 

19 Jul 1928 

008/023 Estimate for repairs to Fire Station Brockenhurst from A.Stansfield Builder 

Brockenhurst. 

31 Jul 1928 

008/024 Specifications for repairs to Brockenhurst Fire Station. u/d 

008/025 Letter from BPC to New Forest Conservative Association stating that the 

BPC had accepted a tender for Fire Station repairs from Mr Stansfield and 

asking that the owners should meet the cost of the work. 

21 Aug 1928 

008/026 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC stating that they 

had no objection to the Fire Station repairs being carried out and that the 

matter of payment of the costs would be considered in October. 

24 Aug 1928 

008/027 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC agreeing to pay 

the cost of repairs to the Fire Station. 

9 Oct 1928 

008/028 Letter from BPC to New Forest Conservative Association stating that Mr 

Stansfield had been informed that his tender had been accepted. 

16 Oct 1928 

008/029 Copy of letter from BPC to Mr Stansfield accepting his tender for repairs 

and alterations to the Brockenhurst Fire Station. 

16 Oct 1928 

008/030 Letter from BPC to New Forest Conservative Association querying the 

division of costs for the repairs, alterations and installation of electric light 

in the Fire Station. 

7 Nov 1928 

008/031 Letter from New Forest Conservative Association to BPC stating that the 

carrying out of repairs and alteration would, for the meantime remain in 

abeyance. 

12 Nov 1928 

008/032 Letter from Sec. Fire brigade to BPC advising on the time to give notice to 

terminate the tenancy of the Fire Station. 

24 Sept 1929 

Fire Brigade Staff and Long Service Awards 

008/033 List of Fire Brigade Staff and position plus location of Hydrants. 11 Oct 1911? 

008/034 Medal Ribbons and medal application form. 28 Apr 1924 

008/035 Letter from General Secretary Fire Brigade Association to BPC informing 

that application for Long Service Medals had been granted. 

16 Apr 1934 

008/036 Invoice from Fire Brigades Association to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade for 

Medals, Engraving, Presentation Case and Medal Ribbon. 

23 Apr 1934 

008/037 Letter from Fire Brigades Association to BPC enclosing Long Service 

Award Medals. 

23 Apr 1934 

008/038 Returned medal application forms granting three medal applications but 

rejecting a fourth as in-eligible. 

u/d 

008/039 Letter from Fire Brigades Association to BPC enclosing Long Service 

Medals. 

28 Mar 1935 

008/040 Letter from BPC to Home Office querying as to the possible eligibility of 

Brockenhurst Fireman for (A) H.M. King Georges Jubilee or (B) H.M. 

George VI’s Coronation, medals. 

1 Mar 1937 

008/041 Letter from National Fire Brigades Association to BPC enclosing three 

Long Service Medals. 

12 Mar 1937 

008/042 Invoice and receipt for Long Service Medals and Presentation Cases. 3 Mar 1937 

008/043 Letter from Home Office to BPC regretting that no medals are available for 

Fire Brigade members commemorating King George V’s Jubilee and King 

George VI’s Coronation. 

8 May 1937 

Resignation of Staff 

008/044 Letter from Chief Officer Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to Chairman Lighting 3 Dec 1934

and Watch Committee informing him that Mr Stevens, 2 nd Officer has 

tendered his resignation on the grounds of ill-health. 

008/045 Letter from BPC to Mr Martin Hon. Sec. Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

expressing the Councils regret at having to accept his resignation as Hon. 

Sec. of the Fire Brigade. 

008/046 Letter from Mr Stevens former 2 nd Officer Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to 

BPC thanking them for their letter expressing their thanks for his service. 

Gift of Land to the Fire Service 

008/047 Letter from BPC to Rural District Council Lymington enclosing a letter 

expressing Miss Lovell’s desire to convey to the Parish Council the land on 

which the Fire Station is built and asking the RDC to negotiate the matter 

19 Jul 1938 

u/d 

3 Jun 1931 

008/048 

with Miss Lovell’s solicitors:-Mr Cecil Turner. 

Letter from RDC Lymington to BPC acknowledging receipt of 008/047 and 

stating that they will get in touch with Misses Lovell’s solicitors. 

4 Jun 1931 

008/049 Letter from Moore, Trestrail & Blatch Solicitors to BPC stating that they 

will be acting in the matter of conveying the Fire Station land plot to BPC. 

4 Jun 1931 

008/050 Letter from Clerk, BPC to Chairman, BPC informing of the letter 008/049 

and handwritten reply from Chairman to Clerk asking him to assist Moore, 

Trestrail & Blatch. 

5 Jun 1931 

008/051 Handwritten letter from Chairman BPC to Clerk BPC apologising for 

absence from Meeting on 16/6/31 and asking that the Council should write 

to Miss Lovell expressing the gratitude of the Parish for her gift of the Firs 

Station land. 

15 Jun 1931 

008/052 Letter from BPC to Miss Lovell thanking her for the gift of the land on the 

site of the Firs Station. 

16 Jun 1931 

008/053 Letter from Moore, Trestrail & Blatch to BPC stating that the conveyance 

of the Fire Station land has now been executed and enclosing the 

conveyance for sealing. 

2 Jul 1931 

Insurance of Motor Fire Tender 

008/054 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd London to BPC arranging the terms of 

the Insurance of the Motor Fire Tender. 

008/055 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd detailing premiums for insurance of 

Motor Fire Tender. 

Loan Agreements for Fire Appliances 

008/056 Letter from BPC to Ministry of Health querying the procedures necessary 

for the BPC to raise a loan for the purchase of a “Trailer Fire Unit”. 

008/057 Document from Ministry of Health consenting to BPC borrowing £250 for 

the purpose of purchasing a trailer under the provisions of the Local 

Government Act 1894. 

008/058 Copy of Resolution approving the terms for securing a loan from the 

County Council. 

008/059 Letter from County Council to BPC detailing the arrangements for 

processing the mortgage and its repayment. 

008/060 Letter from Clerk BPC to Treasurer BPC enclosing letter from Clerk to 

County Council containing directions for dealing with the matter. 

008/061 Letter from County Council to BPC informing that the rate of interest on the 

loan is reduced from 4-5% to 4%. 

008/062 Letter from Lloyds Bank Brockenhurst acknowledging receipt of Parish 

Councils mortgage to the County Council. 

20 Feb 1928 

28 Feb 1928 

7 May 1933 

16 Aug 1933 

u/d 

8 Sep 1933 

19 Oct 1933 

13 Sep 1933 

20 Oct 1933

008/063 Letter from Lloyds Bank Brockenhurst informing that the mortgage papers 

had been sent to Lloyds Bank Winchester. 

23 Oct 1933 

008/064 Letter from BPC to County Council informing of the processing of the 

papers for the proposed loan. 

24 Oct 1933 

008/065 Letter from County Council to BPC informing that a cheque for £250 had 

been paid into Lloyds Bank Winchester in favour of BPC. 

2 Nov 1933 

008/066 Receipt for Interest and Instalment of Principal from County Council. 30 Apr 1934 

008/067 Letter from County Council to BPC requesting payment of Interest and 

Instalment of Principal due on 1 st May 1934. 

30 Apr 1934 


Instalment of Principal due on 1 st Nov 1934. 

16 Oct 1934 



16 May 1936 


Instalment of Principal due on 1 st Nov 1936. 

7 Nov 1936 



5 May 1937 

008/072 Letter from County Council to BPC confirming that as the final instalment 

of the £250 loan has been repaid the mortgage has been duly cancelled. 

25 Nov 1938 

Hydrants 

008/073 Letter from BPC to Pope’s Toy Factory Brockenhurst advising the necessity 

for the installation of a private hydrant, as the nearest Council hydrant is too 

far away to be of assistance in the event of a fire. 

008/074 Letter from Southampton Waterworks noting that they prefer public 

hydrants to be fixed on the main road. 

008/075 Letter from Popes Toy Factory to BPC in answer to 008/073 pointing out 

that the provision of a fire hydrant is, in their view, the responsibility of 

BPC. 

008/076 Letter from BPC to Southampton Waterworks supporting a request from a 

Miss Laurie for the installation of a private fire hydrant. 

008/077 Letter from BPC to Miss Laurie advising her to make a further application 

for the installation of a private fire hydrant. 

Jul 1925 

6 Jul 1925 

14 Jul 1925 

15 Jul 1925 

15 Jul 1925 

008/078 Letter from Southampton Waterworks to BPC in answer to 008/076 stating 

that the cost of providing and fixing a private fire hydrant must be borne by 

the consumer. 

18 Jul 1925 

008/079 Letter from Miss Laurie to BPC thanking them for their efforts to try and 

provide a private hydrant. 

21 Jul 1925 

008/080 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC enclosing a letter from Major Nelson 

of Brockenhurst regarding the installation of a private hydrant. 

19 Apr 1926 

008/081 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking to be consulted prior to the 

siting of any hydrants. 

26 Mar 1927 

008/082 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of 008/081. 29 Mar 1927 

008/083 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC suggesting revision of the agreement 

in respect of responsibilities regarding Council and private hydrants. 

13 Apr 1927 

008/084 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC agreeing to prior consultation before 14 Apr 1927 

the installation of hydrants. 

008/085 Letter from Brockenhurst Estate Office (Mr Sutton) agreeing to the erection 

of Fire Hose Gallows on Morant Trustees land with conditions and 

Acknowledgment Rent of one shilling per year from BPC. 

29 Jun 1927 

008/086 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for a fire hydrant to be installed 

on the main road at Setley. 

25 Oct 1927 

008/087 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC regarding the exact positioning of the 10 Nov 1927

proposed hydrant at Setley. 

008/088 Copy of 008/087. 

008/089 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC specifying the position of the proposed 

fire hydrant at Setley. 

008/090 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

008/089. 

008/091 Letter from BPC to E.D.Townsend-Rose Esq. stating that his letter re “Fire 

Hydrant” had been forwarded to Lymington RDC the responsible authority. 

008/092 Letter from Lymington RDC to Chief Fire Officer Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade regarding positioning of hydrants in Brockenhurst that are to be 

installed. 

008/093 Letter from BPC to Mrs Baring Beachern Wood Brockenhurst asking if she 

would wish to have a private hydrant installed on her property at a probable 

cost of 30/- per annum. 

008/094 Letter from BPC to E. Townsend-Rose Esq. Little Prescotes, Brockenhurst 

informing him that fire hydrants would not be installed on private property 

at public expense but offering installation at a cost of 30/- per annum. 

008/095 Letter from BPC to Captain W.H.Trinder Latchmoor Brockenhurst 

providing information in similar terms to that in 008/094. 

008/096 Letter from BPC to Captain W.H.Trinder Northerwood Park Lyndhurst 

apologising for considering him in connection with the installation of fire 

hydrant without his authority. 

008/097 Letter from BPC to NFRDC Lymington applying for the installation of 

public hydrants at Careys Cottages and at Balmer Lawn and a private 

hydrant at Captain Trinders property at Latchmoor. 

008/098 Letter from BPC to NFRDC Lymington requesting a further hydrant to be 

installed on the Balmer Lawn – Beaulieu Road. 

008/099 Letter from BPC to F.Willis Esq. informing him of the application in 

008/098. 

008/100 Letter from BPC to first Officer Brockenhurst Fire Brigade asking if a 

hydrant, placed to serve Little Prescotes (see 008/094) would be able to 

serve neighbouring houses. 

008/101 Report and Sketch Map from “Lighting and Watch Committee to BPC on 

proposed sites for placement of fire hydrants. 

008/102 Letter from BPC to CaptainTrinder Northerwood Park Lyndhurst asking 

him to inform Southampton Waterworks as to where he wished his private 

fire hydrant to be placed. 

008/103 Letter from BPC to E. Townsend – Rose stating that the council cannot 

place a fire hydrant to command his property in case of fire. 

008/104 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC giving final decision on the placement 

of public fire hydrants. 

008/105 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC requesting the installation of two fire 

hydrants at Latchmoor. 


008/105. 

008/107 Letter from BPC to Waterworks Southampton Corporation reporting 

damage to the fire hydrant in Sway Road. 

008/108 Letter from BPC to NFRDC complaining that in the course of road repairs 

in Sway Road all of the fire hydrants had been covered in tarmac. 

008/109 Letter from BPC to NFRDC asking for a hydrant to be fixed in Armstrong 

Road Brockenhurst. 

008/110 Letter from BPC to NFRDC reporting that the hydrants in the parish are 

now all clear of tarmac and are readily accessible. 

29 Nov 1927 

2 Dec 1927 

18 Apr 1929 

1 May 1929 

8 May 1929 

8 May 1929 

8 May 1929 

14 May 1929 

29 May 1929 

12 Jun 1929 

12 Jun 1929 

21 Jun 1929 

3 Jul 1929 

9 Jul 1929 

9 Jul 1929 

18 Jul 1929 

27 May 1931 

29 May 1931 

16 May 1933 

16 May 1933 

24 Jul 1933 

5 Sept 1933

008/111 Letter from NFRDC asking BPC to review the position as to whether there 

are sufficient hydrants installed in the Parish of Brockenhurst. 

008/012 Letter from BPC to NFRDC stating that it is considered that the Parish is 

adequately supplied with fire hydrants. 

Fire Brigade Inspection 

008/113 Letter from BPC to Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade congratulating the 

Brigade on the character report and agreeing to carry out the 

recommendations in the report for the purchase of items as specifies in the 

report. 

008/114 Letter from BPC to Mr G.Elmes Wharf Road Redbridge thanking Mr Elmes 

for his report on the Inspection of the Fire Brigade. 

Fires Attended by the Fire Service 

008/115 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC regarding a fire outbreak at a council 

29 Nov 1933 

16 Jan 1934 

20 Sept 1932 

21 Sep 1932 

9 Jan 1925 

008/116 

house in Addison Road and asking the BPC for a report on expenses. 

Letter from Lymington RDC to Secretary Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

enclosing cheque for £1-2s-6d to cover expenses at fire (see 008/115) 

18 Feb 1925 

008/117 Letter from Brockenhurst Estate Office thanking the brigade fir its 

attendance at the fire at “Pastures New” and enclosing a cheque for £16 in 

payment of expenses. 

22 Apr 1925 

008/118 Letter to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade from Wm Owen & Co Surveyors 

Queen Victoria Street London EC4 regarding expenses in respect of a fire at 

the Comrades Club. 

14 Jul 1925 

008/119 Report as to number of fires attended by Borough of Lymington Fire 

Brigade during the year ended 31 Dec 1929. 

u/d 

008/120 Letter from Lymington Corporation to BPC enclosing report on fires 

attended up to 31 Dec 1929 (see 008/119). 

14 Jan 1930 

008/121 Letter from Supt Ringwood Police to Secretary Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

acknowledging receipt of letter and thanking PC James for his assistance at 

a fire at the “Thatched Cottage” and confirming that the officer concerned 

had been informed. 

21 Apr 1933 

008/122 Letter from Jacksons Solicitors Fordingbridge enclosing a cheque for £2-9s- 

0d to cover expenses for the fire at “Thatched Cottage” Brockenhurst. 

16 Jun 1933 

008/123 Financial Statement for attendance of brigade at a fire at “Lazytown 

Cottages” Fawley. 

24 Apr 1925 

008/124 Letter from Secretary Fire Brigade to BPC stating that the “Insurance 

Companies have paid up in full.” 

26 Nov 1936 

008/125 Report on attendance of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade at a fire at Gosling & 

Seaman (Rick Fire|). 

30 Sep 1936 

008/126 Report on attendance of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade at a fire at Balmer Lawn 

Hotel. 

28 Mar 1937 

008/127 Report on attendance of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade at a fire at Cadlands 

Country Club. 

5 May 1937 

008/128 Report on attendance of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade at a fire at a motor car at 

Hincheslea. 

2 Dec 1937 

008/129 Report on attendance of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade at a fire at Beaulieu. 9 Apr 1938? 

008/130 Report on expenses and Fire Station dimensions from Hon Sec Fire Brigade 

to Secretary Brockenhurst Parish Council. 

8 Nov 1938 

Fire Bell 

008/131 Letter from Brockenhurst Estate Office to BPC agreeing to the erection of a 15 Jul 1912

Fire Bell in Mr Shorts garden on condition the BPC pay one shilling per 

annum in acknowledgment and agree to restore the surface and the soil 

should the permission be terminated. 

008/132 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate agreeing to the terms set out in 

008/131. 

008/133 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate enclosing annual Payment of One 

shilling and requesting that a higher post be provided for the fire bell. 

008/134 Letter from Brockenhurst Estate to BPC asking for Fire Bell rental and six 

shillings arrears to be paid (plus payment for seats on Manorial land. 

Fire Insurance Settlements 

008/135 Letter from State Assurance Co Cannon Street London to Secretary 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for £2-0s-6d settlement for 

S28 Policy S1130385 Lunn Bros. 

008/136 Letter from Ecclesiastical Insurance Strand London asking for details of 

how a charge of £3 for the attendance of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade a t a 

fire at “Careys” is made up. A claim from Mr H.Bowden-Smith. 

008/137 Letter from Ecclesiastical Insurance Strand London to Hon Sec 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for £1-15s-0d for attendance at 

Fire. 

008/138 Letter from Ecclesiastical Insurance Strand London to Secretary 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade querying charges for the brigade’s attendance at 

a fire at “Careys” Brockenhurst. 

Letter from Ecclesiastical Insurance Strand London to Secretary 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for £1-5s-0d in settlement of 

fire at “Careys” Brockenhurst. 

008/140 Letter from Sun Insurance Southampton to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade querying details of a fire at Orchard Cottage Brockenhurst on 13 

July 1933. 

008/141 Letter from Legal & General Insurance Southampton to Hon Sec 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for 18s-6d for attendance at a 

fire Institute House Brockenhurst. 

008/142 Letter from London & Lancashire Insurance Portsmouth to Hon Sec 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing a cheque for 19s-6d for attendance at 

fire at Brookley Road Brockenhurst. 

008/143 Letter from Royal Exchange Assurance, Southampton to Hon Sec 

Brockenhurst Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for £1-15s-6d. 

008/144 Letter from Royal Insurance Co Bournemouth to Hon Sec Brockenhurst 

Fire Brigade enclosing cheque for £3-11s-0d in payment for attendance at 

Fire Balmer Lawn Brockenhurst on 2 March 1936. 

008/145 Letter from Trundle, Foulkes & Co London EC4 (Assessors and Surveyors) 

to Chief Officer Brockenhurst Fire Brigade asking re the cause of a fire at 

Bridge Farm haystack. 

008/146 Letter from Ellis & Buckle (Insurance Assessors) Ogle Road Southampton 

to Chief Officer Brockenhurst Fire Brigade asking for his account for 

attendance at Rick Fire New Park Farm Brockenhurst on 30 Sept 1936. 

008/147 Letter from Royal Insurance Co Bristol to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade enclosing cheque for £9-7s-8d for services at “Fire at New Park 

Farm Brockenhurst” on 7 Oct 1936. 

008/148 Letter from National Farmers Union Insurance Society enclosing cheque for 

£26-14s-10p for attendance at fire at New Park Farm on 30 Sep 1936. 

008/149 Letter from Eagle Star Insurance Co London EC2 to Hon Sec Brockenhurst 

Fire Brigade enclosing a cheque for £1-16s-0d for attendance at fire at 

? Jul 1912 

11 Dec 1924 

21 May 1936 

9 Dec 1926 

29 Mar 1932 

31 Mar 32 

4 Apr 1932 

13 Apr 1932 

24 Jul 1933 

19 Mar 1934 

19 Mar 1934 

21 May 1936 

25 Mar 1936 

2 Oct 1936 

3 Nov 1936 

25 Nov 1936 

25 Nov 1936 

10 May 1937

Balmer Lawn Hotel 28th March 1937. 

Trailer Pump 

008/150 Brochure for Pyrene Pulsometer Type Trailer including specifications. u/d 

008/151 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) Brockenhurst to Clerk BPC 

informing that the New Fire Tender , as ordered, is now available and 

asking for delivery and handover instructions. 

28 Dec 1933 

008/152 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) Brockenhurst to BPC reminding 

BPC of need for Insurance Cover for the Pulsometer Trailer and enclosing a 

donation of £10 towards the cost of the pump. 

10 Jan 1934 

008/153 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) Ltd acknowledging, with thanks, 

receipt of £10 donation. 

15 Jan 1934 

008/154 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade giving directions on 

the arrangements to pay for the new Trailer Fire Pump. 

16 Jan 1934 

008/155 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) to BPC quoting premiums for 

insuring the Trailer Pump. 

28 Dec 1933 

008/156 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) requesting a copy of a 

Comprehensive Insurance Policy for the Trailer Fire Pump. 

16 Jan 1934 

008/157 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) to BPC enclosing Insurance 

Policy for Fire Pump. 

16 Feb 1934 

008/158 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) enclosing cheque for £11 as 

premium for insuring Fire Trailer Pump. 

28 Apr 1934 

008/159 Newspaper Cutting reporting purchase of new Fire Trailer Pump by BPC. u/d 

Honorary Surgeons to the Fire Brigade 

008/160 Letter from BPC to Dr Denis Gaitskell Brockenhurst inviting him to accept 

the appointment as Honorary Surgeon to the Parish Fire Brigade. 

008/161 Letter from BPC to Dr J.P. Grieves Brockenhurst expressing regret that 

circumstances had compelled him to resign as Honorary Surgeon to the Fire 

Brigade. 

008/162 Letter from Dr Grieves to BPC thanking them for their letter (008/161) of 

the 23 Mar 1933. 

008/163 Letter from Dr Gaitskell to BPC accepting the appointment as Honorary 

Surgeon to the Fire Brigade. 

23 Mar 1933 

23 Mar 1933 

24 Mar 1933 

27 Mar 1933

Brockenhurst Parish Council 

Fire Brigade 

Fire Brigade Equipment 

007/001 Letter from Henry Simons & Co Walthamstowe enclosing tender for Fire 

19 Jan 1912 

007/002 

brigade Accessories to Fire Brigade. 

Tender enclosed in letter 007/001. 19 Jan 1912 

007/003 Letter from Shand, Mason & Co Blackfriars London to Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade including tender for accessories. 

26 Jan 1912 

007/004 Letter from Merryweather & Sons Long Acre London to Brockenhurst 

Fire Brigade including tender for accessories. 

26 Jan 1912 

007/005 Invoice from McGregor & Co Dundee to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade in 

respect of canvas fire hose plus signed receipt dated 16 Sep 1929. 

7 Aug 1929 

007/006 Letter from Chief Officer Southampton Fire Brigade to Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade giving an assessment of a Leyland Trailer Pump describing its 

performance as “excellent”. 

24 Mar 1930 

007/007 Letter to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade from John Kerr & Co Fire Protection 

Engineers Manchester advising that a Mr R A Smith is no longer in their 

employ and requesting payment of an outstanding account to the value of 

£9-17s-3d. 

13 Nov 1930 

007/008 Letter to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade from John Kerr & Co Manchester 

(handwritten copy) clarifying the position regarding the alleged 

outstanding account. (see 007/007) 

14 Jul 1931 

007/009 List of equipment held by Brockenhurst Parish Fire Brigade and 

assessments of present value. 

8 Nov 1935? 

007/010 Page 2 of 007/009. U/d? 

007/011 List of equipment and staff expenses incurred by Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade for the attention of National Farmers Union Insurance Society 

Ltd, Stratford on Avon. 

u/d 

007/012 List of clothing sizes for nine named men of Brockenhurst Fire Brigade. u/d 

007/013 Report of L & W Committee with recommendations and suggested 

expenditure for 1934-35. 

14 Sep 1934 

007/014 Account and payment receipt for fire hose to McGregor & Co Dundee. 23 Oct 1934 

007/015 Account and payments receipt for Firemen’s Uniforms to Huggins Son & 

Co Ltd Bristol. 

9 Nov 1934 

007/016 Letter from McGregor & Co Dundee to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 

acknowledging receipt of cheque (007/014). 

22 Nov 1934 

007/017 Letter to BPC from John Morris & Sons Salford Manchester 

acknowledging receipt of order fro branch pipes. 

9 Mar 1935 

007/018 Invoice from McGregor & Co Dundee for hosepipe and fitting gunmetal 

coupling. 

28 Apr 1936 

007/019 Invoice and receipt re Manila Life Line from The Pyrene Co Ltd 

Brentford Middlesex. 

18 Aug 1936 

007/020 Invoice fro repair and Maintenance to Fire Engine for Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade from baker and Spencer Garage Brockenhurst. 

1 Nov 1936 

007/021 Invoice from Andersons Rubber Co Bristol to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade 4 Dec 1936

for four pairs Wellington Boots. 

007/022 Invoice from Uniform Clothing Co London E.C.1 to Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade for Firemen’s Tunic and Trousers. 

007/023 Invoice from Uniform Clothing Co London E.C.1 to Brockenhurst Fire 

Brigade for seven Pairs of Fire Trousers. 

007/024 Invoice from McGregor and Co Dundee to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade for 

four Lengths of fire Hose. 

007/025 Invoice from Oxborrow Southampton to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade to 

Brockenhurst (+ receipt) in respect of Tyre covers and tubes. 

Fire Brigade Insurance 

007/026 Copy of letter from County Fire Office Ltd(?) Regent St London to BPC 

2 Feb 1937 

10 Mar 1937 

21 May 1937 

7 Mar 1938 

21 Jul 1924 

007/027 

offering terms re Fire Insurance, Fire Brigade Apparatus and Equipment. 

Letter from Chairman BPC to Secretary BPC suggesting terms of Fire 

Insurance to be put before BPC for approval. 

6 Nov 1924 

007/028 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

letter regarding terms of Fire Insurance Policy. 

18 Nov 1924 

007/029 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office Ltd clarifying some of the details 

of the Fire Insurance. 

11 Dec 1924 

007/030 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC asking for further clarification 

of terms of Fire Insurance. 

12 Dec 1924 

007/031 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office Ltd in response to 007/030. 31 Dec 1924 

007/032 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC spelling out terms of Fire and 

W.C.A Insurance. 

2 Jan 1925 

007/033 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC asking for Insurance 

Premiums to be paid. 

9 Jan 1925 

007/034 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Fire Brigade in appreciation of the 

Brigades efficient services at a fire at “Pastures New”. 

25 Mar 1925 

007/035 Letter from BPC to Stanfield & Holtom, Overseers regarding the precept 

for the Lighting Account and proposed Rate for the Year. 

4 May 1925 

007/036 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office Ltd asking for a Form of Claim in 

respect of the Insurance Policies. 

10 Jul 1925 

007/037 Letter from Ministry of Health to Col Mansel-Jones regarding 

arrangements for an interview. 

17 Jul 1925 

007/038 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC enclosing cheque for 12/6d in 

respect of Insurance Claim. 

21 Jul 1925 

007/039 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC in similar terms to 007/038. 21 Jul 1925 

007/040 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office Ltd asking for a copy of the 

Personal Accidents Policy. 

12 Jun 1926 

007/041 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC asking for a cheque for 

Insurance Policy Renewal. 

29 Nov 1926 

007/042 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC similar request to 007/041 4 Dec 1926 

007/043 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC advising that they will hold 

the Insurance Policy in force until after the next Council Meeting. 

7 Dec 1926 

007/044 Letter from BPC to Hon Sec Brockenhurst Fire Brigade conveying the 

hearty thanks of the Parish Council to the Fire Brigade for the efficient 

and public spirited way in which they serve the Parish. 

25 Mar 1927 

007/045 Insurance Policy from Local Government Officers Insurance Association 

in respect John Armstrong clerk to BPC. 

23 Feb 1928

007/046 Letter from Tractors & Motors (Southern) Ltd to BPC enclosing endorsed 

Insurance Policy. 

3 Jul 1931 

007/047 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC regarding insurance for the 

Fire Station building. 

16 May 1935 

007/048 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC listing details of Fire 

Insurance for the Fire Station. 

27 May 1935 

007/049 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC listing schedule of new 

premiums required in respect of various Insurances. 

31 May 1935 

007/050 Page 2 of 007/049. 31 May 1935 

007/051 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC confirming Insurance Cover. 3 Jun 1935 

007/052 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC confirming Insurance Cover 

until after the next Council Meeting. 

4 Jun 1935 

007/053 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

cheque fro Insurance Premiums. 

21 Jun 1935 

007/054 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC agreeing to increase in the fire 

Policy by £100 to provide for New Fire Engine recently acquired. 

10 Aug 1935 

007/055 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC asking for Fire Policy to be 

sent so that it could receive up-to-date endorsements. 

25 Sep 1935 

007/056 Letter fro Clerk BPC to Chairman of Lighting & Watch Committee 

querying as to Whether personal Insurance in respect of Fire Brigade 

Members should be increased. 

10 Oct 1935 

007/057 Duplicate Copy of 007/056. 10 Oct 1935 

007/058 Letter from NFRDC to Chairman of Lighting & Watch Committee 

containing recommendations for an increase in Parish Council Insurance 

cover. 

18 Oct 1935 

007/059 Letter from Clerk BPC convening a meeting to consider the inadequacy of 

the Councils Insurance liability. 

21 Oct 1935 

007/060 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC setting out terms for an 

increase in Fire Insurance. 

21 Oct 1935 

007/061 Letter from BPC to National Fire Brigades Association asking for advice 

on Insurance cover in respect of members of the Fire Brigade. 

23 Oct 1935 

007/062 Letter from Chief Officer, Winchester Fire Brigade setting out details of 

suggested Insurance cover. 

24 Oct 1935 

007/063 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office detailing proposed increase in 

Insurance cover. 

29 Oct 1935 

007/064 Letter from BPC to Fire Brigades Association clarifying the terms of the 

new Insurance cover. 

29 Oct 1935 

007/065 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd asking for confirmation of terms of 

Fire Insurance. 

30 Oct 1935 

007/066 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC advising on terms of new Fire 

Insurance cover. 

31 Oct 1935 

007/067 Letter from County Fire Office Ltd to BPC enclosing two Insurance 

policies for endorsement. 

9 Nov 1935 

007/068 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC asking for a reply to Fire 

Insurance query made on the 21 st ulto. 

12 Nov 1935 

007/069 Letter from County Fire Office asking for payment of premiums for 

personal accident and Third Part Insurance. 

13 Nov 1935 

007/070 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC acknowledging receipt of cheque 

for Insurance premiums. 

22 Nov 1935

007/071 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC asking if the BPC wishes to 

extend its Building & Contents Insurance to include their new Fire 

Engine. 

8 Jun 1936 

007/072 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC offering a 15% discount in return 

for a five year commitment to the County Fire Office Insurance Company. 

19 May 1938 

007/073 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC asking for a reply to 007/072. 20 Jun 1938 

007/074 Letter from BPC to County fire Office accepting the offer of a 15% 

reduction in Insurance Premiums. 

21 Jun 1938 

007/075 Endorsement to be attached to Fire Policy 2960655 from County Fire 

Office to BPC. 

23 Jun 1938 

007/076 Letter enclosing 007/075. 25 Jun 1938 

007/077 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC giving details of Accident 

insurances and offering discount in return for long term contracts. 

28 Jun 1938 

007/078 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office accepting offer of long term 

Insurance contract. 

19 Jul 1938 

007/079 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

Insurance Premium. 

21 Jul 1938 

007/080 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office enclosing Insurance agreement 

forms. 

8 Aug 1938 

007/082 Copy of Insurance agreement form (see 007/080). 8 Aug 1938 

007/083 Memo from County Fire Office confirming discount agreement – Policy 

No 3135223. 

16 Aug 1938 

007/084 Memo from County Fire Office confirming discount agreement – Policy 

No 3135224. 

16 Aug 1938 

007/085 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

(007/080) letter. 

16 Aug 1938 

007/086 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office acknowledging receipt of letter 

007/085. 

23 Aug 1938 

007/087 Letter from BPC to County Council requesting Road Fund Licence for the 

Fire Engine. 

12 Jan 1939 

007/088 Letter from BPC to NFRDC enclosing Insurance policies. 21 Jan 1939 

007/089 Letter from NFRDC to BPC returning Insurance Policies. 31 Jan 1939 

007/090 Letter from NFRDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of Registration Book 31 Jan 1939 

in respect of Brockenhurst Fire Engine. 

007/090A Letter from BPC to County Fire Office cancelling the Fire and Personal 

Accident policies and requesting any rebate due. Ownership and the 

personnel of the Fire Station have passed out of the control of BPC to 

NFRDC. 

1 Feb 1939 

007/091 Letter from BPC to Tractors and Motors Brockenhurst cancelling Motor 

Insurance Policy and requesting any rebate due. 

1 Feb 1939 

007/092 Letter from Tractors and Motors Brockenhurst to BPC acknowledging 

receipt of 007/091 and requesting the Insurance Policy and Certificate. 

2 Feb 1939 

007/093 Letter from Tractors and Motors Brockenhurst to BPC returning 

Insurance Documents and 13/9d rebate. 

9 Feb 1939 

007/094 Copy of Cancelled Fire Engine Insurance Policy. 7 Feb 1939 

007/095 Letter from County Fire Office acknowledging receipt of policy surrender 16 Aug 1939 

forms and enclosing rebate of £2-9s-1d. 

007/096 Copy of amendment to Workmen’s Compensation Act. ?? Aug 1940 

007/097 Letter from County Fire Office to BPC setting out terms for Insurance and 17 Apr 1951

007/098 

relevant premiums. 

Insurance Renewal Notice in respect of Public Liability. 24 Jun 1954 

007/099 Letter from BPC to County Fire Office informing them of the Councils 

decision not to renew Insurance Policy. 

28 Jun 1954 

End End End


Footpaths and Footbridges 

Tile Barn to Sway Road Footpath 

006/001 Letter from Estate Offices Brockenhurst to BPC enclosing copy of letter 

from Estate Office Brockenhurst to Lymington RDC 

006/002 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to Lymington RDC informing 

that work on the footpath Tile Barn Farm to Sway Road has been 

completed. Drainage, gravelling, fencing etc. 

Footpath Railway to Lymington Road 

006/003 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC objecting to the Council 

laying down gravel on the footpath Railway to Lymington Road without 

28 Oct 1931 

28 Oct 1931 

30 Jan 1912 

006/004 

the consent of the owners. 

Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC agreeing to repair the 

footpath from Marlpool to the Schools. 

23 Mar 1914 

006/005 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate conveying warmest thanks for 

improvements carried out on the footpath from Railway to Lymington 

Road. 

20 Nov 1931 

006/006 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate giving thanks for the 

improvements to Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

23 Jul 1931 

006/007 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC listing proposed 

improvements to the Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

19 Jun 1931 

006/008 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking that the stile on the 

Railway to Lymington Road footpath be repaired. 

15 Apr 1931 

006/009 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC explaining that an approach had 

been made to Brockenhurst Estate asking that the Railway to Lymington 

Road footpath be repaired. The BPC asked if the owners (Brockenhurst 

Estate) refused to improve the footpath whether it would be possible for 

the RDC to gravel the path. 

21 Apr 1931 

006/010 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC stating that the Railway 

to Lymington Road footpath would be inspected to see what could be 

done to help matters. 

22 Apr 1931 

006/011 Extract from Lymington RDC Roads Committee minutes re situation of 28 Apr 1931 

Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

Approved 

5 May 1931 

006/012 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC querying BPC’s rights to lay 

gravel on the Railway to Lymington Road right of way footpath. 

27 May 1931 

006/013 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate thanking them for the 

information contained in 006/10. 

27 May 1931 

006/014 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC giving non-committal reply to 

query raised in 006/012. 

29 May 1931 

006/015 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking for the result of their 

inspection of the Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

17 Jun 1931 

006/016 Blank Document 

006/017 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking for improvements to the 

footpath Lymington Road to Ironbridge (railway?). 

22 Jan 1936

006/018 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC (re 006/017) stating that 

the matter would receive immediate attention. 

006/019 Letter from BPC to County Council asking the extent of the BPC’s 

powers in respect of repairs to the footpath Railway to Lymington Road. 

006/020 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking for the surface of the 

Railway to Lymington Road footpath be put in order. 

006/021 Letter from BPC to ? asking for the stile at the footbridge near 

Brockenhurst Station be repaired. 

Queens Bower & Allotments Footpath 

006/022 Letter to BPC from Lunns Bros Timber Merchants giving estimate of 

the cost of repairs to Queens Bower footpath. 

24 Jan 1936 

22 Apr 1937 

19 May 1937 

22 May 1937 

23 Jun 1900 

006/023 Letter to BPC from G W Lascelles Deputy Surveyor Forestry 

Commission pointing out that the footpath from Weirs to New Park is 

not a public footpath and contrary to newspaper reports no permission 

had been granted to repairs to the path. 

17 Aug 1908 

006//024 Letter from G W Lascelles to BPC reiterating the points made 006/023. 6 Jun 1910 

006/025 Diagram of Black Knoll footpath. u/d 

006/026 Letter from G W Lascelles to BPC? Repeating information given in 31 Aug 1910 

006/023 and 006/024. 

006/027 Letter from Captain Sutton Morant Estate to BPC asking that a proposed 

letter to Mr Lascelles should be withheld until Captain Sutton brings the 

Council up to date on the matter. 

006/028 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor New Forest querying as to who is 

responsible authority for maintaining the footpath from Meerut Road to 

the Council Allotments at Black Knoll. 

006/029 Letter from BPC to deputy Surveyor asking for improvements to be 

made to the footpath from Black Knoll to Queens Bower. 

006/030 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC refusing the request made 

in 006/029 but offering the Council road repair material at a favourable 

rate should they wish to undertake the work themselves. 

006/031 Letter from A Tompkins to BPC giving estimates of the work required 

on the (A) Angel Valley footpath and (B) Queens Bower footpath. 

006/032 Letter from BPC to Chamberlain Brothers The Weirs Brockenhurst 

asking that the supply of gravel for the repairs of Queens Bower 

footpath be delayed pending further consideration by the council. 

006/033 Letter from Deputy Surveyor to BPC refusing their request for timber to 

repair the Allotments Bridge. 

15 Mar 1912 

10 Dec 1924 

17 Jan 1925 

21 Jan 1925 

26 Mar 1925 

20 Apr 1925 

17 Jan 1930 

006/034 Letter from BPC to H Wilkinson Esq. Ambleside Brockenhurst 

thanking him for the donation of Two Guineas towards the repair of 

Black Knoll footpath. 

4 Mar 1937 

006/035 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

BPC letter dated 23 Sept (006/036) 

25 Sep 1944 

006/036 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission asking for repairs to be put in 

hand to the Queens Bower footpath. 

23 Sep 1944 

006/037 Letter to BPC from E H Ryman complaining of the condition of the 

Queens Bower footpath. 

23 Sep 1945 

006/038 Letter from E H Rymer to Secretary BPC giving back ground history of 

the Queens Bower footpath and asking that the notice board be repaired. 

7 Oct 1948 

006/039 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC refusing any assistance in 29 Mar 1951

maintaining Meerut Road-Queens Bower footpath. 

006/040 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC stating that they will 

assess whether they can help with the cleaning of the ditches alongside 

the Queens Bower footpath. 

The Ditch --Waters Green 

006/041 Letter from Office of Works to BPC giving permission for the BPC to 

26 Feb 1952 

1 Jan 1904 

006/042 

repair and gravel the track at Waters Green (tracing enclosed) 

Tracing of Waters Green track (see 006/041) 1 Jan 1904 

006/043 Letter from NFRDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter of 17-4-46 

and advising that the ditch at Waters Green was subject to assessment 

by the Divisional Surveyor. 

18 Apr 1946 

006/044 Letter from the New Forest County Surveyor to BPC informing of 

arrangements for the ditch at Waters Green to be cleaned out as well as 

the road near Fathers Field Cottages. 

26 Apr 1946 

Footbridge at Martins Road 

006/045 Letter from Secretary Office of Woods etc to BPC giving permission for 

a bridge to be erected for foot traffic at Martins Road Brockenhurst and 

6 May 1920 

006/046 

listing the terms of the agreement. 

Tracing of Map of Brockenhurst showing placement of Martins Road 

Footbridge. 

u/d 

006/047 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor New Forest stating that Martins 

Road Footbridge needs repair and querying the possibility of assistance 

from “Forest Authority” 

14 Jan 1930 

006/048 Letter from BPC to Mr R Burton Brookley Road Brockenhurst 

Authorizing repairs to Martins Road footbridge at a cost not exceeding 

£4-15s. 

8 Apr 1930 

006/049 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Lyndhurst enclosing Postal Order 

for 5s-9d for acknowledgements up to Dec 31 st 1930, 3s 9d for bridge at 

Martins Road 2/- for allotments footpath. 

15 May 1930 

006/050 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC making them aware 

that the footbridge at Martins Road is unsafe and in need of repair. 

22 Jul 1935 

006/051 Notice by BPC inviting tenders for the erection of a new footbridge at 

Martins Road. 

11 Mar 1936 

006/052 Specification for a proposed footbridge at Butts Lawn (opposite the 

Cloud Hotel) estimated cost £6-10s. 

u/d 

006/053 Tender for erection of footbridge at Butts Lawn at cost of £6-5s from J 

Spracklen Orchard Cottage Brockenhurst. 

26 Mar 1936 

006/054 Tender for erection of footbridge at Butts Lawn at cost of £4 from H O 

Gulliver Cornation Cottage North Weirs Brockenhurst. 

27 Mar 1936 

006/055 Tender for erection of footbridge at Butts Lawn at cost of £6-10s from 

A Stanfield Brookley Road Brockenhurst. 

28 Mar 1936 

Footbridge at Park Close Footpath 

006/056 Letter from Jackman & Masters agents for Mr H N Bowden-Smith to 

BPC asking if BPC would object if a swing gate were to be repositioned 

27 Jun 1922 

006/057 

on the Park Close Footpath. 

Sketch Map illustrating the planned repositioning referred to in 006/056. u/d 

006/058 Letter from Jackman & Masters to BPC noting that the BPC raise no 

objection to the gate being moved – 006/056,057 

13 July 1922

006/059 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter of 

15 Nov re the footbridge at Park Close. 

006/060 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC informing that the Surveyor had 

been instructed to repair the footbridge at Park Close. 

006/061 Letter from Margery Burnettt Park Close Brockenhurst to Mr 

Townsend-Rose asking that the Council should improved the condition 

of “our road”. 

006/062 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC calling attention to the condition 

of the footbridges near Park Close and the smaller bridge at Meerut 

Road. 

006/063 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC drawing attention to the 

“dangerous state” of the footbridge at Park Close. 



006/065 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC informing of arrangements to 

repair the bridge at Park Close. 

006/066 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC requesting that the posts at the 

ends of Park Close Footbridge should be painted white. 

006/067 Letter from County Roads and Bridges Dept to BPC confirming that the 

handrails at Park Close Footbridge would be renewed as quickly as 

possible. 

Footbridge—Armstrong Farm 

006/068 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC stating that there would be no 

objection to a new bridge being erected at Armstrong Farm. 

Angel Lane Footpath 

006/069 Letter from F H Bowden-Smith Careys Brockenhurst to Cecil Sutton 

Chairman BPC complaining that BPC proposed to erect gates on his 

land without consultation with the owner. (According to Press reports) 

006/070 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith to BPC agreeing with the proposal to 

replace stiles at Butts with swing gates. On condition that they should be 

paid for and maintained by the Parish. 

006/071 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith to BPC pointing out that the correct 

name for the Angels Lane Footpath (see 00669-70) is Butts Stream 

Footpath and asking that the BPC should take note of this. 

006/072 Letter from Mrs C E Fripp to BPC complaining of the dangerous 

conditions of the Angel Valley Footpath. 

006/073 Letter from BPC to Jackman & Masters Estate Agents Brockenhurst 

asking them, as agents for the owners, to put the footpath from 

Brookway to Careys Cottages into a good state of repair. 

006/074 Letter from BPC to Jackman & Masters Estate Agents asking for the 

landowners consent for the BPC to cut back trees and branches 

obstructing the footpath at Angel Valley Brockenhurst. 

006/075 Letter from Jackman & Masters to BPC raising no objections to the 

BPC maintaining the footpath through Butts Field – “Angel Valley”. 

006/076 Letter from BPC to A H Pitcairn Esq. Brookway Brockenhurst 

informing him of the proposal to remove a gate abutting his property 

and asking if he had any objections. 

006/077 Letter from A H Pitcairn to BPC in reply to 006/076 stating that he 

objected very strongly to any proposal to remove the gate. 

18 Nov 1922 

20 Nov 1922 

14 Dec ???? 

17 Oct 1933 

19 Jun 1934 

16 Oct 1935 

29 Oct 1935 

18 Dec 1944 

27 Feb 1946 

14 Nov 1919 

4 Jun 1910 

6 Sep 1910 

12 Oct 1910 

4 Feb 1921 

31 Dec 1924 

17 Jan 1925 

10 Feb 1925 

20 Jan 1932 

21 Jan 1932

006/078 Letter from BPC to A H Pitcairn Brookway Brockenhurst informing 

him that the council will act in accordance with his wishes and allow the 

existing gate to remain. 

006/079 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking that the footpath through 

Angel Valley should be repaired as soon as possible. 

006/080 Letter from A H Pitcairn to BPC complaining that bushes bordering the 

path at the side of his house had been cut back and the clipping 

uncollected without his permission. 

006/081 Letter from A H Pitcairn to BPC advising of his intention to repair two 

gates at Angel Lane Footpath and asking whether they had any 

objection to his repositioning one of the gates. 

006/082 Letter from BPC to A H Pitcairn apologising for the interference with 

his private property and stating that they had no objections to his 

repairing and repositioning the footpath gates. 

20 Feb 1932 

13 Dec 1932 

1 Oct 1933 

15 Oct 1933 

17 Oct 1933 

006/083 Letter from BPC to Col Mansel-Jones asking him to use his good 

offices to ask Mr Pitcairn to remove obstructions in the stream skirting 

his (Mr Pitcairn’s) property. 

22 Nov 1934 


for a post and wire fence to be erected on the Fathers Field side of 

Angel Valley to prevent ponies and cattle damaging the banks of the 

stream. 

17 Jun 1936 

006/085 Letter from District Surveyor County Roads Dept to BPC asking which 

footpaths in Brockenhurst are repairable by the Parish Council. 

17 Mar 1939 

006//086 Letter from BPC to H Wilkinson “Boscobel” Brookside Road 

Brockenhurst asking that the fence adjoining the Brookley- Park Close 

footpath should be repaired. 

18 Jan 1940 

006/087 Letter from Preston & Redman Solicitors Bournemouth acting for Mr 

Wilkinson and Mr Francis of the Brookside Estate to BPC querying the 

responsibility for the maintenance of the fence at Brookley-Park Close 

(see 006/086) 

24 Jan 1940 

006/088 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman Solicitors asking if the matter in 

006/86-87 is being proceeded with. 

21 Mar 1940 

006/089 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman reiterating query of 006/088. 13 Apr 1940 

006/090 Letter from Preston & Redman to BPC. P & R and their Surveyor had 

both inspected the fence in question and could not find any damage 

which would be a source of danger to the public. They asked for more 

specific details if BPC wished the matter to be further investigated. 

17 Apr 1940 

006/091 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman identifying the fence causing 

danger to the public. 

23 Apr 1940 

006/092 Letter from Preston & Redman to BPC advising that the fence in 

question is on land belonging to their client Mr Francis but not 

admitting any obligation to repair the fence. 

25 Apr 1940 

006/093 Letter to Secretary BPC from ? The Weirs Brockenhurst suggesting that 

BPC should write to Preston & Redman stating that Mr Francis has a 

legal obligation to keep the fence in a state of repair. 

30 Apr 1940 

006/094 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman advising them as detailed in 

006/093. 

1 May 1940 

006/095 Letter from Preston & Redman to BPC repudiating any contention that 

Mr Francis has a legal obligation to keep the public footpath in repair 

7 May 1940

and asking for the BPC’s authority in the matter. 

006/096 Letter from G Hanwell Little Barn Brockenhurst and others to BPC 

stating that with permission a gate had been erected on a footpath at his 

property. But not admitting any responsibility or liability to keep it in 

repair. 

006/097 Letter from BPC to the New Forest RDC Lyndhurst asking for advice 

on the legal position of the BPC vis a vis the matter of repair of Angel 

Lane footpath and Mr Francis (Preston & Redman). 

006/098 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC advising that all matters relating 

to Angel Lane footpath are the responsibility of the Local Authority. 

006/099 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC noting that the County Surveyor 

had advised the District Surveyor that the footpath must be dealt with by 

the Parish Council “as in the past”. 

006/100 Letter to BPC from F W Mace Hilbre Brockenhurst complaining of 

cattle getting through the railings on to Angel Valley footpath. 

006/101 Letter from Cecil Sutton Brockenhurst Estate to BPC stating that repairs 

to Angel Lane fencing is not a liability of the Brockenhurst Estate. 

006/102 Letter from Divisional Surveyor to BPC noting that a length of fencing 

has collapsed along the footpath near the Watersplash in Brockenhurst 

and asking who is responsible for (the fences) its maintenance. 

006/103 Letter from BPC to Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst asking for repairs to 

be put in hand to the fence in Angel Valley. 

South Weirs, North Weirs Footpaths & Bridges 

006/104 Report from the Works Committee to BPC on the condition of the 

8 May 1940 

25 May 1940 

3 Jun 1940 

26 Aug 1940 

12 Dec 1949 

17 Jan 1950 

16 Oct 1952 

23 Oct 1952 

4 Feb 1908 

006/105 

Weirs Public Footpath. 

Letter from Mr Edward Morant Esq. to BPC regarding responsibility for 

maintenance of Footbridges and Weirs Footpath. 

21 Mar 1908 

006/106 Continued from 006/105. 21 Mar 1908 

006/107 Memo from Morant Trustees rejecting the legal right of the Parish 

Council to repair footpaths on Morant Estates. But “in order to remove 

the possibility of any unpleasantness” the trustees have undertaken the 

necessary repairs themselves. 

18 Nov 1910 

006/108 Letter from Cecil Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC 

acknowledging receipt of letter regarding the footpath at the Weirs. 

14 Feb 1914 

006/109 Letter from Cecil Sutton to BPC offering to meet the Council to discuss 

the repairs etc to The Weirs footpath. 

13 Mar 1914 

006/110 Letter from Cecil Sutton to BPC stating that he will inspect the bank by 

the Weirs stile. 

12 Mar 1920 

006/111 Letter from Cecil Sutton to BPC noting that their letter in respect of the 

footpath at the Weirs had not been overlooked and he (Mr Sutton) hopes 

to deal with the matter in the near future. 

13 Feb 1923 

006/112 Letter from BPC to County Council asking that the County Council 

should take over the repair of the Parish footpaths. 

15 Mar 1923 

006/113 Letter from Jackman & Masters Land Agents to BPC stating that their 

client Mr Bowden-Smith does not admit any liability for keeping the 

public footpath in repair and pointing out that a swing gate erected by 

the Council needed replacing. 

2 Jan 1924 

006/114 Letter from BPC to Cecil Sutton asking for the stiles on the footpath 

Weirs Rd- Col Wellesley Pigotts to be repaired. 

28 Apr 1925

006/115 Letter from Cecil Sutton acknowledging receipt of letter 006/114 from 

BPC. 

29 Apr 1925 

006/116 Letter from BPC to Cecil Sutton asking for the work on the stiles of the 

Weirs footpath to be done at an early date. 

25 May 1925 

006/117 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC pointing out that BPC had 

taken over and agreed to maintain the footpath and footbridge in a letter 

dated 7 th Jan 1914. 

22 Jul 1927 

006/118 Letter from William Clifford to BPC complaining of the state of the 

Weirs footbridge. Letter composed partly in verse. 

22 Aug 1927 

006/119 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission to BPC asking for 

evidence in writing that the Crown Authorities provided the necessary 

timber for the Footbridge at the Weirs. 

23 Aug 1927 

006/120 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission asking for a 

copy of the agreement whereby the Council agreed to take over and 

maintain the Weirs Footpath and footbridge. 

17 Sep 1927 

006/121 Letter from District Officer Forestry Commission to BPC regretting that 

a copy of the agreement (006/120) unless the Council paid the usual 

charge of 5/-. 

21 Sep 1927 

006/122 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith? Careys Brockenhurst to BPC listing 

correspondence and agreements regarding the Weirs bridge and footpath 

dating back to 1912. 

6 Oct 1927 

006/123 Letter from William Clifford to BPC suggesting ways that the Weirs 

footpath might be improved. 

3 Dec 1927 

006/124 Estimate for providing new bridge at the Weirs from Joseph Jenvey 

Brookley Road Brockenhurst at a cost of £7-15s-0d. 

u/d 

006/125 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate Office drawing 

his attention to the dangerous condition of a footpath leading from a 

Keepers Cottage at the Weirs and asking for it to be repaired. 

10 Apr 1929 

006/126 Letter from BPC to J Morant Esq. Brockenhurst Estate similar in 

content to 006/125. nb MARKED “NOT SENT” 

8 May 1929 

006/127 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton repeating request made in 006/125. 14 May 1929 

006/128 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC acknowledging receipt of 006/127 17 May 1929 

006/129 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate pointing out 

that as the Weirs footpath had not as requested been put into a condition 

of safety. The Council may be compelled, in the interests of the public, 

to carry out the necessary work and charge the cost to the Brockenhurst 

Estate. 

10 Jul 1929 

006/130 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC opposing the BPC view that the 

Estate had a legal responsibility to maintain the footpath at the Weirs 

and stating that he would not recommend the course of action proposed 

by the Council. 

7 Aug 1929 

006/131 Letter from BPC to The Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society 

setting out the history of the Weirs Footpath and asking for legal advice 

regarding their dispute with the Morant Estate. 

5 Oct 1929 

006/132 Letter from The Commons and Footpath Preservation Society to BPC 

advising that:- 1) The Council cannot compel the owner to repair the 

path. 2) The Council can undertake the repairs providing the 

expenditure is within that permitted under the 1894 Local Government 

Act. 3) The Council could not recover the costs of repairs from the 

8 Oct 1929

owner. 

006/133 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton asking that the Estate might consider 

fencing the dangerous places on the footpath. 

006/134 Letter from BPC to W Clifford Esq. stating that the footpath will be 

inspected and reported upon. 

006/135 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton asking that the stiles on the South 

Weirs footpath should be repaired. 

006/136 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

006/135 and stating that the stiles will be inspected. 

006/137 Letter from BPC to Messrs Chamberlain Bros asking for four loads of 

gravel to be delivered to repair the footpath at North Weirs. 

006/138 Letter from Col Mansell Jones to Forestry Commission asking if it 

would be possible for the Council to take over the right to repair the 

footbridge over the Weirs. 

006/139 Letter from the Forestry Commission to Col Mansell Jones setting out 

terms under which the Council would obtain rights regarding the 

Footbridge. 

006/140 Letter to Col Jones from Forestry Commission stating that permission to 

repair the footbridge could be arranged for a nominal figure “say 5/- to 

10/- per annum”. 

006/141 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC acknowledging a letter of 21 st June 

1938 and stating that the state of the stiles and an alleged obstruction 

would receive his attention. 

Mill Lane 

006/142 Letter from BPC to County Council asking that the grating at the 

junction of Mill Lane and the Lymington Road should be modified so as 

not to present a hazard to cyclists. 

006/143 Letter from County Council to BPC stating that the modification 

suggested in 006/142 had been carried out. 

006/144 Letter from the County Surveyor to BPC questioning the legal position 

of the footpath through Mill Copse. 

Butts Lawn Black Knowl 

006/145 Letter from Ministry of Supply, Timber Division apologizing for the 

damage caused by one of their vehicles to Black Knowl bridge and 

offering to pay for the damage caused. 

006/146 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission pointing out that work carried 

out at Butts Lawn by Hampshire War Agricultural Committee was 

likely to cause flooding in the winter. 

006/147 Letter from BPC to Hampshire War Agricultural Committee stating that 

one of their vehicles had damaged the bridge leading to Butts Lawn and 

asking that their heavy vehicles should not use the bridge. 

006/148 (Copy Letter) from the Hampshire War Agricultural to Forestry 

Commission stating that heir work at Butts Lawn (see 006/146) was on 

a temporary basis and better arrangements would be put in hand by 

Winter. 

006/149 Letter from Hampshire War Agricultural Committee to BPC in response 

to 006/147 agreeing to their request and pointing out that the damage 

had been repaired. 

13 Nov 1929 

23 Feb 1932 

21 Sep 1932 

24 Sep 1932 

18 Oct 1932 

25 Oct 1932 

27 Oct 1932 

9 Nov 1932 

23 Jun 1938 

17 Mar 1938 

6 Apr 1938 

9 Mar 1949 

21 Dec 1944 

24 Mar 1945 

24 Mar 1945 

27 Mar 1945 

29 Mar 1945

Royden Footpath 

006/150 Letter from F Bowden-Smith to BPC asking who is responsible for 

5 May 1910 

006/151 

keeping the road over Royden Common in repair. 

Report from BPC Works Committee on the Dilton (?) Footpath. 26 Sep 1910 

006/152 Letter to BPC from J Liddell Boldre drawing attention to the erection of 

notice boards which appear to impinge on the public’s Right of Way. 

6 Oct 1911 

006/153 Diagrammatic plan clarifying the points raised in 006/152. 6 Oct 1911 

006/154 Letter from Cecil Sutton Morant Estate to BPC acknowledging receipt 

of letter regarding Notice Boards on Royden Footpath. 

16 Oct 1911 

006/155 Letter from Ceil Sutton Morant Estate to BPC stating that the Morant 

Trustees could see no reason to change the wording on the Notice 

Boards (see 006/152). 

13 Nov 1911 

006/156 Letter from Lymington District Council to BPC stating that the BPC’s 

representations re Royden Path had been referred for a report. 

18 Jan 1912 

006/157 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re Royden Bridle path stating that 

after investigation it is clear that the Morant Trustees had no intention to 

“curtail public rights”. 

10 Feb 1912 

006/158 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC informing that a complaint had 

been received regarding an obstruction the Royden Footpath and 

querying as to whether the BPC had any information as to the road in 

question being a private road or no. 

19 Mar 1914 

006/159 Letter from the New Forest Commoners Defence Association to Boldre 

PC stating that the footbridge at Royden is badly in need of repair. 

21 Nov 1947 

006/160 Letter from New Forest RDC acknowledging receipt of letter of 22 Jan 

1948 from BPC. 

24 Jan 1948 

006/161 Letter to BPC from County Council inviting representation at a meeting 

on 20 th February to investigate whether or not Royden Footbridge 

should be reconstructed. 

10 Feb 1948 

Burley Road Footpath 

006/162 Letter from County Surveyor to County Councillor Thornber informing 

that permission for the construction of a footpath alongside the Burley 

Road would be withheld until it was demonstrated that here is a demand 

4 Oct 1990 

006/163 

or a danger would exist if the path was not provided. 

Letter from Chairman BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission 

Lyndhurst detailing the demand for a Footpath on Burley Road and 

setting out the dangers that would exist were it not to be provided. 

17 Oct 1990 

006/164 Page 3 of letter 006/163 17 Oct 1990 

006/165 Letter from Area Land Agent Forestry Commission to BPC stating that 

he would put letter 006/163 before the Verderers and the Nature 

Conservancy Council with a recommendation that approval for the 

footpath should be given. 

24 Oct 1990 

006/166 Letter from Area Surveyor to BPC stating that various forest bodies are 

not yet satisfied of the need for a footpath and asking for more 

documentation on the history of this matter. 

26 Oct 1990 

006/167 Copy of letter from Forestry Commission to Councillor Greer New 

Forest Drive Brockenhurst asking for a letter of support to the Verderers 

and the Nature Conservancy Council in respect of the BPC’s quest for a 

footpath at Burley Road. 

1 Nov 1990 

006/168 Letter from Nature Conservancy Council to Councillor Greer stating 20 Nov 1990

that the Council (Nat Con) and the Verderers had now given their 

consent to the reinstatement of the Burley Road Footpath. 

006/169 Letter from Julian Rickman A.R.I.C.S. Brockenhurst to BPC 

complaining of overuse of Burley Road Footpath by speeding mountain 

Bikers and asking that his views should be brought to the attention of 

the next Parish Council meeting. 

Grigg Lane 

10 Apr 1991


Naming of Roads and Road Signs 

BPC Item Date 

005/001 Letter from James H Quinn (BPC) to Captain Stopford RN advising that his 

letter of 13 March would be put before the Council. 

14 Mar 1924 

005/002 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC expressing concern at state of roads at 

Grigg Lane and near St Saviours Church Brockenhurst. 

14 Nov 1924 

005/003 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC listing resolutions (3) regarding road 

repairs and signs passed by the Parish Council and Assembly. 

11 Mar 1926 

005/004 

005/005 

005/006 

Letter from BPC to County Council on instructions from Lymington RDC 

enclosing resolution regarding road signs passed by BPC. 

6 Apr 1926 

005/007 Postcard from County Council acknowledging receipt of letter 005/004. 7 Apr 1926 

005/008 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC re danger of signs at Lloyds Bank 

crossroads Brockenhurst. 

14 Apr 1926 

005/009 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC re road sign at Lloyds Bank corner. 18 May 1926 

005/010 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of 005/009. 20 May 1926 

005/011 Letter from County Council to BPC rejecting application for “Drive 

Slowly” notices in Brockenhurst. 

2 Jun 1926 

005/012 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC requesting them to make application to 

the Automobile Association for the erection of “Danger” signs at junction 

of Meerut Road – Lymington-Lyndhurst Road. 

13 Jan 1928 

005/013 Letter from Baring? Beachern Wood Brockenhurst to BPC asking that a 

road sign should be sited to differentiate to motorists the roads to Beachern 

Wood and the Ornamental Drive. 

28 Mar 1928 

005/014 Letter from BPC to Mrs Baring pointing out that the roads in question 

(005/013) are not controlled by Local Authority and suggesting an approach 

to the Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest. 

28 Mar 1928 

005/015 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC making suggestions re siting of road 

signs at Rise-Sway Road junction; Meerut Road-Main Road; Brockenhurst 

Station and Lloyds Bank-Sway and Brookley Road. 

11 Apr 1928 

005/016 Letter from BPC to Mrs Baring confirming advice given in 005/014. 11 Apr 1928 

005/017 Letter from Mrs Baring stating that permission had been given by the 

Crown for a new sign to be erected and thanking the BPC for their 

assistance in the matter. 

12 Apr 1928 

005/018 Letter from Lymington RDC answering suggestions made in 005/015 and 

explaining arrangements for the sites to be inspected. 

10 May 1928 

005/019 Letter from Lymington RDC advising BPC of the decisions arrived at after 

inspection of sites listed in 005/018. 

10 Oct 1928 

005/020 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for urgent action to provide 

“Warning” signs near Brockenhurst Stations. 

10 Oct 1928 

005/021 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of 005/020. 12 Oct 1928 

005/022 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC informing them that action had been 

taken as requested in 005/020. 

24 Oct 1928

005/023 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for modification of “The 

Weirs” road sign at Brockenhurst. 

21 Jun 1929 

005/024 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC agreeing to request in 005/023 and 

advising that action is in hand. 

12 Jul 1929 

005/025 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC requesting road sign at Sway Road- 

The Rise junction at Brockenhurst. 

9 Oct 1929 

005/026 Letter to Secretary BPC from? Careys Brockenhurst querying if any action 

had been taken re 005/025. 

22 Oct 1929 

005/027 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC re siting of warning sign at 

Brockenhurst Railway Station between Foresters Arms and cottage 

opposite. 

21 Nov 1929 

005/028 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re repair of roads at Royden Bridge 

and House and pointing out that these roads are the responsibility of Morant 

Estate to whom the correspondence had been passed. 

18 Dec 1929 

005/029 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re provision of roads signs at Brookley 

Rd and at the Weirs and also repairs to roads at Park Close and Avenue 

Road/Partridge Road. 

21 Dec 1929 

005/030 Letter from BPC to Lymington Public Office requesting nameplate signs for 

roads and streets in Brockenhurst. 

15 Mar 1932 

005/031 Letter to BPC from New Forest RDC stating that action had been taken to 

obtain nameplates for roads their expense would be charged to 

Brockenhurst PC. 

24 May 1932 

005/032 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC stating that the District Surveyor had 

been asked for an estimate of the probable cost for the provision of 

nameplates for roads in Brockenhurst. 

2 Jan 1933 

005/033 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC advising that the estimated cost of 

provision of nameplates is £50. 

16 Jan 1933 

005/034 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC withdrawing their application for 

nameplates because of the prohibitive costs. 

18 Jan 1933 

005/035 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

005/034. 

19 Jan 1933 

005/036 Letter from BPC to A V Hendy Esq. asking for wooden sign “Red triangle 

Club” be removed from the bottom of Avenue road. 

15 May 1934 

005/037 Letter from Col Mansel Jones to BPC Clerk re obtaining tenders from local 

Brockenhurst builders for nameplates. 

9 May 1936 

005/038 Letter from BPC inviting tenders for Road Nameplates. 20 May 1936 

005/039 Duplicate of 005/038. 20 May 1936 

005/040 Letter from Clerk BPC arranging for Col Mansel Jones to have a meeting of 

Works Committee to consider estimates for the supply of nameplates for 

roads. 

10 Jun 1936 

005/041 Letter from BPC to Stanfield and Son Brockenhurst accepting their tender 

for the supply of road nameplates. 

17 Jun 1936 

005/042 Handwritten letter from Col Mansel Jones to BPC Clerk Mr Armstrong 

asking him to write to appropriate persons asking their permission to 

remove “old (“notices?”). 

24 Jun 1936 

005/043 Letter from Clerk BPC to Col Mansel Jones informing him that letter asking 

for consents re nameplates had been sent as requested. 

24 Jun 1936 

005/044 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking permission for a nameplate to 

be fixed at Addison Road. 

24 Jun 1936

005/045 Letter from Clerk BPC to Col Mansel Jones re correspondence with Captain 

Sutton and Mr Arthur Hendy regarding nameplates. 

3 Jul 1936 

005/046 Letter from Head Postmaster Lymington re placing of illuminated sign 

outside the Brockenhurst Post Office - to BPC. 

15 Nov 1938 

005/047 Letter to BPC from County Divisional Surveyor asking for their agreement 

for “Halt” signs to be erected at Meerut Road and Waters Green Road 

junctions. 

22 Jun 1946 

005/048 Letter from Divisional Surveyor to BPC expressing disagreement with the 

suggestion that a “Slow” sign is necessary at the Road B3055- Grigg Lane 

junction. 

17 Aug 1949 

005/049 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC asking that the Deputy Surveyors 

name on the Black Knoll footpath sign should be painted over, as he retired 

last year. 

16 Sep 1950 

005/050 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC asking for a list of the roads the Parish 

Council wished to have replaced and painted by the Surveyor New Forest 

RDC. 

2 Jan 1951 

005/051 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC asking for suggestions for the new 

road constructed between Grigg Lane and Fathers Field. 

13 Apr 1951 

005/052 Letter from New Forest RDC acknowledging receipt of letter 23 April. 25 Apr 1951 

005/053 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking for observations on the request 

of Fathersfield residents that the names of their roads should reflect 

memories of the Australian and Canadian Forces 

21 Jun 1951 

005/054 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC informing them of arrangements for 

renewal and repainting of street name signs. 

8 Jan 1952 

005/055 Letter from HCC Divisional Surveyor to BPC expressing doubt as to 

whether the Ministry of Transport would agree to moving the speed limit 

sign in Brockenhurst on the A337 Cadnam – Lymington road. 

4 Mar 1952 

005/056 Letter from HCC Surveyor rejecting application to extend A337 speed limit 

by BPC. 

21 May 1952 

005/ 057 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC requesting that 30mph road sign 

should be moved from Meerut Road – Rhinefield Road junction to near 

Forest Park Hotel. 

23 Jun 1952 

005/058 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC refusing to take action as requested in 

055/057 

8 Oct 1952 

005/059 Letter from BPC to Hampshire Constabulary Lyndhurst requesting action to 

prevent heavy vehicles, buses and tankers from travelling ay speed along 

Grigg Lane and Brookley Road. 

27 Mar 1953 

005/060 Letter from Hampshire Constabulary Lyndhurst acknowledging receipt of 

005/059. 

30 Mar 1953 

005/061 Letter from BPC to Divisional Surveyor New forest in similar terms to 

005/059 asking for speed restriction signs to be erected. 

7 Apr 1953 

005/062 Letter from Rev McBeth to BPC asking that a “To the Church” sign should 

be erected near the railway crossing. 

15 Sep 1953 

005/063 Letter from BPC to Rev McBeth stating that the request in 005/062 had 

been forwarded to the RDC. 

25 Sep 1953 

005/064 Letter from Divisional Surveyor HCC to BPC stating that a sign post would 

be erected on the A337. 

7 Nov 1953 

005/065 Letter to New Forest RDC re-iterating information of 005/063. 3 Nov 1953

005/066 Letter from New Forest RDC acknowledging receipt of letter from BPC 

dated 3 Nov 1953 

Maintenance of Parish Roads and Footpaths 

6 Nov 1953 

005/067 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC advising of arrangements to improve 

the road near “The Rise” Brockenhurst. 

30 Oct 1924 

005/068 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC advising of arrangements to improve 

conditions of roads at Grigg Lane and near St Saviours Church 

Brockenhurst. 

26 Nov 1924 


regarding the Beaulieu Road. 

4 Dec 1924 

005/070 Letter to BPC from Captain (?) RN re poor drainage system at junctions 

with Woodlands and Addison Roads. 

5 Nov 1925 

005/071 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC drawing their attention to poor 

drainage (005/070) and pot holes in Sway Road. 

10 Nov 1925 

005/072 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC setting out action in response to 

005/071. 

28 Nov 1925 

005/073 Further letter from BPC to Lymington RDC complaining of the “disgraceful 

and dangerous” state of Sway Road and asking for immediate action. 

9 Mar 1927 

005/074 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC in response to 005/073 explaining that 

the RDC are constrained by lack of finance adequate for bringing roads to a 

standard to deal with modern traffic. 

14 Apr 1927 

005/075 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC requesting that roads should be tar 

sprayed and rolled particularly Meerut Road and Sway Road. 

11 May 1927 

005/076 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC noting their suggestion in 005/075 and 

stating this would be taken into account when the next financial years 

estimates are considered. 

9 Jun 1927 

005/077 Letter from BPC to County Council asking for the construction of a 

footpath from the Rose and Crown Hotel towards Brockenhurst Bridge. 

12 Jul 1927 

005/078 Letter from County Council to BPC acknowledging receipt of 005/077 21 Jul 1927 

005/079 Letter from County Council to BPC re 005/077 pointing out that because of 

the lack of finance the scheme could not be proceeded with in the near 

future. 

27 Aug 1927 

005/080 Letter from Mrs P M Baring asking for urgent action to improve the road 

between Ober House and Ober Farm. 

? Jan 1928 

005/081 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC re “dangerous condition” of roads 

particularly Grigg Lane, Rhinefield Road and Sway Road. 

12 Jan 1928 

005/082 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking that the road near the Railway 

Hotel on the Lyndhurst – Lymington Road should be “made good”. 

13 Jan 1928 

005/083 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter “of 

even date” re danger sign Meerut Road. 

13 Jan 1928

005/084 Letter from BPC to Mrs Baring suggesting that she should write direct to 

RDC at Lymington. 

005/085 Letter from BPC to Mrs Baring stating that the road between Ober House 

and Ober Farm is the responsibility of the owners of Rhinefield Estate. (see 

005/080) 

005/086 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC explaining action taken to improve the 

condition of the road near the Railway Hotel and road signs at the Meerut 

Road – Lymington /Lyndhurst Road. 

005/087 Letter from BPC to H N Bowden-Smith Esq. enclosing letter from W J 

Clarke Wayside re the footpath in front of his house. 

Handwritten reply from H N Bowden-Smith (Chairman Works Committee) 

agreeing with W T Clarke’s petition Over written on original letter. 

005/088 Letter from BPC to W T Clarke informing him that his letter had been 

passed to Mr Bowden-Smith (Chairman of the Works Committee). 

005/089 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC re dangerous state of the footpath near 

“Wayside” Brockenhurst and drawing attention to necessity for a footpath 

from Lloyds Bank towards the station. 


005/089 and stating that works had been authorised on the terms suggested 

in BPC’s letter. 

005/091 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for improvements in the road 

surface at the ford in Brookley Road. 

005/092 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re improvements proposed at Butts 

Corner at the approach to the Railway Station. 

005/093 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC enclosing and supporting a petition re 

condition of the road from Balmer Lawn Hotel to the Beaulieu Road. 

005/094 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re 005/093 stating that the necessary 

work had been authorised. 

005/095 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC stating that the work had been 

authorised for road improvements near “The Rise”. 

005/096 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC thanking them for the improvements 

to The Rise and Sway Road junction and asking for similar road 

improvement at The Rise and the Weirs Road. 

005/097 Letter from BPC to Boldre Parish Council stating that their complaint about 

the road condition between Royden House and the bridge had been 

forwarded to the RDC. 

005/098 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC enclosing letter from Boldre PC (see 

005/097) 

005/099 Letter from the County Surveyor to BPC stating that the complaint about 

the A3069 road at Brockenhurst had now been dealt with by the Railway 

Company on whose land the defective drain lay. 

005/100 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC querying the authority responsible for 

the road between Forest Park Hotel and Ober House. 

005/101 Letter from Lymington RDC explaining the apportioning of responsibilities 

for the road from Ober Farm. 

005/102 Letter (Copy of) from County Surveyor to Lymington RDC re Marpoole 

Cross roads. The Southern Railway Company are looking into the matter. 

005/103 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re condition of Marpools crossroads 

and enclosing a copy letter 005/102 for explanation. 

23 Jan 1928 

14 Feb 1928 

24 Feb 1928 

30 May 1928 

28 May 1928 

18 Jun 1928 

4 Jul 1928 

12 Sept 1928 

24 Oct 1928 

12 Jun 1929 

12 Jul 1929 

28 Oct 1929 

13 Nov 1929 

13 Nov 1929 

13 Nov 1929 

20 Dec 1929 

14 Jan 1930 

13 Feb 1930 

17 Mar 1930 

9 Apr 1930

005/104 Letter from BPC to Mrs Ravenhill “Thatchby” Brockenhurst stating that 

forest rack between “Thatchby” and Ober House is under control of the 

Crown authorities to whom any complaint should be addressed. 

11 Jun 1930 

005/105 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC complaining of the condition of the 

roads in the neighbourhood of Waters Green Brockenhurst. 

18 Jun 1931 

005/106 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC advising the steps taken to improve 

the condition of the roads at Waters Green 

1 Jun 1931 

005/107 Copy of letter from County Surveyor to New Forest RDC Lyndhurst out 

lining proposals to improve the A3069 Lymington – Lyndhurst Road. 

21 Jul 1932 

005/108 Letter from BPC to NFRDC enclosing resolution passed by BPC making 

“A strong protest against the waste of public funds—on the Lyndhurst – 

Brockenhurst Road. 

21 Jul 1932 

005/109 Letter from BPC to County Council in similar terms to 005/108. 21 Jul 1932 

005/110 Letter from Captain Keppel Pulteney County Councillor asking for his 

support when County Council considers letter 005/109. 

28 Jul 1932 

005/111 Letter from BPC to Ingham Whitaker Esq. Pylewell Park asking for his 

support when County Councils considers letter 005/109. 

28 Jul 1932 

005/112 Letter from County Council to BPC explaining events leading to the work 

on the Lyndhurst – Brockenhurst Road being undertaken. 

30 Jul 1932 

005/113 Letter from Ingham Whitaker, Pylewell Park pointing out that work had 

already begun on the Lyndhurst – Brockenhurst Road “for the safety of the 

public” 

6 Aug 1932 

005/114 Letter to Ingham Whitaker from BPC acknowledging receipt of his letter. 25 Aug 1932 

005/115 Letter from BPC to Ingham Whitaker pointing out that Lymington RDC had 

requested repair rather than reconstruction to the Lyndhurst – Brockenhurst 

Road. 

21 Sep 1932 

005/116 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Estate office Brockenhurst thanking him 

for his efforts to improve the garden hedge at the Sway Road – Addison 

Road corner. 

13 Dec 1932 

005/117 Letter from BPC to Mrs Jones “The Briars” Brockenhurst asking that trees 

obstructing Avenue Road should be removed. 

20 Sept 1933 

005/118 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking repairs should be put in hand 

at Waters Green – Grigg Lane junction. 

17 Oct 1933 

005/119 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC complaining that a water stop-cock at 

18 Addison Road had been covered with road material. 

17 Oct 1933 

005/120 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC explaining non-compliance with their 

letter re Avenue Road obstruction (see 005/117) and asking the New Forest 

RDC to deal with the matter. 

17 Oct 1933 

005/121 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking for action to renovate 

projecting manhole covers at North Weirs. 

20 Feb 1934 

005/122 Copy of letter from County Council to New Forest RDC re possibility of 

footpath between the Rose and Crown and the Railway Inn at Brockenhurst. 

20 Feb 1936 

005/123 Letter from County Council to BPC in similar terms to letter 005/122. 4 Mar 1936 

005/124 Letter from BPC to County Council asking for speedy completion of 

footpath in Brookley Road from Mr Street’s shop to Morant Arms and the 

need for urgent safety measures to the highway in front of Carey’s. 

14 Mar 1936 

005/125 Letter from County Council acknowledging receipt of letter 005/124. 17 Mar 1936

005/126 Letter from County Council to BPC explaining why the work to footpaths 

(005/124) could not be initiated. 

27 Mar 1936 

005/127 Letter from BPC to County Council asking that a narrow roadway close to 

Goslings Butchers shop should be improved as it had become a danger spot 

for vehicular traffic. 

22 Apr 1936 

005/128 Letter from County Council to BPC noting that the County Council felt it 

inappropriate to carry out work on the A337 at the Railway Inn/ Rose and 

Crown or at Carey’s frontage but the County Council will undertake work 

between Mr Streets and the Morant Arms. 

29 Apr 1936 

005/129 Letter from Mr Sutton Brockenhurst Estate Office to BPC informing that 

footpath work would begin as noted in BPC letter of 19 May 1937. 

20 May 1937 

005/130 Letter from the Station Master Brockenhurst to BPC stating that as 

requested a fence had been repaired by the Engineers Dept. 

26 May 1937 

005/131 Letter from Gertrude M White to BPC complaining of condition of the 

footpath in Angel Valley. 

21 Nov 1937 

005/132 Letter from BPC to County Council asking when work would commence on 

the path, Mr Street’s shop/Morant Arms as promised in the County council 

letter of 29 April 1936. 

21 Dec 1937 

005/133 Letter from County council to BPC stating that work would commence as 

requested in 005/132 as soon as a grant from the Ministry of Transport was 

received. 

31 Dec 1937 

005/134 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC stating that although work on 

Street’s/Morants Arms had been approved by the County Council and the 

Ministry of Transport. The land concerned may need to be the subject of a 

compulsory purchase order – rather a long job. 

28 Nov 1938 

005/135 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC drawing attention to the railings at 

Park Close in need of repair. 

18 Apr 1939 

005/136 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking for a footpath in Grigg Lane. 19 Apr 1939 

005/137 Letter from the New Forest RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

005/135 and 005/136. 

19 Apr 1939 

005/138 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC informing that the Grigg Lane 

footpath would be included in the 1939/1940 estimates. 

25 Apr 1939 

005/139 Letter from Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate to BPC pointing out that his 

company did not have any liability to maintain the roads at the Weirs but 

without prejudice offering to improve some of the roads. 

10 May 1943 

005/140 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton asking that the stile at the bottom of Tile 

Barn Hill should be repaired and that the trees and bushes overhanging near 

Lloyds Bank should be cut back. 

20 Nov 1943 

005/141 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC re 005/140 accepting responsibility for 

repairs to stile but not accepting responsibility for overhanging trees and 

bushes. 

23 Nov 1943 

005/142 Letter from BPC to Mr A Dorey, Blandford Lodge Brockenhurst asking that 

as tenant he should cut back trees and bushes near Lloyds Bank. 

5 Dec 1943 

005/143 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC expressing concern at the state of the 

roads in North and South Weirs. 

18 Jan 1944 

005/144 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC in reply to 005/143 explaining the 

difficulties and agencies responsible in maintaining forest roads. 

19 Jan 1944 

005/145 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking for a bridge to be widened at 

the Weirs. 

18 Mar 1944

005/146 Letter from District Surveyor New Forest RDC to BPC explaining the 

bureaucratic process necessary to obtain timber to widen the bridge (see 

005/145) 

005/147 Letter enclosing forms (in triplicate) to apply for timber to widen bridge. 

From BPC to Regional Architect Reading Ministry of Health. 

005/148 Letter from Ministry of Health, Priorities Officer to BPC enclosing 

certificate to purchase timber. 

005/149 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC regarding flooding in the Balmer 

Lawn, Waters Green and Whitely Ridge areas and requesting the authorities 

to clear the relevant drains, streams and ditches. 

005/150 Letter from BPC to War Agricultural Committee, Lyndhurst alleging that a 

W A C tractor damaged a bridge near Meerut Road and failed to stop. The 

BPC asked that the W A C repair the bridge and accept responsibility for 

any claims arising through accidents at the scene of the damage. 

005/151 Letter from BPC to The Timber Control Lyndhurst in identical terms to 

005/150. 

005/152 Letter from BPC to War Agricultural Committee (Ministry of Supply) 

apologizing for sending (005/150) letter owing to a case of mistaken 

identity. 

005/153 Letter from County Council to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter of 18 

Jun (46) re roads in Brockenhurst. 

005/154 Letter from County Surveyor listing proposed improvements to roads in 

Brockenhurst. 

005/155 Letter from Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst stating that a missing plank on 

the C145 road at Brockenhurst would be replaced. 

005/156 Copy of letter from Divisional Surveyor to Brockenhurst Trades 

Association regarding difficulties to pedestrians caused by the surface 

dressing on the A337 Cadnam to Christchurch road. 

005/157 Letter from Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate to BPC re concrete slabs 

left on the edge of the highway. 

005/158 Letter from Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC acknowledging receipt 

of letter dated 25 May 1949. 

005/159 Letter from Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC re roadworks on A337 

Cadnam- Waters Green- Lymington road. 

005/160 Letter from Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC re question of “cats 

eyes” being laid on B3058 Everton- Holmsley road. 

005/161 Letter from New Forest RDC re unsatisfactory condition of road opposite 

War Memorial in Sway Road to BPC. 

005/162 Letter from Occupant Coronation Cottage North Weirs to BPC regarding 

complaints received by the BPC regarding the road in front of the property. 

005/163 Letter from Divisional Surveyor to BPC re proposal to lay a length of kerb 

in front of the War Memorial Sway Road. 

Maintenance of Brookley Road 

22 Mar 1944 

17 Apr 1944 

3 May 1944 

25 Nov 1944 

7 Dec 1944 

11 Dec 1944 

10 Jan 1945 

24 Jun 1946 

17 Jun 1946 

18 Jul 1946 

30 Jun 1949 

25 Jul 1949 

26 May 1949 

11 Jul 1950 

22 Jan 1951 

23 May 1951 

1 Jun 1951 

8 Apr 1951 

005/164 Letter from BPC to RDC enclosing resolution passed by BPC that the 16 Jan 1926

005/165 

footpath be constructed over Brookley Road. 

Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of 005/164. 20 Jan 1926 

005/166 Letter from Lymington RDC acknowledging receipt of letter of 15 April re 

Lloyds Bank Corner from BPC. 

16 Apr 1926 

005/167 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC suggesting re–positioning of direction 

signs at Lloyds Bank Corner Brockenhurst. 

12 May 1926 

005/168 Letter from George Brown Bootmaker to BPC complaining re condition of 

the kerbstone outside his shop in Brookley Road. 

22 Jul 1926 

005/169 Letter from BPC to Captain Stopford RN? (sic) advising that his letter 

concerning of Sway Road was considered by the council. 

15 Dec 1926 

005/170 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking that work be put in hand to 

repair the footpaths in Brookley Road on both side of the street. 

17 Sep 1927 

005/171 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC in answer to 005/170 explaining the 

RDC’s plans for improving the Brookley Road footpaths. 

5 Oct 1927 

005/172 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of a letter of 

20 June (re overgrowth at Brookley Bridge). 

22 Jun 1933 

005/173 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking that car parking should be 

prohibited opposite, or near to, the Thatched Cottage, Brockenhurst. 

20 Feb 1934 

005/174 Letter from BPC to County Council, Winchester asking that footpath 

improvement in Brockenhurst should be undertaken as a matter of urgency. 

19 Feb 1936 

005/175 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC requesting that steps be taken to 

prohibit motor coaches and charabancs from using Brookley Road West and 

Brookley Splash. 

16 Sep 1936 

005/176 Letter from BPC to Col Mansel-Jones VC stating that his suggestion (see 

005/175) had been heartily approved by the Parish Council. 

16 Sep 1936 

005/177 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

(005/175). 

17 Sep 1936 

005/178 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC stating that the County Surveyor had 

considered the request for road improvements at Brookley Road and 

Brookley Splash but as all available funds for bridge reconstruction were 

committed for some years ahead less urgent schemes have been deferred. 

29 Sept 1936 

Road Safety 

005/179 Letter from BPC to RDC asking for safety measures be taken at the junction 

of the A337 and Park Close. 

22 July 1937 

005/180 Letter from BPC to County Council Winchester asking for traffic notices to 

be placed at the Sway Road junction with Brookley Road and Grigg Lane 

Brockenhurst. 

17 Mar 1938 

005/181 Letter from the County Council to BPC acknowledging of letter 005/180. 18 Mar 1938 

005/182 Letter from County Council to BPC stating that the erection of a “Slow – 

Major Road Ahead” at the junction of Sway Road with Brookley Road and 

Grigg Lane has been approved. 

31 May 1938 

005/183 Letter from BPC to J Marston Esq. Briar Hotel Brockenhurst asking that the 

hawthorn tree overhanging the Avenue Road footpath should be cutback. 

18 Oct 1938 

005/184 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Morant Estate asking that maintenance 

be put in hand to (a) pipe or trench opposite Linneys Cottage and (b) two 

18 Oct 1938

stiles at Burley Road end of South Weirs footpath. 

005/184a Letter from BPC to J Marston Esq. Briars Hotel thanking him for his 

prompt action in response to their letter (005/183) 

005/185 Letter from BPC to A E N Ashford asking that the hedge at Park Close, 

Waters Green, Grigg lane junction should be lowered 

005/186 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Morant Estate advising that the account 

re the Fire Bell should be sent to the National Fire Service and also asking 

that road repairs be put in hand on (a) the Broadlands Gate to five Thorns 

and (b) Edgemoor to Worthy Farm roads. 

005/187 Letter from BPC to Mr A Dorey Blandford Lodge Brockenhurst re danger 

caused by overhanging bushes along Brookley Road. 

005/188 Letter from BPC Mr A Dorey Blandford Lodge asking for immediate action 

to have the trees and bushes cut back along Brookley Road. Reminding him 

of two previous letters on the subject, on Dec 5 th 1943 and Jan 19 th 1944. 

005/189 Letter from County Road Safety Officer to BPC with thanks for arranging a 

Road Safety Film and Exhibition to be held on 29 th July. 

005/190 Copy of a letter from County Road Safety Officer to Principal Brockenhurst 

County School thanking him for undertaking arrangements for the Film 

Show and Exhibition on 29 th July owing to absence of Mr Heathcote Clerk 

to Brockenhurst Parish Council. 

005/192 Letter from County Surveyor to BPC stating that the owner of overhanging 

trees at Grigg Lane Brockenhurst had been requested to carry out the 

necessary trimming. 

005/191 Letter from County Surveyor acknowledging receipt of letter from BPC 

dated 21 Oct re overhanging trees in Grigg Lane. 

005/193 Letter from Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC acknowledging receipt 

of letter dated 20 th June re Roads in Brockenhurst. 

005/194 Letter from Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC giving details of 

proposed improvements to roads in Brockenhurst and rejecting request for 

provision of a cycle ramp. 

005/195 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter of 24 

Jul. 

005/196 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC listing proposals to improve traffic 

movement through Brockenhurst. 

005/197 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC re “heavy traffic through the village 

street” as stated in BPC’s enclosed letter from Rear Admiral E H Rymer of 

Little Brookley. The letter was read to the New Forest RDC Highways 

Advisory Committee but it was agreed to “let the matter lie on the table”. 

Level Crossing at Brockenhurst 

005/198 Letter to BPC from Deputy Surveyor, Forestry Commission Lyndhurst 

Expressing his intention of restoring the passage near No 10 Railway 

Crossing but regretting his inability to set a time table for the work to be 

done. 

005/199 Copy of a letter from Railway Executive to Hampshire County Council 

proposing alterations to Brockenhurst No 7 Crossing to abolish vehicular 

facility but to provide a pedestrian footbridge. 

15 Nov 1938 

15 Nov 1938 

24 Apr 1943 

19 Jan 1944 

23 Sept 1944 

9 May 1947 

12 Jun 1947 

29 Oct 1947 

27 Oct 1947 

23 Jun 1948 

30 Jun 1948 

26 Jul 1950 

10 Oct 1950 

18 Jan 1951 

19 Jul 1946 

u/d

005/200 Original of 005/199? 2 Oct 1952 

005/201 Letter from Hampshire County Council to Railway Executive 

acknowledging receipt of letter dated 30 October. 

10 Nov 1952 

005/202 Letter from County Surveyor Hampshire County Council asking for 

observations on the Railway Executives proposals for Brockenhurst No 7 

Crossing. 

13 Dec 1952 

005/203 Letter from the New Forest RDC in similar terms to 005/202 16 Dec 1952 

005/204 Letter from New Forest RDC? to Hampshire County Council 

acknowledging receipt of letter of 13 Dec but delaying any decision in the 

matter until the views of local residents had been obtained. 

22 Dec 1952 

005/205 Letter from the Hampshire County Council to Railway Executive agreeing 

to their proposals re Brockenhurst No 7 Crossing subject to the approval of 

the New Forest Rural District Council and Brockenhurst Parish Council. 

7 Jan 1953 

005/206 Letter from the Rail Executive to BPC giving details of 005/205 and asking 

for BPC’s views on the scheme. 

28 Jan 1953 

005/207 Letter from BPC to Hampshire County Council stating that no opposition 

would be raised to the closing of No 7 Level Crossing Brockenhurst. 

28 Jan 1953 

005/208 Letter from the Hampshire County Council to BPC acknowledging receipt 

of 005/207 and confirming that a footbridge would be provided over the 

line. 

3 Feb 1953 

005/209 Letter from BPC? to Railway Executive stating that the Council have no 

objection to the closure of No 7 Level Crossing. 

26 Feb 1953


Footpaths and Footbridges 

Tile Barn to Sway Road Footpath 

006/001 Letter from Estate Offices Brockenhurst to BPC enclosing copy of letter 

from Estate Office Brockenhurst to Lymington RDC 

006/002 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to Lymington RDC informing 

that work on the footpath Tile Barn Farm to Sway Road has been 

completed. Drainage, gravelling, fencing etc. 

Footpath Railway to Lymington Road 

006/003 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC objecting to the Council 

laying down gravel on the footpath Railway to Lymington Road without 

28 Oct 1931 

28 Oct 1931 

30 Jan 1912 

006/004 

the consent of the owners. 

Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC agreeing to repair the 

footpath from Marlpool to the Schools. 

23 Mar 1914 

006/005 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate conveying warmest thanks for 

improvements carried out on the footpath from Railway to Lymington 

Road. 

20 Nov 1931 

006/006 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate giving thanks for the 

improvements to Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

23 Jul 1931 

006/007 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC listing proposed 

improvements to the Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

19 Jun 1931 

006/008 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking that the stile on the 

Railway to Lymington Road footpath be repaired. 

15 Apr 1931 

006/009 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC explaining that an approach had 

been made to Brockenhurst Estate asking that the Railway to Lymington 

Road footpath be repaired. The BPC asked if the owners (Brockenhurst 

Estate) refused to improve the footpath whether it would be possible for 

the RDC to gravel the path. 

21 Apr 1931 

006/010 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC stating that the Railway 

to Lymington Road footpath would be inspected to see what could be 

done to help matters. 

22 Apr 1931 

006/011 Extract from Lymington RDC Roads Committee minutes re situation of 28 Apr 1931 

Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

Approved 

5 May 1931 

006/012 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC querying BPC’s rights to lay 

gravel on the Railway to Lymington Road right of way footpath. 

27 May 1931 

006/013 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate thanking them for the 

information contained in 006/10. 

27 May 1931 

006/014 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC giving non-committal reply to 

query raised in 006/012. 

29 May 1931 

006/015 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking for the result of their 

inspection of the Railway to Lymington Road footpath. 

17 Jun 1931 

006/016 Blank Document 

006/017 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking for improvements to the 

footpath Lymington Road to Ironbridge (railway?). 

22 Jan 1936

006/018 Letter from Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC (re 006/017) stating that 

the matter would receive immediate attention. 

006/019 Letter from BPC to County Council asking the extent of the BPC’s 

powers in respect of repairs to the footpath Railway to Lymington Road. 

006/020 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Estate asking for the surface of the 

Railway to Lymington Road footpath be put in order. 

006/021 Letter from BPC to ? asking for the stile at the footbridge near 

Brockenhurst Station be repaired. 

Queens Bower & Allotments Footpath 

006/022 Letter to BPC from Lunns Bros Timber Merchants giving estimate of 

the cost of repairs to Queens Bower footpath. 

24 Jan 1936 

22 Apr 1937 

19 May 1937 

22 May 1937 

23 Jun 1900 

006/023 Letter to BPC from G W Lascelles Deputy Surveyor Forestry 

Commission pointing out that the footpath from Weirs to New Park is 

not a public footpath and contrary to newspaper reports no permission 

had been granted to repairs to the path. 

17 Aug 1908 

006//024 Letter from G W Lascelles to BPC reiterating the points made 006/023. 6 Jun 1910 

006/025 Diagram of Black Knoll footpath. u/d 

006/026 Letter from G W Lascelles to BPC? Repeating information given in 31 Aug 1910 

006/023 and 006/024. 

006/027 Letter from Captain Sutton Morant Estate to BPC asking that a proposed 

letter to Mr Lascelles should be withheld until Captain Sutton brings the 

Council up to date on the matter. 

006/028 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor New Forest querying as to who is 

responsible authority for maintaining the footpath from Meerut Road to 

the Council Allotments at Black Knoll. 

006/029 Letter from BPC to deputy Surveyor asking for improvements to be 

made to the footpath from Black Knoll to Queens Bower. 

006/030 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC refusing the request made 

in 006/029 but offering the Council road repair material at a favourable 

rate should they wish to undertake the work themselves. 

006/031 Letter from A Tompkins to BPC giving estimates of the work required 

on the (A) Angel Valley footpath and (B) Queens Bower footpath. 

006/032 Letter from BPC to Chamberlain Brothers The Weirs Brockenhurst 

asking that the supply of gravel for the repairs of Queens Bower 

footpath be delayed pending further consideration by the council. 

006/033 Letter from Deputy Surveyor to BPC refusing their request for timber to 

repair the Allotments Bridge. 

15 Mar 1912 

10 Dec 1924 

17 Jan 1925 

21 Jan 1925 

26 Mar 1925 

20 Apr 1925 

17 Jan 1930 

006/034 Letter from BPC to H Wilkinson Esq. Ambleside Brockenhurst 

thanking him for the donation of Two Guineas towards the repair of 

Black Knoll footpath. 

4 Mar 1937 

006/035 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

BPC letter dated 23 Sept (006/036) 

25 Sep 1944 

006/036 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission asking for repairs to be put in 

hand to the Queens Bower footpath. 

23 Sep 1944 

006/037 Letter to BPC from E H Ryman complaining of the condition of the 

Queens Bower footpath. 

23 Sep 1945 

006/038 Letter from E H Rymer to Secretary BPC giving back ground history of 

the Queens Bower footpath and asking that the notice board be repaired. 

7 Oct 1948 

006/039 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC refusing any assistance in 29 Mar 1951

maintaining Meerut Road-Queens Bower footpath. 

006/040 Letter from the Forestry Commission to BPC stating that they will 

assess whether they can help with the cleaning of the ditches alongside 

the Queens Bower footpath. 

The Ditch --Waters Green 

006/041 Letter from Office of Works to BPC giving permission for the BPC to 

26 Feb 1952 

1 Jan 1904 

006/042 

repair and gravel the track at Waters Green (tracing enclosed) 

Tracing of Waters Green track (see 006/041) 1 Jan 1904 

006/043 Letter from NFRDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter of 17-4-46 

and advising that the ditch at Waters Green was subject to assessment 

by the Divisional Surveyor. 

18 Apr 1946 

006/044 Letter from the New Forest County Surveyor to BPC informing of 

arrangements for the ditch at Waters Green to be cleaned out as well as 

the road near Fathers Field Cottages. 

26 Apr 1946 

Footbridge at Martins Road 

006/045 Letter from Secretary Office of Woods etc to BPC giving permission for 

a bridge to be erected for foot traffic at Martins Road Brockenhurst and 

6 May 1920 

006/046 

listing the terms of the agreement. 

Tracing of Map of Brockenhurst showing placement of Martins Road 

Footbridge. 

u/d 

006/047 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor New Forest stating that Martins 

Road Footbridge needs repair and querying the possibility of assistance 

from “Forest Authority” 

14 Jan 1930 

006/048 Letter from BPC to Mr R Burton Brookley Road Brockenhurst 

Authorizing repairs to Martins Road footbridge at a cost not exceeding 

£4-15s. 

8 Apr 1930 

006/049 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Lyndhurst enclosing Postal Order 

for 5s-9d for acknowledgements up to Dec 31 st 1930, 3s 9d for bridge at 

Martins Road 2/- for allotments footpath. 

15 May 1930 

006/050 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Lyndhurst to BPC making them aware 

that the footbridge at Martins Road is unsafe and in need of repair. 

22 Jul 1935 

006/051 Notice by BPC inviting tenders for the erection of a new footbridge at 

Martins Road. 

11 Mar 1936 

006/052 Specification for a proposed footbridge at Butts Lawn (opposite the 

Cloud Hotel) estimated cost £6-10s. 

u/d 

006/053 Tender for erection of footbridge at Butts Lawn at cost of £6-5s from J 

Spracklen Orchard Cottage Brockenhurst. 

26 Mar 1936 

006/054 Tender for erection of footbridge at Butts Lawn at cost of £4 from H O 

Gulliver Cornation Cottage North Weirs Brockenhurst. 

27 Mar 1936 

006/055 Tender for erection of footbridge at Butts Lawn at cost of £6-10s from 

A Stanfield Brookley Road Brockenhurst. 

28 Mar 1936 

Footbridge at Park Close Footpath 

006/056 Letter from Jackman & Masters agents for Mr H N Bowden-Smith to 

BPC asking if BPC would object if a swing gate were to be repositioned 

27 Jun 1922 

006/057 

on the Park Close Footpath. 

Sketch Map illustrating the planned repositioning referred to in 006/056. u/d 

006/058 Letter from Jackman & Masters to BPC noting that the BPC raise no 

objection to the gate being moved – 006/056,057 

13 July 1922

006/059 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter of 

15 Nov re the footbridge at Park Close. 

006/060 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC informing that the Surveyor had 

been instructed to repair the footbridge at Park Close. 

006/061 Letter from Margery Burnettt Park Close Brockenhurst to Mr 

Townsend-Rose asking that the Council should improved the condition 

of “our road”. 

006/062 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC calling attention to the condition 

of the footbridges near Park Close and the smaller bridge at Meerut 

Road. 





006/065 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC informing of arrangements to 

repair the bridge at Park Close. 

006/066 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC requesting that the posts at the 

ends of Park Close Footbridge should be painted white. 

006/067 Letter from County Roads and Bridges Dept to BPC confirming that the 

handrails at Park Close Footbridge would be renewed as quickly as 

possible. 

Footbridge—Armstrong Farm 

006/068 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC stating that there would be no 

objection to a new bridge being erected at Armstrong Farm. 

Angel Lane Footpath 

006/069 Letter from F H Bowden-Smith Careys Brockenhurst to Cecil Sutton 

Chairman BPC complaining that BPC proposed to erect gates on his 

land without consultation with the owner. (According to Press reports) 

006/070 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith to BPC agreeing with the proposal to 

replace stiles at Butts with swing gates. On condition that they should be 

paid for and maintained by the Parish. 

006/071 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith to BPC pointing out that the correct 

name for the Angels Lane Footpath (see 00669-70) is Butts Stream 

Footpath and asking that the BPC should take note of this. 

006/072 Letter from Mrs C E Fripp to BPC complaining of the dangerous 

conditions of the Angel Valley Footpath. 

006/073 Letter from BPC to Jackman & Masters Estate Agents Brockenhurst 

asking them, as agents for the owners, to put the footpath from 

Brookway to Careys Cottages into a good state of repair. 

006/074 Letter from BPC to Jackman & Masters Estate Agents asking for the 

landowners consent for the BPC to cut back trees and branches 

obstructing the footpath at Angel Valley Brockenhurst. 

006/075 Letter from Jackman & Masters to BPC raising no objections to the 

BPC maintaining the footpath through Butts Field – “Angel Valley”. 

006/076 Letter from BPC to A H Pitcairn Esq. Brookway Brockenhurst 

informing him of the proposal to remove a gate abutting his property 

and asking if he had any objections. 

006/077 Letter from A H Pitcairn to BPC in reply to 006/076 stating that he 

objected very strongly to any proposal to remove the gate. 

18 Nov 1922 

20 Nov 1922 

14 Dec ???? 

17 Oct 1933 

19 Jun 1934 

16 Oct 1935 

29 Oct 1935 

18 Dec 1944 

27 Feb 1946 

14 Nov 1919 

4 Jun 1910 

6 Sep 1910 

12 Oct 1910 

4 Feb 1921 

31 Dec 1924 

17 Jan 1925 

10 Feb 1925 

20 Jan 1932 

21 Jan 1932

006/078 Letter from BPC to A H Pitcairn Brookway Brockenhurst informing 

him that the council will act in accordance with his wishes and allow the 

existing gate to remain. 

006/079 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC asking that the footpath through 

Angel Valley should be repaired as soon as possible. 

006/080 Letter from A H Pitcairn to BPC complaining that bushes bordering the 

path at the side of his house had been cut back and the clipping 

uncollected without his permission. 

006/081 Letter from A H Pitcairn to BPC advising of his intention to repair two 

gates at Angel Lane Footpath and asking whether they had any 

objection to his repositioning one of the gates. 

006/082 Letter from BPC to A H Pitcairn apologising for the interference with 

his private property and stating that they had no objections to his 

repairing and repositioning the footpath gates. 

20 Feb 1932 

13 Dec 1932 

1 Oct 1933 

15 Oct 1933 

17 Oct 1933 

006/083 Letter from BPC to Col Mansel-Jones asking him to use his good 

offices to ask Mr Pitcairn to remove obstructions in the stream skirting 

his (Mr Pitcairn’s) property. 

22 Nov 1934 


for a post and wire fence to be erected on the Fathers Field side of 

Angel Valley to prevent ponies and cattle damaging the banks of the 

stream. 

17 Jun 1936 

006/085 Letter from District Surveyor County Roads Dept to BPC asking which 

footpaths in Brockenhurst are repairable by the Parish Council. 

17 Mar 1939 

006//086 Letter from BPC to H Wilkinson “Boscobel” Brookside Road 

Brockenhurst asking that the fence adjoining the Brookley- Park Close 

footpath should be repaired. 

18 Jan 1940 

006/087 Letter from Preston & Redman Solicitors Bournemouth acting for Mr 

Wilkinson and Mr Francis of the Brookside Estate to BPC querying the 

responsibility for the maintenance of the fence at Brookley-Park Close 

(see 006/086) 

24 Jan 1940 

006/088 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman Solicitors asking if the matter in 

006/86-87 is being proceeded with. 

21 Mar 1940 

006/089 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman reiterating query of 006/088. 13 Apr 1940 

006/090 Letter from Preston & Redman to BPC. P & R and their Surveyor had 

both inspected the fence in question and could not find any damage 

which would be a source of danger to the public. They asked for more 

specific details if BPC wished the matter to be further investigated. 

17 Apr 1940 

006/091 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman identifying the fence causing 

danger to the public. 

23 Apr 1940 

006/092 Letter from Preston & Redman to BPC advising that the fence in 

question is on land belonging to their client Mr Francis but not 

admitting any obligation to repair the fence. 

25 Apr 1940 

006/093 Letter to Secretary BPC from ? The Weirs Brockenhurst suggesting that 

BPC should write to Preston & Redman stating that Mr Francis has a 

legal obligation to keep the fence in a state of repair. 

30 Apr 1940 

006/094 Letter from BPC to Preston & Redman advising them as detailed in 

006/093. 

1 May 1940 

006/095 Letter from Preston & Redman to BPC repudiating any contention that 

Mr Francis has a legal obligation to keep the public footpath in repair 

7 May 1940

and asking for the BPC’s authority in the matter. 

006/096 Letter from G Hanwell Little Barn Brockenhurst and others to BPC 

stating that with permission a gate had been erected on a footpath at his 

property. But not admitting any responsibility or liability to keep it in 

repair. 

006/097 Letter from BPC to the New Forest RDC Lyndhurst asking for advice 

on the legal position of the BPC vis a vis the matter of repair of Angel 

Lane footpath and Mr Francis (Preston & Redman). 

006/098 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC advising that all matters relating 

to Angel Lane footpath are the responsibility of the Local Authority. 

006/099 Letter from New Forest RDC to BPC noting that the County Surveyor 

had advised the District Surveyor that the footpath must be dealt with by 

the Parish Council “as in the past”. 

006/100 Letter to BPC from F W Mace Hilbre Brockenhurst complaining of 

cattle getting through the railings on to Angel Valley footpath. 

006/101 Letter from Cecil Sutton Brockenhurst Estate to BPC stating that repairs 

to Angel Lane fencing is not a liability of the Brockenhurst Estate. 

006/102 Letter from Divisional Surveyor to BPC noting that a length of fencing 

has collapsed along the footpath near the Watersplash in Brockenhurst 

and asking who is responsible for (the fences) its maintenance. 

006/103 Letter from BPC to Divisional Surveyor Lyndhurst asking for repairs to 

be put in hand to the fence in Angel Valley. 

South Weirs, North Weirs Footpaths & Bridges 

006/104 Report from the Works Committee to BPC on the condition of the 

8 May 1940 

25 May 1940 

3 Jun 1940 

26 Aug 1940 

12 Dec 1949 

17 Jan 1950 

16 Oct 1952 

23 Oct 1952 

4 Feb 1908 

006/105 

Weirs Public Footpath. 

Letter from Mr Edward Morant Esq. to BPC regarding responsibility for 

maintenance of Footbridges and Weirs Footpath. 

21 Mar 1908 

006/106 Continued from 006/105. 21 Mar 1908 

006/107 Memo from Morant Trustees rejecting the legal right of the Parish 

Council to repair footpaths on Morant Estates. But “in order to remove 

the possibility of any unpleasantness” the trustees have undertaken the 

necessary repairs themselves. 

18 Nov 1910 

006/108 Letter from Cecil Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC 

acknowledging receipt of letter regarding the footpath at the Weirs. 

14 Feb 1914 

006/109 Letter from Cecil Sutton to BPC offering to meet the Council to discuss 

the repairs etc to The Weirs footpath. 

13 Mar 1914 

006/110 Letter from Cecil Sutton to BPC stating that he will inspect the bank by 

the Weirs stile. 

12 Mar 1920 

006/111 Letter from Cecil Sutton to BPC noting that their letter in respect of the 

footpath at the Weirs had not been overlooked and he (Mr Sutton) hopes 

to deal with the matter in the near future. 

13 Feb 1923 

006/112 Letter from BPC to County Council asking that the County Council 

should take over the repair of the Parish footpaths. 

15 Mar 1923 

006/113 Letter from Jackman & Masters Land Agents to BPC stating that their 

client Mr Bowden-Smith does not admit any liability for keeping the 

public footpath in repair and pointing out that a swing gate erected by 

the Council needed replacing. 

2 Jan 1924 

006/114 Letter from BPC to Cecil Sutton asking for the stiles on the footpath 

Weirs Rd- Col Wellesley Pigotts to be repaired. 

28 Apr 1925

006/115 Letter from Cecil Sutton acknowledging receipt of letter 006/114 from 

BPC. 

29 Apr 1925 

006/116 Letter from BPC to Cecil Sutton asking for the work on the stiles of the 

Weirs footpath to be done at an early date. 

25 May 1925 

006/117 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC pointing out that BPC had 

taken over and agreed to maintain the footpath and footbridge in a letter 

dated 7 th Jan 1914. 

22 Jul 1927 

006/118 Letter from William Clifford to BPC complaining of the state of the 

Weirs footbridge. Letter composed partly in verse. 

22 Aug 1927 

006/119 Letter from Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission to BPC asking for 

evidence in writing that the Crown Authorities provided the necessary 

timber for the Footbridge at the Weirs. 

23 Aug 1927 

006/120 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission asking for a 

copy of the agreement whereby the Council agreed to take over and 

maintain the Weirs Footpath and footbridge. 

17 Sep 1927 

006/121 Letter from District Officer Forestry Commission to BPC regretting that 

a copy of the agreement (006/120) unless the Council paid the usual 

charge of 5/-. 

21 Sep 1927 

006/122 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith? Careys Brockenhurst to BPC listing 

correspondence and agreements regarding the Weirs bridge and footpath 

dating back to 1912. 

6 Oct 1927 

006/123 Letter from William Clifford to BPC suggesting ways that the Weirs 

footpath might be improved. 

3 Dec 1927 

006/124 Estimate for providing new bridge at the Weirs from Joseph Jenvey 

Brookley Road Brockenhurst at a cost of £7-15s-0d. 

u/d 

006/125 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate Office drawing 

his attention to the dangerous condition of a footpath leading from a 

Keepers Cottage at the Weirs and asking for it to be repaired. 

10 Apr 1929 

006/126 Letter from BPC to J Morant Esq. Brockenhurst Estate similar in 

content to 006/125. nb MARKED “NOT SENT” 

8 May 1929 

006/127 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton repeating request made in 006/125. 14 May 1929 

006/128 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC acknowledging receipt of 006/127 17 May 1929 

006/129 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton Brockenhurst Estate pointing out 

that as the Weirs footpath had not as requested been put into a condition 

of safety. The Council may be compelled, in the interests of the public, 

to carry out the necessary work and charge the cost to the Brockenhurst 

Estate. 

10 Jul 1929 

006/130 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC opposing the BPC view that the 

Estate had a legal responsibility to maintain the footpath at the Weirs 

and stating that he would not recommend the course of action proposed 

by the Council. 

7 Aug 1929 

006/131 Letter from BPC to The Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society 

setting out the history of the Weirs Footpath and asking for legal advice 

regarding their dispute with the Morant Estate. 

5 Oct 1929 

006/132 Letter from The Commons and Footpath Preservation Society to BPC 

advising that:- 1) The Council cannot compel the owner to repair the 

path. 2) The Council can undertake the repairs providing the 

expenditure is within that permitted under the 1894 Local Government 

Act. 3) The Council could not recover the costs of repairs from the 

8 Oct 1929

owner. 

006/133 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton asking that the Estate might consider 

fencing the dangerous places on the footpath. 

006/134 Letter from BPC to W Clifford Esq. stating that the footpath will be 

inspected and reported upon. 

006/135 Letter from BPC to Captain Sutton asking that the stiles on the South 

Weirs footpath should be repaired. 

006/136 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

006/135 and stating that the stiles will be inspected. 

006/137 Letter from BPC to Messrs Chamberlain Bros asking for four loads of 

gravel to be delivered to repair the footpath at North Weirs. 

006/138 Letter from Col Mansell Jones to Forestry Commission asking if it 

would be possible for the Council to take over the right to repair the 

footbridge over the Weirs. 

006/139 Letter from the Forestry Commission to Col Mansell Jones setting out 

terms under which the Council would obtain rights regarding the 

Footbridge. 

006/140 Letter to Col Jones from Forestry Commission stating that permission to 

repair the footbridge could be arranged for a nominal figure “say 5/- to 

10/- per annum”. 

006/141 Letter from Captain Sutton to BPC acknowledging a letter of 21 st June 

1938 and stating that the state of the stiles and an alleged obstruction 

would receive his attention. 

Mill Lane 

006/142 Letter from BPC to County Council asking that the grating at the 

junction of Mill Lane and the Lymington Road should be modified so as 

not to present a hazard to cyclists. 

006/143 Letter from County Council to BPC stating that the modification 

suggested in 006/142 had been carried out. 

006/144 Letter from the County Surveyor to BPC questioning the legal position 

of the footpath through Mill Copse. 

Butts Lawn Black Knowl 

006/145 Letter from Ministry of Supply, Timber Division apologizing for the 

damage caused by one of their vehicles to Black Knowl bridge and 

offering to pay for the damage caused. 

006/146 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission pointing out that work carried 

out at Butts Lawn by Hampshire War Agricultural Committee was 

likely to cause flooding in the winter. 

006/147 Letter from BPC to Hampshire War Agricultural Committee stating that 

one of their vehicles had damaged the bridge leading to Butts Lawn and 

asking that their heavy vehicles should not use the bridge. 

006/148 (Copy Letter) from the Hampshire War Agricultural to Forestry 

Commission stating that heir work at Butts Lawn (see 006/146) was on 

a temporary basis and better arrangements would be put in hand by 

Winter. 

006/149 Letter from Hampshire War Agricultural Committee to BPC in response 

to 006/147 agreeing to their request and pointing out that the damage 

had been repaired. 

13 Nov 1929 

23 Feb 1932 

21 Sep 1932 

24 Sep 1932 

18 Oct 1932 

25 Oct 1932 

27 Oct 1932 

9 Nov 1932 

23 Jun 1938 

17 Mar 1938 

6 Apr 1938 

9 Mar 1949 

21 Dec 1944 

24 Mar 1945 

24 Mar 1945 

27 Mar 1945 

29 Mar 1945

Royden Footpath 

006/150 Letter from F Bowden-Smith to BPC asking who is responsible for 

5 May 1910 

006/151 

keeping the road over Royden Common in repair. 

Report from BPC Works Committee on the Dilton (?) Footpath. 26 Sep 1910 

006/152 Letter to BPC from J Liddell Boldre drawing attention to the erection of 

notice boards which appear to impinge on the public’s Right of Way. 

6 Oct 1911 

006/153 Diagrammatic plan clarifying the points raised in 006/152. 6 Oct 1911 

006/154 Letter from Cecil Sutton Morant Estate to BPC acknowledging receipt 

of letter regarding Notice Boards on Royden Footpath. 

16 Oct 1911 

006/155 Letter from Ceil Sutton Morant Estate to BPC stating that the Morant 

Trustees could see no reason to change the wording on the Notice 

Boards (see 006/152). 

13 Nov 1911 

006/156 Letter from Lymington District Council to BPC stating that the BPC’s 

representations re Royden Path had been referred for a report. 

18 Jan 1912 

006/157 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC re Royden Bridle path stating that 

after investigation it is clear that the Morant Trustees had no intention to 

“curtail public rights”. 

10 Feb 1912 

006/158 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC informing that a complaint had 

been received regarding an obstruction the Royden Footpath and 

querying as to whether the BPC had any information as to the road in 

question being a private road or no. 

19 Mar 1914 

006/159 Letter from the New Forest Commoners Defence Association to Boldre 

PC stating that the footbridge at Royden is badly in need of repair. 

21 Nov 1947 

006/160 Letter from New Forest RDC acknowledging receipt of letter of 22 Jan 

1948 from BPC. 

24 Jan 1948 

006/161 Letter to BPC from County Council inviting representation at a meeting 

on 20 th February to investigate whether or not Royden Footbridge 

should be reconstructed. 

10 Feb 1948 

Burley Road Footpath 

006/162 Letter from County Surveyor to County Councillor Thornber informing 

that permission for the construction of a footpath alongside the Burley 

Road would be withheld until it was demonstrated that here is a demand 

4 Oct 1990 

006/163 

or a danger would exist if the path was not provided. 

Letter from Chairman BPC to Deputy Surveyor Forestry Commission 

Lyndhurst detailing the demand for a Footpath on Burley Road and 

setting out the dangers that would exist were it not to be provided. 

17 Oct 1990 

006/164 Page 3 of letter 006/163 17 Oct 1990 

006/165 Letter from Area Land Agent Forestry Commission to BPC stating that 

he would put letter 006/163 before the Verderers and the Nature 

Conservancy Council with a recommendation that approval for the 

footpath should be given. 

24 Oct 1990 

006/166 Letter from Area Surveyor to BPC stating that various forest bodies are 

not yet satisfied of the need for a footpath and asking for more 

documentation on the history of this matter. 

26 Oct 1990 

006/167 Copy of letter from Forestry Commission to Councillor Greer New 

Forest Drive Brockenhurst asking for a letter of support to the Verderers 

and the Nature Conservancy Council in respect of the BPC’s quest for a 

footpath at Burley Road. 

1 Nov 1990 

006/168 Letter from Nature Conservancy Council to Councillor Greer stating 20 Nov 1990

that the Council (Nat Con) and the Verderers had now given their 

consent to the reinstatement of the Burley Road Footpath. 

006/169 Letter from Julian Rickman A.R.I.C.S. Brockenhurst to BPC 

complaining of overuse of Burley Road Footpath by speeding mountain 

Bikers and asking that his views should be brought to the attention of 

the next Parish Council meeting. 

Grigg Lane 

006/170 Copy of letter from County Council to New Forest DC stating that the 

County Roads Sub-Committee were not prepared to authorise 

construction of a footpath adjoining the B3055 at Grigg Lane 

Brockenhurst. 

Brookley Road 

006/171 Letter from ? to BPC asking for information on the proposed footpath 

10 Apr 1991 

13 Sep 1945 

15 Nov 1938 

006/172 

from Streets shop to the Morant Arms. 

Letter from BPC to County Council asking for information regarding 

the footpath from the Morant Arms to Streets Shop Brookley Road. 

24 Feb 1939 

006/173 Letter from County Council to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

006/172. 

25 Feb 1939 

006/174 Letter from ? Captain RN to BPC suggesting construction of a footpath 

round the corner of Sway Road into Brookley Road. 

22 Aug 1946 

006/175 Letter from Brockenhurst Youth Club asking for modification to 

Brookley Road Watersplash Footbridge and requesting attendance at 

Brockenhurst Parish Meetings. 

13 Jun 1948 

006/176 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Youth Club stating that the request for 

modifications to the Watersplash Footbridge had been rejected by the 

Divisional Surveyor. However, BPC meetings are open to members of 

the public. 

006/177 Letter from NFRDC to BPC stating that any complaints regarding the 

misuse of Brookley Road Footbridge should be passed to the 

Superintendent of Police Lyndhurst. 

10 Jul 1951 

006/178 Letter from Divisional Surveyor County council to BPC stating that he 

had arranged for the approach to Brookley Road Watersplash to be 

gritted when necessary. 

End 

28 Dec 1951


Coronation Seats 

011/001 Circular from Ministry of Health (No 1579) sanctioning expenditure by 

Parish Councils etc in connection with the celebration of the Coronation 

of H M George VI. 

011/002 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor, Forestry Commission seeking 

permission to erect ten seats around the village as part of the Coronation 

Commemoration. 

011/003 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC suggesting process for 

planning permission for the erection of seats in Brockenhurst. 

011/004 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission clarifying the background of 

the application to erect seats. 

011/005 Letter from Forestry Commission acknowledging receipt of letter 

011/004. 

011/006 Letter from Cecil Sutton (Estate Office, Brockenhurst) to BPC 

enclosing account for the erection of the seats in Brockenhurst. 

26 Nov 1936 

10 May 1938 

11 May 1938 

12 May 1938 

13 May 1938 

17 May 1938 

011/007 Letter from Forestry Commission, London granting permission for the 

erection of seats on an acknowledgement of 5/-Shillings per calendar 

year. 

20 May 1938 

011/008 Letter from BPC to Forestry Commission, London agreeing to pay 5/per 

annum in respect of seats erected by BPC. 

21 Jun 1938 

011/009 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor, Lyndhurst thanking him for his 

assistance in the matter of the erection of seats. 

21 Jun 1938 

011/010 Engineers Drawing of the plan for a seat bracket. u/d 

011/011 Invoice from Brockenhurst Estate to BPC: - in respect of 1/- (one 

shilling) rent for maintaining 5 seats (one years acknowledged rent). 

29 Sep 1947 

011/012 Similar invoice to 011/011. 29 Sep 1951 

011/013 Quotation from The Blockcrete Company Ltd, Southampton to BPC for 

supply and delivery of seats, assembled @£16-2s-6d each. 

25 Feb 1959 

Silver Jubilee (George V- 1935) 

011/014 Voting slip for 65 years old and over. For choice to celebrate 1935 

Jubilee either (a) a charabanc drive through the Forest and tea, or (b) a 

gift of 2s-6d. 

011/014a Invitation from BPC inviting local organisations to appoint members to 

King’s Jubilee Celebrations Committee. 

011/015 Letter from Estate Office, Brockenhurst to BPC accepting the offer to 

join the Celebrations Committee. 

011/016 Letter from R Martin Pope, University College, Southampton to BPC 

“Impossible for him to attend Committee meeting but suggesting two 

other persons as suitable delegates. 

011/017 Letter from Brockenhurst British Legion to BPC agreeing to send a 

delegate to the Celebrations Committee meeting. 

011/018 Letter from Brockenhurst Girl Guides to BPC agreeing to send a 

delegate to the Celebrations Committee meeting. 

Apr 1935 

28 Feb 1935 

28 Feb 1935 

1 Mar 1935 

5 Mar 1935 

5 Mar 1935

011/019 Letter from the Hon Secretary, Celebrations Committee to County 

Education Officer requesting permission to use the County School 

Sports field for part of the local Jubilee Celebrations. 

25 Mar 1935 

011/020 Letter from Fred Cobb Brookley Farm Brockenhurst to BPC declining 

invitation to join Celebrations Committee owing to deafness. 

26 Mar 1934? 

011/021 Letter from Estate Office, Brockenhurst to BPC confirming that Mr 

Morant supported the application to use the County School Sports Field. 

29 Mar 1935 

011/022 Agenda for second meeting of the Jubilee Celebrations Committee. 2 Apr 1935 

011/023 Agenda for second meeting of the Jubilee Celebrations Committee. 2 Apr 1935 

011/024 Letter from Secretary, Celebrations Committee to Deputy Surveyor, 2 Apr 1935 

New Forest asking for permission to have a bonfire on Butts Lawn. 

011/025 Letter from Secretary, Celebrations Committee to Head Postmaster, 

Brockenhurst stating that there is no Official scheme of street 

decorations in Brockenhurst on May 6 th . 

011/026 Letter from Secretary, Celebrations Committee to Headmistress ?School 

querying arrangements for children not resident in Lymington Borough 

to join in the Jubilee Celebrations. 

011/027 Letter from Secretary, Celebrations Committee to Gas Company 

requesting a barrel of tar for the Celebration Bonfire on May 6 th . 

011/028 Letter from Secretary, Celebrations Committee ordering a Ten Guinea 

Selection of Fireworks. 

011/029 Letter from Secretary, Celebrations Committee to St Johns Ambulance 

Brigade, Lymington asking that local, brigade members should be 

available in Brockenhurst on May 6 th . 

011/030 Letter from Captain Coghlan, St Johns Ambulance Brigade, Lymington 

to Secretary Celebrations Committee stating that there had never been 

any intention to move Brigade members from Brockenhurst on May 6 th . 

011/031 Letter from Deputy Surveyor, Forestry Commission to BPC in reply to 

011/024 stating that the matter of bonfires was being looked into. 

011/032 Letter from Margaret Plumbley to BPC re arrangements for childrens’ 

tea party on Jubilee Day. 

2 Apr 1935 

2 Apr 1935 

2 Apr 1935 

2 Apr 1935 

3 Apr 1935 

3 Apr 1935 

3 Apr 1935 

4 Apr 1935 

011/033 Letter from County Education Officer, to BPC agreeing to give 

permission for the use of Secondary School Playing Fields for Sports 

and Country Dancing on Jubilee Day May 6th. 

4 Apr 1935 

011/034 Letter from Headmistress, Hordle School to BPC stating that all the 

schoolchildren will take part in the Lymington Borough Celebrations. 

4 Apr 1935 

011/035 Letter from BPC to St Johns Ambulance Brigade (Mr Coghlan) 

thanking him for the information in 011/030. 

5 Apr 1935 

011/036 Account of Old Age Pensioners expenditure for Brockenhurst Jubilee 

Celebrations. 

u/d 

011/037 Letter to BPC from F.W.Mager, Hazel Cottage Brockenhurst querying 

the possible misuse of public money to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. 

5 Apr 1935 

011/038 Letter from Brock & Co Fireworks to BPC enclosing list of fireworks 

offered with 25% discount. 

4 Apr 1935 

011/039 Letter from Edith Hendey to BPC enclosing a programme for Jubilee 

Day Sports. 

5 Apr 1935 

011/040 Letter from Colonel Mansel-Jones to BPC enclosing circular to be given 

pensioners applying at the Post Office for their pensions. 

4 May 1935 

011/041 Letter from BPC to F.W. Mager answering his queries regarding misuse 6 Apr 1935

011/042 

of public money. (See 011/037) 

Letter from R Stevens (Printers) to BPC regarding the design and 

production of Jubilee Commemorative Cards. 

10 Apr 1935 

011/043 Letter from Jubilee Committee to organisers requesting that printers be 

informed of number of cards (Commemorative) required. 

11 Apr 1935 

011/044 Letter from BPC to R Stevens responding to 011/042. 11 Apr 1935 

011/045 Letter from Secretary R.A.O.B. to BPC offering to give 4 prizes for the 

sports on Jubilee Day. 

12 Apr 1935 

011/046 Letter from BPC to Brocks Fireworks, Hemel Hempstead regarding 

mix-up in ordering fireworks for the Jubilee Celebrations. 

13 Apr 1935 

011/047 Letter from Brocks Fireworks to BPC asking for clarification of request 

in 011/046. 

16 Apr 1935 

011/048 Letter from BPC to RAOB accepting their offer of prizes for the Sports 

on Jubilee Day. 

16 Apr 1935 

011/049 Letter from BPC to Mrs Hendey stating arrangements for obtaining 

money for prizes on Jubilee Sports Day. 

16 Apr 1935 

011/050 Letter from BPC to Mr Willis stating arrangements for obtaining money 16 Apr 1935 

for prizes on Jubilee Day. 

011/051 Letter from BPC to Mr Ottaway, St Johns Ambulance, Brockenhurst 

asking for St Johns members to be present at the Village Celebrations 

on May 6 th . 

011/052 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC authorizing a Bonfire and 

Fireworks at Brockenhurst for Jubilee Celebrations and setting out 

conditions and responsibilities. 

011/053 Letter from John Stevens, Printer, to BPC enclosing a specimen “Jubilee 

Card” and asking for further instructions. 

20 Apr 1935 

23 Apr 1935 

24 Apr 1935 

011/054 Letter from Mr Ottaway, St John Ambulance to BPC to say that six 

Ambulance Men would be on duty on May 6 th at the Jubilee 

Celebrations. 

24 th Apr 1935 

011/055 Letter from Brocks Fireworks to BPC agreeing to a 25% discount on 

any additional order. 

24 Apr 1935 

011/056 Letter from BPC to Brocks, Fireworks giving details of additional order. 27 Apr 1935 

011/057 Letter from BPC to St Johns Ambulance giving details of events 

arranged for May 6 th . 

27 Apr 1935 

011/058 Letter from Brocks, Fireworks to BPC acknowledging receipt of order 

of 27 April (see 011/056). 

29 Apr 1935 

011/059 Provisional Programme of events on May 6 th at Brockenhurst Silver 

Jubilee Celebrations. 

u/d 

011/060 Handwritten “Programme of Sports for Jubilee Celebrations”. u/d 

011/061 Letter from Mr & Mrs Cooksley to thank the Parish Council for the gift 6 May 1935 

to commemorate the Silver Jubilee. 

011/062 Letter to Hon Secretary Brockenhurst Fire Brigade from BPC enclosing 

10/-. A gift from the winner of the Prize for shop decoration to the Fire 

Brigade- Mr F W Chalk. 

011/063 Letter from BPC to Nursing Association enclosing 5/-. A gift from the 

winner of the House Decoration (Forest Park Hotel) to the Nursing 

Association. 

011/064 Handwritten copy of message of loyalty to King George V on the 

occasion of his Silver Jubilee. 

8 May 1935 

u/d 

u/d

011/065 Letter from BPC to Payne & Son, Below Bar, Southampton ordering an 

extra two dozen Jubilee Beakers. 

11 May 1935 

011/066 Letter from the Parochial Church Council to BPC asking for a financial 

contribution towards the Jubilee Services Expenses. 

13 May 1935 

011/067 Card from Payne & Co, Southampton explaining there will be one 

month delay in providing Jubilee Beakers (see 011/065). 

13 May 1935 

011/068 Letter to Sec BPC from E.C.D.? enclosing bill for 3 shillings for grass 

cutting by W Churcher. 

u/d 

011/069 Card from Payne & Co Southampton acknowledging re-ordering of 

Jubilee Beakers. 

14 May 1935 

011/070 Letter from C Sutton, Estate Officer, Brockenhurst to Clerk BPC 

thanking the Council for their letter of thanks for his work on the day of 

the Jubilee. 

16 May 1935 

011/071 Letter from Secretary to Chair of BPC enclosing report of Standing 

Orders Sub-Committee and arranging meetings and appointment. 

29 May 1935 

011/072 Agenda for meeting Jubilee Celebrations Committee. u/d 

011/073 Letter from Mansel-Jones? to Mrs Sacre Chair BPC enclosing Jubilee 

Celebrations Accounts. 

16 Jun 1935 

011/074 Letter from Hon Sec Jubilee Celebrations Committee to Colonel 

Mansel-Jones explaining disposal of balance of £4-10s-0d. 

17 June 1935 

011/075 Letter from BPC to Parochial Church Council agreeing to contribute 

£3-5s-0d towards Jubilee Expenses. 

18 Jun 1935 

011/076 Letter from BPC to C Sutton, Estate Office, Brockenhurst on planning 

the proposal to plant a commemoration tree for the King’s Jubilee. 

22 Jan 1936 

011/077 Letter from C Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst to BPC acknowledging 

receipt of 011/076. 

24 Jan 1936 

011/078 Letter from C Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst to Chairman BPC 

suggesting that the “Jubilee Tree” should be planted on Waters Green. 

25 Mar 1936 

011/079 Letter from C Sutton Estate Office Brockenhurst to Clerk BPC 

confirming suggestion in 011/078. 

24 Apr 1936 

011/080 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC regarding approval of site 

selected for “Jubilee Tree”. 

24 Apr 1936 

011/081 Letter from Forestry Commission to BPC agreeing to Waters Green site 

for “Jubilee Tree” but suggesting the “road people” should be consulted. 

25 Apr 1936 

011/082 Acknowledgment from the Home Office re the receipt of a letter 

relating to “Coronation Medal”. 

3 Mar 1937 

011/083 Letter from Clerk BPC to Col Mansel-Jones re Parish Council and 

Coronation Committee financial matters. 

4 Mar 1937 

011/084 Letter from Col Mansel-Jones to Clerk BPC on points raised in 011/083. 8 May 1937 

011/085 Letter from Clerk BPC to Col Mansel-Jones re missing Coronation 

Committee and Parish Minutes. 

25 Feb 1938 

011/086 Letter from BPC to R.A. Miles 34 Great Queen Street, Kingsway 

enclosing cheque for a cup with lettering. 

17 Mar 1938 

011/087 Copy of Minute July 20 th 1937 regarding income and expenditure of 

Coronation Committee. 

u/d 

011/088 Handwritten list of expenses for “Old Folks Tea”. u/d 

011/089 Handwritten list of expenses for “Children and Adults” u/d 

011/090 Handwritten list of expenses for “Incidentals”. u/d 

011/091 Statement of Accounts on a Dance held at the Morant Hall for u/d

Coronation Festivities. 

011/092 Invitation to High Tea to Parishioners over the age of 65 on the occasion 

of the Coronation of HM George VI and Queen Elizabeth. 

011/093 Specimen Voucher for 2s-6d supplied to eligible Parishioners unable to 

attend High Tea (see 011/092). 

011/094 Note from W.K.Peters Esq declining invitation to Coronation 

Celebration High Tea. 

011/095 Circular from Ministry Of Housing and Local Government sent to 

Financial Officers of Local Authorities regarding expenditure in 

connection with local Celebrations of the Coronation of the Queen. 

011/096 Letter from BPC to Ministry of Housing and Local Government 

regarding use of monies in a Post Office Savings Account for 

Celebrations of Coronation of the Queen. 

011/097 Letter from NFRDC to all Parish Councils in the New Forest asking for 

information on celebrations for schoolchildren for the Coronation. 

u/d 

22 May 1937 

u/d 

7 Nov 1952 

1 Dec 1952 

26 Mar 1953 

011/098 Letter from BPC to NFRDC confirming that money allocated by the 

County Council for schoolchildren will be spent solely on children of 

school age living in the Parish. 

2 Apr 1953 

011/099 Letter from NFRDC to BPC asking for a reply to letter 011/097. 10 Apr 1953 

011/100 Programme of Events for Brockenhurst Parish Celebrations Monday & Jun 1953 

Tuesday 1 st and 2 nd June 1953. 

011/101 Letter from BPC to Capt Sutton O.B.E. Chairman of Coronation 

Committee in appreciation of the excellent arrangements and 

confirming that a vote of thanks had been registered in the Minutes of 

the Parish Council. 

24 Jul 1953 

011/102 Receipts and Expenditure Account of Brockenhurst Coronation 

Celebration Committee. 

8 Jun 1937 

011/103 Petty Cash Account, Brockenhurst Coronation Celebrations Committee. u/d

Festival of Britain 

011/104 Letter from NFRDC to all Parish Councils re collating information 

regarding Festival of Britain activities. 

011/105 Letter from Festival of Britain Liaison Officer London WC2 to 

Brockenhurst Parish Council thanking them for all the information re 

Festival of Britain activities. 

011/106 Letter from Festival of Britain Liaison Officer to BPC thanking them for 

their information re offering hospitality to visitors from New Zealand 

and Australia. 

011/107 Report of the Committee appointed to make arrangements for the 

“Festival of Britain 1951”. 

George VI Memorial Fund 

011/108 Letter from NFRDC to BPC regarding arrangements for house to house 

6 Sept 1950 

4 Oct 1950 

15 Feb 1951 

17 Feb 1951 

28 Oct 1952 

011/109 

collection for the George VI Memorial Fund. 

Extract from Home Office Regulations governing house-to house 

collections for George VI Memorial Fund. 

u/d 

011/110 Letter from BPC to NFRDC confirming that monies from collection 

boxes for the George VI Memorial Fund have been paid into Lloyds 

Bank, Brockenhurst. 

17 Dec 1952 

011/111 Thank you letter from BPC to Misses Cowland, Bridge Farm House, 

Brockenhurst for their collection in aid of King George VI Memorial 

Fund. Thank you letter from BPC to Mrs Marsh, The Rise, 


Fund. 

17 Dec 1952 

011/112 Thank you letter from BPC to Mrs King, Meerut Road, Brockenhurst 

for their collection in aid of King George VI Memorial Fund. 

Thank you letter from BPC to Mrs Gormal, Meerut Road, Brockenhurst 


17 Dec 1952 

011/113 Thank you letter from BPC to Mrs De Uphaugh, Woodruffe, 


Fund. Thank you letter from BPC to Mrs Christopher, Alderbank, 


Fund. 

17 Dec 1952 

011/114 Thank you letter from BPC to Miss Goodenough, Setley, Brockenhurst 


Thank you letter from BPC to Mrs Baldwin, Woodpeckers Cottage, 


Fund. 

17 Dec 1952 

011/115 Receipt from Lloyds Bank for £31-0-8d from Chairman, King George 

VI Memorial Fund. 

17 Dec 1952 

011/115a “Thank You” letter from BPC to Mrs Cahen, Robin Cottage, 

Brockenhurst for her collection in aid of King George VI Memorial 

Fund. 

17 Dec 1952


Public Health 

010/001 Brockenhurst Drainage Report 9 May 1913 






010/007 Brockenhurst Drainage Report+Sanitary Inspectors Comment 9 May 1913 

Drains 

010/008 Letter from Hon. G Lascelles Queens House Lyndhurst to W 

Willson Esq. Brockenhurst spelling out in robust terms the 

responsibilities of the Crown and BPC in the matter of 

drainage. 

010/009 Letter from Chairman BPC to ? regretting his inability to 

attend the Council Meeting. 

010/009A Letter from ? to BPC? Regarding the possible health risk in 

Brockenhurst due to lack of drainage. 

010/010 Letter to BPC from Local Government Board stating the 

Lymington RDC have a planned drainage scheme for 

Brockenhurst. 

010/011 Letter from Local Government Board to BPC enclosing copy 

of a petition received by the Local Government Board. 

010/012 Letter to BPC from Lymington RDC re plans for drainage 

scheme and representation at RDC Drainage Committee. 

010/013 Letter from William Clifford to Ministry of Health regarding 

the exclusion of “The Weirs” area from the new sewage 

system. 

010/014 Letter from Ministry of Health to New Forest RDC asking for 

comments on letter from Mr Clifford (see 010/013 – copy 

enclosed) 

010/015 Letter from Lymington RDC to Ministry of Health in answer 

to 001/014. 

010/016 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC asking for observations 

on Mr Clifford’s letter (010/013) 

010/017 Copy Letter from Ministry of Health to Lymington RDC 

asking for further observations in more detail in reply to their 

letter (010/014) 

010/018 Minute of Lymington RDC meeting regarding compulsory 

connections to the main sewer. 

010/019 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC explaining arrangements 

of loans and mortgages in connection with the drainage of 

Brockenhurst. 

010/020 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC acknowledging receipt 

of letter of complaint regarding flooding roads, and also 

potholes on the Sway Road. 

010/021 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC regarding a blocked 

drain near Waters Green House. 

15 Nov 1910 

13 Dec 1911 

19 Jul 1911 

3 Jul 1912 

25 Sep 1912 

8 Sep 1920 

14 May 1921 

27 May 1921 

16 Jun 1921 

20 Jul 1921 

21 June 1921 

2 Jan 1923 

5 Jan 1923 

12 Nov 1925 

17 Feb 1928

010/022 Letter to BPC from Mr Clarke Wayside Brockenhurst re 

condition of a path in Rhinefield Road. 

010/023 Letter from BPC to W Clifford Esq. The Weirs Brockenhurst 

re information in respect of the Drainage Scheme. 

010/024 Letter from BPC to Dr Maturin MOH Lymington, asking for 

an “objectionable ditch” to be inspected. 

010/025 Letter from N Raw Sanitary Inspector Lymington 

acknowledging receipt of letter 010/024. 

010/026 Letter from BPC Lymington RDC bringing to their attention 

the conditions of the roadside ditches in Sway Road. 

010/027 Letter from Mr Bowden-Smith to Knox Homan Esq. 

explaining that Mr Homan’s complaint had been dealt with 

(see 010/026) 

010/028 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC asking for a meeting to 

explain the “Special Rate for Brockenhurst Drainage”. 


of 010/028. 

010/030 Letter from BPC to County Council Winchester asking that 

flooding on the A337 at Brockenhurst should be obviated. 

010/031 Letter from BPC to Lymington RDC enclosing a letter of 

complaint from Captain Stopford regarding the flooding in 

Sway Road. 

010/032 Letter from BPC to Captain Stopford informing him of the 

contents of 010/031. 

010/033 Letter from BPC to Dr Gurney-Dixon, County Councillor 

asking for his support in proposals made by Brockenhurst 

Drainage Committee. 

010/034 Letter from Clerk, BPC to H.N. Bowden-Smith Esq. returning 

a copy of Brockenhurst Drainage Committee Report. 

010/035 Letter from K Pulteney to BPC agreeing to support the 

Brockenhurst Drainage Report when it is considered by the 


010/036 Letter from W Whitaker to BPC agreeing to support the 

Brockenhurst Drainage Report when it is considered by the 



of a letter dated 20 October regarding a “Stream at 

Brockenhurst”. 

010/038 Letter from BPC to NFRDC Lyndhurst regarding a blocked 

roadside ditch at Brockenhurst. 

010/039 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest 

regarding blocked ditches at North Weirs and Culverley 

Green. 

010/040 Letter from NFRDC to BPC stating that the subject of 

010/038 had been referred to the Divisional surveyor. 

010/041 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor, New Forest thanking 

him for his support in the matter of New Forest Watercourses. 

010/042 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor, Lyndhurst regarding a 

blocked drain and flooding at North Weirs. 

25 May 1928 

18 Jun 1928 

26 Nov 1928 

8 Dec 1928 

10 Apr 1929 

10 May 1929 

10 Jul 1929 

18 Jul 1929 

10 Dec 1929 

10 Dec 1929 

10 Dec 1929 

15 Jan 1931 

15 Jan 1931 

18 Jan 1931 

22 Jan 1931 

22 Oct 1931 

20 Jul 1932 

21 Jul 1932 

9 Aug 1932 

11 Oct 1932 

15 Nov 1932

010/043 Letter from the Deputy Surveyor, Lyndhurst stating that 

although it was not his Departments responsibility 

nevertheless he had given instructions for the North Weirs 

drain to be cleaned out (see 010/042). 

010/044 Letter from BPC to Mrs Harrison, North Weirs informing her 

of 010/043 and asking her to clean out that part of the drain 

on her property. 

010/045 Letter from BPC to Deputy Surveyor, Lyndhurst thanking 

him for his assistance in the matter of the drain at North 

Weirs. Run to 

010/046 Letter from BPC to NFRDC enclosing a report on flooding at 

Brockenhurst and requesting that the NFRDC should 

recommend the report to the County Council, the appropriate 

authority to carry out the work. 

010/047 Letter from BPC to NFRDC asking for an estimate of the cost 

of joining South Weirs to the public sewer system. 

010/048 Letter from BPC to NFRDC repeating request made in 

010/047. 

010/049 Letter from NFRDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of letter 

010/048. 

12 Dec 1932 

13 Dec 1932 

13 Dec 1932 

22 Mar 1933 

22 Apr 1937 

20 Oct 1937 

22 Oct 1937 

010/050 

Sewage Farm 

Copy of a petition from residents of Brockenhurst to the 

President of the Local Government Board, through the 

County Council requesting an inquiry into alleged defaults by 

the Local Authority in providing an appropriate drainage 

system. 

u/d 

010/051 Engineers Report on the modernisation of the Sewage 

Disposal Works. 

Mar 1958 

010/052 Plan of New Forest Sewage Disposal Works. 18 Apr 1958 

010/053 Letter from Chairman to members of BPC informing them of 

the Attendance of an NFRDC representative at a Parish 

Council meeting to answer questions regarding the Sewage 

Rate. 

u/d (1928?) 

010/054 Note to Clerk BPC from? returning a letter from a Mr 

Clifford regarding Drainage. 

19 Jun 1928 

010/055 Letter from BPC to RDC asking permission for BPC to utilize 

waste from the Sewage Farm to repair a track the 

responsibility of BPC. 

9 Nov 1931 

010/056 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC giving permission for 

the use of Waste Material (see 010/055) 

11 Dec 1931 

010/057 Letter from BPC to New Forest RDC in similar terms to 

010/055. 

23 Feb 1933 

010/058 Letter from Clerk to Chairman BPC confirming the BPC will 

take over “waste gravel” at Sewage Works. 

15 May 1934 

010/059 Letter from BPC to Mr Thompson at the Sewage Works 

asking for waste gravel to be reserved for use by BPC. 

15 May 1934 

010/060 Letter from NFRDC to BPC regarding preparation and 

costing of extensions to Brockenhurst Sewage Works. 

27 Apr 1937


from BPC regarding Sewer Manholes. 

20 May 1937 

010/062 Letter from NFRDC to BPC informing that the Morant Estate 

will not be making any contribution to the Sewer Extension in 

South Weirs. 

16 Feb 1938 

010/063 Letter from NFRDC to ? (County Council?) asking for 

information on the South Weirs Drainage Scheme. 

18 Jan 1938 

010/064 Letter from NFRDC to BPC asking for the Chairman of BPC 

to serve as a co-opted member of the Brockenhurst Sewage 

Committee. 

8 Jun 1938 

010/065 Letter from NFRDC asking the Chairman BPC to contact Mr 

Sacre Chairman Brockenhurst Sewage Committee. 

18 Jul 1938 

010/066 Report of Meeting of Brockenhurst Sewage Committee. 23 Sep 1938 

010/067 Letter from NFRDC to BPC with plans of extension of 

Sewers – South Weirs Brockenhurst and explaining financial 

costs and BPC contribution. 

18 May 1939 

010/068 Letter from BPC to NFRDC returning plans of Sewer 

extension – South Weirs and putting forward suggestions fro 

modifications. 

20 Jun 1939 


010/068. 

21 Jun 1939 

010/070 Letter from Ministry of Health to NFRDC re “Special 

expenses for cleaning of cesspools”. 

10 Jun 1940 


of complaint re “Sewage Removal at the Weirs”. 

24 Jan 1948 

010/072 Letter from NFRDC to Mr Goodwin, Balmer Lawn 

Brockenhurst in answer to his complaint of noisy Sewage 

Pumping Plant. 

24 Oct 1949 

010/073 Letter from A Lay to BPC re noise from Sewage Pumping 

Plant. 

26 Oct 1949 

010/074 Letter from NFRDC to BPC re diminution of noise from 

Sewage Farm. 

3 Nov 1949 

010/075 Letter from NFRDC Engineer to BPC stating that every 

endeavour is being made to reduce the noise at Brockenhurst 

Disposal Works (made by the pumping station exhaust). 

23 Dec 1949 

010/076 Letter from NFRDC to BPC informing that the Ministry of 

Health have refused to provide finance for an extension to the 

sewer at Brockenhurst to serve South Weirs. 

10 Oct 1950 

010/077 Letter from NFRDC to BPC declining to make further 

application for finance to improve South Weirs Sewage 

System. 

31 Oct 1951 

010/078 Letter from BPC to NFRDC suggesting an approach to 

Forestry Commission requesting their cooperation in steps to 

improve the South Weirs Sewage System. 

16 Apr 1952 

010/079 Letter from BPC to NFRDC complaining of flooding causing 

damage and “unpleasantness” from the Brockenhurst Sewage 

Works. 

24 Mar 1954

Public Health 

010/080 Letter from Lymington RDC to BPC – (Subject ??) enclosing 

copies of exchange of correspondence between Lymington 

RDC and Ministry of Health. 

010/081 Letter from BPC to NFRDC asking for assistance in checking 

“sanitary conditions” in Brockenhurst as a precaution, in view 

of a recent threat of Typhoid in other parts of the Country. 

010/082 Letter from NFRDC to BPC asking for a list of houses with 

defective sanitary arrangements. 

010/083 Letter from BPC to NFRDC in reply to 010/082 stating that 

Southampton Corporation Water Works had been asked to 

provide a list of all houses in Brockenhurst connected to their 

mains. 

010/084 Letter from BPC to Southampton Water Works requesting a 

list of all houses in Brockenhurst Connected to their mains. 

010/085 Letter from Southampton Waterworks to BPC acknowledging 

receipt of letter 010/084 and agreeing to forward the list as 

soon as possible. 

010/086 Letter from NFRDC to BPC acknowledging receipt of 

010/083. 

010/087 Letter from Southampton Waterworks to BPC enclosing list 

of properties supplied with water. 

010/088 Letter from BPC to NFRDC enclosing list of properties 

supplied with water by Southampton Water Works. 

010/089 Letter from BPC to NFRDC asking that the Medical Officer 

be asked to make an inspection of “Volunteer Cottage” 

Balmer Lawn as it was suspected that the well water is 

polluted by the cesspool overflow from the same house. 

010/090 Hampshire County Council leaflet- “Protection against 

Diptheria”. 

18 Nov 1925 

15 Nov 1932 

2 Jan 1933 

18 Jan 1933 

18 Jan 1933 

19 Jan 1933 

19 Jan 1933 

21 Jan 1933 

30 Jan 1933 

17 Oct 1933 

Apr 1938 

010/091 Letter from NFRDC to BPC (in reply to 010/089) stating the 

well water had been analysed and the Medical Officer has no 

complaint to make. 

2 Nov 1933 

010/092 Memo from Ministry of Health enclosing order for NFRDC. u/d 

010/093 Order from Ministry of Health investing NFRDC with 30 Mar 1945 

“Urban Powers”. 

010/094 Letter from Brockenhurst Traders Association to BPC 

proposing the erection of Public Conveniences in 

Brockenhurst. 

3 Jun 1948 

010/095 Letter from NFRDC to BPC stating that New Forest Council 

are of the opinion that the provision of public convenience in 

Brockenhurst is not practicable at the present time. 

13 Jul 1948 


of 20 Jun. 

22 Jun 1948 

010/097 Letter from BPC to Brockenhurst Traders Association 

informing them of the contents of letter (010/095). 

29 Jul 1948 

end end end

No. Date Description File 

1 1914, Feb 2 Receipt from The Bowring Petroleum Co., Ltd. To Mr 

Sutton of Brockenhurst Estate Office for 10 gallons of 

‘Snowflake’ brand petroleum. 

2 1913, June 20 Receipt from the Brockenhurst and District 

Horticultural Society to C. Sutton, esq., for membership 

subscription. 

3 1913, Apr Receipt from [Brockenhurst] Cricket Club (Frank 

Hayward, Hon. Sec.) to Cecil Sutton, esq., for 

membership subscription. 

4 1913, Aug 2 Receipt from Brockenhurst Football Club (H.J. Young, 

Hon. Sec.) to Mr C. Sutton, for membership 

subscription. 

5a 1913, Mar 17 Receipt from the Estate Office, Brokenhurst, Hants, to 

Mrs F.J. Morant, for Ground Rent due to the Morant 

Trustees. 

5b 1913, Apr 29 Receipt from the Estate Office, Brokenhurst, Hants, to 

Mrs John Morant, for Licences and Income Tax due to 

the Morant Trustees. 

5c 1913, Apr 29 Receipt from the Estate Office, Brokenhurst, Hants, to 

Mrs John Morant, for Ground Rent due to the Morant 

Trustees. 

5d 1914, Feb 6 Receipt from the Estate Office, Brokenhurst, Hants, to 

Mrs F.J. Morant, for Ground Rent due to the Morant 

Trustees. 

5e 1914, Feb 27 Receipt from the Estate Office, Brokenhurst, Hants, to 

Mrs John Morant, for Licences and Income Tax due to 

the Morant Trustees. 

5f 1914, Oct 1 Receipt from the Estate Office, Brokenhurst, Hants, to 

Mrs John Morant, for Ground Rent due to the Morant 

Trustees. 

6a 1914, June 24 Bill from the Brokenhurst Gas Company to Mr C. 

Sutton, for gas supplied to Heathfield House. 

6b 1914, Sept 15 Receipt from the Brokenhurst Gas Company to Cecil 

Sutton, in respect of the Bill (number 6a above). 

7 1913, May 23 Receipt from the Burley and District New Forest Pony 

and Cattle Society to C. Sutton, for 2s 6d membership 

subscription. 

8 1914, July 2 Receipt from the Burley and District New Forest Pony 

and Cattle Society to C.N. Sutton for 5s. 

9a 1914, Nov 16 Statement of account from The Carlton Hotel, Call Mall 

London to Cecil Sutton, esq. for accommodation, drink 

and cigarettes. 

9b 1914, Nov 16 Invoice from the Carlton Hotel, London, to Cecil 

Sutton, esq., Estate Office, Brockenhurst, with attached 

receipt dated 19 Nov 1914 

9c 1914, Nov 16 Envelope front addressed to C.N. Stafford Sutton, esq., 

Estate Office, Brockenhurst, Hants, stamp franked 19 

Nov 1914 

Sutton Business 

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Letters, 1913-14

10 1913, May 16 Invoice from Charles Brown, printer, etc., Seldown 

House, Ringwood, to Cecil Sutton, esq., for printing 

tickets and posters and other expenses in relation to a 

production of H.M.S. Pinafore, with attached receipt 

dated 11 Mar 1914 

11 1914, Apr 25 Invoice from Charles Brown & Son, printers, etc., 

Seldown House, Ringwood, to Cecil Sutton, esq., for 

printing tickets for a production of Merrie England, with 

attached receipt dated 29 Apr 1914 

12a 1913, Jan 17 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to Mr C.N.S. 

Sutton & the Executors of W. Sutton for an insurance 

premium for one year to Christmas 1913 (policy no. 

2151819). 

12b 1914, Jan 7 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to Mr C.N.S. 

Sutton & the Executors of W. Sutton for an insurance 

premium for one year to Christmas 1914 (policy no. 

2151819). 

12c 1914, Apr 7 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton for 

an insurance premium for one year to Lady Day 1915 

(policy no. 2223694). 

12d 1913, Oct 30 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to Mrs F. Morant 

for an insurance premium for one year to Michaelmas 

1914 (policy no. 2074537). 

12e 1914, Oct 1 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to Mrs F. Morant 

for an insurance premium for one year to Michaelmas 

1915 (policy no. 2074537). 

12f 1913, May 1 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. 

for £12 17s 2d. 

12g 1913, Sept 4 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. 

for £12 11s 6d. 

12h 1913, Dec 2 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. 

for £108 1s 1d. 

12i 1913, Dec 2 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. 

for 11s 6d (Accident & Burglary A/C). 

12j 1914, May 6 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. 

for £13 5s 3d. 

12k 1914, July 28 Receipt from County Fire Office, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. 

for £6 5s 9d. (Accident, &c., A/C). 

13 1914, Apr 9 Receipt from L. Dudley to Cecil Sutton, esq., in respect 

of the “Inspector Allen” Fund. 

14 1914, Mar 18 Receipt from the English Forestry Association to C.N.S. 

Sutton, esq., for membership subscription. 

15 1914, Feb 19 Receipt from The Land Union to C. Sutton, esq., for 

membership subscription. 

16a 1913, Mar 8 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to Cecil Sutton, esq. for £5 

19s 2d to the credit of his account. 

16b 1913, June 13 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to Mr C. Sutton, for £23 13s 




































Letters, 1913-14

6d to the credit of his account (prepaid receipt). 

16c 1913, Sept 22 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. for £50 16s 

7d to the credit of his account. 

16d 1913, Oct 6 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. for £13 19s 

5d to the credit of his account. 

16e 1914, Mar 2 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to Mr C.N.S. Sutton, for £8 

16s to the credit of his account (prepaid receipt). 

16f 1914, June 8 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to C. Sutton, esq. for £5 3s to 

the credit of his account. 

16g 1914, Sept 10 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to Cecil Sutton, esq. for £39 

2s 4d to the credit of his account. 

16h 1913 (n.d.) Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to Mrs F.J. Morant for 

domestic servants’ insurance to 20 Jan 1914 (policy no. 

202065). 

16i 1914, Jan 27 Receipt from The Liverpool & London & Globe 

Insurance Company, Ltd., to Mrs F.J. Morant for 

domestic servants’ insurance to 20 Jan 1915 (policy no. 

202065). 

17 1914, Feb 7 Invoice from Country Life Ltd. To C. Sutton, esq., 

Estate Office, Brokenhurst, for 1 Country Life Book of 

Cottages and postage, with attached receipt of George 

Newnes, Ltd., dated 10 Feb 1914. 

18 1913, Dec 20 Receipt from R. Jenkins of 116 Sandgate Road, 

Brighton, to Mr Sutton for a Glockenspiel and stand. 

19 1913, May 17 Invoice from The Ringwood and District Billposting 

Co., for placing bill posters up in advance of the 

production of H.M.S. Pinafore. Endorsed with note 

recording payment, dated 11 Mar 1914. 

20a 1913, Apr 25 Invoice from Slazengers Ltd., to Cecil Sutton, esq., The 

New Forest Tennis Club, Brockenhurst, Hants, for a 

cricket back net. 

20b 1914, Feb 12 Receipt from Slazengers Ltd., to the Hon. Sec., New 

Forest Tennis Club, Brockenhurst, in regard of the 

invoice (number 20a above). 

21 1914, Feb 1 Invoice from South Coast Garages, Ltd., Stanford Road, 

Lymington, to C.N.S. Sutton, esq, Heathfield House, 

Brockenhurst, for settlement of account dated 26 Jan 

1912. With attached receipt, undated. 

22 1913 Invoice from T.J.D. St.John, The Brockenhurst Bakery 

and Restaurant, Brookley Road, Brockenhurst to Mr 

Barrow for teas. Endorsed by way of receipt. 

23 1914, Jan 1 Invoice from T. Street, Farrier & General Smith, Balmer 

Lawn, Brockenhurst, to C. Sutton, esq. for account 






























Letters, 1913-14

endered. Endorsed by way of receipt. 

24a 1914, Mar 18 Invoice from The Times to C. Sutton, esq., for 

advertising. With attached receipt dated 20 Mar 1914. 

24b 1914, June 10 Invoice from The Times to C. Sutton, esq., for 

advertising. With attached receipt dated 16 June 1914. 

25 1913, Aug 7 Invoice from Walkley & Co., manufacturers of 

waterproof garments, to Mrs Kemish, The Wiers, 

Brockenhurst, noting that the order for thread stocking 

was not sufficiently detailed as no size was stated. 

26 1914, Mar 9 Invoice from Warren & Son, Ltd, stationers, to Cecil 

Sutton, esq., Estate Office, Brockenhurst, for binding 3 

volumes of Land Agents’ Society material. With 

attached receipt dated 11 Mar 1914. 

27 1913, Oct 25 Receipt in the form of a latter from F.J. Westcott, Hon. 

Sec. of the Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society, 

using headed paper of the White Hart Hotel, Ringwood 

to Mr B.H. Noakes, Estate Office, Brockenhurst. 

Thanks Noakes for payment of £9 3s 8d for the 

expenses and production of H.M.S. Pinafore in May 

last. 

28 1907, Nov 1 Prepaid postcard from Messrs Westley Richards & Co. 

Ltd., gunsmiths, to Cecil Sutton, esq., Brockenhurst 

Park, Hants, acknowledging the receipt of his letter 

dated 30 th Oct. 

29 n.d. [1910] 2 identical slips of Brokenhurst Estate Office headed 

paper, advertising the availability to let of Heathfield 

House, Brokenhurst at £65 per annum, description 

given. Also draft notes for the same. 

30 1910, June 9 Copy letter from Cecil Sutton to The British Uralite Co., 

requesting details of their product in regard to the 

erection of a Parish Hall. 

31 1910, Oct 7 Receipt from Newtown Park to C. Sutton, esq., for £36 

2s 9d ‘for things bought at sale’. Signed G.L. Duplessis 

32 1911, Dec 4 Copy letter to Miss Thompson, replying to her letter of 

2 Dec inquiring as to playing Badminton. 

33 1912, Nov 5 Circular Letter on Brokenhurst Estate Office headed 

paper concerning the opening of the New Forest 

Badminton Club at the Morant Hall, giving details of 

times and membership rates. On the reverse is a hand 

written list of local badminton club secretaries, who 

presumably were the intended recipients of the circular. 

34 1912, Nov 14 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to Mr A. Keeping, 

Surrey Lodge, Brockenhurst, concerning Keeping’s 

account with the insurance company. 

35 1913, Apr 16 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to J. Vicars-Miles, esq., 

Stanleys, New Milton, informing him that he has been 

elected as a playing member of the Club and requesting 

payment of his membership fees. 











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Letters, 1912 

Tennis & Croquet 

Club Letters M-Z 

36 1913, May 5 Cover Letter from J. Vicars-Miles, Stanleys, New Tennis & Croquet

Milton, as to the payment of his subscription to the New 

Forest Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. 


37 1913, July 13 Letter from Guy H. Unwin, Forest Park Hotel, Tennis & Croquet 

Brockenhurst, relating that neither he nor Mrs 

Woodcock are able to play in the tournament tomorrow, 

and therefore requesting that their names be scratched 

out of the tournament. 


38 1914, July 2 Letter from J. King, Sway House, Sway to Mr Sutton, 

requesting details as to who he could obtain particulars 

of the Open Tennis Tournament at Brockenhurst and to 

whom entries should be made as they would like their 

niece to play in it. 

39 1914, Sept 23 Letter from Cecil Sutton on Brockenhurst Estate Office Sutton Business 

headed paper, concerning proposals by the Morant 

Trustees to encourage the area of the Ringwood Estate 

sown with wheat to reduce demands for imported wheat 

during war time. Invites the intended receiver of this 

letter to a meeting with the Ringwood tenants at 

Ringwood Town Hall on 29 Sept 1914. 


40a 1914, Oct 27 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to The Secretary at The Sutton Business 

Board of Agriculture, requesting information on the 

growing of sugar beet, manufacture of sugar, and 

information as to whether the Government will give 

help to encourage the same. Notes that he is Secretary 

of the Land Agent’s Society Branch for Hampshire and 

Wiltshire. 


40b 1914, Oct 28 Standard Form Letter acknowledgement of the letter of Sutton Business 

Cecil Sutton, esq., dated 27 Oct 1914 (number 40a 

above). 


40c 1914, Nov 2 Letter from the Assistant Secreatry at the Board of Sutton Business 

Agriculture and Fisheries (1p) in reply to the letter from 

C. Sutton, esq., dated 27 Oct (number 40a above), 

enclosing a list of books and articles dealing with sugar 

beet and the manufacture of beet sugar (4pp) and an 

application form for borrowing books from the Board’s 

library (1p) and conditions on which the books are 

loaned (1p). Also noting that the government is at 

present unable to provide financial assistance to growers 

of sugar beet. 


40d 1914, Nov 3 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to The Secretary at the Sutton Business 

Board of Agriculture & Fisheries, giving thanks for his 

letter of 2 Nov (number 40c above). 


41 1914, Nov 4 Prepaid postcard from J.F.S. Lea to Cecil Sutton, esq., Sutton Business 

Estate Office, Brokenhurst, informing him that he is 

‘coming over with 200 men tomorrow. Can you give us 

lunch? (not the 200 men!!)’. 


42 1914, Dec 17 Remittance slip from the Alliance Assurance Company, Sutton Business 

Ltd., to C.N.S. Sutton, esq., Estate Office, Brokenhurst, 

as to a commission due to him. 


43 1915, Feb 26 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to the Rev. C.C. Inge, St. Replies A-Z,

Giles Vicarage, 1 Norham Gardens, Oxford, covering a 

payment to him of Lectureship and Breadmoney due to 

St. Giles, Oxford at Michaelmas last, and requesting a 

receipt for the same. 

44 1915, Apr 24 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to Mr Imeston, Efford 

Farm, Lymington, offering Hayward Mill, Boldre, for 

rent if he is interested. 

45 1915, June 8 Letter from the English Kerry and Dexter Cattle Society 

to Cecil Sutton, esq., Estate Office, Brokenhurst, 

regarding a dispute about the purchase of a cow by Mrs 

Morant from Mr Robertson and stating that the Society 

could not involve itself in the matter. 

46 1915, Oct 19 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton (p.p.) to The Controller 

of Stamps, Inland Revenue Office, concerning the rates 

for stamping agreements and counterparts. 

47 1915, Dec 21 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to Mr G.T. Lyle, 

Secretary, Morant War Hospital, as to the Hospitals 

share of the account with the South Hants Waterworks 

Co. 

48 1916, Dec 18 Copy letter from [Cecil Sutton] to Messrs Neaum & 

Neaum, Fordingbridge, replying to their letter of 15 

Dec, stating that Mr E.J. Metcalfe is a satisfactory 

tenant, he having rented a house on the Ringwood 

Estate for 3 years at £30 p.a. and his rent has always 

been paid. 

49 1916, Dec 30 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton (p.p.) to Mr Chas. 

Seymour, Hightown, Ringwood, stating that he is 

pleased to let him Home Street Farm, Ringwood (c.42 

acres) at £65 p.a., subject to other lands in hand being 

50 1914x18, 

Apr 20 

let. 

Letter from Elizabeth Perkins, Boldre Bridge House, 

Lymington, stating that owing to the vicar going away 

she has been appointed as Agricultural Registrar for 

Boldre in his place. Asks if any extra women labour is 

require for the summer, stating that 9 local workers 

have been working at Stockley Nursery for 6 months 

and if not needed locally for the summer she wants to 

find them other farm work. Also requests names of any 

women employed on the land, as she wants to have a 

complete list for the Parish. Also asks that they (the 

women be informed of the W.I. and to invite them to 

join. Notes a proposed Fruit & Vegetable Show and 

Landworkers’ Rally on 25 July, noting that the Hon. 

Mrs Grant (T.I. for the Board of Agriculture) has 

promised to attend, and wonders if any employer of 

women’s labour would care to offer any special prizes 

as encouragement. 

51 1918, Oct 18 Telegram from Raysom, Bishopstoke, to Sutton, Estate 

Office, Brockenhurst, requesting 4 horses to be sent by 

road to ‘this depot’. 

1915 

Replies A-Z, 

1915 

Mrs Edward 

Morant Letters 

Replies A-Z, 

1915 

Replies A-Z, 

1915 

Replies A-Z, 

1916 

Replies A-Z, 

1916 

War Agricultural 

Committee 

War Agricultural 

Committee

52 1919, Mar 19 Letter from Endle & Co., surveyors, to Cecil Sutton, 

esq., requesting details as to the rent of the chemists 

vacated shop and also the rental of the town hall and 

sale price of the town hall. 

53 1921, Jan 11 Letter from William H. Keep, 1 Old Barracks, Lodmoor 

Hill, Weymouth, to Mr Sutton, thanking him for his 

help in being elected a member of the Land Agents’ 

Society. 

54 1921, Jan 21 Letter from William H. Keep, 1 Old Barracks, Lodmoor 

Hill, Weymouth, to Mr Sutton, suggesting that they 

propose Mr Godwin, agent to the Moreton Estate as a 

member of the Land Agents’ Society. Also enquiring 

how he is ‘getting on’ with the Verwood Claim and 

offering his help in the matter. 

55 1921, Mar 3 Postcard from Young & Marten, Ltd., builder’s 

merchants, to Captain Sutton, acknowledging the 

receipt of his order of Mar 2. 

56a 1921, Mar 26 Letter from W.H.B. Shemilt, Compton Estate Office, 

King’s Somborne, to Captain Sutton, asking him to 

mark and return a list of the 5 members seeking reelection 

to the Land Agents’ Society identifying those 

he will be voting for as he is unfamiliar with them; also 

asking whether last years subscription for the Land 

Agents’ Society is payable this year. 

56b 1921, Mar 30 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to W.H.B. Shemilt, esq., 

Comton Estate Office, King’s Somborne, in reply to 

that dated 26 March (number 56a above) and returning 

the marked election list and explaining that the 

subscription is no longer required due to a grant from 

the Society. 

57 n.d. [1921] Letter from Mr J. Bashford, c/o Mrs Burton, Colne, nr 

St. Ives, Hunts, regarding an advertisement in the F.D.S. 

for an agricultural position. 

58 n.d. [1921] Letter from W.F. Cavem Stud Cottages, Berks, 

regarding an advertisement in the F.D.S. for an 

agricultural position. 

59a 1921, Aug 16 Letter from J.E. Beavan, Home Farm, Bookham Grove, 

Bookham, Surrey, regarding an advertisement in the 

F.D.S. for an agricultural position. 

59b 1921, Aug 21 Letter from J. Beavan, Home Farm, Bookham Grove, 

Bookham, Surrey, regarding an advertisement in the 

F.D.S. for an agricultural position. 

60a 1921, Sept 19 Letter from the Office of the Inspector to the Committee 

for the Care of the Mentally Defective, Wiltshire 

County Council to Mr Greening, Dilton, Boldre, 

Lymington, Hants, concerning his means relating to his 

maintenance contribution. 

60b 1921, Sept 27 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to E.J. Blake, County 

Offices, Trowbridge, in reply to the letter of 19 Sept 

(number 60a above), stating the requested particulars of 

Ringwood Sales 

Inquiries 

Land Agents’ 

Society 


Society 

J.C. Power, July 

1920 – July 1921 


Society 


Society 

Home Farm, Sept 

1920-21 


1920-21 


1920-21 


1920-21 


1920-21 


1920-21

Mr Greening, farm bailiff. 

60c 1921, Sept 28 Postcard from E. Blake, of the Mental Deficiency 

Committee, Wiltshire County Council, acknowledging 

the receipt of the letter of 27 Sept (number 60b above). 

61a 1922, Jan 1 Letter from Arthur Atkinson Clark, Aberlour, 

Banffshire, to Captain Sutton, thanking him for his 

congratulations on his new appointment and hoping that 

he (Sutton) could let Barber go so as to make organising 

things easier. Much regarding the proposed 

amalgamation of the Land Agents’ Society with the 

Surveyors Institute and agreeing with Sutton that it 

would be a bad thing, also gives views of Scottish 

members of the Society. 

61b 1922, Jan 18 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to A. Atkinson Clark, 

esq., Aberlour, Banffshire, N.B., in reply to a letter 

dated 1 Jan (number 61a above), apologising for his 

slow reply and referring to the fact that he was able to 

let Barber go. Continues debate on the proposed 

amalgamation and thinks that such an amalgamation is 

unlikely; also notes that he successfully proposed a 

reduction in subscriptions for Scottish members. 

61c 1922, Jan 22 Letter from Arthur Atkinson Clark, Aberlour, 

Banffshire, to Captain Sutton, in reply to a letter dated 

18 Jan (number 61b above), noting that Barber is 

staying with him at the moment, who is shortly to be 

married and who passes on his regards to Sutton. 

Continues debate on amalgamation and thanks Sutton 

for securing a reduction on subscriptions for Scottish 

members. 

61d 1922, Mar 14 Letter from Arthur Atkinson Clark, Minto Estate Office, 

Hawick, Scotland, to Captain Sutton, thanking him for 

an enclosure with which he quite agrees, notes that a 

couple of older Scottish members favour amalgamation. 

States that he is trying to get settled and is sure that 

Barber will be ‘having a glorious time’ and that he 

(Barber) is now married. Apparently Barber replaced 

Clark at Aberlour. 

62 1922, Mar 17 Letter from Benjamin Taylor, Hon. Sec., Yorkshire 

Branch of the Land Agents’ Society, to C.N.S. Sutton, 

esq., Secretary of the Hants & Wilts Branch of the Land 

Agents’ Society, Estate Office, Brokenhurst, thanking 

him for the copy of the resolution passed by the Hants 

& Wits Branch with regard to the amalgamation. 

63 1922, Apr 10 Copy Letter from Cecil Sutton to C.B. Fisher, esq., 

Market Harborough, accepting that he was right in 

ticking him off at the Council Meeting, and explaining 

his actions. Stating that he is no longer Hon. Sec. or 

Chairman of the Hants & Wilts Branch, and that the 

chairman, Kenneth Heath, was ill and they (pres. the 

Branch) insisted on him taking the chair, whereupon he 


1920-21 


Society 


Society 


Society 


Society 


Society 


Society

explained his situation. He explained that the 

dissolution of both societies was required for 

amalgamation and that he gave away no secrets. He 

regrets having to refer to the Surveyor’s Institute 

finances, but had to, so as to balance rumours spread 

about the Land Agents’ Society’s finances, including 

claims that it was bankrupt. Closes by stating that he is 

‘not a Bolshie but merely a keen Loyalist’. 2pp. 

64 1922, Oct 11 Letter from Cockram & Dobbs, South Molton, 

auctioneers, to Cecil Sutton, giving details of the last 

Exmoor Sheep Sales of the year at Sherdon. 

65 1922, Dec 13 Cover Letter from John A. Thomas, Ramley, 

Lymington, Hants, for paying his subscription for 

himself and his wife. 

66 1924, Jan 5 Telegram Receipt from Sutton to King, Reporter, 

Lymington, informing him of a children’s fancy dress 

ball at the Morant Hall ‘this afternoon’. 

67 1924, Spring Herbert parker Ltd., Norwich, seed suppliers, Price List 

for Spring 1924. 

68 1924, Aug 12 Memorandum from J.C.N. King & Co., Maltsters, Corn 

& Manure Merchants, St. Thomas Street, Lymington, to 

Mr F. Greening, Dilton Farm, making an offer of 26s a 

quarter for the purchase of Black Winter Oats. 

69 1925, Aug 31 Cover Letter from Henrietta Giles to Mr Sutton, for 

paying her tennis fees. 

70 1926, Dec 29 Copy Cover Letter to H.M. Inspector of Taxes, for his 

tax return and requesting an Income Tax Return Form 

for Salaries, Fees, etc. 

71 n.d., Jan 10 Ticket for the Cinderella Subscription Dance to be held 

at the Morant Hall, Brockenhurst, Saturday 10 Jan, with 

entertainment by The New Forest Orpheans. 

72 n.d., 1921x22 Enquiry by H.L. Bradfer-Lawrence, to the Land Agents’ 

Society journal, forwarded to [?Cecil Sutton] regarding 

the enfranchisement of Copyhold lands. 

Home Farm, 

29/9/21 – 29/9/22 




Letters, 1924 

Home Farm, 

29/9/23 – 29/9/24 

Home Farm, 

29/9/23 – 29/9/24 

New Forest Lawn 

Tennis Club, 

1925 


Letters, 1926 


Society 

73 1917 Index sheets from file: Brokenhurst Receipts, 1917 Brokenhurst 

Receipts, 1917 

74 1908x12 Membership disks for the Burley & District New Forest 

Pony and Cattle Society, 1908, 1910, 1911 & 1912. 

Circular card discs (52mm diameter) punched at top 

with ribbons for attachment, illustrated with an unmounted 

saddled pony. 

75 n.d. Steward’s Badge for the Brockenhurst Christmas Fat 

Stock Show. Circular reinforced leather pin badge 

(47mm diameter), brown with gold text.


Reference No: 

Location 

Origin: Various; as listed 

Subject: Various; as listed 

CONTENTS 

1 1916, Aug 26 Letter with envelope from Dolly Northey 

“Valetta”, Princes Crescent, Lyndhurst, Hants to 

Frank Bedwell, esq., 32 Queen Street 

Scarborough. 

Tony Johnson, 

17/2/2010

Early Printed Material donated by Frank Green, 12 Jan 2007. 

Sales particulars etc. 

1. Sales Particulars for a freehold farm called Little Testwood, a leasehold house called Little 

Testwood Cottage, both in Eling and a piece of landat Upper Ryde on the Isle of Wight, to be 

sold by auction on the 16 th Day of August 1820. 

2. Poster advertising the sale of 2 leasehold properties on the estate of Sir Charles Mill, in 

Hounsdown, in the Parish of Eling, to be sold by auction on the 18 th Feb 1868. 

3.1. Sales Particulars for Cadnam Lodge, at Cadnam in the Parish of Minstead, to be sold by 

auction on the 26 th June 1879. 

3.2. Plan with photo of Cadnam Lodge, 1879, produced to accompany the above. 

4.1. Sales Particulars for a copyhold estate called Pollards Moor Farm, at Cadnam, to be sold 

by auction on the 16 th June 1887. 

4.2. Poster advertising the sale of a copyhold estate called Pollards Moor Farm, at Cadnam, 

to be sold by auction on the 8 th December 1886. 

5. Live and Dead Farm Stock from Manor Farm, Dibden, to be sold by auction, 6 th December 

1881. 

Roads. 

1. Notice of application to divert a highway in the Parish of Eling near Jacobs Gutter Lane, 

through a field belonging to Frederick Ibbotson, esq., made the 20 th Oct 1868. 

2. Copy of the same. 

Railways. 

1. Prospectus of the Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton Railway Company, 1836. 

2. Prospectus of the Salisbury and Dorsetshire Railway, including plan of existing and 

proposed routes, 1844. 

3. Statement of the Promoters of the Southampton and Salisbury or Southampton, Bristol, 

and South Wales Railway, Bill, 1857. 

Military. 

1. Notice to Commoners of the New Forest regarding the autumn 1895 Military Manoeuvres 

concerning the management of stock during the manoeuvres. 

Parliamentary Election. 

1. Notice of Appointment of Election Agents for the New Forest and Christchurch Division 

of the County of Hants, 1932.

General 


Reference No: G.570 to .597.7 

Subject: Wildlife: File 1 

General G 570 

CONTENTS 

1. British Wildlife - Ecology of Pastoralism in the New Forest by Colin R Tubbs 

2. Cartoon - Bournemouth Evening Echo August 89 

3. In the New Forest. Conserving wildlife - at source! R. Jackson Hampshire 

July 1985 

4. Friends of the New Forest. Chairman’s Report - February 1995 

5. World Wildlife Fund Gardening for Wildlife 

6. BBC Wildlife March 1994. Garden Watch. 

1. Making a natural garden pond - Chris Baines 

2. Entice dragonflies into the garden - Richard Jones 

7. Hampshire Biological Record, March 1995 

8. Life after death - decomposition - Forensic Science - BBC Wildlife April 1994 

9. On nature’s case - Nature Detectives. BBC Wildlife October 1993 

10. New Forest Supporters Group - WWF Newsletter January 1994 

11. Seeing the Wood for the Trees by Colin Tubbs RSPB Magazine Autumn 1977 

12. Thetford Forest Park Fred Currie & Ron Hoblyn Birds Magazine 

13. Treasures of the Forest by D Knowlton Hampshire, September 1965 

14.a 

Wildlife hit by major oil spill (Newspaper cutting), by A. Ross. 

b Brockenhurst Copse Felling (Newspaper cutting), by A. Ross. 

15. Woodland Wildlife by Dick Steele. Birds - RSPB Magazine May-June 1974. 

16. Habitat Focus: Woodland in Summer. Birds Summer 1995 

17. Under Ragged Boys Hill, M.Smith, The Times 4/11/2000 

17a. Walk the Walk on the proper paths, letter to The Times , 18/11/2000 

18. The muddy marsh yields its tasty treat – Gull’s eggs The Times 11 May 2002 

19. Winter Forest – by D.Massom Lifestyle South Magazine issue 10, Jan- 

Feb.1994 

20. Vegetation of Sites of Previous Cultivation in the New Forest by E.L.Jones & 

C.R.Tubbs . Reprint from Nature Vol.198, No.4884 pp.977-978, 8/6/1963 

(Ford Collection) 

21. Wildlife Walk in the New Forest by A.Walmesbury Hampshire Apr.98 Vol.38 

No.6 pp 31-33 plus map 

G 570 to G597.7 by page Updated 31/03/2010

Fungi 




Fungi G 589.2 

1. New Forest Fungi Code/The Significance of the New Forest 

2. Beware of the fungi to die for. Weekend 11 November 1995 

3.a 

10 Areas Banned to Fungi Pickers (? Newspaper) 15/11/1995 

b Protection of Fungi (newspaper letter) 24/11/1995 

4. Exploring the New Forest 

5. A Field Key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi Gordon Dickson 1998 

6. Threatened “tooth” (or stipitate hydnoid) fungi - 14 species - Action Plan 

7. Context of UK and Hampshire Biodiversity Action Plans - for fungi - 1999 

8. A passion for Fungi by Rosemary Webb Natural World Summer 1999 

9. The Hampshire’s Earthy Stars by Graham Mattock Country-side Autumn & 

Winter 1999 

10. Tooth Fungus Surveys Start to Bite – Peter Marren – ABFG Journal Spring 

2001 

11.a Threatened ‘tooth’ (or stipitate hydnoid) fungi – Action Plan 

11.b A Field Key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi 

12 ‘Don’t Pick on us, plead fungus fans’ newspaper article + photo of R.Colin- 

Stokes (Forest Keeper) 

13. The Joy of Ceps – Jonathan Meades’s Sense of Place, New Forest. The Times 

16/10/2004 

14. New Forest skirmish over the chanterelle picker, by S.Payne, The Daily 

Telegraph 25/1/2006 


Invertebrates 




Invertebrates – Insects & 

Annelids (leeches) 

G 595.7 

G 595.1 

1. New Forest Dragon Waters by J. Taverner, Hampshire March 1999 

2. Hampshire Stag Beetle Hunt: Hampshire Wildlife Trust 

3. The Exquisite Earwig - Natural History. BBC Wildlife April 1994 

4. Award Hope for Hornet Man John Forest Reporter 23.2.1989 

4.a Not Before Time Southern Evening Echo 28.2.1989 

5. £14m scheme to aid “at risk” species - Guardian - March 9 th 1999 

6.a Southern Chestnut Moths - 14.12.1996 - Lymington Times 

6.b Rare moths take cover in Forest - The Daily Echo - 7 December 1996 

7.a Moths raise a flutter - New Forest Post - 28 November 1996 

7.b New Forest Butterflies, letter from M.Drummond, The Times June 21,2001 

c. Major decline in Forest butterflies Advertiser & Times June 2001 

8. Hirudo medicinalis as a British Species W N Blair FZS Proceedings of the 

Zoological Society, London 1928. 

9. Medicinal Leech Hirudo medicinalis, Hampshire Wildlife Trust Fact Sheet 1. 

2000 

10. The Status, Conservation & Use of the Medicinal Leech, Ausden, Banks, 

Donnison etc British Wildlife Apr.2002 

11. Arachnological Survey of Hyde and Gorley Commons July- Oct.1996 

12. Black Bog Ant Formica candida Hampshire Wildlife Trust Fact Sheet 1. 2000 

13. Search for our Insect Singer (Cicadetta montana) by J.A.Grant reprint from 

Country-Side Summer 1970 

14. Conserving Britain’s Cicada by J.A.Grant reprint from Country-Side Summer 

1972 

15. This little chap is on the danger list (New Forest Cicada & other endangered 

species) S.Evening Echo 7 Nov.1973 

16. Large Marsh Grasshoppers : part of an article from Hampshire Jan.1997 

17. The life blood of the Forest (ref : ticks Ixodes ricinus) New Forest Notes – 

April by A.H.Passmore Lymington Times ** also includes article on pounds 

in the 1970’s 


Vertebrates 




Vertebrates Amphibians G 597.6 

1. Reptiles & Amphibians Derek Thompson and Martin Noble Deputy Surveyor 


2. Slither, Slide. RSPB Bird Magazine Spring 1981 

3. The Global Croak. Kenny Taylor BBC Wildlife March 1994 

4. Natterjacks for Martin Mere Patrick J Wisniewski Wildfowl October 1985 

5. Toads fall foul of the law. Trevor Beebee BBC Wildlife April 1990 

6. Return of the Natterjack Trevor Charlton RSPB Birds Summer 1984 Vol.10 

No.2 

Mr Toad returns to Forest N F Post 19.5.94 


Reptiles 




Vertebrates - Reptiles G 597.9 

1. Snake, Rattle & Wriggle Mark Boyd RSPB Birdlife Spring 1993 

2. Snakes - No need to panic - Keith Bloodworth Southern Echo 6.78 

3. Adder plus Pamela Henderson Hampshire November 1979 

b 25,000 Adders in New Forest The Times 26 May 1960 

4. My Life with Adders Sylvia Sheldon BBC Wildlife August 1994 

5. Amphibians and Reptiles Derek Thompson and Hugh Insley New Forest 

Forestry Commission September 1975 



7. Forest Snakes for the Zoo Southern Daily Echo 

8. Snake Catcher’s Chair a gift to Society. Southern Evening Echo 30.1.1981 

9. Snakes on the doorstep by Marjorie Shaw Hampshire February 1972 

10. The Slow Worm Affair - Anne Riddell BBC Wildlife May 1994 

11. Dance of the Adders - Leonard G Appleby Hampshire July 1988 

11.a Adder Plus Hampshire November 1979 

12. Two adder attacks on children spark alert – Maggie Walker The Times 6 May 

2000 

12.a Be careful where you put your feet – Emma Haughton The Times 3 June 2000 

13. Have we got newts for you Glyn Mottershead New Forest Post 27 May 1999 

14. Lucy Pinney on New Forest adders The Times 3 February 2001 

15. HARG News 1. Jan 2000 .(Hampshire Amphibian & Reptile Group) 

16. HARG News 7. Winter 2003 .(Hampshire Amphibian & Reptile Group) 

17. Adder Aid Leaflets Withdrawn Echo 13/12/1975 


General 




General 

Fungi 

Invertebrates: Insects 

Annelids - Leeches 

Vertebrates: Amphibians 

Reptiles 

CONTENTS 

G.570 

G.589.2 

G.595.73 

G.595.1 

G.597.6 

G.597.9 

1. British Wildlife - Ecology of Pastoralism in the New Forest by Colin R Tubbs 

2. Cartoon - Bournemouth Evening Echo August 89 

3. In the New Forest. Conserving wildlife - at source! R. Jackson Hampshire 

July 1985 

4. Friends of the New Forest. Chairman’s Report - February 1995 

5. World Wildlife Fund Gardening for Wildlife 

6. BBC Wildlife March 1994. Garden Watch. 

1. Making a natural garden pond - Chris Baines 

2. Entice dragonflies into the garden - Richard Jones 

7. Hampshire Biological Record, March 1995 

8. Life after death - decomposition - Forensic Science - BBC Wildlife April 1994 

9. On nature’s case - Nature Detectives. BBC Wildlife October 1993 

10. New Forest Supporters Group - WWF Newsletter January 1994 

11. Seeing the Wood for the Trees by Colin Tubbs RSPB Magazine Autumn 1977 

12. Thetford Forest Park Fred Currie & Ron Hoblyn Birds Magazine 

13. Treasures of the Forest by D Knowlton Hampshire, September 1965 

14.a 

Wildlife hit by major oil spill (Newspaper cutting), by A. Ross. 

b Brockenhurst Copse Felling (Newspaper cutting), by A. Ross. 

15. Woodland Wildlife by Dick Steele. Birds - RSPB Magazine May-June 1974. 

16. Habitat Focus: Woodland in Summer. Birds Summer 1995 

17. Under Ragged Boys Hill, M.Smith, The Times 4/11/2000 

17a. Walk the Walk on the proper paths, letter to The Times , 18/11/2000 

18. The muddy marsh yields its tasty treat – Gull’s eggs The Times 11 May 2002 

19. Winter Forest – by D.Massom Lifestyle South Magazine issue 10, Jan- 

Feb.1994 

G.570 to G.597.7 Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 4

20. Vegetation of Sites of Previous Cultivation in the New Forest by E.L.Jones & 

C.R.Tubbs . Reprint from Nature Vol.198, No.4884 pp.977-978, 8/6/1963 

(Ford Collection) 

21. Wildlife Walk in the New Forest by A.Walmesbury Hampshire Apr.98 Vol.38 

No.6 pp 31-33 plus map 

Fungi 

1. New Forest Fungi Code/The Significance of the New Forest 

2. Beware of the fungi to die for. Weekend 11 November 1995 

3.a 10 Areas Banned to Fungi Pickers (? Newspaper) 15/11/1995 

b Protection of Fungi (newspaper letter) 24/11/1995 

4. Exploring the New Forest 

5. A Field Key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi Gordon Dickson 1998 

6. Threatened “tooth” (or stipitate hydnoid) fungi - 14 species - Action Plan 

7. Context of UK and Hampshire Biodiversity Action Plans - for fungi - 1999 

8. A passion for Fungi by Rosemary Webb Natural World Summer 1999 

9. The Hampshire’s Earthy Stars by Graham Mattock Country-side Autumn & 

Winter 1999 

10. Tooth Fungus Surveys Start to Bite – Peter Marren – ABFG Journal Spring 

2001 

11.a Threatened ‘tooth’ (or stipitate hydnoid) fungi – Action Plan 

11.b A Field Key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi 

12 ‘Don’t Pick on us, plead fungus fans’ newspaper article + photo of R.Colin- 

Stokes (Forest Keeper) 

13. The Joy of Ceps – Jonathan Meades’s Sense of Place, New Forest. The Times 

16/10/2004 

14. New Forest skirmish over the chanterelle picker, by S.Payne, The Daily 

Telegraph 25/1/2006 


Invertebrates 

1. New Forest Dragon Waters by J. Taverner, Hampshire March 1999 

2. Hampshire Stag Beetle Hunt: Hampshire Wildlife Trust 

3. The Exquisite Earwig - Natural History. BBC Wildlife April 1994 

4. Award Hope for Hornet Man John Forest Reporter 23.2.1989 

4.a Not Before Time Southern Evening Echo 28.2.1989 

5. £14m scheme to aid “at risk” species - Guardian - March 9 th 1999 

6.a Southern Chestnut Moths - 14.12.1996 - Lymington Times 

6.b Rare moths take cover in Forest - The Daily Echo - 7 December 1996 

7.a Moths raise a flutter - New Forest Post - 28 November 1996 

7.b New Forest Butterflies, letter from M.Drummond, The Times June 21,2001 

c. Major decline in Forest butterflies Advertiser & Times June 2001 

8. Hirudo medicinalis as a British Species W N Blair FZS Proceedings of the 

Zoological Society, London 1928. 

9. Medicinal Leech Hirudo medicinalis, Hampshire Wildlife Trust Fact Sheet 1. 

2000 

10. The Status, Conservation & Use of the Medicinal Leech, Ausden, Banks, 

Donnison etc British Wildlife Apr.2002 

11. Arachnological Survey of Hyde and Gorley Commons July- Oct.1996 

12. Black Bog Ant Formica candida Hampshire Wildlife Trust Fact Sheet 1. 2000 

13. Search for our Insect Singer (Cicadetta montana) by J.A.Grant reprint from 

Country-Side Summer 1970 

14. Conserving Britain’s Cicada by J.A.Grant reprint from Country-Side Summer 

1972 

15. This little chap is on the danger list (New Forest Cicada & other endangered 

species) S.Evening Echo 7 Nov.1973 

16. Large Marsh Grasshoppers : part of an article from Hampshire Jan.1997 

17. The life blood of the Forest (ref : ticks Ixodes ricinus) New Forest Notes – 

April by A.H.Passmore Lymington Times ** also includes article on pounds 

in the 1970’s 


Vertebrates 



2. Slither, Slide. RSPB Bird Magazine Spring 1981 

3. The Global Croak. Kenny Taylor BBC Wildlife March 1994 

4. Natterjacks for Martin Mere Patrick J Wisniewski Wildfowl October 1985 

5. Toads fall foul of the law. Trevor Beebee BBC Wildlife April 1990 

6. Return of the Natterjack Trevor Charlton RSPB Birds Summer 1984 Vol.10 

No.2 

Reptiles 

Mr Toad returns to Forest N F Post 19.5.94 

1. Snake, Rattle & Wriggle Mark Boyd RSPB Birdlife Spring 1993 

2. Snakes - No need to panic - Keith Bloodworth Southern Echo 6.78 

3. Adder plus Pamela Henderson Hampshire November 1979 

b 25,000 Adders in New Forest The Times 26 May 1960 

4. My Life with Adders Sylvia Sheldon BBC Wildlife August 1994 

5. Amphibians and Reptiles Derek Thompson and Hugh Insley New Forest 

Forestry Commission September 1975 



7. Forest Snakes for the Zoo Southern Daily Echo 

8. Snake Catcher’s Chair a gift to Society. Southern Evening Echo 30.1.1981 

9. Snakes on the doorstep by Marjorie Shaw Hampshire February 1972 

10. The Slow Worm Affair - Anne Riddell BBC Wildlife May 1994 

11. Dance of the Adders - Leonard G Appleby Hampshire July 1988 

11.a Adder Plus Hampshire November 1979 

12. Two adder attacks on children spark alert – Maggie Walker The Times 6 May 

2000 

12.a Be careful where you put your feet – Emma Haughton The Times 3 June 2000 

13. Have we got newts for you Glyn Mottershead New Forest Post 27 May 1999 

14. Lucy Pinney on New Forest adders The Times 3 February 2001 

15. HARG News 1.(Hampshire Amphibian & Reptile Group) Jan 2000 

16. HARG News 7. Winter 2003 .(Hampshire Amphibian & Reptile Group) 

17. Adder Aid Leaflets Withdrawn Echo 13/12/1975 



Reference No: G 574.92 

Subject: Heathlands, Mires, Ponds and Rivers 

CONTENTS 

1 (a) Fighting for the last wilderness by Katherine Hearn The National Trust, 

Southern News, Autumn/Winter 1996 

1 

(b) 

Saving our Heathland by Andy Webb The National Trust, Southern News, 

Autumn/Winter 1996 

2. The Battle for Canford Heath by Stan Davies RSPB Birds 

3. Blasted Heath or precious heritage? By Colin Bibby RSPB Birds 

4. Heathland - England’s own Disaster Area by Gareth H Davies RSPB Birds 

5. Internationally Important Wetlands and Special Protection Areas for Birds - 

leaflet published by Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 

6. Internationally important bird sites: special protection areas and Ramsar sites. 

7. Swifter flows the river by Gwyn Williams RSPB Birds Summer 1980 

8. Rivers for Wildlife by Gwyn Williams RSPB Birds Spring 1984 

9. Wetlands: the wider dimension by Geoffrey Mathews Wildfowl World May 

1984 

10. The WWF/IUCN Wetlands Campaign by Patrick Dugan published in Wildfowl 

World October 1985 (No 93) 

11. Stability of the Pool-Riffle sequence in changing River Channels by K J 

Gregory, A M Gurnell, C T Hill and S Tooth, paper from Regulated Rivers: 

Research & Management, vol.9 pg 35-43 1994. 

12. Ponds - Pond Action - published by CPRE June 1984 

13. Past and Present Mire Communities of the New Forest and their conservation 

by M J Clarke 1988 

14. King’s Country 2. Acid Bogs by Simon King BBC Wildlife July 1995 

15. New Forest Naturally - geology 

16. Plant Communities of Valley Mires in the New Forest, Hants by T Atkinson. 

Reprint from J.Biogeography 1984 Vol.11 

17. Litter Breakdown in Rivers and Streams - the Distribution and Abundance of 3 

fish species in relation to Timber Debris and Meso-0habitgats. T E Langford 

& S J Hawkins published in Limnetica Vol.13 No.2 1997 

18. Rare Essentials - Wildlife of Heathlands by J Cadbury and N Moore 

19a. A Little Piece of Scotland for the National Trust - Open Heathland at Ibsley, 

Rockford and Mockbeggar. . National Trust - Southern News - Autumn 1999

20. New Forest - News from Countryside - Autumn-Winter 1999 

(a) Future of Forest Inclosures - returning to mires or lowland heath. 

(b) Conservationists to harvest heather 

21. Wildlife - the Keyhaven & Pennington Marshes by John Taverner Hampshire 

Magazine, Vol.39, No.1 (Nov.1998) pp 31-33. 

22. Around Bishop’s Dyke by John Taverner Hampshire Magazine, Vol.38, No.4 

(Feb.1998) pp 32-3. 

23. Wild Gladiolus by Jonathan Stokes Plantlife, Summer 2000 

24. The Distribution of Gorse in the New Forest in relation to former Land Use by 

C.R.Tubbs & E.L.Jones Hampshire Field Club, reprint from Vol.XXIII Pt.1 

(1964) 

25. Balmer Lawn Project - Lymington River compiled by J.Gauler (14/8/95) 

initial survey by M.Bottomley 

30. Bog restoration in the New Forest. Forestry Commission .


Reference No: G.598 

Subject: Birds 

CONTENTS 

Birds 

1. A day in the Forest - ornithological excursion at Martin Down - D Mills 

Hampshire July 1984 

2. What we said… 100 years ago - “Singing Birds” - Southern Evening Echo - 

1.10.1973 

3. Bird-watchers focus on forest Newspaper cutting 

4. Biggest Bird Box in Hampshire Advertiser & Times 8.4.89 

5. Some New Forest Specialities J H Taverner (Birds in Hampshire) Hampshire 

June 1971 

6. Dartford Warblers - their habitat and conservation in the New Forest in 1988, 

by Westerhoff D and Tubbs C R. Reprint - Biological Conservation Vol.56 

1991. 

7. In search of the (Dartford Warbler) Watford Dabbler by D Tomlinson - 

wildlife of heathlands at Arne. No info on publication. 

8. Bird on a knife-edge - Dartford Warbler by Colin Bibby RSPC Winter 1976 

Keeping a keen eye on the Forest warblers - New Forest Post 13 th May 1999. 

9. How good is your duck spotting? Keith Viniccombe Wildfowl World No. 87 

Sept 1982 

10. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Wildfowl World May 1982 

11. Bird Eggs - published by Bird Society (4 pages) 

12. The Charming Goldfinch RSPB Magazine Winter 1981 

13. A siege of Herons - R T Mills RSPB Magazine Winter 1980 

14. The Mallard - the world’s most successful duck - Wildfowl World - No.87 Sept 

1982 

15. Nightjars - in the still of the night - photographed by F V Blackburn RSPB 

Magazine Sept - Oct 1975 

16. Ghost Bird by Dr Iain Taylor (Barn Owl) RSPB Winter 1987 Vol 11 No.8 

17. New Forest Owl Sanctuary - Christmas Letter - from C Milsom 

18. Stonechat Sentinels RSPB Birds Summer 1986 Volume 11 No.2 

19. Little Terns by David Lea RSPB Birds May/June 1979 

20. Hey - Tree Creeper! Birdlife RSPB Jan/Feb 1993 

21. Seeing Birds - Waders Tony Prater RSPB Birds Winter 1984 Vol.10 No.4 

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22. Wings of the Wild by Keith Vinicombe Wildfowl World Oct.1985 

23. Woodlark soars back from near-extinction by A J McIlroy Wildlife & Wildlife 

Conservation 14.2.1998 

24. Dead Wood and Droppings by Ken Smith RSPB Birds Spring 1988 Volume 

12, No.1 (about woodpeckers) 

25. The Private Lives of Puffins Revealed. National Trust Wessex News Winter 

1999. Isle of Purbeck 

26. Rare Bird is causing a bit of a flap - Cetti’s Warblers - Daily Echo 30.12.1996 

27. Bird Predators/Don’t put all blame on Magpies - letters - Lymington Times 

21.12.1996. 

28. Dawn Chorus - letter - Lymington Times - 7.12.1996 

29. Birds have not flown - letter - Daily Echo 11.12.1996. 

30. The Changing Fortunes of Hampshire’s birds by Flo Wiseman Advertiser & 

Times 27/1/2001 

31. Hampshire Ornithological Society Newsletter No.2 (April 1979). Articles : 

Recent Reports- Jan.to March 1979, New Forest Notes (Ford Collection) 

32. Hampshire Ornithological Society Newsletter No.3 (June 1979) including New 

Forest Notes (Ford Collection) . Articles : Grebe & Wildfowl Breeding Survey 

(1978), The Avon Valley Below Ringwood, 3 uncommonly marked birds, Are 

Herons Decreasing? 

33. Dartford warblers Sylvia undata in the New Forest. The status, habitat 

management and monitoring by Dave Burges (Jan.1998) New Forest Life 

Partnership - RSPB 

34. The Influence of Reclamation on Wader Numbers at Dibden Bay, 1950-1967. 

Pratt & Glue (1967) Photocopy from Hampshire Bird Report 1967 

35. Saltmarsh Reclamation Stages and Their Associated Bird-life. Glue (1970) 

Offprint from Bird Study, Vol.18, no.4, pp.187-198. 

36. Warblers growing fainter outside the New Forest by M.Hornsby. The Times 

9/2/1989 

37. The birds who come in from the cold by J. Taverner, drawing of Smew Duck 

by D.Thelwell Southern Evening Echo, 18/2/1985 

37a. 5 Photos taken 19/2/85 at Keyhaven Marshes following the article (see 37). 

38. Birds of the New Forest by J. Taverner, drawing of Hobby by D.Thelwell 

Southern Evening Echo,21.7.1980 

39. Springtime Birds in the New Forest by Andrew Walmesley, Hampshire 

Mar.77 (Vol.37 No.5 pp.32-34) 

40. Conserving wildlife – at source! In the New Forest by R.Jackson, Hampshire 

Jul.85 Vol.25 No,9 pp 42-44 

41. Wildlife – The Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes by J.Taverner, Hampshire 

Nov.98 pp31-33 

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Reference No: G.599.73 

Subject: Deer 

CONTENTS 

1. The Deer of the New Forest W A Cadman Hampshire & Isle of Wight 

Naturalists’ Trust Hampshire November 1968 

2. The Wild Deer of Hampshire P H Carne Hampshire February 1962 

3. Roe-deer and their antlers Richard Prior The Field October 31 1963 

4. Feeding Time in the New Forest. Newspaper cutting. (Fallow deer) 

5. Know your British Deer Study Pack British Deer Society 

6. The British Deer Society Education Programme 

7. Deer dig truffles in the New Forest W A Cadman The Field 14.9.67 

8. Day-trip dogs butcher deer, by S. Wilgress Forest Reporter July 6 1989 

9. Better days for Hampshire’s Wild Deer P H Carne Hampshire August 1970 

10. Monarchs of the Forest by P.Carne, Southern Daily Echo 6/2/87 

11. New Government Guidelines on control (culling) of deer Advertiser & Times 

8/1/2005 

12. Autumn Delights by A.Walmsley Hampshire Nov.1997 pp.22-23 

13. Dangerous Times for Secret Deer – Roe in the Southern Counties by R.Prior 

Country Life Jul.26 1984 pp.272-273 

14. Our Deer Friend by P.Carne Southern Evening Echo 

15. Deer Diet Study Lymington Times 14/5/1994 

16. Crackdown on ‘cruel killers’ by K.Bloodworth Southern Evening Echo 

8/11/1979 

17. Come-uppance for the deer killers by P.Carne Southern Evening Echo 

1/9/1980 

18. Squirrel’s Eye View of Deer by P.H.Carne Southern Evening Echo 20/10/1975 

19.a Forest deer thieves face ‘heavy’ jail Southern Evening Echo 14/10/1978 

19.b Record swim for deer Southern Evening Echo 12/8/1975 

20. Wolf eyes and lion dung save the deer Southern Evening Echo 3/1/1995 

21. Dish fit for wild guests by J.Taverner Southern Evening Echo 15/5/87 

22. The deer of the New Forest by W.A.Cadman Hampshire Nov.1968 pp.29-30 

23. King of the New Forest by A.Bestic Unknown magazine 

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Badgers 


Reference No: G.599 


Mammals G.599 

A. Badgers G.599.7 

B. Bats G.599.4 

C. Rodents G.599.32 

D. Other mammals, eg otters 

CONTENTS 

1. Badger Gates - Judith Rowe Forestry Commission Leaflet 

2. Badger battle set to rebound on hunters by Peter East Southern Evening Echo 

October 8 1987 

3. A haven for Brock - but for how long? By Peter Carne Southern Evening Echo 

October 2 1987 

4. King of the Woods by Simon King BBC Wildlife January 1992 pp.23-27 

5. New Forest not badgers’ favourite home? Lymington Times 21 Dec 1996 

6. Some important considerations concerning the actions of Foxhunters on the 

behaviour of the badger in the New Forest C.G.Packham draft 7/8/84 

7. All there in black ad white by C.Madeley (newspaper article) 

8. Badgered at Burley by Chrissie Pollard Hampshire Apr.94 Vol.34 No.6 pp 5-6 

9. More Amazing Stories of Supper Parties by T.Clarke Hampshire Jun,97 

Vol.37 No.8 pp.28-31 (****check pp32-34 on Dragon Flies) 

10. Persecution has halved population by E.Ashby, Southern Evening Echo 

30/5/79 

Bats 

1. Bats The Bat Conservation Trust 1990 

2. Garden for Bats The Bat Conservation Trust 

3. Noctule Bat The Bat Conservation Trust 

4. Going Bats by M.Glendell & D.Bullock The National Trust Magazine 

Autumn 1999 pp.64-5,67 

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Rodents - Dormouse, Squirrels, Mink 

1. Influences of large herbivores on small rodents in the New Forest, Hampshire 

Hill, S D, Southampton, Ph.D. 1985 

2. The Audible Dormouse Pat Morris & Andrew Hoodless. BBC Wildlife April 

1990 

3. Peril grows from town with mink under its feet. Adrian Lee. The Times 

August 11 1998 

4. The Beautiful American Nick Hayward, Nigel Dunstone and Jane O’Sullivan. 

BBC Wildlife January 1992 

5. Predatory Mammals in Britain - a code of practice for their management 

Council for Nature(Pine marten & Polecat. 

6. Cruelty to TV Squirrel denied by chef by Chris Yandell New Forest Post 1 st 

September 1995 

7. Red Squirrels to come back to New Forest? Southern Evening Echo 

21.4.1994. 

8. The deadly diet of the Red Squirrel Nick Nuttall The Times 8 May 1995 

9. The secret of Nutkin’s Waterloo Jessica Holm BBC Wildlife November 1989 

10. What we said…100 years ago. June 1875 The Cattle Disease. 

October 1883 Squirrels. Southern Evening Echo 

11. Dormouse Haven National Trust - Southern News Autumn 1999 

12. The Mink Menace Howard Taylor Hampshire November 1998 Vol.39, No.1 

13. Wild Mink at Large , issued by the Ministry of Agriculture (Dec.1965) 

14. Thousands of Mink will wreak havoc with wildlife Lymington Times 

Other Mammals 

1. Illuminating Otters by Hans Kruuk BBC Wildlife August 1989 pp.497-501 

2. An Estimate of the Population density of the Red Fox in the New Forest, 

reprint from Journal of Zoology (1977) 183, pp.549-553 

3. Hampshire’s large mammals, J.Taverner Hampshire Feb.1990 pp.36-37 

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16. 

** 


Reference No: G.634.9 

Subject: Forests - leaflets, cuttings, etc. missing 

NB missing numbers in binder entitled: 

N220 Forestry Commission . . 

** missing/moved as at 9/7/2004 

CONTENTS 

Bolderwood Walks New Forest Forestry Commission Deputy Surveyor July 

1980 

17. Newsleaf Newsletter of the Hampshire Tree Wardens No.13 September 1994 

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust 

18. New Threat to New Forest Woodlands Report to the New Forest Association 

and the Hampshire Wildlife Trust Colin R Tubbs & Jennifer M Tubbs 27 

February 1996 

19. Second copy of above 

20. Our Wealth of Woods CPRE October 1993 

21. Hampshire Wildlife Trust. Help Trees Act now before it’s too late. 

Hampshire Tree Warden Scheme 

22. If you go down to the woods today by Alex Wijeratne Weekend April 12 

1997 

**23 The New Forest - can it survive? Pamphlet published before 1971. 

25. Our Forest Heritage - newsletter of the Forestry Trust for Conservation and 

Education - Winter 1995 - No.12 

26. (a) Bracken eradication enforcements in the New Forest - Lymington Times 

(date not clear) - short article. 

(b) Footpaths could become roads? -short article - Lymington Times 

27. A whodunnit down in the woods, Nick Nuttall - The Times Weekend 22/5/99 

28. (a) More Forest cash aid for storm damage in 1987. 

(b) County’s blueprint to save heathland Forest Reporter 6/7/1989 

29. (a) The October storm with a silver lining - fallen oaks in the storm being 

stored in a timber bank to help restore historic properties in the Hampshire 

County - Echo 23/11/1988 

(b) Snakes alive! - it’s a pair of adder tongs! Echo 23/11/1988 

30. Forests for Folks by Chris Baines BBC Wildlife February 1991 

31. 

** 

Photocopy of letter to G Briscoe Eyre from Lascelles “Planting Trees in Open 

Lands” written 1888

32. TIMBER Articles published in The Times 16/3/1995 

33. TREES - published by CPRE 

Know your Trees - RSPB Birds 

34. The Alder 1982 

35. The Hawthorn Summer 1982 

36. The Scots Pine Summer 1983 

37. The Beech Winter 1982 

38. The Oak Autumn 1982 

39. Green Leaf and Shade - RSPB Birds 1982 - extracted from “The Hill of 

Summer” by J A Baker, published by Collins. 

40. Tree of a Kind - pictures to help with Tree Identification - published by 

UYOC/Forest Enterprise Survey. 

41. Spring in the New Forest, photographed by Terry Heathcote. RSPB Birds 

1986 Vol.11 No.1 

A Walk through the woods in… - RSPB Birds 

42.. Summer 1983 

43.. Autumn 1982 

44.. Winter 1982 

45. Forest Life No. 9 Forestry Commission, Forest Enterprise missing 18/11/04 

46. Masts - New Forest Sitka Spruce trees + Larch. The National Trust, Southern 

News 

47. Life in the New Forest New Forest Life Partnership Forestry Commission 

1999 leaflet. 

48. New Forest Life Project - practical conservation work. 

49. Trees and Us BBC Wildlife Magazine 

50. Composition, Structure and Regeneration Characteristics of open woodlands of 

N F Hampshire. Reprint - Journal of Biogeography (1987) Vol.14 by R K 

Morgan 

51. Tree-ring analysis in forest productivity studies: an investigation of growthclimate 

relationships in the New Forest by R Taylor. Reprint - Journal of 

Biogeography 1981 Vol.8 

52. An evaluation of the impact of anthropogenic pressures on woodland 

regeneration in the New Forest by R K Morgan. Reprint - Journal of 

Biogeography 1987 Vol.14. 

53. Soils and Vegetation History of abandoned enclosures in the New Forest. 

Reprint from Journal of Archaeological Science 1987 Vol.14 missing 18/11/04 

56. The Knightwood Oak photograph - R T Halliwell Hampshire Magazine 

Nov.1967

57. Joining Forces with Forestry by John Andrews RSPB - Birds 

58. The versatile Oak by E Cameron Countryside Autumn-Winter 1999 

59. “Out of the Woods and into the Blue” by Oliver Tickell The Times 29 Jan 

2000 

60. When were Pine/Fir trees first planted on the Beaulieu Estate? Beaulieu 

Record Office. 

61. “Steaming in the 1920s” by A E Bright Hampshire Magazine Nov 1979 p 67 

62. “A film makers forest” by Stephen Bolwell Hampshire Magazine Vol.39, 

No.2 Dec.1998 pp 51-2 

63. The Woodlands of England by C.E. Moss, W.M. Rankin, A.G. Tansley. 

Reprinted from The New Phytologist Vol. IX, Nos. 3 & 4, March & April 1910 

64. “New Light on Scots Pines” by A. Pasmore Advertiser & Times 3/3/2001 

65. “Conifers feel the axe as woods revert to the past” – G.H. Davies The Times 

26/1/2002 

66. “Alert over biggest tree blight threat since Dutch elm” – Valerie Elliott. The 

Times 5/12/2003 

67. “Sudden oak death another disaster?” Advertiser & Times 3/1/2004 

68. “Oaks facing greater disease threat” Valerie Elliott. The Times 3/2/2004

Updated : 31/03/2010 


Reference No: G.639.9 (includes old N 110) 

Subject: New Forest Conservation 

CONTENTS 

1. ON THE FRINGE [adjacent commons] Hampshire Magazine July 1962 

2. COUNTY COMMENTARY Forest Appeal; Museums; long-distance 

footpaths; Hampshire Jun 1964 

3. LAND EVERLASTING Ralph Wightman, Hampshire, Jan 1970, pp 22-24 

4. IN DEFENCE OF THE NEW FOREST J.Arlott, Hampshire, Feb 1971 pp 24- 

26 

5. THE NEW FOREST E M Hodgson, Hampshire, Oct 1971 pp 31-32 

6. IN A GREEN SHADE R. Mabey Essays on Landscape 1970-1983 “The New 

Forest” Hutchinson 1983 pp 67-71 

7. PRESSURE FOR CHANGE ON THE NEW FOREST typescript headings 

and illustration c.1980 

8. WAYS TO AVOID SELF-DESTRUCTION - FUTURE OF THE NEW 

FOREST Guy Mountford, Country Life, 2.4.1987 pp 80-83 

9. FIGHT FOR THE NEW FOREST Countryside Campaigner, Autumn 1987, 

p3 & front cover 

10. A FUTURE FOR THE FOREST C. Tubbs, Natural World, Winter 1987, pp 

16-19 (3 copies) 

11. PROTECT THE NEW FOREST (extract) David Puttnam, Countryside 

Campaigner, Spring 1988 

12. PLATFORM (comment on “The New Forest Review”) F. Reynolds, National 

Parks Today, Summer 1988 

13. STUNNING VICTORY FOR NEW FOREST CAMPAIGN (rejection 

Lyndhurst Bypass) Countryside Campaigner, Autumn 1988, p3 & front cover 

14.a 

b 

Shadows across the New Forest, W. Stephens, The Field, Apr 1989 , pp 85-90 

Non-stop Death on the Roads, by P.Wapham The Field, April 1989, pp 90-91 

15. the Crown, the Commoners and the Conservationists, P. Allison, Hampshire, 

May 1989 pp 57-58, 60-61 (59 missing) 

16. LAW WILL PROTECT NEW FOREST (quasi National Park legislation) 

Countryside Nov/Dec 1992 

17. The New Forest: to privatise or not?, D. Small, Hampshire, Mar.1994 pp 26, 

27 

18. The New Forest Hampshire Country Structure Plan (Review) 1995 pp 41-42, 

101-102 

19. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEW FOREST (ILPH Newsletter, Autumn 1995) 

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Updated : 31/03/2010 

20. The New Forest - a taste of country life, A. Sanger, Best Magazine 25.11.1995 

21. THE NEW FOREST. COMPLACENCE OR CONSERVATION J.Manwood, 

Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society (NFSection) Report 13, 1974 

22.a 

b 

SIEGE OF THE WILDWOOD C. Tubbs, BBC Wildlife May 1995 pp.28-30 

Letters arising from above, BBC Wildlife , July 1995 

23. ANCIENT AND ORNAMENTAL G B Ryle, Feb 1970 

24. PUT THE NEW FOREST FIRST, NFA undated. Ford Collection 

25. CONSERVATION Forestry Commission News sheet undated 

26. 

** 

PLANNING PRESSURE GROWS undated newspaper 

**missing at 26/6/2004 

27. WHAT WE SAID 100 YEARS AGO April 1883 Gladstone’s views on 

preservation of common land 

28. THE NEW FOREST PROTECTION COMMITTEE undated leaflet re 

Parliamentary Bill 

29. CONSERVATION NEWSLETTER Forest Guardian, Forestry Commission 

Summer 1995 

30. THE NEW FOREST Nature Conservancy Council 1975 leaflet 

31. FOR THE LOVE OF THE NEW FOREST A day with the Forestry 

Commission, F.Eckersall Forest Reporter 8.12.88 

32.a 

“ARSON BLAMED FOR FOREST DEVASTATION” newspaper article 

b Bob Joliffe at the Blaze that brought Forest traffic to a dramatic standstill 

33. THE FOREST IS WORTH PROTECTING Forest Reporter 3/11/88 

34.a “THE COPSE HAD STOOD FOR 900 YEARS…..” Daily Mail, 23.11.88 

b SITE DESSIMATED newspaper article Dec.1989 

35. OUR PRICELESS TREES,A.Sparkes, Forest Reporter, 18.5.89 

36. Independent body needed for Forest, Newspaper article 2.3.1988 (2 copies) 

37. Dark Secrets of the Forest, B. Lehane Telegraph Sunday Magazine 24/6/1979 

38. THE NEW FOREST HAMPSHIRE Nature Conservancy Council 1986 

39. FOREST REVIEW PUBLISHED Lymington Times 21.1.1987 

40. New Forest doomed without Government help, Lymington Times 10.10.1987 

41. EXPERT’S CALL TO SAVE ‘UNIQUE’ FOREST Forest Reporter 

5.11.1987 

42. ‘SAVE THE FOREST FOR THE FUTURE’ S. Evening Echo 28/3/1988 

43. THE NEW FOREST..A HAVEN UNDER SIEGE Forest Reporter April 1988 

44.a LYMINGTON & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY AGM & talk on 

Crowe. A + T 17.12.1988 

Minister to meet Councils over Tree Felling A + T 17.12.1988 


Updated : 31/03/2010 

b ‘Monstrosity’ Hotel threat to Shoreline Forest Reporter 24.12.88 

44.c 

45.a Forest gets World Site Nomination, Report of the New Forest Review Group 

1988, January 19 1989 

b 

Forest reaches crossroad in its history, Southern Evening Echo April 1988 

46. Report says the New Forest is WORLD CLASS, F.Eckersall, Forest Reporter 

Jan.19 1989 

47. FOREST REPORT OUTCRY GROWS Forest Reporter 26.1.1989 

48.a WILDLIFE HIT BY MAJOR OIL SPILL New Forest Post 12.10.89 

b BROCKENHURST COPSE FELLING New Forest Post 12.10.89 

c FRANK BAYADA: FELLING TREES New Forest Post 12.10.89 

49.a SOLENT BECOMES SHORE OF SHAME Newspaper cutting 

b PETROL FIRM DEFENDS OIL TEST DRILL 

c FURY OVER OIL SPILL 

50. FOREST GROUPS ANGRY AT PARK CALL Nov 6 th 1989 

51. PLANNERS RAP EXTRA HOMES BID Southern Evening Echo 15.12.1989 

52.a Heritage is at the forefront Southern Evening Echo 15.12.1989 

b Caring record Southern Evening Echo letter from J.Everest 27/2/1989 

53. LIQUID GOLD ACROSS THE FOREST Joseph Stephens 

54.a Petrol firm defends oil test drill 

b Wider Cattle Grids Worry Panel Members Lymington Times 23/7/?? 

c County urged to Veto Ipley borehole Lymington Times 23/7/?? 

55. The New Forest of Tomorrow by G.B.Ryle Hampshire Oct.1973 

56. ENDANGERED SPACES John Leonard TES March 28 1997 

57. POLICIES FACE CHANGE TO HELP KEEP FOREST GREEN J. Strong 

58. THE NEW FOREST - CAN IT SURVIVE? Forestry Commission 1971 

59. WHEELING OUT OF CONTROL CPRE September 1992 

60. Letter: Department of the Environment, Wildlife Crime & Inspectorate 

Branch. DIRECTORY OF EXPERTISE FOR USE IN WILDLIFE 

FORENSICS 

61. LAST STAND IN THE NEW FOREST Newspaper cutting. C. Clover 

62. NEW THREAT FOR FOREST Newspaper cutting 

63. Forest conservation bids for £4 million Lymington Times 7/12/1996 

64. £4-M. BID FOR FOREST CONSERVATION Lymington Times 14/12/96 

65. Council’s cost concern over hedge protection Lymington Times 21/12/1996 


Updated : 31/03/2010 

66. FOREST SEEKS PROTECTION Dai;y Echo 6/12/1996 

67. More Conservation Area leaflets Lymington Times 21/12/96 

68 Foreign fungus strikes at old oaks of England The Times 7/11/2003 

69. Forest fires with a difference by P.Carne Southern Evening Echo 17/3/1980 

70. New Forest free from evil of acid rain Southern Evening Echo 17/8/1989 

71. Ozone helps destroy forest trees Lymington Times 2/9/1989 

72. Cash appeal for woodland by C.Downton Southern Evening Echo 8/2/1990 

73. Surgery for mighty oak (newspaper article) 

74.a The wetter, the better! New Forest Post 28/1/1999 

74.b Bog-browsing (newspaper article 1972) 

75. Forest heathland unique and precious jewel Lymington Times 22/11/1997 

76. Danger of fire in the Forest Southern Evening Echo 2/8/1973 

77. Alarm at increase in riding in the Forest Southern Evening Echo 23/5/1980 

78. Added risk during school holidays by K.Kettle Southern Evening Echo 2/8/73 

79. Think Globally, Act Locally : Acid rain eating away at the New Forest by 

M.Harland Bush Telegraph Summer 1988 

80. To Save our Countryside by C.R.Tubbs Hampshire Vol.1 No.6 1966 

81. Nature Calendar : including ‘Forestry Commission issues fungi code’ by 

A.Simmonds Hampshire Nov.1995 

82. City sends gifts to 5 ports by QE2 Southern Evening Echo 6/1/1975 

83. Clean Sweep bid planned by P.East 23/5/1989 

84. Call for action to preserve Forest 

85. Forest Carve-up averted, letter to newspaper by J.Weaving 4/2/1995 

86. A forest axe? Southern Evening Echo 28/8/1981 

87. Where recreation and conservation meet by D.Small Southern Evening Echo 

June 1975 

88. Argument over who is wearing out the New Forest Lymington Times 25/3/93 

89. Rangers on good wheel mission by D.Slade Southern Evening Echo 28/8/1997 

90. Crisis in the Forest… by E.Ashby, Southern Evening Echo 11/9/1980 

91. University study on the Forest habitat, by E.Corlett S. Evening Echo 15/9/93 

92. Concerning wildlife – at source!, by R.Jackson Hampshire July 1985 Vol 25#9 

93. ’Swathe of destruction’ Forestry Commission told to explain, S. Evening Echo 

94. Campaigning as two worlds collide, by J.McCarrick S.Evening Echo 

12/10/1991 

91. ‘Greenprints’ for the New Forest, by J.Strong , newspaper article 15 Mar.1990 

92. Ombudsman dismisses conservation complaint, newspaper article 2 Feb.1982 


Updated : 31/03/2010 

93. Barrister suggests reason for Minister’s ruling on Forest oil, newspaper article 

94. Forest before oil rigs plea, newspaper article 14 Feb.1981 

95. Stop this rush for black gold! By R.Jackson Southern Evening Echo 24/3/1981 

96. Conservation & commercialisation of the Forest, Lymington Times 2/3/1985 

97. Fresh pair of eyes look at future of New Forest S. Evening Echo 28/11/1995 

98. Future of the New Forest, letter from J.Weaving, Lymington Times 26/10/1991 

99. The English elm is an asexual clone imported by Rome, M.Henderson The 

Times 28 Oct.2004 

100. SSSI management awad for New Forest conservationist Southern Nature 

Issue 1, Jan.2001 



Reference No: N 100 

Subject: New Forest General (2) 

CONTENTS 

1a-e. The Crown, the Commoners and the Conservationists by Philip Allison, 

Hampshire, May 1989 

2. New Forest Reflections, Hampshire, Oct 1989 

Our Forest, Hampshire, Oct 1993 

3. Our New Forest animals, Hampshire, Oct 1992 

Forest aids the blind, Hampshire, Sep 1981 

4a-b. About the New Forest by Terry Heathcote, Hampshire, Jan 1986 

5. Forest road animal accidents and The Tame and Docile Pony by ‘intruder’, First 

Word, Jan 1986 

6a-d. Land everlasting by Ralph Wightman, Hampshire, Jan 1970 

7a-b. New Forest – new problems by John Arlott, Hampshire, Nov 1966 

8a-b. Mysterious Forest by Jane Evans, Hampshire? N.d. 

9a-b. A right royal time for the New Forest Pony Club by Primrose Murphy, 

Hampshire, Aug 1993 

10a-b. Entrapped in the Forest… by Annie Cooper, Hampshire, Nov 1993 

11a-c. The wisdom of the horseman by Norman Goodland Hampshire, May 1983 

12. Roll along covered wagon… by Patricia Sibley, Hampshire, Nov 1994 

13. Quiet way across the Forest by Giles Darvill, Hampshire, May 1993 

14. Cash wait to combat Forest’s homeless, Southern Evening Echo, 9 th Jul 1990 

15a-b. From the Forest to Southampton in days gone by, article by Pam Harvey 

Richards, Hampshire, Jan 1993 

16a-c. Another world was mapped in 1904… by Stepehn F. Goodyear, Hampshire, Jun 

1981 

17a-b. Perils of a passenger by Sue Johnson, Hampshire, Dec 1985 

18a-b. In defence of the New Forest by John Arlott, Hampshire, Feb 1971 

19a-b. A day in the Forest … an ornithological excursion by David Mills, Hampshire, 

Jul 1984 

20a-b. The New Forest by E. M. Hodgson, Hampshire, Oct 1971 

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21. Wealthy peasants of the 14 th century New Forest by G.E. Fussell, Hampshire, 

Nov 1982 

Hampshire battles for the New Forest by Harold Geach, Hampshire, n.d. 

22. Injustice in the New Forest? Article on Rowdown by Rev. Michael Gedge, 

Hampshire, Jun 1973 

23. One-sided on the Forest, letter by Donn Small, Deputy Surveyor, Hampshire? 

n.d. 

24. The New Forest in winter by Richard Cheeseman, Hampshire, Dec 1993 

25. Celebrity; “Brusher Mills” by Mollie Hillman, Hampshire, Jun 1999 

26a-b. The ‘new’ New Forest by John Arlott, Hampshire, Jan 1972 

27a-b. The Case of the Framed Foresters by P.A. Hancock, medieval bribery and 

corruption, Hampshire, Dec 1982 

28a-b. The Royal Oaks of Hampshire by Frida E.H. Harris, Hampshire? n.d. 

29. A proposal to repopulate the New Forest by W.P.K. Findlay, Hampshire, Mar 

1984 

30a-b. Mary – the Brockenhurst lady I will never forget… by Shannon Peters-Pierce, 

Hampshire, Jan 1992 

31. The New Forest, a typescript brief history of the Forest and Brockenhurst and 

Beaulieu, anon, n.d. but post 1962 

32. Tapestry Story by Fanny Charles and Stan Lemon, Western Gazette, 24 th Jul 

1981? 

33. Plan showing 18 th and 19 th century royal connections with the New Forest 

34. Future of the Forest, letter from Jean Cobb Lymington Times, 9 th Dec 1989 

35. The Ecology of Pastoralism in the New Forest by Colin R Tubbs, British 

Wildlife, 9, 1997 

36a-d. A Strategy for the New Forest by Maldwin Drummond, Hampshire, May 1996 

37a-c. New Forests’s Ancient Landscape – to National Park by Andrew Walmsley, 

Hampshire, Nov 1999 

38a-b. Taking a new look at the New Forest by Peter Carne, Hampshire, May 1990 

39a-b. New Forest, old problem by Oliver Gillie, Country Life, 10 th Mar 1995 

40a-b. The Forest philosophers by Brian P Martin, Hampshire, Aug 1976 

41. Jonathan Meades’s sense of place: New Forest, The Times, 29 th Jan 2005 

42. Forestdale Hotels brochure n.d. Burley Manor, Forest Park and Lyndhurst Park 

Hotels 

43. The Verderer’s Court at Lyndhurst by George Long, The Hampshire 

Countryside, Jan-Mar 1948, vol 1, no. 7 

44. Do not feed the ponies it can be dangerous! Poster, n.d. (2 copies) 

45. New Forest gifts by Marion J Horton, Hampshire, Apr 1987 


46. Protection of the New Forest - Report of the Committee of Planning Officers 

1938-1939, HMSO, 1939 

47. Forest rows “stage managed to impress Whitehall” Deputy Surveyor [Donn 

Small] guest at Beaulieu estate dinner, Lymington Times, 28 th Dec 1981 

48. Fears for future of New Forest by Justine Strong, Southern Evening Echo?, n.d. 

49. For the love of the New Forest by Faith Eckersall, Southern Evening Echo, 8 th 

Dec 1988 

50. The Persecuted Forest by Jack Hargreaves, This England, Spring, 1972 

51. Vereley fire look-out removed with illustration, Lymington Times, 20 th Mar 1975 

52. Rolf and pals visit the New Forest – Animal Hospital Roadshow, Southern Echo, 

14 th Aug 1998 

53. …And deep in the Forest, something stirred by David Hounsome, Hampshire, 

Feb 1996 

54. Young and old help to clear New Forest, Southern Evening Echo, 1 st Oct 1973 

55. Hampshire legends – Cadnam Oak and Bishop’s Ditch, New Forest Post, Jan 

1974 

56. Battle over jousting at Holmsley, Lymington Times, 9 th Apr 1994 

57. The New Forest Magazine … its passing by Joan Grigsby, Hampshire, Jan 1974 

58. Minister saw crush on Forest with picture of Donn Small, James Prior and Sir 

Dudley Forwood, Southern Evening Echo, 30 th May 1972 

59. Forest meets challenge of cars, people – Godber (Minister of Agriculture), 

Southern Evening Echo, 28 th Apr 1973 with photo of Joseph Godber, Donn 

Small and Mr McNair Wilson 

60. Forest 40 limit imposed, Lymington Times, 11 th Aug 1992 with photo of Roger 

Penny, John Ekins and Murray Walker 

61. 10 forest virgins… and other questions by P.H. Carne, Southern Evening Echo, 

n.d. 

62. ‘Dedicated keepers’ letter by W. Gulliver, Anderwood Cottage Southern 

Evening Echo, 30 th Jun 1979 

63. Land everlasting by Ralph Wightman, Hampshire, Jan 1970 

64. Right to buy ‘U’ turn not enough – housing, Lymington Times, 28 th Oct 1995 

65. Paying a premium to live in the Forest by Stephen Montague-Jones, Home 

Owner, Nov 1990 

66. Anti-litter campaign in the New Forest, The Times 3 rd Feb 2010 from Times 

Archive photo at Lyndhurst from 6 th Sep 1930 




Subject: New Forest General 

CONTENTS 

1. NF Notes by Anthony Pasmore, Lymington Times, June 1991. Forest memorials, 

A31, The Cut Walk and the Old Roman Bridge 

2. Entrapped in the Forest… by Annie Cooper, Hampshire, Nov 1998. Pony and 

trap. 

3. Out and About – The New Forest, Hampshire, Oct 1981 

New Forest Reflections, Hampshire, Nov, 1981 

4. The New Forest in winter by Richard Cheeseman, Hampshire, Dec 1993 

5. Thirteen snippets on the New Forest, New Milton Advertiser, 29 th Oct 1949. 

Includes note on retirement of Deputy Surveyor, D.W. Young ‘only two months 

ago’ 

6. Down in the (New) Forest, no publication, 1949 guide to a week-end cycling in 

the New Forest 

7. A right royal time for New Forest Pony Club by Primrose Murphy, Hampshire, 

Aug 1993 

8. The truth about the Naked Man, Southern Evening Echo, 15 th Jun 1972 includes 

photo of camping permits office in Lyndhurst 

9. The impossible and the miraculous by Norman Goodland, Hampshire, Jan 1977 

Brucellosis was eradicated from the cattle in two years. 

10. Down in the Forest, Hampshire, Oct 1971 

Our Forest, Hampshire, Oct 1993. Woolmer and New Forests 

New Forest reflections, Hampshire, Oct 1994 

11. Story of New Forest wildlife and history: seven years in the making! By Stephen 

Bolwell, Hampshire, Jan 1993 

12. ‘Outlaw all crossbows’ Southern Evening Echo, 25 th Aug 1990 

13. Photograph of sheep at Penn Common, Hampshire, Jun 1994 

14. Camping fall-off by Peter Carne, Southern Evening Echo, 27 th Jul 1981 

15. Forest sites attract eager builders, no publication Southern Evening Echo? Photo 

of Derek Burdle 

16. Forest faces up to the future Southern Evening Echo 27 th Feb 1997. Photo of 

Anthony Pasmore 

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17. Luxury lodging, to fight off the damp in a wet wonderland by Elisabeth De 

Stroumillo, Daily Telegraph, Sep 1975. Chewton Glen based visit 

18. Forest Talk by Sandro Bullock-Webster, no publication, n.d. 

19. ‘Smoke pennies’ for turf rights letters by R.J. Kitcher and W. Phillips in 

Southern Evening Echo, 29 th Nov 1975 

20. ‘The most ferocious New Forest fire for eight years’, The Echo, 9 th Sep 1989 

21. All the king’s men…but who really unleashed that arrow? By R.H. Simpson 

Southern Evening Echo, 18 th Aug 1982 

22. Dark secrets of the Forest by Brendan Lehane, Telegraph Sunday Magazine, n.d. 

1970s (Donn Small DS) 

23. The New Forest in Domesday, Arthur Lloyd lecture to Lymington and District 

Historical Society, Lymington Times, 12 th Apr 1986 

24. New Forest documents, 15 th to 17 th centuries, review of D.J. Stagg’s Hampshire 

Record Office publication, Lymington Times? n.d. 

25. “New Forest Commoners” lecture by Terry Heathcote to Milford-on-Sea 

Historical Record Society, Lymington Times 10 th Oct 1992 

26. The changing Face of the New Forest, Lymington Times, 15 th Oct 1994 

27. Illustration of a helicopter and donkeys in the New Forest no publication 13 th 

Apr 1982 

28. The wonder of woodies! Illustrated report on the Forestry Commission’s 

biennial New Forest Open Days at Fritham Southern Evening Echo, 23 rd Jun 

1989 

29. Moorland drive and forest walk for autumn, Southern Evening Echo, 31 st Oct 

1972 

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Reference No: N 140 (now N 170) 

Subject: New Forest History 

CONTENTS 

1. The Wars of Scotland, Northumberland and Wales 1093-1098 (mention of 

William Rufus) 

2. English Historical Documents 1042-1189 

3. Bridgman - Legal Bibliography - 1887. MANWOOD 

4. WHO KILLED KING RUFUS? Peter Tate, Hampshire, August 1995 

5. LETTER re above. A T Lloyd, Hampshire, September 1995 

6. Historical notes - Roy Jackman - July 1993 

7. THE MEANING OF PLACE NAMES A T Lloyd, Hampshire 1971 

8. THE NEW FOREST FROM NORMAN TIMES William Seymour, History 

Today, Sept. 1968. Photocopy + original 

9. A NEW LOOK AT THE NEW FOREST A T Lloyd, Hampshire, March 1965 

10. Extract from New Forest & Hampshire in Pictures: IN CASTLE MALWOOD 

WALK 

11. ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST Anthony Brode, Hampshire Dec 1962 

12. WHERE DID RUFUS DIE? A T Lloyd, Hampshire, September 1962 

13. THE RUFUS STONE WITH 19 TH CENTURY IRON COVER, Sturgess 

Bourne. Photocopy of picture 

14. RUFUS AGAIN! P R Watson Advertiser & Times, November 1968 (2 

copies) 

15. FRESH DOUBTS ON THE RUFUS TRADITION C Cochrane 

16. 2 copies: Letter from King Edward, from Warners “Collections for History of 

Hampshire” 1795. 

17. Calendar of State Papers, Milan 1912. Re Perkin Warbeck at Beaulieu, 1496. 

18. FOREST LAWS: YORKSHIRE/LANCASHIRE 

19. TITHE MAPS IN THE HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE Jude James 1998 

20. ABSTRACT OF THE SURVEY OF THE TIMBER STANDING IN THE NEW 

FOREST 1783 

21. Place-name: COLD HARBOUR 

22. PERAMBULATION 1218 

23. DID COBBETT RIDE THE PILGRIMS’ WAY C Cochrane, Hampshire, 

February 1963 

24. WHAT WE SAID 100 YEARS AGO: miscellaneous cuttings

25. ROMAN ROAD OR DITCH TO KEEP THE CATTLE IN? Southern Evening 

Echo May 1976 

26. THE NEW FOREST EXHIBITION Punch May 1875 

27. MAJESTIC WELCOME AWAITS THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP 

Western Gazette April 1979 

28. THE QUEEN MARKS 9 CENTURIES OF GOOD FORESTRY Western 

Gazette April 1979 

29. 900 YEARS OF NEW FOREST HISTORY Western Gazette April 1979 

30. ROYAL VISIT MARKS 900 YEARS Western Gazette April 1979 

31. POPULATION STATISTICS 1921-1948 

32. AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE TIED TO THE HOUSE Woman & 

Home July 1986 

32. HISTORY OF THE FOREST David Stagg Lymington Times June 1989 

33. Hampshire Records Office Ref 55M87/3 RIDLY COPPICE 

34. EN SERICICULTURE 1863 

35. A WILD BOAR SHOT IN THE NEW FOREST Hants Independent 1903 

36. THE NEW FOREST Punch March 1875 

37. FILES OF THE OFFICE OF WOODS 

38. DOWN IN THE FOREST Patrick Macnaghten December 1952 The Motor 

39. PROVISION PRICES 1786 WINCHESTER 

40. THE JOURNALS OF CELIA FIENNES (Lymington salt) 

41. A PROPOSAL TO REPOPULATE THE NEW FOREST W P K Findlay 

Hampshire, March 1984 

42. DID TYRRELL KILL THE KING? Robert M Tyrrell Hampshire November 

1986 

43. FOREST REELS AFTER STORMS Newspaper cutting February 1990 

44. WILLIAM RUFUS miscellaneous cuttings 

45. CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE NEW FOREST 

1952-1992 Forest Enterprise 1992 

46. FAMILY OF OKEDENS 

47. THE NEW FOREST LODGES 

48. INSTRUCTION OF HRH FREDERICK DUKE OF YORK re business of the 

Forest 

49. SUPPLY OF TIMBER FOR THE NAVY House of Lords Manuscript 1707 

50. SALE OF DECAYED TREES IN THE NEW FOREST House of Lords 

Manuscript 1692


Reference No: N 140 Archive 

Subject: Miscellaneous Documents in Archive 

Store shelf C2 

CONTENTS 

1 Medical Card, Mavis E. Judd of Goose Green, Lyndhurst, 10 th Feb 1959; 

Benefits Card, Miss Mavis E. Judd, no date; Vaccination Certificate Mavis Judd, 

born 3 rd Nov 1923, two vaccinations in Jun 1962 

2a Letter, 26 th Jul 1936, Bullphone Ltd to Mr E Ward, ‘Holmlea’, Keyhaven, 

Milford-on-Sea, Hants. Regarding supply of loudspeakers 

2b Bill, Aug 1930, Hames Bros of Milford to Mr E. Ward regarding cost of aerial 

switch and accumulators; Bill, Feb 1933, Hames Bros of Milford to Mr E. Ward 

regarding purchase of a K.B. radio receiver, at £4 10s receipted over a 2d stamp; 

Bill, H & M Leigh of Lymington to Mr Ward purchase of Dunlop Gabs, £1 1s.’ 

19 th Jul 1935 

3 Letter, 29 th Mar 1909, Richard Austin & Wyatt of Bishops Waltham to Mr 

Brown, Cuffnells Farm, regarding cleaning of a ditch ‘before the grass is up’ 

4 Letter, 10 th Aug 1909, W.J. Brown of Cuffnells Farm, to R.G. Hargreaves of 

Gillespie --------, St Andrews N.B. regarding the Lyndhurst Flower Show, 

mentions Morris Dancers. Originally mostly in pencil and marked ‘Copy’ 

5 Letter, 23 rd Mar 1910, Frank Gillson, solicitor, Lyndhurst to Mr W.J. Brown 

[Cuffnells Farm], regarding tenders for the supply of milk, butter and eggs to 

Fenwick Cottage Hospital, Lyndhurst 

6 Letter, 24 th Mar 1912, F.J. Feltham of 11 Arthur Road, Christchurch to his 

cousin Willie of Lyndhurst, regarding his forthcoming marriage. He asks 

Feltham to be his best man. 

7 Letter, 3 rd Sep 1864, sister Sarah and brother -----(?) Watts to ‘dear Sister’. 

Concerns recommended investments and is addressed to 73 Albert Road, 

Deptford. Found amongst miscellaneous documents in Lyndhurst but no known 

local connection. 

8a Letter, 25 th Feb 2000, David Cobb to Boris Johnson, editor of The Spectator and 

other newspaper editors. Polemic text attack on the Crown’s activities in the 

New Forest; 1 st Mar 2000 addition to his letter to The Spectator 

8b Presentment to the Verderers’ Court , 17 th Jan 2000 by David Cobb regarding 

activities of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust 

9a Presentment to the Verderers’ Court , 21 st Feb 2000 by David Cobb regarding 

National Park status for the New Forest 

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9b Letter to Chief Constable of Hampshire, 1 st Feb 2000 from David Cobb 

regarding presentments above 

10 Printed copy of will of Thomas Eyre of Burley, 3 rd Jun 1829 

11 Letter, 24 th Jan 2000 from Maldwin Drummond to David Cobb ‘privately as a 

friend’ regarding Royden Woods 

12a Letter to Boris Johnson of The Spectator and others regarding the Cobb 

Correspondence, 25 th Feb 2000 part a 

12b Letter to Boris Johnson of The Spectator and others regarding the Cobb 

Correspondence, 25 th Feb 2000 part b 

12c Letter to Boris Johnson of The Spectator and others regarding the Cobb 

Correspondence, 25 th Feb 2000 part c 

13 Photocopy of receipts for Forest Rents received from Mr Snook by John 

Slightam 1895-6 

14 Photocopy of summons to the Tithingman of Brockenhurst and Brookley to 

attend the Court Leet of the New Forest Hundred 17 th Nov 1840 







18a Photocopy of four page letter of advice to the Chairman of the Forestry 

Commission by the New Forest Advisory Committee concerning management 

of The Inclosures and the Open Forest, 25 th May 1937. Page 1 

18b Photocopy of four page letter of advice to the Chairman of the Forestry 


of The Inclosures and the Open Forest , 25 th May 1937. Page 2 

18c Photocopy of four page letter of advice to the Chairman of the Forestry 



18d Photocopy of four page letter of advice to the Chairman of the Forestry 



19 Registration book of motorcycle 1925-9 Charles Mesher and Harry Smith 

owners 

20 Letting agreements for Longdown CE School Hall from the Forestry 

Commission, 1944 and 1947 

21 Miss Pidgley to S Stephens request for tube of ‘Pedds’ – a skin softening cream 

n.d. 

22 3 items written from Crown Hotel, Lyndhurst by Cecily Barnes to Mr Yeaman 

4 th , 8 th and 27 th Sep 1939 ‘this place is quietness..’ 


23 2 Letters from F. & A.L. Bowker, Winchester solicitors to Messrs Campbell and 

Campbell of Edinburgh about the purchase of a property in Church Lane, 

Lymington by , Rear-Admiral J.U. Faire from Cheeseman, May 1930 

24 Bill from Pink & Stretch (Late W. King), Lyndhurst to Mrs Hawker for stuffing 

a saddle, 309 th Sep 1936 

25 Plan for bungalow in West Road, Dibden Purlieu for Mr Pheby, drawn by F.J. 

Webb & Son of Test View, Dibden, Sep 1949 

26 Bill from Pilgrim Caravans Ltd, Ringwood for supplying ‘Campmaster 

Cranham’ and accessories to L. Malfoy of Portswood, 9 th May 1962 

27a Letter from Rosetta Florence Wright at Littlecroft, Lyndhurst to Pomeroy and 

Son, solicitors, 8 th Jun 1909 

27b Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Grand Hotel, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 25 th 

June [possibly 1915] 

27c Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Northerwood Farm, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 

1 st Jul 1915. Farm leased for 3 months 

27d Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Northerwood Farm, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 

27 th Jul 1915 

28a Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Northerwood Farm, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 

29 th Jul 1915 

28b Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Northerwood Farm, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 

2 nd Aug 1915 

28c Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Northerwood Farm, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 

4 th Aug 1915 

28d Letter from Isabella Fullerton at Northerwood Farm, Lyndhurst to Mr Campbell, 

28 th Sep 1915. Leaving next day for Royal Hotel, Bognor 

29 Instructions with respect to duties of Agisters, 1 st Jan 1887, Agisters: John 

Moody, Charles Newbolt, Alfred Chandler and Charles Evemy 

30 4 th Annual Report of The New Forest Commoners Defence Association, 1913, 

111 named subscribers. Note and photograph about Lord Arthur Cecil founder 

of the Association 

31 7 th Annual Report of The New Forest Commoners Defence Association, 1917, 

103 named subscribers 

32 Report of the Association for the improvement of the breed of New Forest 

ponies, 1891 [covers missing] 91 named members 

33 46 th report of the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, 1882 

34 Letter from Gilbert Heathcote of Water Slade, Highwood, Ringwood to Mr 

Roberts [Assistant to Deputy Surveyor of Forestry Commission] 17 th Mar 1925 

35a Letter from A E Duncombe Shafto of Fritham to ? explaining that Mr Leese 

[deputy surveyor] has given permission for making the road at Fritham, 4 th Dec 

1925, response from Mr Roberts, Assisitant to Deputy Surveyor 5 th Dec 1925 

advising cannot allow work to go ahead. 


35b Letter from A E Duncombe Shafto of Fritham to ? advising will call at Crown 

Office, 12 th Dec 1925 

36 Payment note from W Maxwell to the Crown for easements including drains and 

path at Bank, Pikes Hill, Cranmor and Custards Estate; n.d. 

37 Letter from W Morris Fletcher of Picket Post to The Hon Gerald Lasacelles 

[Deputy Surveyor] about road repairs along Burley Ridge, 28 th Feb 1894 

38 Letter from W Morris Fletcher of Picket Post to The Hon Gerald Lasacelles 

[Deputy Surveyor] about road repairs along Burley Ridge, 13 th Mar 1894 

39 Payment by Ashby’s Brewery to the Crown for piping spring water to the Bridge 

Tavern, 5 th Jan 1903 

40 Letter and envelope from Jack Eyre-Matcham at Charterhouse to his mother Mrs 

Eyre-Matcham, Bramble Hill, Lyndhurst, 23 rd Jul 1905 

41 Original of Georgina Bowden-Smith’s notes on house around Lyndhurst written 

in early 1890s: Cuffnells, Haskells, Rosiere, Forest Bank, Parkhill, Holly Mount, 

Shrubbs Hill, The Orchard, Foxlease, Beechens, Stydd House (Linwood), 

Brooklands, Vernalls, Glasshayes, Bench House, Holmfield, Forest Lodge, Yew 

Tree Cottage, Bird’s Nest, Wilverley, Hill House, Elcombs, Gascoignes, 

Northerwood 

42 Bill from Charles W Dawson, appliance works of Millbrook Point to J M Soffe 

of Perry Farm, Minstead for poultry houses, 29 th Nov 1929; Bill from Grace 

and Sons, Romsey for headstone for Mrs A Soffe, to Mr J Soffe, Minstead, 17 th 

Jul 1934 

43 Two Bills from Gabriel, Wade and English, Ltd Timber Importers to Mr Coffin, 

Minstead for £21 12s and £2 12s 6d 

44 Photocopy of coal allocation for Mrs Greenaway, Highbank, Sway, 16 th Oct 

1939; Letter from G Palmer, purveyor of Lyndhurst to Mr Harfield about delay 

in paying quarterly rent, 1 st Mar 1896 

45 Bill from Lyndhurst Food Stores for Mr Homewood, Stydd Cottage, Lyndhurst 

for groceries totalling £2 1s 5d 4 th Mar 1966 

46 Payment from J.E. & R. Priddice, Corner Stores, Station Street, Lymington 

enclosing cheque for £7, 30 th May 1944 

47 Letter from Captain A.R.T. Kirby, Yachy Broker and Marine Surveyor, 

[Lymington address crossed through] of Bishops Quay, Helford Rover, 

Cornwall to C.T. Austin, 5 th May 1948 

48 Letter from david Jones of Warborne, Boldre, Lymington to J. Fred May of 

Macclesfield, refers to ‘witness George Saunders’ 7 th Oct 1895 

49 Letter from M.C. Stevens of Evergreens Private Hotel, Lyndhurst offering Hotel 

for sale at £17,000, 12 th Feb 1945 

50 Two Receipted Bills from Harry Perkins & Co grocers and Supply Stores of 

Hordle to Mr Hayward, 1909 and 1910 

51 A collection of ten bills from Lyndhurst businesses to Miss Judd of Goose 

Green, Lyndhurst between 1965-1974 


52 Photocopy and transcription of a letter from William Gilpin to Cadell & Davies, 

Strand, London about his sales as well as future arrangements and purchase of 

other books, 25 th Nov 1796 

53 Letter and enclosures to Miss F Hardcastle, 10 th Jan 1968 

54 Copy of notes by Mr Ernest Plumbly lent to ‘me’ by Mrs Plumbly on cottagers 

in 1870’s and development of Brockenhurst, 1960/1 

55 Manuscript copy of type-written notes lent to ‘me’ by Mrs Plumbly on Postal 

services and sport around Brockenhurst, 1960/1 

56 Manuscript note on Hospitals at Brockenhurst by a V.A.D. at Morant Hall 

during the 1 st World War; Manuscript note on the Weirs, the Island area of 

Brockenhurst, Peterson’s Tower, Royden and Johnny Hooker [n.d. probably 

early 20 th century] 

57 Loose item, Justice of the Peace, includes a Lymington Borough court case, 9 th 

Jan 1869 



Reference No: N 170 (previously N 140) 

Subject: New Forest History – secondary sources 

CONTENTS 

Note some items previously in this file 

have been moved to the Rufus 

Collection and to primary sources 

binder. 

3. Bridgman - Legal Bibliography of Forests- 1887. MANWOOD 

4. The Creation of the New Forest B.J. Golding. Abstract from The Hampshire 

Domesday (1989 ed.) 

6. Historical notes and memoirs- Roy Jackman - July 1993 

7. THE MEANING OF PLACE NAMES A T Lloyd, Hampshire 1971 

8. THE NEW FOREST FROM NORMAN TIMES William Seymour, History 

Today, Sept. 1968. Photocopy 

9. A NEW LOOK AT THE NEW FOREST A T Lloyd, Hampshire, March 1965 

10. War office proposals for creation of a rifle range in the New Forest. Abstract 

from The Pictorial World. 20 Feb 1892, page 479, col. 3, page 489. 

11. Reference to workers shown in the 1853 Report by Commissioners of Woods, 

Forests & Land Revenues [at Brockenhurst] and the Brockenhurst 1851 

Census 

14. RUFUS AGAIN! P R Watson Advertiser & Times, November 1968 (2 

copies) 

16. 2 copies: Letter from King Edward, from Warners “Collections for History of 

Hampshire” 1795. 

17. Calendar of State Papers, Milan 1912. Re Perkin Warbeck at Beaulieu, 1496. 

19b. Photocopy of modern map of New Forest in 1789 

21. Place-name: COLD HARBOUR 

22. PERAMBULATION 1218 

23. DID COBBETT RIDE THE PILGRIMS’ WAY C Cochrane, Hampshire, 

February 1963 

24. WHAT WE SAID 100 YEARS AGO: misc. cuttings ranging 1873-1887 

25. ROMAN ROAD OR DITCH TO KEEP THE CATTLE IN? Southern Evening 

Echo May 1976 

26. THE NEW FOREST EXHIBITION Punch May 1875 

27. MAJESTIC WELCOME AWAITS THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP 

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Western Gazette April 1979 

28. THE QUEEN MARKS 9 CENTURIES OF GOOD FORESTRY Western 

Gazette April 1979 

29. 900 YEARS OF NEW FOREST HISTORY Western Gazette April 1979 

30. ROYAL VISIT MARKS 900 YEARS Western Gazette April 1979 

31. POPULATION STATISTICS 1921-1948 

32. AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE TIED TO THE HOUSE Woman & 

Home July 1986 

33. HISTORY OF THE FOREST David Stagg Lymington Times June 1989 

34. EN SERICICULTURE 1863 - Extract dealing with New Forest 

35. A WILD BOAR SHOT IN THE NEW FOREST Hants Independent 1903 

36. THE NEW FOREST Punch March 1875 

37. Files of the office of woods held at the Public Record Office, 1828, 1912. 

38. DOWN IN THE FOREST Patrick Macnaghten December 1952 The Motor 

39. PROVISION PRICES 1786 WINCHESTER 

40. THE JOURNALS OF CELIA FIENNES (Lymington salt) 

41. A PROPOSAL TO REPOPULATE THE NEW FOREST W P K Findlay 

Hampshire, March 1984 (Daniel Defoe’s plan of 1724) 

43. FOREST REELS AFTER STORMS Newspaper cutting February 1990 

44. Many lost power in gales Advertiser & Times 4 Nov 2000 

45. CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE NEW FOREST 

1952-1992 Forest Enterprise 1992 

46. FAMILY OF OKEDENS of Ellingham/Linwood in 17, 18 c. 

47. THE NEW FOREST LODGES Extract H. M. Colvin (ed.) The King’s Works 

51. Plan and two photocopies Queen Bower, Brockenhurst 

55. Illustrated London News, 21 Oct 1848. Article The New Forest and its lower 

inhabitants 

56. Illustrated London News, 6 May 1871. Illustration Gypsies in the New Forest 

engraved by G.B. Goddard 

59. The Hampshire Murderers (events May 1789, Lymington area) 

59a. Morning Post & Daily Advertiser 11 May 1879, p.3, col. 2. Photocopy 

66. New Forest men lost on the ‘TITANIC’. Compiled by Carole Standeven, Sep 

2000 

67. The New Forest. Article & letter by Berkeley Piggott to The Times 21 Feb 

1949 (original and copy) 

68. New Forest Post August 1995. ‘Firemen flee for lives in inferno.’ ‘Fire 

devastates part of New Forest.’ 


69. New Forest Petty Sessions. Hants Advertiser 11 March 1911. Ford Collection 

70. Trees Planted in the vicinity of the KNIGHTWOOD OAK – The Queen’s Oak, 

The Edinburgh Oak, Millenium Oak. 

71. THE LAST BIT OF NATURAL WOODLAND by Auberon Herbert in The 

Nineteenth Century, Sept. pp.346-360. Photocopy undated. 

72. HISTORY OF THE NEW FOREST Talk to Lymington Historical Record 

Society by Mr. S.A. Simmonds. NIM & LA, 12 November 1960. 

73. STORY OF NEW FOREST WILDLIFE AND HISTORY: SEVEN YEARS IN 

THE MAKING by Stephen Bolwell (New Forest Video maker). Hampshire, 

January 1993. Vol.33 No.3 pp.17-20. 

74. HISTORY OF THE FOREST – David Stagg, Amenity Verderer, speaking on 

value of Commoning to Milton Local History Group. Newspaper Cutting 30 

June 1990. 

75. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE NEW FOREST BY Arthur Lloyd – 

response to erroneous ideas of its origins. Newspaper Cutting 3 August 1996. 

76. THEY BATTLED IN PARLIAMENT TO SAVE THE NEW FOREST – 100 

Years Ago. Article by Tom Bargate. Newspaper Cutting 28 December, 1977 


MISSING, POSSIBLY RECATEGORIZED 

18. FOREST LAWS: YORKSHIRE/LANCASHIRE Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

19a. TITHE MAPS IN THE HAMPSHIRE RECORD OFFICE Jude James 1998 

Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

20. ABSTRACT OF THE SURVEY OF THE TIMBER STANDING IN THE NEW 

FOREST 1783 Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

48. INSTRUCTION OF HRH FREDERICK DUKE OF YORK re business of the 

Forest [c 1818 Hampshire Record Office] Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

49. SUPPLY OF TIMBER FOR THE NAVY House of Lords Manuscript 1707 

Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

50. SALE OF DECAYED TREES IN THE NEW FOREST House of Lords 

Manuscript 1692 Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

52. Offences being committed in the New Forest 1748 [Hampshire Record Office] 

Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

53. HRO 149M89/R4/6122 Papers concerning Navy Timber , 1707, 1745 Missing 

26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

54. Rent list of lands from the waste 1317 Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

57. Illustrated London News, 19 Aug 1871 Illustration Pony Fair in the New 

Forest engraved by G.B. Goddard Missing 5/3/2010 

58. Illustrated London News, 5 June 1875 Bushy Brattley (sic) during Beechmast 

engraved by W. J. Palmer. Missing 5/3/2010 

60. List of retired Forest Workers c 1888, with details of allowances 

(Transcription of Richard Reeves from a Museum Ms.) Missing 26/11/4 & 

5/3/2010 

61. Hampshire Records Office Ref 55M87/3 RIDLY COPPICE c.1692 Missing 

26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

62. Place names listed on the New Forest Inclosure Maps in the P.R.O. Kew 

c. 1700-1870 Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

63. Letter by John Smith, Regarder to the Lords of the Treasury concerning abuses 

in the New Forest, mid 18th century. H.R.O. Bedford Papers. Missing 26/11/4 

& 5/3/2010 

64. Pipe Roll for Hampshire in 1130 and New Forest section from Wiltshire 

Missing 26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 

65. Incroachments in Lady Cross Walk made between 1801 & 1815. Missing 

26/11/4 & 5/3/2010 




Subject: New Forest Byelaws 

CONTENTS 

1. A GUIDE TO THE NEW FOREST BILL (Hants CC & Verderers 1973) 

2. NEW FOREST BYELAWS 1927 (Forestry Commission 1928) 

N.F. (CONFIRMATION OF BYELAWS OF THE VERDERERS OF THE 

N.F.) ORDER 1978 

3. BYELAWS (relating to burning of straw and stubble) D.C. of N.F. 1984, 1986 

4. BYELAWS 

Local Government (Misc. Provisions) Act 1982 

Section 14(7) - Acupuncture 

Section 15(7) - Earpiercing and Electrolysis 

5. BYELAWS 

Local Government (Misc. Provisions) Act 1982 

Section 15(17) - Tattooing 

Local Government Act 1972 

Section 235 - Burning of Crop Residues 

6. Statutory Instruments 1979 No. 836. THE DEAN FOREST AND NEW 

FOREST ACTS (amendments) REGS 1979 

7. Statutory Instruments 1978 No. 1277 

THE N.F. (Confirmation of Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) 

ORDER 1978 

THE N.F. (Confirmation of Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) 

ORDER 1978 explanation 

8. NEW FOREST BYELAWS 1927 (photocopy of item 2) 2 copies 

9. NEW LAW TO CONTROL MOTOR CYCLES ON FOREST (cutting from 

Lymington Times 27.12.80). 

10. Statutory Instruments 1970, No. 1068. FORESTRY, THE NEW FOREST 

BYELAWS 1970 (3 copies) (David Stagg Collection and Ford Collection) 

11. Statutory Instruments 1971, No. 997. FORESTRY, THE FORESTRY 

COMMISION BYELAWS 1971. 

12. Statutory Instruments 1982, No. 1982. FORESTRY, THE FORESTRY 

COMMISION BYELAWS 1982 (2 copies) (David Stagg Collection) 

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13. THE BYELAWS, Learning in the New Forest - (Cartoons – produced by 

Education Officer, Forestry Commission) n.d. 

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Subject: Forestry Commission Management 

CONTENTS 

1. Stewardship Report 1994/5 - Management of the crown lands of the N F 

(Forestry Commission) 


(Forestry Commission) (2 copies) 














(Forestry Commission) 

10. Log jam No.1 - February 1993. 

11. 

Log jam No.4 – May 1993. 

12. 

Log jam No.19 - December1994. 

13. 

Log jam No.21 - February 1995. 

14. 

Log jam No.24 – September 1995. 

15. Log jam No.24 –October 1995. 

16. Log jam No.24 –December 1995. 

17. Chain-break FC staff newsletter for the New Forest District, issue2 Nov 1998 

18. Chain-break FC staff newsletter for the New Forest District, issue 11, Mar 201 

19. Chain-break FC staff newsletter for the New Forest District, issue 17 Summer 

2002 

20. New Forest future (Highlights from the recent report “The Future of the New 

Forest”) March 1990 and plans for forest ‘are not enough’ (Newspaper cutting 

21 Mar 1990) Ford Collection 

21. New Forest Chronicle Jul/Aug 1992 

22. Forest Guardian Summer 1995 

23. Restoring the Rhinefield Ornamental Drive 

24. An Introduction to an Ancient Royal Forest, 1966 W.A. Cadman? 

25. The New Forest – The Work of the Forestry Commission, W. A. Cadman 

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26. New Forest – Ancient and Ornamental Woods, Forestry Commission 

Operations – an evaluation by Professor G.W. Dimbleby, n.d. circa 1969 

27. The Future Management of the New Forest, [Ministers Mandate], May 1971 (3 

copies) 

28. Comprehensive Plan for the New Forest – Maintenance of its traditional 

character essential Forestry Commission Press Release 16 th Oct 1972 

29. Conservation of the New Forest recommendations accepted, Forestry 

Commission 16 th Oct 1972 

30. Deed of Recognition commemorating 900 years of conservation signed by 

Donn Small, Deputy Surveyor, 1979 

31. Ponies in Inclosures, Alison Field, 23 Dec 1994 

32. Structure of the Forestry Commission, 25 th Sep 1995 

33. Advertisement for Seasonal Forest Rangers, May 2000 

34. Enjoying the Forest - Recreation 2000 consultation draft 

35. Working together - Community 2000 consultation draft 

36. Help us get it right – Recreation and Community 2000 

37. Letter expressing concerns about Forest Enterprise exceeding its powers and 

jurisdiction from Dr Julian Lewis M.P., 16 th Sep 2000 

38. Letter explaining Forestry Commission position ‘there is no 

campaign…against the Verderers’ from Donald Thompson, Deputy Surveyor, 

26 th Oct 2000 

39. New Park Campsite Relocation questions and answers 27 th Oct 2000 

40. Campaign Against New Park Campsite leaflet, n.d. circa Autumn 2001 

41. Britain’s public forests close for the first time ever. News realease 1 st Mar 

2001 

Warning Foot and Mouth Disease, handout by Forestry Commission 

42. Foot and Mouth – Forest Closures questions and answers from website 25 th 

Mar 2001 

43. Forest stays closed rules FC, Advertiser and Times 31 st Mar 2001 

44. Good Friday DVS opening, map of car parks with Foot and Mouth advice 

45. Car parks open from 21 st Apr 2001, map with Foot and Mouth advice 

46. Car parks open from 11 th May 2001, map 



49. Winter Season Car Park Closures 5 th Nov 2007 to 13 th Mar 2008 

50. Letter from Richard Manley, chairman of Commoners Defence Association 

criticising the Management Plan for the Crown Lands of the New Forest: 

2001-2006 


51. Open Forest committee meeting of 25 th Oct 2001, report to the New Forest 

Consultative Panel by June Irvine 3 rd Jan 2002 

52. Letter by Michael Seddon, DS to William Ziegler, chairman New Forest 

Association regarding Sale of Forestry Commission Property, 15 th May 2006 

Paper for Verderers Committee about proposed sale of Holmsley Lodge and 

Shrike Cottage 

53. Forestry Commission proposals for stream restoration in the summer of 2007 

with map Aug 2006 

54. Two Trees Conservation Team Newsletter Issue 18, Dec 2007 with list of 

Conservation Events 

55. New Forest Focus, issue 100 Summer 2000 

56. New Forest Focus, issue 100 Summer 2000 

57. New Forest Focus, Spring 2001 






63. New Forest Focus, Spring 2007/8 

64. New Forest Focus, Spring 2008/9 




Subject: Forestry Commission Publications 

CONTENTS 

1. Forest Facts 1 Forest Policy since 1919 (2 copies) 

2. Forest Facts 2 The Forest Commission (2 copies) 

3. Forest Facts 3 Timber Production in Britain (2 copies) 

4. Forest Facts 4 Forestry in the Environment (2 copies) 

5. Forest Facts 5 Forestry and Rural Employment (2 copies) 

6. Forest Facts 6 Grants for Woodland Planting, 1989 

7. Forests and Archaeology, 1989 

8. Forests and Landscape, 1989 

9. Forests and Water, 1989 

10. Forests and Conservation, 1989 

11. The Forestry Commission and Conservation, 1970 

12. Forestry Facts 1 The Forestry Commission, Mar 1986 

13. Forestry Facts 2 Timber Production in Briatain, Mar 1986 

14. Forestry Facts 3 Forestry in the Environment, Mar 1986 

15. The Forestry Authority, May 1992 

16. Forestry Facts and Figures 1985-86 

17. Policy and Procedure Paper no 1 The Forestry Commission’s Objectives, Oct 

1982 and Apr 1984 (3 copies) 

18. Policy and Procedure Paper no 2 The Forestry Commission & Recreation, Apr 

1982 and Apr 1984 (2 copies) 

19. Policy and Procedure Paper no 3 The Forestry Commission & Landscape 

Design, Apr 1983 (2 copies) 

20. Policy and Procedure Paper no 4 The Forestry Commission & Conservation 

Apr 1984 and Mar 1986 (2 copies) 

21. Policy and Procedure Paper no 5 The Policy for Broadleaved Woodlands, Sep 

1985 (3 copies) 

22. Forestry Commission see your Forests – Southern England, Sep 1972 

23. Britain’s New Forests, rev 1960 

24. Don’t read this book, Illustrated and written by D T Patterson (safety booklet) 

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25. Appointments of Forestry Commissions Andrew Raven, Dr Victoria Edwards 

and Gareth Wardell, Forestry Commission Newspaper, Mar 2000 

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Subject: New Forest Committee - National Park 

CONTENTS 

1. Government’s response to the Edward’s Report on National Park with letter 

from David Perry, D.S. to staff at Forestry Commission 22 nd Jan 1992 (2 

copies) 

2. Decision announced on N F proposals Dept of Environment News Release 14 

Jul 1994 

3. Response from the Council for National Parks to the draft proposals for the 

special protection of the N F Heritage Area proposed by the New Forest 

Committee cnp 1998 

4. Draft proposals for the special protection of the New Forest Heritage Area 

1997 N F Committee 

5. The N F which way into the next Millennium? N F Committee press release 

15 Dec 1997 

6. CNP: Re New Forest, legal opinion by Robert McCracken, 1997 

7. Statement by N F Committee Chairman in response to DOE’s press release of 

14 Jul 1994 Maldwin Drummond N F Committee undated 

8. National Park for New Forest Daily Mail 30 th Jan 1992 

9. Forest to be national park, Southern Evening Echo, n.d. circa 1992 (2 copies) 

10. Park status secures 900-year-old privilege of forest folk, Guardian 22 nd Jan 

1992 

11. Call for New Forest to be national park, Ramblers’ Association 1989 

12. Make forest national park Reporter (Forest ed.) Nov 9 1989 

13. We must protect Forest’s future Letter from David Stagg N F Post 26 Nov 

1992 

14. No! Yes! Locals have a say on future of the Forest N F Post 26 Nov 1992 

(2 copies) 

15. The consultation exercise into the government’s proposals Summary of 

Responses July 1994 

16. The New Forest: to privatise or not? Donn Small in Hampshire Magazine 

Mar 1994 

17. Privatise the Forest? The blood runs cold! Hampshire Feb 1994 

18. National parks in England and Wales, Countryside Commission 1992 

19. Should the New Forest be a National Park D Coleman, Countryside 

Commission from a Seminar at Lyndhurst Park Hotel, 26 Nov 1990 

20. The New Forest: one step backwards ECOS 15(2) 1994 Colin Tubbs 

21. Fit for the Future Report of the National Parks Review Panel 1991, extracts 

22. The N F - Proposed designation as a Ramsar site and Special Protection Area 

New Forest Committee 17 Jan 1991 

23. Letter from Annie Cooper, chairman of Minstead P.C. to Marian Spain, 

Countryside Commission re-cost of National Park, 20 th Oct 1999 

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24. Notice of special meting of NF Consultative Panel following government 

announcement to make it a National Park, 1 st Oct 1999 

25. Paper to assist Consultative Panel discussion on government proposals for a 

National Park 21 st Oct 1999 

26. Additional points for Consultative Panel meeting by Ramblers’ Association 

6 th Oct 1999 

27. Forest Heritage committee to be set up, Lymington Times n.d. circa 1990 

28. Report on parliamentary question as to whether NF Acts remain in force 

under a National Park Hansard, House of Lords Tues 26 th Oct 1999 

29. Shaping the future of the New Forest, New Forest Committee Update 1 

Autumn 1999 

30. Shaping the future of the New Forest, New Forest Committee Update 2 

Spring 2000 (2 copies) 

31. Report of a Special General Meeting held at Brockenhurst College, Extract 

from New Forest Association annual report 1999 

32. Park is no threat, Peter Sopowski letter New Forest Post 27 th Apr 2000 

33. Draft National Park boundary surprises Advertiser and Times 22 nd Jul 2000 

34. Forest’s future as ‘National Park’ Hampshire Mar 1992 (2 copies) 

35. The Verderers and the Park extract from New Forest Notes Anthony Pasmore 

Lymington Times 6 th Apr 2002 

Hampshire’s National Park objection Lymington Times 6 th Apr 2002 

36. A strategy for the New Forest Maldwin Drummond Hampshire May 1996 

37. On with the New – What lies in store for the cherished New Forest if it 

becomes a National Park? Daily Telegraph 15 th Jul 2000 (2 copies) 

38. The future of the New Forest [unknown] article12 th Aug 2000 

39. Why the Commoners’ Defence Associatioin. The New Forest Pony Breeding 

Society & The Commoning Animals Protection Society oppose a standard 

National Park for the New Forest leaflet 

40. The Proposed New Forest National Park, leaflet by National Trust, Hants 

IOW, Friends of the Earth, The Open Spaces Society, Council for National 

Parks, The Caravan Club, British Horse Society, CPRE, WWF, RSPB, Cycle 

Touring Club, Northern Commoners Association, YHA and The Ramblers 

supporting creation of a National Park, Feb 2002 (5 copies) 

41. The New Forest: A National Park in the making, handout by New Forest 

Association, Hants IOW, Friends of the Earth, The Open Spaces Society, 

Council for National Parks, British Horse Society, CPRE, WWF, RSPB, 

Cycle Touring Club, Northern Commoners Association, YHA and The 

Ramblers supporting creation of a National Park, Jul 2000 

42a-c. House of Lords debates future of the New Forest – Lord Montagu calls for 

tailor-made constitution Advertiser and Times 25 th Jul 1998 

43. Farmers’ National Park experiences Advertiser and Times 21 st Oct 2000 

44. National Parks bureaucracy Nick Hacket Pain letter Lymington Times 16 th 

Dec 2000 

45. D A Jarrett; A R Cooper and Alan Goodfellow letters to Lymington Times 6 th 

Oct 2001 

46a-g. New Forest National Park, House of Commons debate Hansard 9 th Jan 2001 

47a-c. MPs debate Forest National Park boundary- Desmond Swayne argues case 

for Ringwood and Milford, Advertiser and Times 20 th Jan 2001 

48. New Forest National Park Update Regional View, Summer 2001, Countryside 


Agency (2 copies) 

49. A National Disaster - A National Park in the New Forest by procedural 

impropriety and misrepresentation, a libellous poser by un-named publisher 

circa 20 th Feb 2002 

50. The New Forest Committee’s recommendations for the special protection and 

future management of the New Forest Heritage Area, New Forest Committee, 

Feb 1998 

51. New Forest National Park – Next Steps, Countryside Agency 11 th Nov 1999 

52. A boundary for a New Forest National Park New Forest Committee paper 7 th 

Dec 1999 

53. Something stirs in the New Forest, letter by Sir Derek Barber chairman 

Countryside Commission The Times? N.d. 

:Letter from Lord Manners Official Verderer The Times? N.d. 

54. Who will save the New Forest? A call for increasing the Verderers powers, 

No publication or date 

55. The New Forest – The Government Proposals David Stagg’s letter Lymington 

Times 28 th Nov 1992 

56. Conqueror’s playground to be Britain’s newest national park The Times 29 th 

Jun 2004 

57. Good Breeding – The New Forest finally gets a title: national park, leader 

The Times 29 th Jun 2004 

58. New Forest has National Park status confirmed New Forest Post 1 st Jul 2004 

59. Forest Park boundary shock Advertiser and Times 3 rd Jul 2004 

60. National Park boundaries letter by Robin Harrison Advertiser and Times 3 rd 

Jul 2004 

61. Park not big enough for Forest Committee Advertiser and Times 16 th Oct 

2004 

62. New Forest becomes National Park Advertiser and Times 5 th Mar 2005 

63. Temporary Lymington HQ for Park Authority Advertiser and Times 20 th Aug 

2005 

64. Verderers will support National Park authorities Advertiser and Times 31 st 

Jul 2004 

Forest losing fertiliser! Letter by Mrs P Morrison Advertiser and Times 31 st 

Jul 2004 

65. Park salaries letters by Tom Spring-Smythe, Alan Powell and Bob Cooper 

Advertiser and Times 3 rd Sep 2005 

66. Forest issue in doubt after diverted letters found Advertiser and Times 26 th 

Mar 1994 

67. New Forest 2000 group - New Forest sets a course for the 21 st century 

Southern Evening Echo 26 th Sep 1989 

68. Maldwin Drummond: fighting to preserve the New Forest photograph no 

publication or date 

69. The New Forest Heritage Area letter by Peter Frost Lymington Times 19 th 

Mar 1994 

New Forest Status letter by David Stagg Lymington Times 19 th Mar 1994 

National Park delays letter by Peter Roberts Lymington Times 19 th Mar 1994 

70. Will map influence Boundary Commission? Lymington Times 7 th Mar 1992 

71. Government representatives visit over New Forest future Lymington Times 

3 rd Oct 1992 


72. The future of the New Forest letter by David Stagg Lymington Times 19 th Jun 

1993 

Future of the New Forest letter by J N Rudd Lymington Times 20 th Aug 1994 

73. New Forest Committee denies being power hungry Lymington Times 12 th 

Dec 1992 

74. New Forest Committee publishes its vision of future Lymington Times 22 nd 

Jul 1995 

75. Forest park status queried Southern Evening Echo 18 th Jan 1990 

76. Minister’s speed pledge on national park status New Forest Post 30 th Jan 

1992 

77. Commoners reject new Park status, despite threat Commoner Defence 

Association meeting Lymington Times n.d. 

78. Forest chief rejects National Park idea Lymington Times 2 nd Feb 1991 

79. New demands for status of national park New Forest Post 30 th Aug 1991? 

80. Minister pledges summer start to park status talks New Forest Post 14 th May 

1992 

81. Broken Tory promise over Forest no publication or date 

82. New era soon for the New Forest Southern Evening Echo n.d. 

83. Future of the New Forest Committee Lymington Times 19 th May 1994 

84. New boundary plan welcomed Southern Evening Echo n.d. 



Reference No: N 281 P-B 

Subject: New Forest Association Papers 

Pearl Pleydell-Bouverie Collection 

1. Memorandum re: Proposed Bombing Range in the New Forest, 30 Jan. 

1940 

2. The Dedication of Woodlands, 20 Apr. 1946 

3. Circular letter dated 10 Jul. 1946 regarding the NFA, following suspension 

during the war. 

4. Copy letter to Hon. Sec., NFA, dated 16 Jul. 1946 with views on Forest 

management. 

5. Agenda of 38th meeting of the General Council of the NFA, 16 Apr. 1948 

(meeting 24 Apr. 1948) 

6. Printed agenda of the 14th AGM of the NFA, Jun. 1948 (AGM date 3 Jul. 

1948) 

7. Typewritten script of The New Forest by Jennifer Wayne. Broadcast from 

Minstead Hut 23 Jul. 1948 

8. New Forest Bill (HL), 23 Nov. 1948 

9. NFA Agenda, 11 Dec. 1948 

10. New Forest Petition of NFA against Bill (HL), Session 1948-49 

11. Resolutions re: New Forest Bill 

12. Letters: (a) Sir Berkeley Pigott to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie, 21 Dec. 1957, (b) 

Mary Henderson Scott to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie, 27 Dec. 1957, 2 small 

sheets of notes about the NFA written by Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie. 

13. Letter to ‘Pearl’ from John Mills, President NFA, 29 Nov. 1957 about 

problems of the NFA. Report by Cecil Sutton, 12 Dec. 1956 (printed). 

14. Letter: Col. G.S.M. Le Marchant to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie re: revitalising 

the NFA, 22 Apr. 1958. 

15. Letter with map; Lt Col Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie, 

re: Beaulieu aerodrome, 16 June 1958 

16 NFA: three pritned membership forms dated 1958. 

17. Minutes of the 44th meeting of the Council of the NFA, 4 May 1959. 

18. Memorandum: Caravan Club to the NFA with a copy of ‘The Caravan 

Code’, 

19. NFA Agenda, 20 May 1960 

20. Minutes of the 49th and 50th meetings of the Council of the NFA, 30 June 

1961 and 8 Dec. 1961. 

21. Presentment to the Verderers’ Court re: siting NF Show (temporarily) on 

Forest land, 15 Jan. 1962. 

22. Letter: Sir Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre to Major Bleasby, NFA re: changes in 

Forest, 1 Feb. 1962. 

23. NFA Agenda, 3 March 1962. 

24. Letter: Maj. Bleasby to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie re: abandonment of NF 

Show’s application for use of open Forest land for the show, 2 April 1962. 

25. Notice of NFA Council meeting, 7 Oct. 1964. Back covered with Mrs 

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Pleydell-Bouverie’s notes. 

26. Letter: R.P. Letcher, Hon. Sec. NFA to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie, 22 Oct. 

1965. Notes on bottom and back by Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie, largely 

concerning petitions against the New Forest Bill, 1964. 

27. (a) Letter: R.P. Letcher to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie confirming his position as 

secretary to the NFA, no date, with (b) council meeting agenda 28 Oct. 

1965. 

28. Minutes of 54th Council Meeting, 7 Oct. 1964 (3 duplicated foolscap 

pages). 

29. Minutes of 56th Council Meeting, 22 Feb. 1966 (4 duplicated foolscap 

pages). 

30. Letter: William Conglidin(?) to Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie, 12 Mar. 1966 

regarding elected members. 

31. Printed notice of Centenary AGM and Celebration, with agenda and 

biographical details of nominees for election, 29 Jun. 1967. 

32. ‘Forest MP to Retire’, [Sir Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre] press cutting 

(photocopy and original), 19 Dec. 1967. 

33. Letter: William Eldon to ‘Madam’, regarding A. Pasmore’s New Forest 

Pottery Kilns and Parliamentary Bills, 15 Mar. 1968. 

34. Minutes of the 62nd Council Meeting, 2 May 1968 (3 duplicated, foolscap 

pages). 

35. Agenda of council meeting, 25 Jul. 1968, with notes by Pearl Pleydell- 

Bouverie. 

36 Report of the Deputation to the Council on Hardwoods (2pp. duplicated), 

15 Oct. 1968. 

37. Minutes of the 65th Council Meeting (four duplicated, foolscap pages), 17 

Mar. 1969. 

38. Agenda of council meeting, 28 May [no year], with notes on back. 

39. Minutes of the 66th Council Meeting, 23 June 1969, (4 duplicated, foolscap 

pages), with notes by Pearl Pleydell-Bouverie. 

40. Agenda of council meeting, 1 Dec. 1969. 

41. Minutes of 68th Council Meeting, 9 Mar. 1970 (3 duplicated foolscap 

pages). 

42. Address by D.A. Mithen, Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest to the NFA, 

17 Apr. 1970. (11 typed A4 pages). 

43. New Forest Inclosures: Hardwoods Survey 1970, publ. 5 Mar. 1971. 

(Foolscap booklet, 19pp.) 

44. ‘Planting scheme a threat to the New Forest’ by B. Jackman. Press cutting, 

The Sunday Times, 7 Mar. 1971. 

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Subject: New Forest Association Papers 

1. Coloured letter head showing logo 

2. Jumped before he was pushed – Major Baillie resigns presidency before 

vote Lymington Times n.d. Feb 1997 

3. Letter from 21 members of the NFA Council and letter from Jean Cobb, 

June Irvine, Bob Cooper and Mrs Y Nelson Lymington Times 22 nd Feb 

1997 

4. ‘Put the New Forest First’ leaflet supported by Exxon Chemical (2 copies) 

5. Newsletter Number 1 Dec 1972 (3 copies) 

Leaflet advertising Heywood Sumner mugs n.d. circa 1994 

6. Newsletter Oct 1979 


8. Newsletter Nov 1982 




12. Newsletter Nov n.d. circa autumn 1991 

13. Newsletter Autumn 1992 

14. Newsletter Winter 1993 (2 copies) 

15. Newsletter Summer 1994 (2 copies) 

16. Newsletter Autumn 1995 

17. Newsletter Spring 1998 (2 copies) 


19. Newsletter Autumn1998 (2 copies) 


21. Newsletter Winter 1999 

22. Newsletter April 2000 

23. Newsletter Spring 2000 

24. Newsletter Autumn 2000 (3 copies) 

25. Newsletter Spring 2001 

26. Newsletter Autumn 2001 (2 copies) 

27. Newsletter Summer 2002 








35. Notice of AGM 26 th Apr 2006 




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39. Appeal for fund to life members 

40. Notice of AGM 30 th May 2001 

41. Questionnaire to enlist assistance n.d. circa 2001 


43. Notice of Broad-leaved Woodlands Sub-Committee 25 th Jan 2000 

44. Rules Apr 1999 (2 copies) 

45. Notice of Special General Meeting and Ballot Paper 19 th Nov 1999 

46. Call for action to preserve Forest, no publication or date 

47. Notice of AGM 16 th May 1997 with 6 resolutions 

48. List of candidates for election at AGM 16 th May 1997 

49. Biographical details of candidates for election at AGM 16 th May 1997 

50. Explanatory letter from Peter Baillie 16 th Apr 1997 

51. Notice of Special General Meeting 26 th Feb 1997 over a no-confidence 

issue in its president 

52. No confidence vote passed on NFA president Advertiser and Times 18 th Jan 

1997 

53. New Forest Notes by Anthony Pasmore Lymington Times Feb 1997 

54. Letter to members about difficulties with president signed by 21 members 

of council 

55. Message from the President circa Jan/Feb 1997 


57. Put the New Forest first leaflet n.d. circa mid 1990s 

58. New Forest Notes by Anthony Pasmore Lymington Times Feb 1997 


60. Rules 1994 (2 copies) 

61. New Forest Protection Committee appeal to support New Forest Bill [1970] 

n.d. circa 1968 

62. An Agenda for the Forest’s Future 1994 

63. The New Forest Association’s Policy n.d. mid 1990s 

64. Members List 1993 (4 copies) 

65. Request for members views on value of protection offered by Heritage 

Area, letter to members by president Belinda Montagu 3 rd May 1993 

66. Put the New Forest first n.d. 1970/80s 

67. The Ziegler Memorial appeal leaflet n.d. 


69. Draft Agenda for the Forest’s future n.d. early 1990s (3 copies) 

70. Forest reaches crossroads in its history Southern Evening Echo Apr 1988 







77. Domesday Mug for anniversary Southern Evening Echo? N.d. circa 1976 

78. Letter explaining call for Special General Meeting 8 th Nov 1976 because of 

proposal to establish deep penetration car parks 

79. Notice of Special General Meeting 8 th Nov 1976 




82. Notice of AGM 25 th Apr 1973 notes on members standing for re-election to 

the Council 


the Council 


the Council 

85. Notice of AGM 28 th May 1969 notes on members standing for re-election 

to the Council (2 copies) 

86. Notice of Centenary AGM 22 nd Jul 1967 notes on members standing for reelection 

to the Council 

87. Notice of Special General Meeting 17 th Mar 1969 to adopt rules 

Rules 1969 

88. Notice of AGM 23 rd Apr 1964 

89. Notice of AGM 8 th Dec 1961 

90a-d. Copies of pp 256-63 of Hants County Book n.d. circa 1938 

91. Report to the 13 th AGM 10 th May 1940 

92. Copy of New Forest Byelaws 17 th May 1928 

93. Draft history pf the NFA 1957-75 by D.J. Stagg 

94. Notice of AGM 19 th Apr 2008 with talk and field trip details 




Subject: Campaign to Protect Rural England 

CONTENTS 

1. Letter to members? from chairman, Peter Frost about destruction of 

Brockenhurst Woodland 27 th Nov 1988 

2. Anger over puny penalty for destroying woodland, Bayada, Southern Evening 

Echo, 25 th Nov 1988 

3. M.P. calls for inquiry into Forest’s future, Lymington Times, 3 rd Dec 1988 

4. Forest wood row grows, Bayada, Forest Reporter, 8 th Dec 1988 

5. Brockenhurst Woodland Felling, letter by Peter Frost, to ? 10 th Dec 1988 

6. Draft letter from chairman, Peter Frost, to Mrs Bottomley [environment 

minister] about Brockenhurst Woodland destruction, n.d. 

7. Lord Caithness announces protection for woodland, Dept of Env news release 

21 st Jun 1988 

8. The Farm Woodland Scheme Rules Booklet, 1988 

9. Forestry planting in upland England, Hansard, 20 th Oct 1988 

10. The Farm Woodland Scheme – A General Introduction, 1988 

11. Environmental Assessment of afforestation projects, Forestry Commission, 4 th 

Aug 1988 

12. Woodland Grant Scheme, Forestry Commission, June 1988 

13. Letter from Planner at NFDC to chairman, Peter Frost, about erection of a 

building on farmland, 15 th Dec 1988 

14. Legal moves follow ‘wanton destruction’, Southern Evening Echo, 16 th Dec 

1988 

15. Minister to meet councils over tree felling, Lymington Times, 17 th Dec 1988 

16. Forestry grants and other procedures, Branch Circular from H.O. 19 th Dec 

1988 

17. Objection to Planning Officer, NFDC by V and M Chilcott of expansion of 

New Forest Inn, Emery Down, 20 th Dec 1988 

18. Rely from Planning Officer, NFDC to Peter Frost, chairman regarding 

additions at The New Forest Inn, Emery Down, 9 th Jan 1989 

19. Letter from Peter Frost to Mrs Bottomley regarding woodland destruction at 

Brockenhurst, 10 th Jan 1989 

20. Press Release on NF Review Group Report ‘Long term vision lacking say 

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conservationists’ 20 th Jan 1989 

21. NFDC Development Committee briefing note on meeting with Mrs Bottomley, 

Junior Minister for the Environment about Woodland destroyed at 

Brockenhurst, 6 th Feb 1989 

22. Woodlands need new law to protect them, Lymington Times?, n.d. 

23. Comments to Planning Officer, NFDC on Totton Area Local Plan, 2 nd Feb 

1989 

24. Call for Verderers to control the Forest, New Forest Post, 26 th Jan 1989 

25. Big hotel to be built at Lepe, Lymington Times, 4 th Feb 1989 

26. Letter from Spencer Forbes to Planning Officer, NFDC, protecting against 

proposed hotel at Lepe, Feb 1989 

27. Reply by Virginia Bottomley at DOE to Peter Frost about woodland felled at 

Brockenhurst, 9 th Feb 1989 

28. Letter from Shirley Blick, Clerk to the Verderers, acknowledging the CPRE 

presentment on the NF Review Report, 15 th Feb 1989 

29. CPRE planning objection about proposed Leisure Centre at Woodside, 

Lymington, 19 th Feb 1989 

30. Item for CPRE newsletter advertising talk by Elizabeth Lewis, 23 rd Feb 1989 

31. Letter from The Ramblers – Hampshire Area suggesting ‘some sort of national 

park’ 27 th Feb 1989 

32. Copy of reply to Hampshire Ramblers, agreeing legislation is necessary n.d. 

33. Letter to Fiona Reynolds, Assistant Director, CPRE about Fawley B, 6 th Mar 

1989 from Michael Chilcott about co-ordinating resistance to application, 6 th 

Mar 1989 

34. Letter from NFDC planning Officer about Redeundant Buildings: Waterside 

Parishes, 7 th Mar 1989 

35. Letter from Fiona Reynolds, Assistant Director CPRE to David Stagg 

congratulating him on his reappointment [to Verderers Court] and arranging a 

visit to the NF, 14 th Mar 1989 

36. Letter to Mr Hug[h]es [NFDC] from Peter Frost, suggesting improvement to 

housing plan for Copythorne, Netley Marsh and Ashurst 

37. Notification to members of Spring Evening 14 th April 

38. CPRE calls for new protection to the New Forest, Southern Echo? 30 th Mar 

1989 

39. Letter from John Coles, Chairman NFDC on headed paper marked ‘Fawley B 

Information Unit’ notifying participants, statutory and amenity, and thanking 

them for their part in the work leading to the withdrawal of the CEGB’s 

proposed Power Station 

40. Fears over plans for an American style national park, unknown news report, 

13 th Apr 1989 


41. Controlling forest visitors – American style, Hampshire Chronicle, 14 th Apr 

1989 

42. Press Release about successful Spring Meeting, 17 th Apr 1989 

43. Letter from Peter Frost thanking HCC and NFDC on their stand against 

Fawley B, 30 th Apr 1989 

44. Our Priceless trees, reaction to ‘small’ fine imposed on Frank Bayada for 

destroying Brockenhurst woodland, Forest Reporter? 18 th May 1989 

45. Letter from Maldwin Drummond to Patrick, McNair-Wilson about a briefing 

meeting for new County Councillors suggested by the NFA and CPRE, 26 th 

May 1989 

46. Maldwin Drummond to Peter Frost confirming meeting for 22 nd September 

1989 enclosing acceptance from Patrick McNair-Wilson, 12 th Jun 1989 

47. Letter from Peter Frost congratulating him on his kningthood and asking that 

he sum up the meeting in September, n.d. 

48. The New Forest: The Case for a National Park, 7 page document by The 

Ramblers, n.d. circa July 1989 

49. David Puttenham (CPRE president) speech for Legacy exhibition launch 18 th 

Sep 1989 

50. Letter from Susan Kenyon, secretary to Peter Frost, chairman about delays in a 

welcome letter to new members, 20 th Sep 1989 

51. Invitation to NFA/CPRE Forum to be held at Appletree Court, Lyndhurst, 22 nd 

Sep 1989 

52. New Forest sets a course for the 21 st century, New Forest 2000 Group 

established, Southern Evening Echo, 26 th Sep 1989 

53. Letter from Kate Ashbrook, Open Spaces Society about the Forum, 26 th Sep 

1989 enclosing an item about the New Forest from their journal in October 

1937 ‘…the nearest approach to a National Park…’ 

Letter from Maldwin Drummond regretting oversight of not inviting Open 

Spaces Society, 5 th Oct 1989 

54. ‘Twelve goods reasons to designate the New Forest as Britain’s twelfth 

National Park’ speech by Alan Mattingly, director of The Ramblers, 3 rd Nov 

1989 

55. ‘Twelve goods reasons to designate the New Forest as Britain’s twelfth 

National Park’ speech by Alan Mattingly, director of The Ramblers, 3 rd Nov 

1989 

56. Dibden Bay proposals for a new waterside village, ABP? N.d. 

57. Letter to Planning Officer, HCC opposing Dibden Bay Scheme, 15 th Nov 1989 

58. Press Release: ‘New Forest Planners get it right!’ 16 th Nov 1989 

59. Fawley Update no. 8 Dec 1989 All quiet on the waterfront? 

60. Are National Parks fit to face the future? Professor Ron Edwards to lead 


Review, Countryside Commission, 13 th Dec 1989 

61. Strategy for Nature Conservancy in Hampshire, Lymington Times, 30 th Dec 

1989 

62. New Forest visit to Dartmoor, Lymington Times? 6 th Jan 1990 

63. Press Release objecting to proposed waste tip at Paultons Park, 12 th Jan 1990 

64. Developers no longer welcome in Hampshire – draft plan, Hampshire 

Chronicle, 12 th Jan 1990 

65. Rubbish tip threat to beauty spot, New Forest Post, 18 th Jan 1990 

66. Memorandum to Peter Frost, Ruth Blok and David Stagg about a London 

meeting between Ramblers and CPRE, from Fiona Reynolds, 1 st Feb 1990 

67. County and Forest to clash over housing?, Lymington Times, 3 rd Feb 1990 

68. Letter to Planning Officer, NFDC opposing development at Testwood House 

Farm, 10 th Feb 1990 

69. Letter to Inspector, opposing development at Fish Pond Piece, Emery Down, 

10 th Feb 1990 

70. Demo to call for restoration of By-Pass, Lymington Times, 17 th Feb 1990 

71. Don’t make Forest National Park – just give it the status, Lymington Times, 

17 th Feb 1990 

72. Briefing paper from Test Valley Borough Council recommending objection to 

additional facilities at Paultons Park, 21 st Feb 1990 

73. Life begins at 40 - Review of parks marks birthday National Parks Today, no. 

26 Spring 1990 

74. CPRE’s draft response to National Parks Review, 15 th Mar 1990 

75. Report’s ‘no’ to call for national park, New Forest Post, 22 nd Mar 1990 

76. Plea to save New Forest, Southern Evening Echo, 9 th Apr 1990 

77. Threat to New Forest, letter by Belinda Lady Montagu, The Times, 9 th Apr 

1990 

78. Letter to David Stagg on wider use of his ‘well-judged statement of where we 

are now’ following the Government’s response to the Review Group report, 

10 th Apr 1990 

79. The New Forest: An Agenda for the 1990s, Ramblers response to ‘The Future 

for the New Forest’, Jul 1990 

80. Special Place, The Ramblers Association, Jul 1990 

81. Estate Agents particulars of Campden House, Burley, n.d. circa Mar 1990 

82. Letter to Patrick McNair-Wilson about help in protecting land at Burley 

[Campden House], 8 th Jul 1990 

83. Press Release about Campden House land, Burley, 9 th Jul 1990 

84. Protest over sale of Forest grazing land, New Forest Post, 19 th Jul 1990 

85. Letter from County Estates Officer, HCC to Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson about 


Campden House, Burley sale, 20 th Aug 1990 

86. Land Gold Mines, New Forest Notes, Anthony Pasmore, Lymington Times, 

Nov, 1990 

87. Dispute over Burley land sale, Lymington Times, 10 th Nov 1990 

88. Bypass defeat C.P.R.E.’s branch’s highlight, Lymington Times, 10 th Nov 1990 

89. Milford Council drop C.P.R.E. Lymington Times, 15 th Dec 1990 

90. Farm buildings not redundant, County Farm, Bramshaw, Lymington Times, 

15 th Dec 1990 

91. Inspector slams Council planners, farm buildings at Ower, Lymington Times, 

15 th Dec 1990 

92. CPRE Agenda 14 th Jan 1991 

93. Letter from Andrew Purkiss, CPRE Director to Michael Heseltine, Secretary 

of State for the Environment, 7 th May 1991 

94. Letter from Fiona Reynolds to Peter Frost about the Edwards Review, 

concerns about NFA view, 7 th May 1991 

95. Letter to Parish Clerks from CPRE about New Forest Heritage Area Status, 

27 th Jun 1994 

96. Notes on NFA headed paper of discussion areas regarding arrangement for the 


97. Fit for the Future recommendation 19.1 ‘The New Forest should be formally 

recognised as a national park, but with a tailor made constitution’ 

98. CPRE’s Response to Review Group’s Draft Report, n.d. 

99. Letter from David Stagg to Fiona Reynolds about strategy that includes 

‘breaking the power and influence of the Forestry Commission in the New 

Forest’, 18 th Apr 1990 

100. CPRE Agenda 4 th Jul 1994 

101. CPRE Branch Circular list Apr-May 1994 

102. CPRE Minutes of 9 th May 1994 

103. CPRE Agenda 7 th Sep 1994 

104. CPRE Minutes 4 th Jul 1994 



Reference No: N 290 Vol.2 

Subject: New Forest Museum 

CONTENTS 

1. EDUCATIONAL VISITS (Publicity Letter to Head Teachers - undated) 

2. EMBROIDERY IN THE NEW FOREST (Workbox Oct/Nov 1996) 

3. WILDLIFE & LANDSCAPE by Richard Tratt, Exhibition of Paintings. 

(Poster 22 October to 6 November) 

4. NEW FOREST GYPSIES (Exhibition Poster March 1997) 

5. A SEASON OF EXHIBITIONS (SERIES 017D) No.1 GYPSIES OF THE NF 

(Poster March 1997) 

6. NF COLLECTORS EXHIBITION - May 1997 

7. EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP Poster May 1997 Lecture 97D 

8. NEWSLETTER Update August 1996 – Exhibition and Courses 

9. ISOBEL HARGREAVES GIVES £2,000 TO NFCT (Lymington Times 23 Aug 1997) 

10. NEW FOREST AIRFIELDS EXHIBITION (Poster August 1997) 

11. ADVERTISEMENT: NF AIRFIELDS EXHIBITION HRO Exhibition 

documents, maps and pictures revealing the story of the historic New Forest, Education course 

“The New Forest, Conquest, Crown and Commoner” 1997 

12. THANK YOU - publicity for Professional Floral Studies Informal Evening 

Sep. 1997 

13. EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP Poster Sep.1997 Lecture 97E 

14. Poster - THE NF CONQUEST, CROWN & COMMONER Sep.1997 

15. SAMPLE OF THREE CHRISTMAS CARDS 1997 

16. TRUST TAKES OVER MUSEUM Advertiser & Times, 5 December 1998. 

17. LOCAL MUSEUMS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY - Advertisement - 

Feb.1998 

18. FIVE FORESTERS REMEMBER - Poster advertisement for lecture series - 

Feb. 1998 

19. GRANT FOR LYNDHURST MUSEUM (Lymington Times 21 Feb 1998) 

20. LAND, SEA AND AIR - TRAVELLLING IN THE NEW FOREST - Poster 

advertisement Apr 1998 

21. RAILWAYS THROUGH THE FOREST (Poster Apr 1998) 

22. VISIT BY LYMINGTON & DISTRICT HIS. SOC. To NF, Library & 

Verderers’ Hall. Apr.23.1998 

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23. INVITATION TO MR & MRS J JAMES: RECEPTION TO LAUNCH 

HAMPSHIRE PAPER 13 Apr 1998 

24. NEW FOREST WOODMAN’S EXHIBITION Poster May 1998 

25. NEW FOREST COMMONING DAY (Publicity leaflet undated) 

26. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY ALAN SEALBY - Jul 1998 

27. NEW FOREST HABITATS (Publicity, course details) Sep 1998 

28. ACTIVITIES BASED ON ‘THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST’ 

Publicity poster Oct 1998 

29. CORRESPONDENCE WITH PAUL CLASBY 1990, 1991 

30. Poster - BOG RESTORATION IN THE NEW FOREST. Talk by FC 

Ecologist 2.2.99 missing 12.3.2010 

31. Poster - NEW FOREST WOODMAN’S EXHIBITION 15-21 February 1999 

32. NEW FOREST AIRFIELDS EXHIBITION May 29 - 5 June 1999 

33. Publicity Material A CELEBRATION OF NEW FOREST PONIES 

34. NEW FOREST MUSEUM & VISITOR CENTRE New leaflet introduced 

1.7.99 

35. Poster – RETAIL AND SHOPPING IN THE NEW FOREST 1850-1950 2-29 

August 1999. 

36. Poster – REMEMBRANCE EXHIBITION. THE NEW FOREST AT WAR. 7- 

21 November 1999. 

37. Newspaper Cutting -500 lb Bomb at part of “New Forest at War” Exhibition. 

November 1999 

38. Open Letter re omission of Buckhounds and Foxhounds in Museum – 

Advertiser & Times, 9 October 1999 

39. Poster, Details & Confirmation Card – THE NEW FOREST – FAUNA & 

MAN – Feb/March 1999? 

40. Leaflet FURZEY GARDENS & NEW FOREST MUSEUM GROUP DAY 

OUT. Undated. 

41. Poster – LYNDHURST FUN DAY. 19 December ???? 

42. Leaflet – PROGRAMME SUMMER 1996 for New Forest Ninth Centenary 

Trust, Education Service. 

43. Reply Slips (Illustration - Sloden Hill from Splash Bridge) for Reception, New 

Forest Museum 

44. Poster – NEW FOREST MUSEUM FREE ENTRY, 13-15 April 1999. 

45. Poem – Response to School Letter – composed by Tricia Dorricott, 1999 

46. Poster – PEOPLE OF THE FOREST, 5 lectures, Sept – Oct. No year. 

46a. Poster – PHOTOGRAPHING FUNGI IN THE NEW FOREST Workshop by 

George McCarthy, 25/26 September. No Year. 

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47. Poster – THEMES FROM THE NFM by Jude James/BROCKENHURST’S 

STORY IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS by Tony 

Johnson 22 October 1999. 

48. Poster – THE MAD HATTER’S TEA & TINSEL PARTY at NFM, 18 th 

December. No year. 

49. Poster – COUNTRY SPORTS, A History of the Pursuit of Game & Wild 

Animals. 26 March – 24 th April. No year. 

50. Poster – CHURCHES & HOUSES OF THE FOREST – 5 lectures 

commencing 23 February 2000. 

50a. Poster – HAMPSHIRE’S LIVING HISTORY by Gerald Ponting – 6 lectures 

7 June to 12 July 2000. 

51. BROCKENHURST RECORDS TO GO TO MUSEUM?, Lymington Times, 

30 Nov 1996. 

52. Letter re NFM advertising in the Parish Magazine in 1996, 25 October 1995. 

53. Two advertisements – THE REFERENCE LIBRARY & RESOURCE 

CENTRE, COME IN AND DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE FOREST. 

54. MUSEUMS TOLD SHARING IS BETTER THAN HOARDING, The Times, 

19 July 2000. 

55. Poster – OUR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE in and around the NEW 

FOREST – 3 lectures by Jude James. 22, 29 Nov., 6 Dec. 2000 

56. Welcoming Leaflet to NFM and Guide. 

57. Flyer - WORKING FOR THE FOREST AND ITS PEOPLE – New Forest 

Ninth Centenary Trust’s aims for the NFM – Undated. 4 copies. 

58. Leaflet – TAKE A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES in the NFM. Undated. 

59. Posters (2) – RAILWAYS THROUGH THE FOREST, Pictorial Exhibition. 

4 April to 19 April 1998. 

60. CAN YOU SPARE A BIT OF FOREST HISTORY, New Forest Post, 

13 May, 1999. 

61. MORE GIFTS FOR FOREST MUSEUM and LOCAL HELP SOUGHT FOR 

FOREST MUSEUM’S DISPLAYS, Advertiser & Times, 26 February, 2000. 

62. EXHIBITION ON UNDERSTANDING THE NEW FOREST, Advertiser & 

Times, 11 March, 2000. 

63. NEW FOREST MUSEUM EXTENSION and NEW FOREST COMMITTEE 

LAUNCHES ITS OWN WEBSITE, Advertiser & Times, 5 August, 2000. 

64. GIFT TO FOREST MUSEUM (Arthur Clarke, Maps, etc.) and thanks and gift 

of latest book by author Edward Rutherford (“The Forest”) Advertiser & 

Times, 12 August, 2000. 

65. Children’s Activity Quiz about tree trunks. THE INSIDE STORY. Feb. 2001 

66. Explanatory A4 folded leaflet – NEW FOREST REFERENCE LIBRARY in 

the NFM. Undated. 2 copies. 

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67. A4 folded booklet by Jude James, SHOPPING & RETAILING IN THE NEW 

FOREST 1850-1950. August 1999. 

68. Newspaper Cutting. RURAL REALITIES, Heritage Memories by Chris 

Yandell. Account of NFM Exhibition. 2 Photographs of Jude James. Undated. 

69. THE NEW FOREST NINTH CENTENARY TRUST – grant to expand 

Reference Library in NFM. Advertiser & Times, 12 May, 2001. 

70. Advertisement/information Colin R. Tubb’s book THE NEW FOREST. 2001 

71. PRESENT FOR HARD-HIT MUSEUM. Admissions low due to foot & mouth 

epidemic but gift of historical antique silver beaker. Advertiser & Times, 

2 June, 2001. 

72. Poster – TO INFINITY…AND BEYOND! – 5 lectures, June/July 2001. 

73. Richard Tratt’s Paintings, Exhibition at NFM. Advertiser & Times, 25.8.2001 

74. POLICE PROTECTION PLEA FOLLOWS MUSEUM THREAT, The Daily 

Echo, 16 November, 2000. 

75. Illustrated Booklet, 12 pages. THE CHANGING FOREST. Pictorial guide to 

NFM. ?2004. 2 copies. 

76. A4 account of meeting re Redesign and Refurbishment of Display Panels, 18 th 

November 1995. 

77. Advertisement and article – AUTHOR’S WIDOW TO SIGN FOREST BOOK 

Advertiser and Times 8 December, 2001. 

78. New appointments to the museum staff. Advertiser & Times, 2 Oct. 1999 

79. “NATURE’S DELICACIES” AT NEW FOREST MUSEUM. Children’s 

Work. Advertiser & Times, 3 August, 2002. 

80. Letter in newspaper by Jude James – NFM best professional practice for future 

development. Unsourced. Undated. 

81. Layout/Plan of New Forest Museum Redevelopment March 2002 

82. A4 Folded Leaflet -THE NEW FOREST LIBRARY BOOK APPEAL . 

Undated 

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CONTENTS 

1. HOW YOU CAN HELP US BUILD THE NEW FOREST CENTRE (NFNCT 

June 1984) 

2. WORK STARTS ON CENTRE (N F Post 14.5.1987) 

3. BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING (N F Museum & Visitor Centre undated) 

4. INVITATION LIST FOR 24.6.1988 (2 pockets) 

5. A PIECE OF FOREST PAST PRESERVED (N F Post 30 Jun. 1988) 

6. STAMP OF APPROVAL (N F Post 30 Jun. 1988) & other newspaper 

accounts of Centre opening 

7. PRINCE PHILIP OPENS N F MUSEUM (Unnamed newspaper cutting 2 July 

1988) 

8. PRINCE LEAVES HIS MARK (Forest & Waterside Observer) 1 July 1988 

9. DUKE SIGNED OFFICIAL VISITORS BOOK + advertising material 

(undated) 

10. LEARNING IN THE N.F. & N.F. EMBROIDERY (NFMVC Posters) 

11. DISCOVERING THE N.F. Talks by Terry Heathcote (NFMVC July/Aug) 

12. CRISIS AT THE NF MUSEUM - BRUSHER MILLS COMES TO THE 

RESCUE (NFMVC press release undated) 

13. NFVC EXHIBITION GUIDE (undated) 

14. NF NEWSLETTER - booking form for schools (undated) 

15. NF MUSEUM QUIZ (undated) 

16. CONQUEST, CROWN & COMMONER (poster for MFNVC course, 

undated) 

17. DAVID FISHER WITH A PAIR OF ADDER TONGS (Southern Echo 

23.11.88) 

18. NFMVC LETTERHEAD (undated) 

19. APPRAISAL OF EXISTING FACILITIES (Touchstone Associates Report 

Jan. 1989) 

20. LETTER FROM MALDWIN DRUMMOND TO MARJORIE TRIGGS (15 

Feb. 1989) 

21. ANIMAL FACT FILE (NFMVC undated)

22. CONSERVATION IN THE N.F. QUIZ SHEET (NFMVC undated) 

23. HIDING IN THE HIDE (Quiz sheet) (NFMVC undated) 

24. MY MUSEUM WORKBOOK (NFMVC undated) 

25. THE N.F. LIBRARY BOOK APPEAL (NFMVC undated) 

26. BIGGEST BIRD BOX IN HAMPSHIRE (Advertiser & Times 8.4.1989) 

27. N.F.M. INAUGURAL MEETING N LIBRARY (Manuscript notes by 

Marjorie Triggs 26.4.89) 

28. N.F. MUSEUM APPEAL AND CENTRE CELEBRATES ITS FIRST 

BIRTHDAY (Bournemouth Evening Echo 8 June 1989) 

29. AFRICAN ADVENTURES AND NEW CONSERVATION AROUND THE 

WORLD (WWF poster advertising two talks at the Centre 14 June 1989) 

30. CENTRE CELEBRATES FIRST BIRTHDAY BY LAUNCHING APPEAL 

(Southern Evening Echo 6 June 1989) 

31. TALKS ON THE NEW FOREST (Poster and programme for ten talks by Roy 

Jackman Sept-Nov) 

32. LETTER FROM A VISITOR TO THE MUSEUM WITH COMMENTS (Rose 

Greaves 16 Sept 1989) 

33. MINUTES OF LIBRARY SUB-COMMITTEE 23 Oct 1989 

34. BIRD WATCHERS FOCUS ON FOREST (Newspaper Cutting unknown, 

undated) 

35. NEW FOREST CHARACTERS talk by Jude James (poster, Hants & IOW 

Naturalists Trust, undated) 

36. LETTER TO MALDWIN DRUMMOND FROM A T LLOYD RE SITE OF 

KILLING OF WILLIAM RUFUS - copy for David Fisher (poor photocopy 

undated) 

37. 1990 ADVERTISEMENT FOR EDUCATION OFFICER FOR NCT. On 

reverse newspaper cuttings about the first year of the Centre. 

38. NEW FOREST MUSEUM APPEAL & PETE THE PONY (31 May 1990) 

39. NOVA FORESTA: THE REACH OF ITS ANCIENT CONSEQUENCE INTO 

THE YEAR 2000. 5.6.1990 

40. 250,000 SAW FOREST MUSEUM (Lym.Times 8.9.1990) and other press 

cuttings 

41. BOOKING FORM FOR NEW FOREST COMMONING (NFMVC 19910 

42. EDUCATIONAL GROUP BOOKING FORM (NFMVC 1992) AND 

“FRIENDS OF NEW FOREST MUSEUM” DISTRIBUTION TREE 

43. NFNCT OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER No.1 (June 1995) 

44. POTS AND PICTURES (NFMVC Press Release 27.11.1995) 

45. NFNCT OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER No.2 (December 1995) 

46. POTS AND PICTURES IN “WHAT’S ON” (Daily Echo 9 Dec 1995)

47. FOREST JEWEL OF LYNDHURST SHINES BRIGHT (Daily Echo 20 Dec 

1995) 

48. A NEW FOREST LIBRARY AT THE NFMVC (St Michael’s Church 1995) 

49. COMMONING DAY ART COMPETITION (NFMVC Press Release 26 Jan 

1996) 

50 YOUNG ARTISTS WITH A COMMON TOUCH (New Forest Post 1 Feb 

1996) 

51. JUST FOUR PAINTERS ANDA POTTER (NFMVC Press Release 22 Mar 

1996) 

52. EMBROIDERY AND SAMPLERS (NFCT) and NEW FOREST SEMINAR J 

James June 1996 

53. NFNCT OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER No.3 (July 1996) 

54. A CELEBRATION OF NEW FOREST PONIES (New Forest Pony Breeding 

& Cattle Society July 1996) 

55. NFMVC THE LIBRARY, RESOURCE AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRE 

(Hants Field Club & Archaeological Society - Reprint of Report No.34 1996 

by Jude James)




CONTENTS 

1. A5 flyer, NEW FOREST MUSEUM & LIBRARY Scheduled to reopen mid- 

September 2003. 

1a. Article by Anthony Pasmore THE NEW FOREST MUSEUM LIBRARY – 

description on reopening. New Forest Notes - December, Advertiser & Times, 

6 December 2003. 

2. Article by Peter Roberts, NEW RESOURCES, NFM & LIBRARY, Nova 

Foresta Magazine, Vol.9, No.2, Autumn/Winter 2003/4. 

3. NEW FOREST REFERENCE LIBRARY UPGRADING CELEBRATED, 

Advertiser & Times, 10 April, 2004. 

4. CASH BOOST FOR FOREST MUSEUM, Advertiser & Times, 19 June, 2004. 

5. COUNTY CASH HELPS PAY FOR MUSEUM’S REFURBISHMENT, New 

Forest Post, 17 June, 2004. 

6. NEW PRESIDENT FOR HAMPSHIRE FIELD CLUB, Advertiser & Times, 

19 June, 2004. 

7. A4 folded NEW FOREST MUSEUM SUMMER ACTIVITIES, August 2004 

8. A4 NEW FOREST RESEARCH PROJECTS for UNIVERSITY STUDENTS 

9. NEW FOREST MUSEUM’S END OF SUMMER RECEPTION, Advertiser & 

Times, 2 October, 2004. 

10. Various items, re Dr. Michael SMETHURST, Director General at British 

Library and adviser to NFM Library on his death 18 October 2004. 

11. STORY OF THE NEW FOREST - NFM after re-development, Advertiser & 

Times, 18 November, 2004. 

12. Book Advertisement & Launch leaflet BEATRICE OF BOLDERWOOD, 

23 November 2004. 

13. NFM Guide - undated 

14. BUTTERFLY BOOKS BOOST COLLECTION, New Forest Post, 12 May, 

2005. 

15. Photograph re Butterfly Book donation from John Gulliver. 

16. Leaflet NFM, WHAT’S ON…, May-October 2005. 

17. The visit by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh to the NFM & LIBRARY on 29 

July, 2005. Court Circular, The Times, 30 July 2005. 

18. Duke of Edinburgh opens refurbished New Forest Museum. Advertiser & 

Times, 6 August, 2005. 2 pages with photographs. 

19. Poster NFM, WHAT’S ON, April-September 2005. 

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20. Leaflet INFORMATION FOR READERS AND RESEARCHERS, 

Christopher Tower New Forest Reference Library. January 2004. 

21. Leaflet INFORMATION FOR READERS AND RESEARCHERS, 

Christopher Tower New Forest Reference Library. January 2004,revised April 

2004. 

22 Leaflet INFORMATION FOR READERS AND RESEARCHERS, 

Christopher Tower New Forest Reference Library. January 2004, revised 

April 2004, further revision 3 May 2005. 

23. POSTMAN’S FOREST DRIFT PHOTOS ON SHOW, Advertiser & Times, 

17 September, 2005. 

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Subject: New Forest Farming 

CONTENTS 

1. MOVE TO UK (Jersey Evening Post 5 Jan 1996) 

2. MOVEMENT OF PIGS FROM A FARM (Pigs, records, identification & 

movement order 1995) 

3. CAPTAIN SWING AND CAPTAIN HUNT (Hampshire January 1980) 

4. AI IS AI AT LYNDHURST (Hampshire April 1970) 

5. FARMING : SOME HOME TRUTHS (Hampshire April 1963) 

6. NEW FOREST FARMING 1861 (Abstract from Journal of Royal 

Agricultural Society of England 1861) 

7. PHOTO OF TYRRELL’S OAK, HURN (Ford Collection, undated) 

8. EJECTION OF WM.CUTLER, BEEKEEPER (Newspaper cutting 1860) 

9. BEEKEEPING IN 1269-1270 AT BEAULIEU ABBEY IN ENGLAND by 

Frank G. Vernon (Bee World Vol. 60, no.4 1979) 

10. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: Information and Advice (Citizens Advice 

Bureau Circular – March 2001) 

11. FOREST FRIENDLY FARMING PROJECT LOCAL ACTION GROUP 

Agenda and Papers (inc. LEADER+ European Community initiative) for 

Meeting 12 th June, 2002. 

12. FOREST FRIENDLY FARMING – Newssheet and Planner, Winter 2003 

13. COMMONLAND, Brief guide to the COMMONS REGISTRATION ACT 

1965. 

14. THE NEW FOREST PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME 

(requisitioning of land during WW2) by David R. Browning (AGRICULTURE: 

The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. Vol. LVIII, No. 5, August 1951) 

15. FOREST FRIENDLY FARMING News and Information, Winter/Spring 

2004/5 

16. FOREST FRIENDLY FARMING News and Information, 2006 

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Reference No: N 440 (includes N 450 Safety/Accidents 

and Breeding) 

Subject: New Forest Ponies 

CONTENTS 

1. NEW FOREST PONIES - colour leaflets 

2. BROCKENHURST HUNTERS SALE - photographs - Hants County Pictorial 

3. FACTORS AFFECTING BODY CONDITION OF N F PONIES 

4. ACORNS AND FOREST PONIES Hampshire Magazine Feb 1988 

5. N F GRAZING INCENTIVE SCHEME Verderers of the New Forest 

6. EXTRACT FROM OBSERVERS BOOK OF HORSES AND PONIES revised 

edition 1961 

7. NEW FOREST PONY ASSOCIATION Extract from the Hampshire Index 

27.4.1895 

8. COLT HUNTING AND DRIFTS 2 double sided sheets 

9. THE NEW FORESTER November 1996 issue. The N F Pony Breeding and 

Cattle Society 

10. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HORSES 

Autumn 1995 newsletter “Improvements in the New Forest” 

11. NEW FORESTER November 1995 issue. N F Pony Breeders & Cattle Society 

12. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY AGM March 1985, 1990, 

1993 & 1994 agendas 

13. SOUTHERN EVENING ECHO REPORT September 1992 re Beaulieu Road 

Pony Sales 

14. EXTRACT FROM “NATURAL WORLD” Spring/Summer 1990 - plea for the 

forest. 

15. NEW FOREST POST May 1990 “Bid to save our ponies from meat 

exporters” 

16. COPY OF ARTICLE about New Forest as holiday venue 

17. ARTICLE on death of 53 ponies during ‘flu epidemic 

18. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY Ballot paper for election of 

Council Members 

19. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY Agenda for AGM 1984 

20. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY Point-to-point boxing Day 

27.12.1982 

21. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY Agenda for AGM March

1981 

22. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY Point-to-point Boxing Day 

26.12.1980 

23. N F PONY BREEDING & CATTLE SOCIETY Agenda for AGM March 

1979 

24. STALLION DISTRICTS 1975 

25. PONY BREEDER & CATTLE SOCIETY Point-to-point Boxing Day 1975 

26. PONY BREEDER & CATTLE SOCIETY Letter to all members November 

1974 

27. PONY BREEDER & CATTLE SOCIETY Prize list of Annual Show 

27.8.1973 

28. DAILY TELEGRAPH ARTICLE 20.4.1970 Pony Judges search for best 

stallions. 

29. EXTRACT FROM THE HANTS ADVERTISER APRIL 1911 New Forest 

ponies employed in coal mines. 

30. EXTRACT FROM PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE - ponies employed in coal 

mines. 

31. EXTRACT FROM THE HANTS ADVERTISER 15.4.1911 New Forest Ponies 

32. EXTRACT FROM THE HANTS ADVERTISER November 1911 New Forest 

Ponies 

33. EXTRACT FROM THE HANTS ADVERTISER November 1902 New Forest 

Ponies 

34. EXTRACT FROM THE HANTS ADVERTISER September 1902 New Forest 

Ponies 

35. EXTRACT FROM THE HANTS ADVERTISER September 1901 New Forest 

Ponies 

36. FOUR PONY SCHEME FOR THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BREED OF N 

F PONIES


Reference No: N 450 (filed with N 440) 

Subject: New Forest Ponies, Breeding 

CONTENTS 

1. Cavalry Horses Handwritten extract from ‘Daily Telegraph’ Jan 6 1872 

2. Letter from Cumberbatch to James Howard re Degeneration of N F Ponies 14 

Mar 1866 

3. Letter to Cumberbatch re costs relative to ‘Zohran’ 15 Nov 1856 

4. Memorandum re costs relative to ‘zohrab’ 14 Nov 1856 

5. Letter from P F Kennedy re ‘Zohrab’ 26 Dec 1853 

6. Letter to Cumberbatch re ‘Zohrab’s illness 21 Dec 1853 

7. Letter from Cumberbatch Zohrab “not well” 18 Dec 1853 

8. Letter from office of woods “Worthless Character of Sires” 22 May 1852 

9. Royal Insurance Special terms for N F Pony Breeding & Cattle Society (about 

1981) 

10. Aghenda for 49 th AGM of N F Pony Breeding & Cattle Society Mar 1986 

11. N F Ponies leaflet N F Pony Breeding & Cattle Society Undated 

12. N F Pony Breeding & Cattle Society Rules 1991 & notes for completing 

registration form 

13. Entry form for August Bank Holiday weekend show 1994 

14. The New Forester 

15. Agenda for 60 th AGM March 1997 

16. The Stallion Show 23 Aug 1997 & Annual Breed Show 25 Aug 1997 

17. 1997 Election to Council of N F Pony Breeding & Cattle Society. 

18. Boxing day point to point 26 Dec 1997 

19. N F Ponies Leaflet 1987


Reference No: N 450 (filed with N 440) 

Subject: New Forest Ponies, Accidents-Safety 

CONTENTS 

1. FENCES WILL STOP DEATHS Letter from Harold Bisson, N F Post 1991 

2. ANIMAL SUMMER ACCIDENTS HALVED Lymington Times 23 Sep 1995 

3. JUST ANOTHER DEATH Letter to Lymington Times C J Aldhous 1995 

4. LIMITED THOUGHT Letter from C J Aldhous, N F Post 29 Jun 1995 

5. FOREST ANIMAL DEATH CRASHES SURGE Southern Echo 22 Nov 1994 

6. SHARP FALL IN ANIMAL DEATHS Lymington Times 25 Mar 1995 

7. ANIMALS IN DANGER FROM FAST DRIVERS Southern Echo 3 Nov 

1994 

8. PONY CASUALTIES Lymington Times 19 Nov 1994 

9. THREE YEARS TO ASSESS 40 LIMIT SUCCESS Lymington Times 12 Jun 

1993 

10. DRIVER WHO “PLOUGHED” INTO HORSES FINED £600 Lymington 

Times 12 Jun 1993 

11. CRACKDOWN LAUNCHED ON HIT-AND-RUN FOREST ANIMAL 

KILLERS Southern Echo 18 Mar 1993 

12. CRACKDOWN ON SPEEDING Daily Echo 16 Nov 1997 

13. “A & T” PRAISED FOR ACCIDENT REPORTS AND PONY COLLARS “A 

SUCCESS” Lymington Times 22 Nov 1997 

14. FOREST ANIMAL CASUALTIES Lymington Times 15 Nov 1997 

15. ANIMAL ACCIDENTS Lymington Times 8 Nov 1997 

16. FOREST ANIMAL ACCIDENTS Lymington Times 1 Nov 1997 

17. PONY DEATH Daily Echo 7 Oct 1997 

18. OH DEER, A DRIVER ALERT Daily Echo 3 Oct 1997 

19. REFLECTIVCE COLLARS WIN AWARD Lymington Times 27 Sep 1997 

20. PONIES COLLARED FOR NIGHT SAFETY Daily Echo 26 Sep 1997 

21. PONY COLLAR AWARD HOPE Daily Echo 22 Sep 1997 

22. PONY COLLAR SCHEME IN LINE FOR A NATIONAL AWARD, BUT… 

N F Post 25 Sep 1997 

23. MOTORISTS BRING CARNAGE TO FOREST Daily Echo 17 Sep 1997 

24. PONY COLLARS NOMINATED FOR AWARD Lymington Times 6 Sep

1997 

25. TRAGEDY OF PONY DEATH N F Post 21 Aug 1997 

26. ANIMAL ACCIDENTS Lymington Times 9 Aug 1997 

27. SHOCK RISE IN PONY DEATHS N F Post 24 Jul 1997 

28. DEATH TOLL UP Daily Echo 24 Jul 1997 

29. DISTRESSING SIGHT OF DEAD HORSE Lymington Times 19 Jul 1997 

30. ANIMAL DEATH TOLL STILL RISING N F Post 10 Jul 1997 

31. ILPH NEWS Spring 1998 

32. ANIMAL DEATH TOLL ON INCREASE Daily Echo 9 Jul 1997 

33. ESTHER’S PLEA TO DRIVERS/DRAMATIC SPEED CUTS TO SAVE 

ANIMALS 1990 

34. SPEED BAN TO END SLAUGHTER Southern Evening Echo 8 Oct 1987 

35. DRASTIC MEASURES TO CUT ANIMAL DEATH TOLL 1985 

36. ‘DELIGHTED WITH NEW FOREST BILL’ Letter in unnamed newspaper 

37. 3 LETTERS FROM ERIC ASHBY Unnamed newspapers 31 Oct 1970 

38. TOUGH GOING AT POINT-TO-POINT Echo 27 Dec 1973 

39. PHOTO OF ALBERT STRIDE RECEIVING CREE CHALLENGE CUP 1 

Jan 1971 

40. CASH CRISIS MAY PUT AN END TO VERDERERS Lymington Times 29 

Mar 1980 

41. WARNING OVER FOREST PONIES’ CONDITION Lymington Times 29 

Mar 1980 

42. FOREST TO BECOME SPEED CONTROL ZONE Echo 22 Jan 1992 

43. PONY DEATHS REPORTS SLAMMED BY COURT Echo 21 Jan 1991



Subject: New Forest Show 

CONTENTS 

1. GIFT TO SHOW SOCIETY (Brusher Mills Chair) ( R & F Journal 4.2.81) 

2. LETTER from John Burry extending show to three days (Aug.1988) 

3. PONY CLASSIC IN FOREST IS PAT’S GRAND CHALLENGE (Southern 

Evening Echo 31.7.92) 

4. THAT’S SHOW BUSINESS Southern Evening Echo 31.7.1992 

5. RECORD HOPES FOR FOREST SHOW Southern Evening Echo 16.7.1992 

6. SHEAR DELIGHT FOR SHOWGOERS/WIDE RANGE OF ATTRACTONS 

SET FOR SHOW Southern Evening Echo 27.7.92 

7. SHOW’S RECORDBREAKING CROWD Southern Evening Echo 31.7.1992 

8. PETE THE PONY Southern Evening Echo 31.7.92 OVER 100,000 AT 

FOREST SHOW? Lymington Times 1.8.92 

9. STILL PULLING IN TOP CATTLE FROM ACROSS SOUTH Southern 

Evening Echo 9.7.92 

10. ORGANISERS EXPECT 100,000 VISITORS Southern Evening Echo 

28.7.1992 

11. NEW FOREST SHOW PROGRAMME P & O Ferries publicity 1988 

12. FOREST SHOW’S LOSSES TUJRN TO £36,000 PROFIT/50 YEAR 

FOREST SHOW ACCOLADE - PHIL GOSSLING MADE PRESIDENT 

Lymington Times 10 Feb 1996 

13. THE N.F. SHOW, REFLECTIONS BY SIR DUDLEY FORWARD, Bt. 

Hampshire Magazine, undated 

14. DON’T MISS THE GREAT FOREST SHOW! Hampshire, July 1994 

15. - (VOID) 

16. OFFIC IAL SHOW MAGAZINE 30.31 July & 1 August 1996 

17. OFFICIAL SHOW MAGAZINE 29.30.31 July 1997 

18. N.F.SHOW Published comments from the Advertiser and Times 1996 

19. N F & HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SHOW 25, 26 & 27 JULY 1995 Derry 

Heaton Trophy 

20. N F AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY Member’s car sticker 1995 

N490 – New Forest Show Updated 31/03/2010 page 1 of 

4

21. N F AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY Request to wear appropriate dress 

in members’ enclosure 1995 

22. NOTICE OF PRIVATE HOSPITALITY BOXES AT 1994 N F HANTS 

COUNTY SHOW 

23. MEMBERS’ BADGES and various bits from the Ford collection 1993-1995 

24. PLAN OF SHOWGROUND and admission tickets Ford collection 1997 

25. REMINDER TO PAY 1996 SUBSCRIPTION Ford collection 1996 

26. NOTICE OF INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP RATES Letter from 

Hon.Treasurer 1995 Ford collection 

27. NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS RE SHOW 2 and 9 Aug 1997 

28. HISTORY OF THE NEW FOREST Back page has list of show attractions, 

undated 

29. CRAFTS AT THE NEW FOREST SHOW Hampshire July 1984 

30. NEW FOREST SHOW RESULTS August 7 , 1999 

31. FUN IN THE SUN AT NEW FOREST SHOW August 7 1999 

32. NEW FOREST AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SHOW - A4 folded leaflet. 

Undated. (2 copies) 


1992 


1995 

35. PLANS FOR EVEN BETTER NEW FOREST SHOWS – Lymington Times 10 

August 1996. 

36. FOREST SHOW ARTS, CRAFTS AND FIELD SPORTS – Lymington Times 

10 August 1996. 

37. FOREST SHOW – Various Comments – Lymington Times 10 August 1996 

38. NEW FOREST SHOW - Daily Echo Supplement, July 1998 



41. THE NEW FOREST SHOW – REFLECTIONS BY SIR DUDLEY 

FORWOOD, BT. (Chairman of the Show Society) Hampshire Magazine 1980 

42. NEW FOREST SHOW 2000 – Various Accounts, The Daily Echo, 25-28 July 

43. NEW FOREST AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SHOW – A4 folded leaflet. 

The New Forest Agricultural Show Society. 1992. Ford Collection 

44. MEMBERSHIP OF THE NEW FOREST AGRICULTURAL SHOW 

SOCIETY – Subscription Details. 1994. Ford Collection 

45. MEMBERSHIP OF THE NEW FOREST AGRICULTURAL SHOW 

SOCIETY – President’s Dinner 1992, 1995. Ford Collection 


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46. ELECTIONS – THE NEW FOREST AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY. 

1991. Ford Collection 

47. THE NEW FOREST AGRICULTURAL SHOW SOCIETY. Details of 

Entertainment 1985, Notice of Private Hospitality Boxes at New Forest Show. 

1992. Ford Collection 

48. NEW FOREST AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SHOW – Badge, Car Pass and 

Admission Passes. 1996. Ford Collection 

49. NEW FOREST SHOW, CONCERNS IN 1951 – 50 Years Ago, Advertiser and 

Times, 21 February, 2001. 

50. FOREST SHOW TO MAKE NEW RECORD? – Increase in entries and prize 

money + traffic arrangements. Newspaper Cutting. July 25 th , 1987. 

51. £15,000 PROFIT ON NEW FOREST SHOW NOT ENOUGH – Newspaper 

Cutting, 21 st January 1989. 

52. FOREST SHOW TO HIRE HELP WITH CAR PARKS (and issues around 

sponsorship) – Newspaper Cutting 29 th April 1989 

53. OFFICE BLOCK FOR FOREST SHOW “DISASTROUS” Verderers reserve 

their decision – Newspaper Cutting 27 th January 1990. 

54. COMMONER OPPOSES OFFICE BLOCK FOR N.F. SHOW - Newspaper 

Cutting 31 st March 1990 

55. FOREST SHOW RECORD EXPECTED (Account of various aspects of 

forthcoming event) – Newspaper Cutting 2lst July 1990. 

56. BEST NEW FOREST SHOW? Attendance + Photograph of Show Presidents 

on 1987 Stagecoach – Newspaper Cutting 28 th July 1990. 

57. Commoner, Mr. Ralph Hayward’s objections to impact of New Forest Show – 

proposed building (see 53 above), volume of traffic on tracks – Newspaper 

Cutting 11 th August 1990. 

58. FORESTRY COMMISSION ACTS OVER NEW FOREST SHOW – 

tightening lease on New Park Farm, maintaining rural nature – Newspaper 

Cutting 22 nd September 1990. 

59. SIR GEORGE (Meyrick ) TO BE FOREST SHOW PRESIDENT? Income up 

despite lower gate receipts. Newspaper Cutting 1 st December 1990. 

60. LORD SELBORNE IS FOREST SHOW PRESIDENT (1991) – Sir George 

Meyrick elected for 1992 + other appointments. 

Newspaper Cutting 20 th February 1991. 

61. NEW FOREST SHOW LOCAL RESULTS, Newspaper Cutting 3 rd August 

1991 

62. FOREST SHOW GETS ITS OWN OFFICES – Photograph Sir Dudley 

Forwood and Philip Shanks (Show Secretary) 

Newspaper Cutting 28 th December 1991. 

63. HOME, SWEET HOME FOR SHOW – Photograph of Tree Planting 

Newspaper Cutting, New Forest Post, 2 nd January 1992. 


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64. FOOT AND MOUTH LEADS TO QUIET FOREST SHOW + Results 

Advertiser & Times, 28 th July 2001. 


66. ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL THE FAMILY AT REVITALISED FOREST 

SHOW – Results and Photographs – Advertiser & Times, 3 rd August 2002 

67. NF&HCS – Showground Layout & Ring Programme 1991 



70. NF&HCS – Showground Layout & Ring Programme 1995 (see also 24) 

71. NEW FOREST AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY – Agenda for Annual Meeting 

with Balance Sheet, Membership, Donations and Prize Money for 1937. 

January 1938. 



January 1939. 



January 1940. 

74. HIS PART TIME JOB JUST GREW – Philip Shanks role as New Forest Show 

Secretary, by Peter Carne. Newspaper Cutting 27 th July 1981. 

75. FOREST SHOW BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER – Account and 

Photographs by Jenny Hare. Southern Life Magazine, July 1989. 

76. YEAR’S HIGHLIGHT: FOREST SHOW, Account, results and photographs. 

Southern Evening Echo, 26 th July 1972. 


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Reference 

Number: 

N 500 

Subject: Hunting and Sport 

CONTENTS 

New Forest Beagles 

1 Letter from Hepherd Winstanly and 

Pugh 13 th Feb 1981 

2 Letter from Austin and Wyatt 6 th Feb 

1981 

3 Letter and conditions for commercial 

letting 3 rd Feb 1981 

4 Rules 

5 Income and Expenditure a/c. Year 

ended April 30 1982 

6 Subscribers 1980/81 

7 Letter to subscribe March 1981 

Finance, Tatton Brown 

8 Subscription Pack 1933 


9a Subscription Pack 1938 



12 The New Forest Hunt by Daphne 

Moore, Horse and Hound, 25 th Mar 

1961 

13 Hunting in the New Forest by C.R. 

Acton in Riding, vol 1 no 6, Nov 

1936 

14 New Forest Hunt Ball invitation, 22 nd 

Apr 1938 

15 Extract from Records of the Old 

Charlton Hunt by The Earl of March, 

1910, expenses and Bolderwood 

16 Destruction by fire of the New Forest 

Kennels, 1861, Poole and South- 

Western Herald, 6 th Sep 1861 

17 Pig Pointer, (Slut) letter by W.H.S. in 

The Mirror, 1 st Jul 1826 

18 Southern Echo, 27 th Dec 1973 report 

on Point to Point, photo of Bert Stride 

and son Richard with Tan 

19 a-b A month’s riding in the New Forest, 

N 500 Hunting & Sport Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 4

The Horse vol 1, no 4 Summer 1930 

20 Rhinefield Polo Club Brockenhurst, 

Rules 1939 

21 Rhinefield Polo Club, Tournament 

Week programme, 5 th , 7 th , 9 th Sep 

1950 

22 Rhinefield (New Forest) Polo Club, 

Tournament Week programme, 3 rd , 

5 th , 7 th Sep 1957 

23 Polo Ball, 27 th Aug 1971 

24 Clay Pigeon Shoot, New Park Farm, 

Brockenhurst, 28 th Aug 1971 

25 Lyndhurst F.C. fixtures, 1971/2 

26 Falconry in the New Forest by L.D.H. 

Humby, Hampshire Magazine, Dec 

1962. Includes picture of John Frost 

27 The New Forest Buckhound out until 

dusk by James Lewis in The Field, 7 th 

Nov, 1968 

28 Photo of Eel Harvest, Hampshire 

Magazine, Aug 1965 

29 A Foxhunter in the New Forest by 

Michael Clayton in Horse and 

Hound, 5 th Jun 1970 

30 Photo of opening meet of New Forest 

Beagles, Horse and Hound, 6 th Oct 

1962 

31 Manuscript copy by Majorie Triggs 

of details of Gold Medal competition 

at New Forest Golf Club inaugurated 

by Capt. H. Aitchison from Parish 

Magazine, 1890 edited by J. Erskine. 

Handbook of New Forest Golf Club 

31a Course Review, Jun 2004 details 

history of founding of club in 1889. 

2pp 

31b Handbook of New Forest Golf Club, 

1971 

31c Rates for New Forest Golf Club, 

proprietor Peter Swann, manageress 

Miss V.W. Ash, n.d. 

31d 2 fixture cards and 2 plans of the 

course, 1971 

32 Fox hunting: barbaric or acceptable?, 

The Reporter, 11 th Jan 1990 

33 Calmore sports club – cricket fixtures 

1970 

34 Stumps drawn for Lyndhurst 


cricketers, Advertiser and Times, 29 th 

Apr 1995 

34a Lyndhurst Cricket Club, fixtures 

1971 

35 Ducks in the Forest, cricket at 

Fritham, Hampshire Magazine, Jan 

1961 

36 Cows… characters…and cricket by 

Ian Wooldridge, Hampshire 

Magazine, Nov 1960 

37 Badger battle set to rebound on 

hunters by Peter east, Southern 

Evening Echo, 8 th Oct 1987 

38 New Forest Bloodhounds, newspaper 

cutting from 1840. 

39 39. Doubled back! an incident with 

the New Forest Buckhounds, 

illustration by Lionel Edwards, in The 

Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic 

News, 29 th Nov, 1930 

40 King John hunting a stag illustration 

Copyright of the British Library, Ms 

Cotton, Claudius D II, S-116 

41 Man who cares for the animals by 

Peter Carne, Southern Evening Echo, 

18 th Apr 1986; Brian Ingram chief 

agister. 

42 Saboteur injured in hunting brawl, by 

Andrew Ross, New Forest Post, 24 th 

Nov 1985. 

43 Warrant to shoot game, 1861 with list 

of 99 names and residences 

44 Two letters to the Morning Post, 

1843 concerning game in The New 

Forest, one by Grantley Berkeley 

45 Legal letter advising of consent for a 

cricket pavilion on Hyde Common. 

From Dept of Environment to Messrs 

Jacksons, Solicitors, Fordingbridge 

46 New Forest hunting notes, The 

Buckhounds, 29th Dec 1911 

(newspaper cutting) 

47 Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week 

programme held 15 th – 20 th Jul 1929, 

illustrated includes photos of Morant 

Hall, tennis players, Brockenhurst 

Manor golf club 

48 150 years of Beaulieu Cricket Club, 

captioned photo of teams, 


Hampshire, Aug 1999 



Reference No: N 550 (previously N300) 

Tourism Flyers and Leaflets 

Tourism and Related Topics 

Subject: Tourism and Related Topics 

CONTENTS 

TOURISM FLYERS and LEAFLETS 

1. NEW FOREST TOURISM – Leaflet outlining formation, aims, organization, 

etc. of the Association. (Undated – after 1989) 

2. NEW FOREST TOURISM Newsletter, Issue No. 2, 2 nd March 1990 

3. NEW FOREST TOURISM Car Sticker, Member 1993 

4. LEAFLET FOR TEACHERS re school visits, “Education on Your 

Doorstep”, New Forest Tourism & New Forest District Council - undated 

5. ADVERTISING LEAFLET, 8 page “Where to Eat & Drink in the New 

Forest”, New Forest Tourism & New Forest District Council, – undated (2 

copies) 

6. ADVERTISING LEAFLET, 8 page “Where to Eat & Drink in the New 

Forest”, New Forest Tourism & New Forest District Council – undated (3 copies) 

7. ADVERTISING LEAFLET, 2 fold, “The New Forest Encounter” – 

Admission to New Forest Centre plus tour of the Forest., New Forest Tourism 

& New Forest District Council 1992. (3 copies) + Flyers for “The Original 

New Forest Encounter” 5 February-15 April, 1992 (3 copies); “The New 

Forest Wildlife Encounter” Evenings March-October (3 copies); “The New 

Forest Village Encounter” Wednesdays, East to end of October (2 copies) 

8. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out, “In and Around the New Forest” 1987, 

Leisure Services and Tourism (3 copies) 

9. GUIDE LEAFLET, “What to see & do in the New Forest”, Leisure Services, 

New Forest District Council - undated 

10. GUIDE LEAFLET, “What to see & do in the New Forest”, Leisure Services, 

New Forest District Council - undated 

11. GUIDE LEAFLET, “Events in the New Forest”, March. New Forest District 

Council 

12. GUIDE LEAFLET, “Events in the New Forest”, October. New Forest 

District Council 

13. ADVERTISING LEAFLET, “The New Forest” – undated (3 copies) 

14. ADVERTISING LEAFLET, 4 pages “Selected Country House Hotels”, New 

Forest Tourism. 1990. 

15. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Places to Visit”, New Forest Tourism. 1990. 

(9 copies) 

16. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Places to Visit”, New Forest Tourism. 1992. 

(7 copies) 

17. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Places to Visit”, New Forest Tourism, New 

Forest District Council. 1993. (4 copies) 

18. GUIDE LEAFLET, 2 fold, “Events”, New Forest District Council. 1993. 

N.550 (replacing N.300) Updated 19/02/2010 page 1 of 5

19. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Places to Visit”, New Forest Tourism, New 

Forest District Council. 1994. (2 copies) 

20. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “What to see and do”, New Forest Tourism 

& New Forest District Council. 1995 

21. GUIDE LEAFLET, 2 fold, “Events in the New Forest”, New Forest District 

Council. 1995. The Ford Collection 




& New Forest District Council. 1997. (2 copies) 



25. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “What to see and do”, 2000 

26. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “What to see and do”, 2001 

27. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Beaulieu & Surrounding Area”, 

28. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Brockenhurst”, 

Leisure Services, New Forest District Council. 1994 (3 copies) 

29. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Burley”, Leisure 

Services, New Forest District Council. (5 copies) 

30. LEAFLET “Dibden Golf Centre”, Leisure Services, New Forest District 

Council. 

31. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Fordingbridge”, 

Leisure Services, New Forest District Council. (2 copies) 

32. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Hythe & The Waterside”, Leisure Services, 

New Forest District Council. (4 copies) 

33. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Landford, Nomansland & Redlynch”, 

Leisure Services, New Forest District Council. 

34. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Lymington & 

Pennington”, Leisure Services, New Forest District Council. (2 copies) 

35. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Lyndhurst & Surrounding Area” Leisure 

Services, New Forest District Council. 

36. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Lyndhurst”, 


37. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Lyndhurst”, 

Leisure Services, New Forest District Council. (2 copies) 

38. GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “New Milton & Barton-on-Sea” Leisure 

Services, New Forest District Council. 1996 (3 copies) 

39. OFFICIAL GUIDE LEAFLET, A3 fold-out “Welcome to Ringwood”, 


40. GUIDE LEAFLET. 2-fold “Stay in Sway”, by Peter Bristow. 1997. 

41. GUIDE LEAFLET. 8 pages “The New Forest Coast”, Leisure Services, New 

Forest District Council. 

42. ADVERTISING LEAFLET – New Forest Hotels & Restaurants Association 

1971-1972 (2 copies) 

43. ADVERTISING LEAFLET – New Forest Wagons – rides through inclosures 

The Ford Collection 

43A GUIDE LEAFLET – The New Forest Area Map and Entertainment. 

/continued in second ring 

binder 


TOURISM and RELATED TOPICS 

44. BOOKLET New Forest Butterfly Farm 20pp brochure (1995-96) 

45. DOG-WALKING Vicious dogs, Forest Reporter cutting, 6 July 1989 

46. CAMPING Memories of the New Forest - when very little stirred. Hampshire 

Magazine March 1986. 

47. EARLY THOUGHTS (1963) ON TOURIST MANAGEMENT – a little slow. 

Hampshire Magazine, November 1963. 

48. WESTERN STYLE RIDING – FLYING G – Hampshire Magazine, Oct. 1963 

49. TOURISM: Review of the last year and action plan. – undated. 

50. FEATURE ON THE NEW FOREST – 3 page special – undated (after 1996) 

and unsourced. 

51. MOVE TO CUT CAMPING IN THE NEW FOREST, Southern Evening 

Echo, 5 th November 1987 (2 copies) 

52. CAMPERS PITCH INTO CAMP SITES CLOSURE PLAN FOR FOREST, 

Southern Evening Echo, 12 th April 1988. 

53. WALK OF THE MONTH – Enjoying ancient rights in the New Forest, 

Sunday Telegraph 18 Oct 1992 

54. NEW FOREST CYCLE NETWORK – Monitoring, June 1998-August 1999 

Forestry Commission 

55. CYCLEWAY - Cycleway action demanded. Daily Echo, 12 th December, 1996. 

56. CYCLEWAY – English Nature brake over cycleway. Lymington Times, 7 th 

December 1996. 

57. ASSOCIATION OF DISTRICT COUNCILS Tourism and Leisure 

Conference 1993 

58. NEW FOREST PONIES, MR. HANS STANLEY OF PAULTON’S, MR. 

ROSE OF CUFFNELS. Extract from the Gentleman’s Magazine, April 1795, 

Vol.65, p.267-8. 

59. REVIEW OF CAMPING AND CAR PARKING – New Forest camping 

‘under review’, newspaper cutting 3 rd November 1960. Car Free Areas, 

newspaper cutting 24 th August, 1975. Both unsourced. The Ford Collection. 

60. NEW FOREST MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTRE – Survey results. 1988 

61. REVIEW & TOURISM POLICIES AND ACTION PLAN – New Forest 

District Council, 1987? 

62. CAMPING & CARAVANNING SITE CLOSURES – Campers pitch into 

camp sites closure plan for Forest, Southern Evening Echo, 12 th April 1988. 

63. FORTUNE CENTRE OF RIDING THERAPY – Riding ahead, New Forest 

Post, 21 September. 1989. 

64. AGRICULTURE MINISTER (John Gummer) ON NEW FOREST 

MANAGEMENT – Riders must pay in drive to save the New Forest, 

Guardian, 21 st March, 1990. (2 copies) 

65. REVIEW OF NEW FOREST CAMPING, Forestry Commission Report 

(Summary), 1995. 

66. MANAGEMENT OF NEW FOREST TOURISM & USE – Charges for using 

Forest on horizon. Lymington Times, 22 nd July, 1995. 

67. ARTICLE - THE NEW FOREST DESCRIPTION & FACTS (2 pages) – 

Music, figures and beehives not permitted by Gareth Huw Davies. Travel, 

The Times, 1 June 1996. 

68. MAKING NEW FRIENDS STRATEGY, INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 


TOURISTS & LOCAL COMMUNITY – New friends for New Forest, 

newspaper cutting, unsourced. 9 th January 1997. 

69. MAKING NEW FRIENDS – TOURISM SEMINAR held at The National 

Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Programme and Attendance List. 15 th March 1995. 

70. DISABLED DRIVERS – The New Forest Wheelchair Challenge. Leaflet by 

Disable Drivers’ Association with purpose and details. 1995 

71. NEW FOREST TOURISM – CONFLICTS AND ANSWERS, The New Forest 

– can it survive? Jointly produced by The Forestry Commission, HCC, The 

Nature Conservancy, The New Forest R.D.C., The New Forest Verderers. 

?c.1960’s/1970’s. – 2 copies 

72. CONSERVATION AND RECREATION IN THE NEW FOREST by Donn 

Small (Deputy Surveyor) Offprint from The Royal Society for the 

encouragement of Arts, 1978 

73. QUOITS – NEW FOREST PASTIMES IN 1906 – Lyndhurst Historical 

Society account and link to TV Programme. M.P. Argent, April 1973. 

74. NEW FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL’S SUPPORT OF CRIMESTOPPERS 

SCHEME. New Forest Post, 24 th August, 1995. 

75. RAMBLING 2 letters and a cover (photocopies PRO) relating to rambling in 

the forest, dated 1 and 5 May 1890 

76. PHOTOGRAPHY Letter (photocopy PRO) seeking permission to photograph 

in the New Forest, 13 Feb. 1903 

77. PHOTOGRAPHY Letter (photocopy PRO) about making cinematograph 

pictures in the New Forest, 29 July 1913. 

78. PHOTOGRAPHY Letter (Photocopy PRO) from Gerald Lascelles, Deputy 

Surveyor, 5 Aug 1913 regarding permission to photograph in the New Forest. 

79. LEISURE FACILITIES REVIEW AND PLANNING by The Leisure Services 

Committee of NFDC, A3 folded account. 1992 (3 copies) 

80. LIST OF ATTRACTIONS IN NEW FOREST AND SURROUNDING 

AREAS, Duplicated A4 Sheet, 1994. (5 copies) 

81. TOURISM IN THE NEW FOREST SEMINAR, STRENGTHS AND 

WEAKNESSES. Held at Beaulieu on 19 th March, 1987. Notes.13 th April 1987. 

82. CONCERN OVER LACK OF CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENT IN 

PROPOSED RECREATION PLAN. Memorandum from Clive Chatters, 

Hampshire & Isle Of Wight Wildlife Trust Ltd. 7 September 2000. 

83. FOOT AND MOUTH BAN, DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON RURAL 

BUSINESS - The Times, 9 April, 2001. 

84. FOOT AND MOUTH BAN, EFFECT ON MAJOR TOURIST 

ATTRACTIONS – The Times, 31 March, 2001 

85. FOOT AND MOUTH BAN, DEFIANCE OF WILDLIFE CENTRE – 

newspaper cutting, source and date unknown. 

86. IMPACT OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ON THE DORSET AND NEW 

FOREST TOURISM INDUSTRY, Summary of Key Findings, 22 pages. 

Produced by Dorset Tourism Data Project. April 2001. 

87. ADVISORY NOTICE re FOOT & MOUTH, issued by New Forest Tourism. 


88. CAMPAIGN AGAINST NEW PARK CAMPSITE. Concerns, Issues and 

Notice of Meeting. A4 folded leaflet produced by CANPC. November 2001. 

89. CYCLING IN THE NEW FOREST – As a Threat and Legalities. By L.G. & 

O.A. Collins (Operators of Wagon Rides), 8 pages. 1994. 

90. STUDY GUIDE OF RECREATION & TOURISM based on New Forest 

Reference Library, by Jenny Thomas. 9 pages. 2002. 

91. VISITORS TO THE NEW FOREST – Key Facts and Comments. 7 pages. 

1996 




Subject: Geology and Water Supply 


Subject: Palaeoecology 


Subject: Water Supply 

N 600/7/10 Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 4



Subject: Geology and Water Supply 

CONTENTS 

(*** indicates missing at May 04) 

1. LIST OF GEOLOGICAL REFERENCES relevant to S.W. Hampshire selected 

by Paul S Clasby 

2. GEOLOGICAL/GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SITES Leaflet - Nature 

Conservancy Council 

3. THE GEOLOGY OF THE NEW FOREST Chapter 20 pages 234-249, 

photocopy from “The New Forest, its History and its Scenery” 

4. 

*** 

LATE PLEISTOCENE INTERGLACIAL DEPOSITS AT PENNINGTON 

MARSHES, LYMINGTON, HAMPSHIRE Proceedings of the Geologists’ 

Association, Vol.107, Part 1, 1996 

5. “NEW FOREST NATURALLY” - Geology of the New Forest & Podsol 

profile 

6. “NEW FOREST TO BEAR BRUNT OF SAND AND GRAVEL 

EXTRACTION?” Newspaper article 11.7.92 

7. “GRAVEL PLANS IMPINGE ON FOREST HERITAGE AREA” Newspaper 

article 11.7.92 

8. “VILLAGERS GRIT TEETH ON GRAVEL” Southern Evening Echo, 

23.7.92 

9. 

*** 

“INTERGLACIAL DEPOSITS IN HAMPSHIRE” pages 41-49 April 1995 

10. “HAMPSHIRE MINERALS LOCAL PLAN” Hampshire County Council 

leaflet - June 1982 

11. GRAVEL PITS Notes taken from Edwin House by Mrs Peggy Janes, October 

1966 

12. HAMPSHIRE MUDLANDS & OTHER ALLUVIUMS, T.W.Shore, from 

Cumberbatch Collection 

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Subject: Palaeoecology 

1. NEW FOREST VALLEY MIRES :PALAEOECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT , 

Dr.K.Barber, Uni.of Southampton, Environmental Sciences 

2. “THE IMPACT OF THE ROMANS ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHERN 

ENGLAND : POLLEN DATA FROM 3 SITES CLOSE TO HADRIANS’WALL” 

L.Dumayne & K.E.Barber, article in The Holocene 4,2 (1994) pp.165-173 

3. “ARCHAEOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR ROMAN IMPACT ON 

VEGETATION NR. CARLISLE : A COMMENT ON McCARTHY” L.Dumayne-Peaty 

& K.E.Barber, article in The Holocene 4,2 (1994) pp.243-246 

4. “PEATLANDS AS SCIENTIFIC ARCHIVES OF PAST BIODIVERSITY” K.E.Barber, 

article in Biodiversity & Conservation 2 (1993) pp.474-489 

5. PALAEOECOLOGY OF THE NEW FOREST, K.E.Barber, Uni.of Southampton 

6. 

LOCAL SCALE, Uni.of Southampton , Dept.of Geography 

THE NEW FOREST & THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS - NATURAL & CULTURAL CHANGE ON A 

7. "PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CORRELATING CALIBRATED READIO-CARBON DATED 

POLLEN DIAGRAMS WITH HISTORICAL EVENTS “,l.Dumayne, R.Stoneman, 

K.Barber, D.Harkness, The Holocene 5,1 (1995) pp.118-123 

8. PEAT STRATIGRAPHY & CLIMATE CHANGE, K.E.Barber, Uni.of Southampton 

9 A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF POLLEN-ANALYTICAL RESEARCH IN THE 

ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAELOGY OF CENTRAL SOUTHERN ENGLAND , K.E.Barber 

Circaea Vol 5 #2 (1988) pp.111-114 

10. PALAEOECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW FOREST : LESSONS & QUESTIONS , 

K.E.Barber, Uni. of Southampton, 1996-7 

11. POLLEN-ANALYTICAL PALAEOECOLOGY IN HAMPSHIRE : PROBLEMS & POTENTIAL , 

K.E.Barber, Hampshire Field Club & Arch.Soc, Monograph Series 1 (1981) 

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Subject: Water Supply 

1. “THANKS FOR THE TAP” George W Purton, Hampshire June 1968 - article 

on well maintenance 

2. “HYDROMETRY AND WATER RESOURCES IN THE NEW FOREST”, 

Environment Agency article, received 6/11/2000 

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Subject: Coastal Geology / Issues 

1 “THE COAST SECTION - HIGHCLIFFE TO MILFORD” David Morris, 

Natural History of Bournemouth &District, B’mouth Natural Science Soc. 

2 “ABANDONED TO THE CRUEL SEA”, Malcolm Prior, Echo 9/1/2002 

Article on coastal erosion/ flooding risk 

3 “BARTON CLIFF DANGER IGNORED” Lymington Times 17/2/2001 

4 “COASTAL PROTECTION WORKS AT BARTON-ON-SEA” P.Clasby 

cut out & reproduced from Lymington Times, 20/3/71 

5 “COAST IN DANGER” M.Kennett, Hampshire Magazine Sept.91 

6 “BARTON’S RECEDING COASTLINE”, Lymington Times 3/11/?2 

7 “COMPETITION FOR THE COAST” J.Arlott, Hampshire Magazine July 

1965 

8 “COASTAL EROSION : HAMPSHIRE MAKES A CALL TO ACTION”, 

Staff Report, Hampshire Magazine Jan.64 

9 “HAMPSHIRE’S COASTAL GREEN BELT” T.F.Thomson, Hampshire 

Magazine Sept.61 

10 “KEYHAVEN RIVER FEAR” ?newspaper 11/8/88 

11 “PREPARING FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE” SCOPAC 

News Issue 5, Nov.2000 

12 “ADVENTURE BEGINS ON CALSHOT SPIT” Richard Cornell, 

Hampshire Magazine Sept.1965 

13 “THE ISLAND, THE BRIDGE AND THE OSTRICH” , Hampshire 

Magazine Aug.1961 

14a 

-b 

“WHOSE SOLENT IS IT ANYWAY?” , Solent Protection Society, 

Hampshire Magazine Nov.1985 

15 ABP’s case for West Solent “take over”, Lymington Times, Sep 1995 

16 Coastal Issues Report, 2000 New Forest District Council 

17 “SPIT WITHSTANDS THE TEST OF HELL AND HIGH WATER” 

J,Dashley, Daily Echo 13/1/1988 

18 “WILL ABP CONTROL WESTERN SOLENT?” D.Rosenthal, Daily Echo 3/1/96 

19 Coastal Report, 1997 New Forest District Council 

20 Solent Protection Society leaflet, n.d. circa 1990s 

21 England’s submerged prehistory by Jesse Ransley in The 

Archaeologist, Autumn 2004, no 54 

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Reference No: N 620-629 

Subject: Archaeology 

CONTENTS 

1 .The Chroniclers and the Nova Foresta, translated copies of Florence of 

Worcester, Orderic Vitalis, William of Malmsbury and William of Jumièges 

2 Magical Gems, illustrated items from the Department of Medieval and Later 

Antiquities, British Museum – late Antique jewellery 

3 Magical Gems, illustrated items from the Department of Medieval and Later 

Antiquities, British Museum – Anglo-Saxon burials AD400-700: Regional 

identities 

4 Secret of the Forest pottery, Hampshire Field Club dig led by Anthon Pasmore, 

Southern Evening Echo, 2 nd Sep 1976 

5 Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, The Roman Army, 

British Museum 

6 Roman road or ditch to keep the cattle in? Southern Evening Echo, 13 th May 

1976; Lawrence Burgess re-investigates the Waterside Roman road 

7 Potters of the Forest by Sybil Edmonson, Hampshire Magazine, Sep 1970 (2 

copies) 

8-8a Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, The Wessex 

“Culture” 1600-1400 BC, British Museum 

9 A Bronze Age flat axe from the New Forest, by M.A. Brisbane, Proceedings of 

Hampshire Field Club Archaeological Society, 36, 1980, pp 35-6 

10 Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, Household and 

Farm, British Museum 

11 Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, Beaker Cultures, 

2000-1600 BC, British Museum 

12 Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, Man before metals, 


13 Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, Palaeolithic Art, 


14 Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, Flint and Stone 

Axes, British Museum 

15 When elephants roamed at Ibsley, Salisbury Journal?, 23 rd Aug 1978; tusk 

found by Ron Goodwin 

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16 Burnt mounds: cooking or bathing? By Diarmuid A O Drisceoil, Antiquity 62 

(1988): 671-80 

17 Boiling mounds in the New Forest by A H Pasmore and J Pallister, Proceedings 

of Hampshire Field Club Archaeological Society, 1967, 24: pp14-19 

18 Urns found at Lymore in 1927 by A.C.G.H. Milford-on-Sea Occasional 

Magazine, vol 4, no 5, May 1930 

19 Handwritten excerpt from The New Forest.. by Rose C De Crespigny and 

Horace Hutchinson, 1903 re-print 

20 Poster for lecture: The Hidden Underwater Legacy – heritage or salvage? By 

Alan Abery, Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, 6 th Nov 

1997 

21 Arthur Clarke’s Roman odyssey, obituary by David Stagg, Lymington Times, 

29 th Apr 2000 

22 Ley Lines by Michael A Hodges 

23 Excavations at Stoney Cross and Fritham – 1983 Interim Report, by David 

Johnston 

24a-d Testwood Lakes, bridge find by Wessex Archaeology, 2003 

25 Soils and Vegetation History of Abandoned Enclosures in the New Forest, 

Hampshire, England by KS Reynolds and JA Catt, Journal of Archaeological 

Science 1987, 14, 507-527 

26 Excavations at Hengistbury Head, Hampshire in 1911-12 by JP Bushe-Fox, 

Society of Antiquaries, 1915 

27 Council for British Archaeology newsletter, 1999 includes Walhampton House, 

Testwood Lakes, Ashlett Creek and Hampshire Historic Building s record 

28 Rare glimpse of sixth-century Anglo-Saxon life found in New Forest by John 

Shaw; glass bowl found by ‘Time Team’ newspaper article, May 2002 

29 Two unrecorded Acheulian handaxes from Blashford by Martin T Green, 

Proceedings of Hampshire Field Club Archaeological Society, 1972, pp 79-80 

(2 copies) 

30 Bronze age dagger returned, Lymington Advertiser and Times, 29 th Jan 2005, 

photo of Alan Weeks receiving it from Mike Dancy 

31 Goldern Hoard cash for couple Southern Evening Echo, 18 th Dec 1976; 2000 

year old coin finders Bert and Sheila Freeman rewarded 

32 Ancient Bank at Setley, section and notes by Jude James 

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Reference No: N 630 - N 636 

Subject: Local Industries & Oil 


Subject: Bee-keeping, Tanning & Gunpowder 


Subject: Iron mines, blacksmiths & salt 


Subject: Brick-making & Tilery 


Subject: Charcoal Burning 


Subject: Shipbuilding 


Subject: Oil Refineries & Exploration 

[See each section for titles of articles] 

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Subject: Bee-keeping, Tanning & Gunpowder 

CONTENTS 

1 “BEEKEEPERS IN THE NEW FOREST IN 1635” P.Willis, Bee Craft 

June 1986 : also transcript & letters from P.Willis 

2 “GILBERT WHITE’S OBSERVATION ON BEES” F.G.Vernon 

3 “FOREST BEEKEEPING & THE PRECURSOR OF UPRIGHT HIVES” 

E.Crane, the Archaeology of Beekeeping (Duckworth) pp.87-90 

4 “BEEKEEPING IN 1269-1270 AT BEAULIEU ABBEY” F.G.Vernon, Bee 

World (IBRA) Vol.60 No.4 1979 

5 “SIMPLE TANNING” A Guide produced by Gomshall and Associated 

Tanneries, Shooting Times July 1975 pp.24-30 

6 Advertisement for The Schultz Gunpowder in The Pocket game 

Register, 1904 




Subject: Iron mines, blacksmiths & salt 

CONTENTS 

1 “OF SALT AND SHIPS AND IRON MINES … OF TEXTILES & INK” 

F.W.Hamilton, Hampshire Magazine Dec.1960 

2 “SALT FROM THE SEA - AN INDUSTRY STRANGLED BY 

TAXATION” B.Shurlock, Hampshire Magazine Dec.1963 

3 High days of the Hampshire salt trade, Audrey Constant, Hampshire 

Magazine n.d. 

4 “DOWN IN THE FOREST” N.Coppin, Hampshire Magazine July 1980 




Subject: Brick-making & Tilery 

CONTENTS 

1 Plan of Victoria Tilery 1853 (Pignal Hill) 

2 “BRICK-MAKING” Hampshire Magazine Nov.1979 




Subject: Charcoal Burning 

CONTENTS 

1 “IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PURKESS” Bettina Hayter, Hampshire 

Magazine June.1963 

2 “SURVIVING EVIDENCE OF NEW FOREST CHARCOAL BURNING” 

A.Passmore, Journal of Industrial Archaeology Vol.1 No.1 May 1964 

pp.27-35 2 copies 

3 “FOREST CHARCOAL BURNING REVIVED” Lymington Times 18/5/91 

4 “CHARCOAL-BURNING IN THE NEW FOREST” New Forest & 

Hampshire in Pictures (Odhams) 

5 “THE CHARCOAL BURNERS” R.T.Halliwell, Hampshire Magazine Jan 

66 

6 “CHARCOAL BURNING IS A DYING INDUSTRY” Southern Daily Echo 

25 th May 1973 

7 “FOREST CHARCOAL BURNING 40 YEARS AGO” Southern Daily 

Echo 7 th Jan 1955 

8 Letter from P.S.Jameson 27/9/2000, identifying photos of New Forest 

Charcoal Burners, plus photocopies of 5 photos 

9 “Traditional charcoal making in the New Forest” Richard Reeves 2000 

10 Smoke signals in the New Forest, Southern Evening Echo, 17 th Jul 

1973 




Subject: Shipbuilding 

CONTENTS 

1 Petition from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Naturalist Trust against 

British Transport Docks Act, 1980 

2 Pamphlet ‘The Ships they built at Buckler’s Hard’ Stephen Fry 




Subject: Oil Refineries & Exploration 

CONTENTS 

1 Fawley Bulletin, no 2 18 th Feb 1988 

2 Leaflet advertising Fawley Power Station open days, 6 th and 7 th Sep, 1986 

3 Fawley B proposals published by central Electricity Generating Board, 1988 

4 Anti-Fawley B forces meet, Lymington Times 2 nd Jul 1988 

5 Firm fined for oil pollution, New Forest Post 4 th Jun 1992 

6 Beneath the meadows – Fawley’s great pipeline by Dermot Martin New Forest 

Magazine, Jul 1984 

7 County urged to veto Ipley borehole, Lymington Times, 27 th Jul; Petrol firm 

defends oil test drill, n.d. 

8 Only two support Fawley B by Justin Strong Southern Evening Echo? n.d. 

9 Fawley B protest united by Peter East Southern Evening Echo?, n.d. 

10 Fawley: Just where does the truth lie? Southern Evening Echo, 29 th Sep 1988 

and letters by J Hitcen and MJ Harrison 

11 Oil threat to the New Forest by Anne Ruffell, Hampshire Magazine, Jan 1982 (2 

copies): shell oil exploration at Denny Inclosure 

12 October oil hunt in Forest by Keith Bloodworth, Southern Evening Echo, 23 rd 

Sep 1971: 3 month seismic survey 

13 Forest oil search begins, Southern Evening Echo, 1 st Oct 1971, photograph of 

work at Hampton Ridge 

14 Photo of mobile drill and Forest rider, 11 th Oct 1971 

15 Oil men leave the New Forest as they found it, Southern Evening Echo, 6 th Mar 

1972 

16 Forest oil protest by Brain White, Southern Evening Echo, 20 th Jul 1976 includes 

map showing companies involved in different areas 

17 Now oilmen plan to drill in the New Forest, Shell UK oil news, Oct 1980 

18 Keep out of Forest oilmen are told, Southern Evening Echo, 8 th Dec 1980 

19 New Forest oil: inquiry is ordered, Southern Evening Echo, 4 th Jul 1981 

20 Oil probe aims to save time by Keith Bloodworth, Southern Evening Echo, 19 th 

Nov 1987 

21 England’s Abadan, Picture Post, 8 th Sep 1951; the opening of Fawley Refinery 

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22 Fawley Power Station information leaflet, Central Electricity Generating Board, 

Jul 1972 (2 copies) 

23 NFDC Development Committee background paper on proposed Purbeck- 

Southampton oil pipeline from Wytch Farm Oilfield, 23 rd May 1986 

24 Well drilled for words, spotlight on oil drilling planning inquiry, Southern 

Evening Echo, 11 th Jan 1982 

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Subject: Fawley B 

CONTENTS 

15. “ANTI-FAWLEY B FORCES MEET” Lymington Times 2/7/88 

Newspaper correspondence 

16. “FAWLEY: JUST WHERE DOES THE TRUTH LIE? 29/9/88 

16a “The Fawley message is gradually getting home” 20/10/88 

16b “Listen to Other Views” 20/10/88 

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Subject: Smuggling 

CONTENTS 

1 The other side of smuggling…The Riding Officer by Ruth Lavender, Hampshire 

Magazine, Jan 1988 

2 Under cover of night by John Agg Large, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1985 

3 Rise and fall of smuggling and Isaac Gulliver, Hampshire Magazine, Mar 1984 

4 The tax dodgers by Syd Skerman, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1971 

5 Midnight Landing at Bourne Bottom by V J Adams, Hampshire Magazine, Aug 

1961 

6a-l Extracts from various sources 

7 Structure of the Customs Service 

8a-h Typescript and photocopy of notes by George Saunders 

9a-d Abstract from A History of Lymington mss by Jude James 

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Lorries 


Reference No: N 660 (2) 

Subject: New Forest Roads & Road Transport 

CONTENTS 

Lorries, Road safety, Car parks 

1. Heavy lorry ban brings misery to more, Lymington Times 19th Jul 1997 

2. Short-cut lorries ‘will cause crash’, Daily Echo 21st Jul 1997 

3. Missing link in the lorry row, Daily Echo 31st Jul 1997 

4. Forest lorry diversion Lymington Times 2nd Aug 1997 

5. Lorry re-routing Lymington Times 9th Aug 1997 

6. Lyndhurst lorry and traffic ban Lymington Times 9th Aug 1997 

7. Esso lorries’ use of A336 condemned Lymington Times 23rd Aug 1997 

8. Heavy Goods Vehicles Lymington Times 6th Sep 1997 

9. Smaller lorries to save Beaulieu Daily Echo 11th Sep 1997 

10. Village road lorry ban working Daily Echo 17th Sep 1997 

11. Village lorry ban backfires New Forest Post 18th Sep 1997 

12. Beaulieu lorry claim “unfounded” Lymington Times 20th Sep 1997 

13. Lorry ban considered for New Forest village Daily Echo 22nd Sep 1997 

14. Village voices lorry protest Daily Echo 17th Oct 1997 

15. Lorry hope for villages Daily Echo 17th Nov 1997 

Road safety 

1. Highway robbery – What we said 100 years ago Southern Evening Echo 7 th 

Nov 1979 

2. Forest M.P. lobbies county again over speed limits Lymington Times 6 th May 

1995 

3. Purge on speeding motorists in Forest Lymington Times 10 th Jun 1995 

Lyndhurst: Is big brother watching closely?, Nigel Seymer letter Lymington 

Times 10 th Jun 1995 

4. Police in the Forest are mounting a summer crackdown on drink driving New 

Forest Post 22 nd Jun [no year c 1995] 

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4a. Stinking mad over exhausts New Forest Post 6 th Jun 1995 

5. Area Surveyor remembered for 40 .P.H. limit, Roger Penny Lymington Times 

11 th Feb 1995 

6. Drivers flout 30mph limit New Forest Post 27 th Oct 1994 

6a. Motoring fine leads to anger at limits, Southern Echo 19 th Oct 1994 

7 Forest “40” speed limit success Lymington Times 20 th Feb 1993 

7a. Lyndhurst’s traffic problem for Ashurst? Lymington Times 20 th Feb 1993 

8. Forest driver ‘ploughed into line of horseriders’ Southern Echo 16 th Mar 1993 

8a. More than 50 motorists a day break Forest limit Southern Evening Echo 16 th 

Mar 1993 

9. Pub’s bitter feelings over Rufus row New Forest Post 18 th Mar 1993 

9a. A forty mile an hour limit? New Forest Post 18 th Mar 1993 

10. £600 fine for 66 M.P.H. in Forest Lymington Times 27 th Mar 1993 

10a. 40 m.p.h. limit not final solution Lymington Times 21 st Mar 1993 

11. The New Forest – surviving with the motor vehicle, leaflet promoting the 

Highway Strategy for the New Forest (1989) (3 copies) 

12. Leaflet and stickers ‘Kill your speed not your Forest’ 

13. ‘Motorists paying for missing bypass road’, Ashurst right turn Southern Echo, 

15 th Apr 1993 

13a. Traffic trouble as caravan overturns Southern Echo 9 th Apr 1993 

14. Safe roads for Forest Southern Echo 19 th May 1989 

Are cars killing Forest’s trees? Southern Echo 11 th May 1989 

15. Peace and silence in the New Forest by E.H. Hampshire May 1970 

16. Early roads in the New Forest by Charles Cochrane Hampshire May 1970 

Car parks 

1. Row flares over Forest car parks Southern Evening Echo 14 th Oct 1976 

2. Her Majesty to open ‘conservation’ car park Western Gazette 6 th Apr 1979 

2a. NFDC Parking Permit for resident expiry date 31 st Mar 2001 

3. Call for control over students’ parking Lymington Times 30 th Jul 1994 

4. Car park charging decision Lymington Times 30 th Nov 1996 

5. Public views sought in parking charge debate New Forest Journal 5 th Dec 

1996 

6. Car parking charges letter from Dr. Julian Lewis Lymington Times 7 th Dec 

1996 

7. Car park charges a step nearer Lymington Times 7 th Dec 1996 


8. Council warns car park rebels Daily Echo 9 th Dec 1996 

9. We pay already letter from P Hitchen New Forest Post 12 th Dec 1996 

10. Castle parking letter from Barbara Nicholson Lymington Times 28 th Dec 1996 

11. No parking in forest’s car park Daily Echo 31 st Dec 1996 

12. Wilverley car park used as tip Lymington Times 14 th Dec 1996 



Reference No: N 660 (1) 

Subject: New Forest Roads & Road Transport 

CONTENTS 

1. What we said - 100 years ago - Lyndhurst April 1885. 

2. Public Inquiries into Road Proposals Department of Transport 3 rd Ed. 

February 1981 

3. Beaulieu’s shrine to the motor car sees the vote go against it. Beverley Golden 

The Times 17.2.96 

4. Lymington Times: A31 Tunnel to preserve New Forest? 10 June 1995 + More 

Forest Speed Limits 6 May 1995 

5. £18-m tunnel along A31 “Feasible” Lymington Times October 1995 

6. Tunnel to help Ponies idea could be dropped. By Peter East The Daily Echo 

2 nd Feb 1996 

7. A31 tunnel to preserve New Forest? Advertiser & Times 10 June 1995 

8. £18-million Forest Tunnel proposal dropped. Advertiser & Times 17 Feb 

1996 

9. No Ticket to Ride! Darren Slade New Forest Post 9.2.95 

9a. Tanks damaged Lyndhurst Roads Lymington Times 14.1.95 

10. Bus cuts go too far! Sue Edwins New Forest Post 22 June 1995 

11. Put the brakes on the choking Forest traffic Chris Yandell Daily Echo 18 

Nov 1997 

12. M27 signs spark anger Peter East Daily Echo 7 Aug 1997 

13. Planners oppose roadside facilities Lymington Times 24.9.94 

14. Definitely on the road to nowhere! Chris Yandell The Daily Echo 17 May 

1996 

15. Cycleway for Ashurst - Lyndhurst? 

Plan to close part of Ornamental Drive Advertiser & Times 20 Jan 1996 

15a. A31 Widening Scheme Axed 

Popular Tourist Route may be made a “no-go” area Peter East Echo 12 

January 1996 

Road cash could be switched to humps Echo December 1995 

Village traffic plan on show New Forest Post December 1995 

16. All talk and no traction 


More buses for villages New Forest Post 27 July 1995 

17. Disagreement over road sign design Lymington Times 17 Feb 1996 

18. Take no notice! Darren Slade New Forest Post 27 June 1996 

19. MP backs battle for A35 crossing Andrew Ross New Forest Post 4 June 

1992 

19a. Lyndhurst bus ban lifted Lymington Times 30 May 1992 

20. Commoners’ plea over road Southern Echo 28 September 1993 

20a. Lorry blocked Lyndhurst traffic Lymington Times 25 September 1993 

21. 40mph limit not final solution Lymington Times 21 March 1993 

21a. Police caught 70speeding in 4 hours Advertiser & Times 3 Feb 1996 

22. 250 Forest speeders caught Lymington Times 20 March 1993 

22a. More 40mph signs on the way Southern Echo 19 March 1993 

23. Speed Limits Lymington Times 15 May 1993 

23a. Council decline speed limit bags offer Lymington Times 8 May 1993 

24. Easy does it plea to motorists New Forest Post 27 May 1993 

24a. Opposition remains over closing gap Southern Echo 26 May 1993 

25. Carrying Forest’s message around the world Southern Evening Echo 10 th June 

1993 

25a. Motor car threat to hidden nature trail treasures Southern Evening Echo 10 th 

Jun 1993 

26. Speed limit no success, Gerald Rickman letter New Forest Post New Forest 

Post 1 st Jul 1993 

26.a Bull Hill crossing problem Lymington Times 19 th Jun 1993 

27. Speed crackdown promised Southern Echo 18 th Jun 1993 

27a. Bypass remains priority Southern Evening Echo 16 th Jun 1993 

28. …but the message may be getting through to drivers New Forest Post 8 th Jul 

1993 

28a. Row over cash diversion to traffic calming 

Radar speed checks plea on Forest roads Southern Echo 6 th Jul 1993 

29. £300 fine for breaking 40 Forest limit Lymington Times 10 th Jul 1993 

29a. Police crackdown on Forest drivers Southern Echo 9 th Jul 1993 

30. Accident verdicts on three in Forest horror crash Lymington Times 28 th Aug 

1993 

30a. Secret date for traffic survey to tackle Forest chaos Southern Evening Echo 

14 th Aug 1993 

31. Postmaster puts safety slogans on Forest bags Southern Evening Echo 4 th Aug 

1993 


31a. Angry road protesters stop traffic through Forest Southern Evening Echo 2 nd 

Aug 1993 

32. Traffic must calm down New Forest Post Oct 1993 

32a. Speed limit a lifesaver New Forest Post 30 th Sep 1993 

33. MP calls for limits to end death race New Forest Post 21 st Oct 1993 

33a. Police may crack down on lorries in Forest Southern Evening Echo 20 th Oct 

1993 

34. Miracle amid the mayhem New Forest Post 16 th Dec 1993 

34a. Goose Green traffic dangers Lymington Times 23 rd Oct 1993 

35. Week’s ban for 77m.p.h in Forest Lymington Times 27 th Aug 1994 

35a. Antiquated Forest rule, Barbara Griffiths letter Southern Daily Echo 27 th Aug 

1994 

36. Driving death off the road New Forest Post 9 th Mar 1995 

36a. 40 sign blamed for pony’s death Lymington Times 4 th Mar 1995 

37. Limit will be a life saver New Forest Post 4 th May 1995 

37a. Forest fences proposal rejected Echo 28 th April 1995 

38. Children lead the way with road safety slogans Echo n.d. 

Safety prize winners Lymington Times 20 th May 1995 

38a. Safety chiefs slam countryside kerbs Echo 13 th May 1995 

39. New Forest does not like Christchurch relief road route Lymington Times 13 th 

Mar 1993 

39a. Forest rat run set to continue with no to bypass loop exit Southern Echo 25 th 

Feb 1993 

40. Wider trunk road like a knife The Daily Echo 1 st Apr 1994 

40a. Puny proposals for Lyndhurst, Nigel Seymer letter Lymington Times 26 th Mar 

1994 

41. M.P.s disagree on road cuts Lymington Times 9 th Apr 1994 

41a Sensitive road schemes axed New Forest Post 7 th Apr 1994 

42. Roadside verges to be nature reserves! Lymington Times 1 st Jun 1996 

43. County’s promise over traffic diversion fears Lymington Times 1 st Jun 1996 

44. 40 m.p.h. Forest speed limit this Summer Lymington Times 4 th Jan 1992 

45. Rhinefield Drive coach restrictions, presentment to Verderers Court by Majore 

Triggs, May 1991 

46. Award hope for hornet man John, Southern Evening Echo, 23 rd Feb 1989 

Not before time, Southern Evening Echo, 28 th Feb 1989 

47. Long-awaited underpass schemes at two notorious A341 accident black-spots 

have been approved by Whitehall Southern Evening Echo, 8 th Apr 1982 


48. Lyndhurst by-pass letters and news items Lymington Times 1988/9 

48a. Denning – for and against; Jack Weaving letter, Reject MP over by-pass 

Forest Reporter 20 th Oct 1988 

49. Denning urges voters: Oust Forest MP Forest Reporter 29 th Sep 1988 

County Council right over bill Arthur Doe letter Forest Reporter 20 th Oct 1988 

Stop meddling in our business Connie Lovell letter Forest Reporter 20 th Oct 

1988 

50. Planners at bay in New Forest power struggle The Independent 22 nd Jan 1988 

51. Row over Stoney Cross underpass Southern Daily Echo? 30 th Jun 1988 

Bumpy ride for Forest drivers Southern Daily Echo? 29 th Sep 1988 

51a. Forest MP in bypass plea Forest Reporter 25 th Aug 1988 

Children constructing a thatched timber framed hut with David Fisher, Forest 

and Waterside Observer 29 th Jul 1988 

52. Putting the brakes on traffic publication unknown Issue 31 Spring 1988 

52a. Forest concerns voiced in environment week unknown publication late 1980s 

53. Early roads in the New Forest (1) by Charles Cochrane Hampshire May 1970 

54. Early roads in the New Forest (2) by Charles Cochrane Hampshire May 1970 

54a. Early roads in the New Forest (3) by Charles Cochrane Hampshire May 1970 

55. Disaster A31 experiment to last a year longer? Lymington Times 15 th Nov 1980 

56. Transport and the Countryside CPRE Annual Report 1987 

57. Foresters object to Roger Penny Way, Lymington Times, 9 th Dec 1995 

58. West Wellow by-pass will affect New Forest, Lymington Times 31 st Jul 1993 

59. West Wellow by-pass routes rejected by Forest Committee Lymington Times 

16 th Oct 1993 

60. Highway strategy snubs New Forest Lymington Times 26 th Feb 1994 

60a. £1½-m. traffic recommendations for Lyndhurst Lymington Times Feb 1994 

61. Travel guide for the Forest Southern Daily Echo 11 th Jun 1994 

61a. Public Transport Forest travel guide published Lymington Times 4 th Jun 1994 

62. Summer to bring traffic chaos to New Forest? Lymington Times 8 th May 1993 

62a. Absence of A31 barrier gap Lymington Times 1 st May 1993 

63. Steam Horses through the Forest by Stan Jarvis Hampshire Jul 1965 (1) 

63a. Steam Horses through the Forest by Stan Jarvis Hampshire Jul 1965 (2) 

64. A31 Blackspot junctions improvements Lymington Times 22 nd Mar 1986 

65. A31 Picket Post underpass plan Lymington Times 29 th Mar 1986 

66. Forest land sought for underpass Lymington Times 25 th Sep 1982 

67. Trunk Road A31 Bratley Diversion Southern Evening Echo 18 th Jun 1976 


67a. Transport network proposal for New Forest Daily Echo 10 th Jan 1997 

68. Lyndhurst by-pass plan rejected Lymington Times 7 th Feb 1976 

69. Keep out visiors’ cars Patrick Dingle letter Lymington Times 14 th Dec 1996 

70. White lines: an incentive for claims? J Graham Smith letter Lymington Times 

14 th Dec 1996 

71. Highways cuts hit local traffic improvement schemes Lymington Times 28 th 

Dec 1996 

72. Local Transport Plan, Publica Exhibitions Feb-May 2000, Hampshire C C 

73. New Forest Transport Strategy proposed investment 2000-2006 

74. A30/A35/A31 Exeter to Southampton Route Management Strategy, Highways 

Agency circa 2001/2 

75. New Forest District Transport Survey Executive Summary, Hampshire C C, 

Dec 2003 

76. Hampshire Highways News, Issue 1 Summer 2002 

77. Classic motorbike heads out on the highway, 31 st annual Graham Walker Run, 

newspaper cutting with photo, Aug 1993 




Subject: Lyndhurst Traffic 

CONTENTS 

1. Lyndhurst traffic and environmental study, brief guide for consultation, 

Hampshire C C circa 1993 

2. Councillors’ urgent plea for bypass lighting Southern Evening Echo 6 th June 

1992 

3. Residents’ reply to Lyndhurst traffic survey Lymington Times Nov 1992 

4. Lyndhurst traffic change to hit Bransgore? Lymington Times 30 th January 1993 

5. Road questionnaire for all villagers Southern Echo 5 th Feb 1993 

6. Stop planners use of ‘back door’ bills Southern Echo? N.d. circa 1988 

7. Lyndhurst wants lorry parking ban Lymington Times 15 th May 1993 

8. Public quizzed on bypass route Southern Echo 21 st Nov 1993 

9. Two-ways to end jams – Nigel Seymer’s ideas New Forest Post 27 th May 1993 

10. Speed limit proposals for Lyndhurst Lymington Times 1993 

11. Near-total ban on cars urged for New Forest Southern Evening Echo 11 th Jun 

1993 

12. Bellamy’s bloomer? Southern Echo 12 th Jun 1993 

13. Speed limit ‘a lifesaver’ New Forest Post Sep 1993 

14. Forest committee await Lyndhurst traffic surveys Lymington Times 6 th Feb 

1993 

15. The route of all evil, Richard Lewis’s ideas for Lyndhurst New Forest Post 

18 th Feb 1993 

16. Stay away from here Barbara Griffiths letter New Forest Post 9 th Sep 1993 

17. Don’t build a bypass CPRE ideas on West Wellow bypass New Forest Post 7 th 

Oct 1993 

18. Short cut drivers upset Lyndhurst residents Lymington Times 16 th Oct 1993 

19. Fortnight ban for ‘100’ in Forest Lymington Times 9 th Apr 1994 

20. Residents must untie to solve village traffic chaos The Daily Echo 16 th Apr 

1994 

21. Residents reject County’s Lyndhurst traffic ban Lymington Times 2 nd Apr 

1994 

22. Lyndhurst by-pass “no nearer” Lymington Times 2 nd Apr 1994 


23. 200 bid farewell to Roger, Roger Penny’s retirement Lymington Times 30 th 

Apr 1994 

24. Roger travelled each and every highway.., Roger Penny’s retirement New 

Forest Post 5 th May 1994 

25. Public meeting over traffic row New Forest Post 5 th May1994 

26. Villagers’ angry demonstration halts meeting on traffic mayhem The Daily 

Echo 13 th May 1994 

27. Speed limit proposals for Lyndhurst Lymington Times 14 th May 1994 

28. D.I.Y. parking spaces at Lyndhurst? Lymington Times 21 st May 1994 

29. Jammed traffic meeting abandoned! Lymington Times 21 st May 1994 

30. Lyndhurst traffic study Lymington Times 30 th Jun 1994 

31. Bottleneck threat for busy road New Forest Post 9 th Jun 1994 

32. Lyndhurst traffic exhibition Lymington Times 25 th Jun1994 

33. Traffic calm measure move Southern Evening Echo 1 st Aug 1994 

People and traffic will live together Southern Evening Echo 1 st Aug 1994 

34. Lyndhurst pollution John Wallis letter Lymington Times 13 th Aug 1994 

35. Only a by-pass can give relief Barbara Griffiths letter Lymington Times 27 th 

Aug 1994 

36. Lyndhurst by-pass June Irvine letter Lymington Times 3 rd Sep 1994 

37. A breath of foul air Doreen B Zelmenis letter New Forest Post 8 th Sep 1994 

38. Lyndhurst: The county’s misguided proposals Nigel Seymer letter Lymington 

Times 17 th Sep 1994 

39. Think again on bypass Nigel Seymer letter New Forest Post 29 th Sep 1994 

Plan would bring chaos B. N. Carpenter letter New Forest Post 29 th Sep 1994 

40. Call for Burley lorry ban Lymington Times 1 st Oct 1994 

41. Finding the way James Paterson letter New Forest Post 13 th Oct 1994 

42. Road plan ‘like dog’s breakfast’ A326 through industrial estate proposals Echo 

10 th Feb 1995 

43. Lyndhurst Residents’ reaction to traffic proposals Lymington Times 29 th Oct 

1994 

44. £500,000 to improve Lyndhurst traffic problems, Lymington Times 4 th Mar 

1995 

45. Lyndhurst: will narrowing the High Street cause gridlock? Nigel Seymer letter 

Lymington Times 4 th Mar1995 

New Forest Magistrates’ Court, Lyndhurst K.F. Walters letter Lymington 

Times 25 th Feb1995 

Parish council chairman’s reply Lymington Times 4 th Mar1995 


46. Lyndhurst bus shelter in car park? Lymington Times 4 th Mar1995 

47. Forest 40 limit signs defaced Lymington Times 25 th Mar1995 

48. Lyndhurst btraffic lights move questioned Lymington Times 1 st Apr1995 

49. Local government review and the effect upon road maintenance Alan Giles 

letter Lymington Times 8 th Apr1995 

50. Lyndhurst traffic measures Margaret Ferguson letter Lymington Times 8 th Apr 

1995 

51. Lyndhurst traffic plan approved Lymington Times 4 th Apr1995 

52. Lyndhurst: curiouser and curiouser and the yet curiouser letter Lymington 

Times 15 th Apr 1995 

53. We’ve no truck with lorries! New Forest Post 13 th Apr 1995 

54. Forest M.P. lobbies county again over speed limits Lymington Times 6 th 

May1995 

More Forest speed limits Lymington Times 6 th May1995 

55. Vandals infuriate councillors Lymington Times 13 th May1995 

56. Designer upsets Lyndhurst council Lymington Times 20 th May1995 

57. Bury parts of A31 to improve Forest? Lymington Times 5 th Aug1995 

58. Lorry ban planned in congested town Echo 1 st Sep 1995 

59. Lyndhurst traffic plan recipe for chaos? Lymington Times 9 th Sep1995 

60. Street scheme tailback fears Lymington Times 14 th Sep1995 

Lyndshurst: don’t mess it up Nigel Seymer letter Lymington Times Sep1995 

Lyndhurst: a lack of proper analysis Nigel Seymer letter Lymington Times 

Sep1995 

Lyndhurst traffic plan Jack Weaving letter Lymington Times Sep1995 

61. Speed curb cuts animal carnage – New Forest Commoners delighted Daily 

Echo 20 th Sep 1995 

62. Village hit by traffic chaos Daily Echo 21 st Sep 1995 

63. £31,500 survey “shocking waste?” Advertiser and Times 17 th Feb 1996 

New Forest’s excellent air Advertiser and Times 17 th Feb 1996 

64. Lane closure in Lyndhurst Advertiser and Times 2 nd Mar 1996 

65. Ornamental drive car ban shelved Advertiser and Times 23 rd Mar1996 

66. Will Lyndhurst lorry ban lead to Bealieu rat-run? Lymington Times? 27 th Apr 

1996 

Minor roads lorry ban extension Lymington Times? 

67. Warning over ban on lorries The Daily Echo 13 th May 1996 

68. Lorry ban will only shift nuisance Lymington Times 18 th May 1996 

69. Forest lorry ban diversion worry Lymington Times 25 th May 1996 


70. Call for Cadnam to Godshill road to come under lorry ban Lymington Times 

25 th May 1996 

71. Talking traffic New Forest Post 6 th Jun 1996 

72. Villages chuck out the trucks New Forest Post 13 th Jun 1996 

73. Village’s lorry ban prompts protest The Daily Echo 14 th Jun 1995 

74. New signs for Lyndhurst? Lymington Times 25 th Oct1997 

75a. Proposed traffic calming for Mill Lane, Emery Down, pp 1-2 Hampshire C C 

Aug 1997 

75b. Proposed traffic calming for Mill Lane, Emery Down, pp 3-4 Hampshire C C 

Aug 1997 

76. Lyndhurst High Street environmental improvements Lyndhurst and Forest 

East Focus n.d. circa 1997 

77. Call to cut Lyndhurst traffic speed Lymington Times 21 st Dec 1996 

78. Joint effort on traffic Daily Echo 12 th Dec 1996 

79. Lyndhurst Bypass Rowley Mans letter Advertiser and Times 25 th Mar 2000 

80. Lyndhurst bypass forthcoming enquiry, Copy letter from unnamed person to 

editor of Lyndhurst Parish Council newsletter 31 st Dec 1974 

81. Plan of environmental improvements to Lyndhurst High Street Aug 1995 

Hampshire C C 

82. Lyndhurst by-pass: could this be the answer? Maldwin Drummond and Paul 

Cave Hampshire? N.d. 

83. New Forest Fighting Fund campaign fund raising letter along with: Why the 

New forest needs the Verderers and New Forest Association ‘stop press’ n.d. 

circa 1987 

84. 

84a, 

84b, 

84c 

They shall not bypass by David Puttenam president of CPRE Telegraph 

Sunday Magazine 13 th Dec 1987 

85a. Axe the bill, not the New Forest CPRE advert for fighting HCC Lyndhurst Bypass 

Bill circa 1987 

85b. The New Forest is in grave danger. Stop the proposal before Parliament to 

tear-up 100 acres of our national heritage, advert by CPRE for fighting HCC 

Lyndhurst By-pass Bill circa 1986 

86. The price of silence: alternatives at Lyndhurst Country Life 27 th Feb 1975 

87. By-pass proposals news not delayed Advertiser and Times 11 th Feb 1977 

88. Lyndhurst By-pass: County Council policy (December 1976) Advertiser and 

Times 11 th Feb 1977 

89. Forward in bypass battle Southampton Echo 3 rd Feb 1977 

90. Its ‘no go’ for bypass scheme says residents Southampton Echo 4 th Feb 1877 


91. Bypass plans lie in ruins! Southern Evening Echo n.d. circa Jul 1988 

92. Village bypasses by Rowley Mans Hampshire Nov 1994 

93. Right lines? – Lyndhurst bypass Hampshire Dec 1962 

94. Traffic study – The by-pass In Touch with Lyndhurst Autumn/winter 1993 

95. The Lyndhurst Bypass David Stagg letter Advertiser and Times 6 th May 2000 

96. Joint Committee on Private Bill Procedure, memorandum by The Right Hon. 

Lord Aberdare, KBE, Chairman of Committees n.d. circa 1988 

97. Copy of parts of 1949 New Forest Act relating to Highways 

98. Fight for the New Forest CPRE article on its cover story 

99. Letter unaddressed but intended for M.P.s regarding the Lyndhurst bypass bill 

by Lord Manners, Official Verderer 16 th Feb 1988 

100. Report of the Committee on the Hampshire (Lyndhurst Bypass) Bill (Lords) 

16pp, 1988 

101. Second reading of Hampshire (Lyndhurst Bypass) Bill in House of Lords: 

Hansard 330-354 

102. Hampshire (Lyndhurst By-Pass) Bill letter from Patrick McNair-Wilson 

expressing his views on the Bill 

103. Lyndhurst High Street Traffic and Environmental Improvement Scheme Phase 

2b The New Forest Transport Strategy Issue 3, Oct 2000 

104. Lyndhurst High Street Improvement leaflet Hampshire C C Jun 2001 

105. Group calls for bypass New Forest Post 13 th Nov 2003 

106. The Lyndhurst By-pass Advertiser and Times 22 nd Nov 2003 

107. Excerpt on Lyndhurst traffic 1907 from A brief jolly change: The Diaries of 

Henry Peerless, 1891-1920 

‘We are all very opposed to a by-pass road…’ Emery Down section of New 

Forest Magazine Sep 1930 

‘By-Pas’ road Lyndhurst section of New Forest Magazine Apr 1931 

108. Lyndhurst bypass Advertiser and Times 1 st May 2004 

109. Lyndhurst bypass Derf Paton letter Advertiser and Times 6 th Nov 2004 

110. Just before the “slump”, a by-pass road was commenced…New Forest 

Magazine Jan 1938 




Subject: Railways 

CONTENTS 

1 The Railway and the Environment in the Britain of the 1880s, M S Fenton, 

Backtrack, Apr 1998 

2 100 years ago Echo reprint cuttings for 1881-1887; holiday visitors, new 

proposals for lines including one to Stone Point near Lepe with a Pier, flood 

damaged bridge at Lyndhurst Road 

3 The vanished railways, George Sadler, Hampshire Magazine, Apr 1989 

4 White whiskers in the waiting room, Geoffrey Bowell Hampshire Magazine? 

Julia Cameron’s photographs at Brockenhurst 

5 How Hampshire got its railroad, Christopher Adams Hampshire Magazine, Feb 

1968, 

6 Crossing keeper’s cottage No 7: Brockenhurst, P A Brown, Railway Modeller, 

Feb 1978 

7 The Railway and Brockenhurst, Robert Ormiston-Chant, 1984 

8 Southampton and Dorchester Railway, J H Barnwell 

9 Brockenhurst Station, P A Brown, 3pp 

10 Brockenhurst Station and its lines, J H Barnwell, Station Master at 

Brockenhurst, 6 th Dec 1951, 9pp, illustrated 

11 Southampton has world’s fastest railway, Malcolm A Harvey, Hampshire 

Magazine, Oct 1969 

12 The New Forest Watersnake, Malcolm A Harvey, Hampshire Magazine, Dec 

1969, 2 copies 

13 30 Years ago – the end of Southern Steam, Robert E Jowitt, Hampshire 

Magazine, Jul 1967 

14 A Walk Around Brockenhurst, The lines around Brockenhurst, track laying and 

the station, illustrated, anon, n.d. post 1965 

15 The Meadow End Light Railway, Brockenhurst, a photocopy of a poster, D 

Alexander, 1965 

16 Hampshire and the Axe, Anthony Brode, Hampshire Magazine, n.d. circa 1963 

17 The Railway that never was, Roy Jakman, proposed line from Lyndhurst Road 

to Lyndhurst 1900 

18 Making fun of the local Railways, a cartoon 

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19 Letter from Jean Cobb about a suggestion for a light railway in the New Forest, 

Lymington Times, 8 th Jul 1995 

20 The Host of Beaulieu Road – Percy Pearce, Mavis Eurich, Hampshire 

Magazine, Mar 1962 

21 Beaulieu Road station’s Forest land sold – Ralph Hayward at the Verderers 

Court, Lymington Times, 12 th Jun 1993 

22 Campaign against railway cuts, New Forest Post, 6 th Oct 1993 

23 Ticket changes may hit trains in Forest, Peter East, Echo, 4 th mar 1993 

24 Rail franchising threat to Hinton, Sway and Beaulieu, Lymington Times, 11 th 

Mar 1995 

25 Railway puts Ashurst on map, name change at Lyndhurst Road, Advertiser and 

Times, 30 th Sep 1995 

26 Car parking charge shock, Daily Echo, 25 th Sep 1995 

27 Stagecoach takes over, Daily Echo, 8 th Feb 1996 

28 Punishments for fare evasion (late 19 th century) from Hampshire Record Office 

11M72/1, Charles Smith, Charles Bran, Jane Bell, Edwin Marchant, John 

Johnson, Samuel Wheeler 

29 Northern train stops at Brockenhurst could be halved, Lymington Times, 22 nd Jun 

1996 

30 Forest rail threat, The Daily Echo, 14 th Jun 1996 

31 Rail links could be slashed, New Forest Post, 13 th Jun 1996 

32 NFDC support for rail link on Waterside, New Forest Post, 23 rd Jun 1996 

33 Ringwood Holmsley track could be cycleway, Advertiser and Times, 28 th Mar 

1998 

34 Bid to boost use of trains after alarm over cuts, Southern Daily Echo, 23 rd Jul 

1993 

35 New Forest Committee deplores rail cuts, Lymington Times, 16 th Oct 1993 

36 Calling a halt to confusion – move to re-name Lyndhurst Rd Station, New Forest 

Post, 9 th Feb 1995 

37 £100,000 to improve Christchurch and Brockenhurst stations, Advertiser and 

Times, 11 th Apr 1998 

38 Lymington mourns its first Station Master – Mr Hodder, The Lymington and 

Isle of Wight Chronicle, 26 th Nov 1869 

39 Solent Tunnel, letter by Keith Adams, Milford-on-Sea, Advertiser and Times, 3 rd 

Oct 1992 

40 Party to celebrate station’s centenary – Sway, Advertiser and Times, Jul 1988 

41 The “Beeching Axe” illustrated article, n.d. 

42 Rail link for new Lymington hospital, letters by Anthony Shaw and W D 

Granger to Advertiser and Times, 6 th Dec 2003 


43 Copy of docket confirming despatch of bark bags from Nine Elms, London to 

Lyndhurst Road station, 11 th Jul 1850, 2 copies 

44 Railway quotes, Bournemouth direct line 1885-8 and 1905, deaths of Alfred 

Taylor, James Brooks, John Biddulph, Alfred Whitcher, Charles Haynes, injury 

to James Baker, engineering difficulties, Lymington line, Solent Tunnel 5pp 

45 The Fawley Branch Mike Fenton, Hampshire Magazine, Aug 1985, 3pp 

46 Railway Crossing Keepers Cottage, Brockenhurst, Hampshire Buildings 

Preservation Trust, 1991 

47 Station names – explaining ‘Road’ with Lyndhurst Road to Ashurst re-named, 

Track Topics, May 1995 

48 Many and Great Inconveniences – a Postcript by Philip Brown on the 

Southampton to Dorchester line pp254-309, unknown publication, n.d., 

illustrated includes unusual pictures of Lyndhurst Road Station 




Subject: War 

CONTENTS 

1a Roll of Honour for the men killed in the two World Wars A-F 

1b Roll of Honour for the men killed in the two World Wars F-L 

1c Roll of Honour for the men killed in the two World Wars L-S 

1d Roll of Honour for the men killed in the two World Wars S-Y 

2a Old and young honour war dead, Boldre Parish, Advertiser and Times, 18 th Nov 

2000 

2b Old and young honour war dead, Boldre Parish, Advertiser and Times, 18 th Nov 

2000. Charlie Young, Colin Erne, Dennis Phillips, Malcolm Riches and Ron 

Drodge in photograph and Durlston Court photo. 

3 Remembrance Day, collected abtracts, Advertiser and Times, 18 th Nov 2000 

4 Remembrance of our war dead, two letters from The Times, 7 th or 8 th Nov 2000 

5a-b Hampshire Rifle Volunteers 1859-60, modern notes, no author or date 

6 Information on 4 th Battalion Hampshire Rifle Volunteers from White’s 

Directory, 1878 

7 Military funeral of G B Montagu ‘D’ Company, 2 nd Volunteer Battalion, The 

Hampshire Regiment, died 2 nd Jan 1894. 

8a-c The Tenth Hants (Christchurch) Volunteer Rifle Corps, festivities at Heron 

Court Poole and South-Western Herald, 5 th Sep 1861 

9a-e The Volunteer Movement in Ringwood Poole and South-Western Herald, 24 th 

Oct 1861 

10a-b Cavalary Horse, thoroughbred entire horses turned into the Forest by the late 

Duke of York when ‘Ranger’ of the New Forest, Daily Telegraph, 6 th Jan 1872 

11a List of Militia and Volunteer Muster Books held in The National Archives, 

Class WO 13 

11b Picture of New Forest Rangers badge 

12 Hampshire’s summer soldiers – 83 years ago by Hayward Parrott, Hampshire 

Magazine, Nov 1970. 2 copies 

13a-c For Valour, 40 Hampshire men have received the Victoria Cross, Hampshire 

Magazine, Sep 1972 

14a-b Sarah Robinson – The Soldiers’s Friend by M W Taylor, Hampshire Magazine, 

Jan 1965 

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15a-b Hampshire’s Defenders by R Bingley Doyle, Hampshire Magazine, Dec 1967 

16 Copy postcard of ‘Officers at Breakfast during Manoeuvres New Forest’, 

possibly 1895 when the Duke of Connaught was commander 

17 The War Office and the New Forest, 1892, refers to use of New Forest for a 

rifle-range, The Pictorial World, 20 th Feb 1892 

18a-c Britain’s Victoria Cross Winners, web article 

19a-c Recipients of the Victoria Cross prior to 1914 A-C 

20a-c Recipients of the Victoria Cross prior to 1914 R-Z 

21 Heritage Memories includes note about RAF Ibsley, New Forest evacuees 

22 Obituary of Peter Green, Lord of Minstead Manor war veteran and farmer, 

Lymington Times, 8 th Mar 2008 

23 Historians fight to save ‘Battle of Britain’ control tower after listing refused, 

Advertiser and Times, 8 th Mar 2008 

24a-c Army Manoeuvres in the New Forest Illustrated London News, 7 th Sep 1895 

25a-c The Royal Hampshire Regiment, A Bibliography of Regimental Histories, n.d. 

26 Wartime memories of Brockenhurst – a list of recordings held at Hampshire 

Record Office, AV349/1-57 

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Library Ref. N681 

Subject : New Forest and War : First World War 1914-1919 VOLUME 1 

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1. First World War: miscellaneous quotations from A. Pasmore, Verderers of the New Forest 

(1977), 2 pp., several copies. 

2. Sphagnum moss collection and Acorn collection in the First World War: miscellaneous 

quotations from New Forest Magazine 1915, 2pp., several copies. 

3. Egg collections in 1915: miscellaneous quotations from New Forest Magazine 1915, several 

copies. 

4. The 7th Division at Lyndhurst 1914, including description of Northumberland Hussars 

Yeomanry Memorial window in Lyndhurst RC church. 

5. The ‘Immortal’ 7th Division: composition of the 7th Division in Sept./Oct. 1914. 

5A. The ‘Immortal’ 7th Division, plus daily rations. 

6. Lyndhurst: ‘In Last Year’s Camp’, a poem by M. Adair MacDonald from Spectator 1915(?) 

describes the 7th Division and the consequences following their going. 

6A. Lyndhurst: In last Year’s Camp, a transcript of the poem. 

7. “When ‘Goodbye’ is said”: unidentified copy of a newspaper article re: departure of the 7th 

Division from Lyndhurst, October 1914, 2pp. 

7A. Transcription of the memorial plaque to the 7th Division at Appletree Court. 

7B. War babies scare as reported in NF Rural Dist. Council Sanitary Report, 1915 (photocopy). 

8a-f. With the Immortal Seventh Division (1916) by the Rev. E.J. Kennedy: extracts concerning 

assembly at Lyndhurst, 1914. 11pp in 6 pockets. Book is shelved, ref: N.681. 

9. The ‘Immortal’ Seventh Division: notes by Roy Jackman, 1978. 7pp. In 4 pockets. 

10. David Evans, Great War Cemeteries of Southampton and the New Forest, from Hampshire: 

the County Magazine, Nov. 1993, pp.28-29. 

11. New Zealanders in Brockenhurst, vicar and PCC of Brockenhurst 1996 (photocopy). 10pp. In 

5 pockets. Booklet is shelved in file N.680-687. 

12a-b. Cartoons by R.V. Morris, 1918, from Kia Ora Club, Brockenhurst. 

12c-d. Cartoons (as above). 

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13. Photograph (photocopy of) New Zealanders Rugby Team, Balmer Lawn, Brockenhurst. 

14a. ‘Anzacs remembered’, New Forest Post, 27 Apr. 2000 (photocopy). 

14b. ‘300 pay tribute to New Zealanders’ sacrifice’, A&T (no date but 1990s?) (photocopy). 

14c. ‘New Zealand soldiers’ deaths remembered’, A&T 6 May 2000 (photocopy). 

15. ‘Wartime memories: Luxury hotel’s role as hospital for wounded soldiers’ from an 

unidentified newspaper, without date. Refers to Balmer Lawn Hotel in 1917, illus. with 7 

photographs (photocopy). 

16. Milford war hospitals: photocopy extracts from R. Coles, Our Hospital: a History of Health 

Care in Milford (1994), pp. 28-29. Book is shelved N.750 MIF. 

17. E.L. Agar, ‘Milford and the War’, Milford-on-Sea Record Society Occasional Magazine, Vol. 

2, No. 4, Dec. 1917, pp. 5-20 (photocopies). 

18 ‘Picturing the Forest at war’, New Forest Post, 30 Sept. 1999, re: The New Forest at War 

Exhibition in the New Forest Museum, Lyndhurst (original page and photocopy). 

19. Colour photograph (A4) Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, contains the 

grave of Private Moses House of Brockenhurst (photo. by Michael James, Easter 1999). 

20. ‘World War I aid for troops to be preserved’, A&T, 16 Oct. 1999 (refs: to TOC-H), 

photocopy. 

20A. Miscellaneous items: Colbury and Lyndhurst in war time (also World War II). 

21. ‘War hero’s grave is restored’, New Forest Post, 14 Oct. 1999. re: Maj. G.C. Wheeler, VC 

(photocopy). 

22. ‘Jutland veteran reaches 100’, A&T, 1 Apr. 2000 (photocopy). 

23. ‘Survivor recalls horror of Gallipoli’, A&T (photocopy). 

24. New Forest Coast Volunteers, note abstracted from 17 above. 

24A. Photocopy of 4 drawings of the badge of the New Forest Coast Volunteers, 1915. 

25. Miscellaneous references to 1st World War, Thorney Hill and Brockenhurst. 

26a-b. Brockenhurst parish in World War I: photocopies of various extracts from New Forest 

Magazine, 1915-1916. 

27a. Colbury: various extracts concerning the Barker-Mill family and the death in action of Lt. 

Claude Vaudrey-Barker-Mill, 15 Sept. 1916. 

27b. Extract from N. Boakes, On the Edge of the Forest: a History of Ashurst and Colbury 

(1990). Book is shelved, ref: N.750 ASH. 

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28-37. Miscellaneous items of war news (mainly regarding casualties) abstracted from New 

Forest Magazine, various issues in 1915 and 1916. 

38. The Great War and Bramshaw School, extracts from E. Merson, Once there was the Village 

School (1979), pp.77-78. Book shelved, ref: N.750 BRA.. 

39. Bramshaw School 1914-1918 abstracts from Merson, ibid. also a note on the establishment of 

dinner facilities for the children at Pilley (Boldre) School, 1916 by Elizabeth Perkins. 

40. ‘Brockenhurst war memorial project’, A&T, 6 May 2000. Concerning research for John 

Cockram’s book :”Brockenhurst and Two World Wars”. (Book shelved at N680). 

41-49. Extracts from the New Forest Magazine, January 1915. Extracts on war news from the 

New Forest parishes. 

50-51. Sway parish Roll of Honour of those serving with forces : extract from New Forest 

Magazine, January 1915. 

52. Roll of Honour for men serving in the forces for various New Forest parishes. Extracts from 

New Forest Magazine, Feb. 1915. 

53. Roll of Honour and statistics relating to men serving in the forces from various New Forest 

parishes. Extracts from the New Forest Magazine, April 1915. 

54. Roll of Honour and statistics relating to men serving in the forces from various New Forest 

parishes. Extracts from the New Forest Magazine, June 1915. 

55-56. Lyndhurst parish, Roll of Honour (as above), extracts from New Forest Magazine, June, 

1915. 

57-63. Extracts (photocopies) from the New Forest Magazine, July to December 1915 containing 

war news from various New Forest parishes. 

64. Brockenhurst parish: complete parish report, including burials of New Zealand soldiers and 

war news. Photocopies from New Forest Magazine, November 1916, 5pp. in 3 pockets. 

65. Lt.-Col. Robert Archer Lloyd, CO of the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Indian Soldiers, 

Brockenhurst, with notes on his brother-in-law, the Rev. ‘Tubby’ Clayton, founder of TOC-H. 

Miscellaneous information from several sources, incl. facsimile of marriage certificate. 3pp. in 2 

folders. 

66. ‘Lymington at War’ from Joan Grigsby’s This was Lymington, 1900-1920 (c. 1976) 

(photocopy). 

67. “Major-General the Hon. E.J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley of Highcliffe Castle and the Battle of 

the Somme, 1916”. Researched by Carole Standeven, Sept. 2000, 3pp. 

68. “Royal connection cost Somme general his job” (refers to Maj.-Gen. Stuart-Wortley of 

Highcliffe Castle), The Times, 6 August 1998, photocopy, 2pp. 

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69. “The Battles and Memorials of the Ypres Salient”, CWGC, Information Sheet, 1997 (includes 

information on the Menin Gate and the Tyne Cot Memorial on which many New Forest men who 

died in the First World War are commemorated.), 6pp. 

70. “The Thiepval Memorial and the Battle of the Somme, 1916”, CWGC Information Sheet, 

1997 (many New Forest men who died and are missing are commemorated at Thiepval), 2pp. 

71. “POWs say Britain ignored Great War crimes”, The Times, 28 August 2000, photocopy. 

72. “Great War field hospital found by Arras gasmen”, The Times, 25 October 2000. 2pp. 

Photocopy. 

73A and B. List of war grave photographs, 1914-1918, held in The Christopher Tower New 

Forest Reference Library (New Forest/south west Hampshire men). 

74. “Estimate of Civil Population, 1915”, modified because of he number of men called into the 

services, Dr. H.A. Sheppard in NFRDC Annual Report on Vital Statistics and Sanitary 

Conditions, 1915, photocopy, 2pp. 

75. Lt.-Col. Charles Doughty-Wylie, VC, killed in action at Gallipoli, 26 April, 1915. (Local 

connection, Dibden and Hythe). Researched by Carole Standeven, 2001, 8pp. In 4 pockets. 

(See also Number 77 ). 

76A and B. HMS Bulwark, blew up 26 March 1914 with loss of several New Forest men and list 

of those local men who died on the ship. 

77. “C.H.M. Doughty-Wylie…” photocopy extract from VCs of the First World War, Gallipoli 

by S. Snelling (Sutton, 1995), 9pp, stapled in pocket. (See also Number 75). 

78a and b. “Captured by the Enemy”, Southern Daily Echo, 11 November 2000, being the 

reminiscences of 103-year old Thomas Spriggs of Sway regarding his POW experiences in World 

War I, 2pp. 

79 a-f. Lt. Victor William Darwin Fox, 1st Bn Irish Guards (connection with Dibden and Hythe). 

Typed extracts concerning him : from the New Forest Magazine, Copythorne parish, and from 

Rudyard Kipling’s “Irish Guards in the Great War:1 st Battalion”. Compiled by Carole Standeven, 

January, 2002, 5pp in 3 pockets. 

80 a-f. “The New Forest at War, 1914-1918: Copythorne Parish” : extracts from the New Forest 

Magazine, compiled by Carole Standeven, January 2002, 6pp. in 3 pockets.(Updated Dec.2007) 

81 a-f. “Minstead at War, 1914-1918” : extracts from New Forest Magazine, Minstead parish, 

compiled by Carole Standeven, 2001, 6pp. In 3 pockets.(Updated Dec. 2007) 

82. “Lyndhurst and Emery Down at War 1914-1918” : extracts from the New Forest Magazine, 

compiled by Carole Standeven, March 2002, 19pp. in 10 pockets. (Updated Dec.2007) 

83. “The Indian and New Zealand Army at Brockenhurst”, 3pp. in 2 pockets. 

84. “Calshot Air Ace remembered—seventy years on”, A&T, 21 March 1998, photocopy. 

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85. “East End Chapel’s war memorial rededicated”, A&T, 25 October 2003 plus some abstracts 

from CWGC entries relating to John Simpson Malcom, died in action, 22 March 1918. 

86. “East End Chapel’s war memorial rededication”. A&T, 8 November 2003. Letter 

from Jude James relating to “Malcom”/ “Malcolm”. Photocopy. 

87a. “Barton’s Indian War Memorial is a fourth unique feature”. Article A&T, 12 

October 2002 by Arthur Lloyd. Photocopy. 

87b. “Indian Response to war memorial article”. A&T, 8 November 2003. Photocopy. 

88a. “Lady Hardinge Hospital, Brockenhurst”. Various transcripts. 

88b. “The Indians at Brockenhurst” . A&T, 2 November 2002. Letter from Jude James. 

Photocopy. 

89. New Zealand War Cemetery at Brockenhurst – List of Maori soldiers buried there, 

with date and cause of death. Information abstracted from Church : “New Zealand 

Graves at Brockenhurst,” pub. 2002. (Book shelved at N681). 

90. “ Memorial plaques for New Zealand soldiers”. ( With reference to Brockenhurst). 

A&T, 1 February 2003. Photocopy. 

91. “Lymington at war”. Photocopy from “This Was Lymington 1900-1920” by Joan 

Grigsby. 

92. “Henry’s one of the very last from the First”. New Forest Post, 13 November 2003, 

concerning New Forest resident Henry St. John Fancourt, First World War veteran 

(navy). 

93. “Home Thoughts from the Great War”, The Register, The Times, 23 July 2002, 

concerning Edward Heron-Allen’s “Journal of the Great War”, plus (unpublished) letter 

from Jude James to The Times concerning 7 th Division at Lyndhurst. Photocopies. 4pp 

in one pocket. 

94. “Ellingham Parish: the names of men who served in His Majesty’s Forces during the 

Great War, A.D. 1914-1918”. HRO 113M 82 PZ 11/1-3. 

95. Minstead: Church of All Saints: List of those connected with the parish serving with 

His Majesty’s Forces. New Forest Magazine, July 1915. 

96a,b. Ibsley: A list of soldiers and soldiers connected with the parish who are defending 

their country. Dated September 6 th 1914, revised August 1917. (Taken from Heywood 

Sumner’s manuscript book :“The Book of Gorley”. 

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97a,b,c,d. Sway Parish Rolls of Honour of those serving with the forces: January 1915, 

April 1915, July 1915, December 1915. Source: New Forest Magazines of above dates. 

4pp in 2 pockets. 

98a,b,c,d. Trooper Edmund Henry Clark (Fordingbridge War Memorial) and the 

Canadian Cavalry Charge at Moreuil Ridge 30 th March 1918. Researched by Carole 

Standeven, November 2000. 4pp in 2 pockets. 

99a,b. Newly discovered relative at memorial service for air ace ( Flt. Lt. Sam “Kink,” 

Kinkhead, buried at All Saints Church, Fawley). A&T, 22 nd March 2003. 2pp in one 

pocket. Photocopy. 

100a,b. New Forest men commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial (World War 

1) : Extracted from New Forest War Memorials Database. 2pp in one pocket. 

101a,b. New Forest men commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme ( World 

War 1): Extracted from New Forest War Memorials Database. 2pp in one pocket. 

102a,b,c,d. History of 29 th Fighter Squadron : Part 1, First World War. Pages from 

R.A.F’s internet site, downloaded 18/12/98. 4pp in two pockets. 

103. Remembrance Day, November 11 th . British Legion Poppy Appeal leaflet, 1924. 

104. Remembrance Day, November 11 th . British Legion Poppy Appeal leaflet, 

1928(?). 

105. “Great War cemeteries of Southampton and The New Forest”. Article by David 

Evans. ‘Hampshire’ November 1993. 2pp in 1 pocket. 

106. “ Disregard of petrol restrictions”. (“On This Day” feature, 8 th November 1917). 

The Times 8 th November 2002. Photocopy. 

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Library Ref. N681 

Subject : New Forest and War : First World War 1914-1919 VOLUME 2 

(See Vol 1 for Items 1 - 106). 

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107. Colour photograph of corner of handkerchief dating from World War 1 (item held in 

museum), with Allied flags, ‘Gibraltar Present’ and military scenes. 

108a. “GIBRALTAR PRESENT”. Colour copy of framed photograph/embroidery held in New 

Forest Museum, believed to commemorate Stoker William Soffe of Minstead, R.N., who died of 

influenza in September 1918 whilst training on H.M.S.Victory at Portsmouth. 

108 (b). Provenance of and details about the above item, No.108a. 

109. Cpl. Frank BROOMFIELD - commemorated on Minstead War Memorial. Background 

information, plus photocopies of his letters and postcards from World War I and of letters of 

condolence to his parents etc., by kind permission of Mrs Ivy Harnett of Dibden Purlieu. 

26 pp in pockets. 

110. The Court Martial and Execution of Private Albert Rickman. Transcripts of P.R.O. 

(T.N.A.) Court Martial Documents, with explanatory footnotes. ( 5pp in 3 pockets). 

plus 

Photocopies of the P.R.O. (T.N.A.) documents W071/498 (18 x A3 sheets in 18 pockets). 

111. Information leaflet of the ‘Shot at Dawn Pardons Campaign’ for men executed in World War 

One. 

112. Information leaflet about the ‘Shot at Dawn Memorial’ at the National Memorial Arboretum. 

Staffs. (Memorial to men executed in W.W.1) 

113. The Royal Visit to the Wounded Indian Soldiers at Brockenhurst. (Transcript of itinerary of 

King on visit to Indian Hospitals , 17th Nov 1914). 

114. Brockenhurst: The Military Hospitals (information on the hospital for wounded Indian 

Soldiers) 

115. “Loss of the Troopship ‘Royal Edward‘”, by Neil Burnett. From the ‘The Gallipolian’ 

Journal No.100, Winter 2002 –2003 . Copy, with introductory page with list of New Forest men 

lost, 13th August 1915 . 7 sheets in 4 pockets 

116. “Great War Cemeteries of Southampton and the New Forest” by David Evans. Hampshire 

Magazine, November 1993 (2pp) 

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117. “If Lyndhurst had been in Belgium”. Copy of both sides of post card (original in Library 

Post Card Collection) sent from Lyndhurst 27th May 1916. 

118. Photograph of nurses and patients (armed forces) at Hill House Hospital, Lyndhurst during 

the First World War. Submitted to unidentified news paper, 10th July 1975, by Mrs. J Dickson 

of Pinkney Lane, Lyndhurst. (photocopy) . 

119. “The Portuguese Fireplace in the New Forest”. Notes for a possible article for “The New 

Forest Magazine” by Phred Crossby, 2003. 2pp. 

120. Morant War Hospital, Christmas Day 1914 : Programme for Concert. (Original). 

121. “New Zealand No. 1 Hospital” : concerning the demobilisation of the Brockenhurst 

Hospital. New Forest Magazine, April 1919, Brockenhurst Parish section. 2pp. 

122. List of local VAD Hospitals in the First World War, and details of other hospitals. 

123. “The Lady Hardinge Hospital, Brockenhurst”. Article from The British Journal of Nursing, 

6 th March 1915. 3pp. 

124. “The Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry 1914-1919” 

Copy of article by James Hamilton Searle, Hampshire Family Historian, September 2006. 3pp. 

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Reference No: N.682 vol 1 

Subject: New Forest at War: World War II : 

Volume I 

CONTENTS 

1. New Forest Magazine : Extracts August – September 1944. War News, 

various parishes. 2 copies. 

2. ‘Mulberry and Pluto: did they help win the war?’. Article by Barry Sherlock 

in ‘Hampshire’ magazine May 1984. (3pp in 2 folders). 

3. ‘The Forest at War: The Fritham Home Guard’. Reminiscence dated August 

1991, from ‘Forest Reflections’, ed. H. Pasmore, 1995. 2 copies. 

4. ‘Forest Tragedy: One man killed and two gravely injured’. (Accident caused 

by handling unexploded World War II munitions). A & T. 3 May 1952. 

2 copies. 

5. Inquest report on death of Joseph Cooper, killed in above accident. A & T. 

14 June 1952. 

6. Copy of Marriage Register entry for George Cooper, one of the injured men, 

10 July 1939, in Beaulieu Parish Church. 

7. Some 50 th (Northumbrian) Division Locations in June 1944. (In Forest & other 

areas of Hampshire). 

8. ‘The New Forest in Wartime’. Notes by Roy Jackman, 13 January 1991. 

( Original letter, 2pp, plus photocopy). 

9a. Extracts on wartime experiences from ‘Man of the New Forest, Gilbert Smith’ 

and ‘Dio, the Story of Dorothy Eyre and of Jack Crosswaite, her Husband’. 

9b. Miscellaneous extracts : Colbury and Lyndhurst at war. ( both World Wars). 

10. ‘New Forest’s Share of Enemy Action’. Report on bombing raids and 

casualties in New Forest since June 1940. A & T. 15 November 1944. 

Copy of original article, plus transcription. 

11a. ‘D Day 1944 - A Few Memories’. Reminiscences of E.G. Richards, Royal 

Engineers, 50 th (Northumbrian) Division. 2pp. 

11b. Some extracts from 11a. above. 

12a. ‘War Weapons Week, Brockenhurst, May 17 th – 24 th 1941. Official 

Programme of Events’. 

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12b. New Forest Magazine, Netley Marsh Parish section : item on Salvage. N.d., 

but World War II. 

13. New Forest Magazine, August 1940, Minstead Parish section. War News. 

14a. Extracts from ‘Beaulieu in World War II’ by Walter Elsworth. 

14b. Extracts of war-time reminiscences, relating to Netley Marsh and to New 

Forest ponies. 

15a. Extract – on S.O.E. – from ‘Beaulieu: the Finishing School for Secret Agents’, 

by C. Cunningham, pub. 1998. 

15b. Copy of photograph of the S.O.E. Memorial in Beaulieu Parish Church. 

Original is in photographic collection. 

16. ‘If the Invader Comes : What To Do And How To Do It’. Copy of leaflet 

issued by Ministry of Information, War Office and Ministry of Home Security. 

17. Extracts from the Baker Report, 1947, on ‘Wartime Encroachments’ on the 

Forest. 2pp. 

18. Extracts from 1940 War Diary of Mr. E. W. Gadd, Southampton schoolteacher 

evacuated to New Milton with party of schoolchildren. Southern Evening 

Echo, 12 September 1972. 3pp. 

19a. Facsimile of certificate sent to Mrs Dorothy Greenaway of Sway from 

Buckingham Palace, thanking her for taking in evacuees. 

19b. Information about Mrs Greenaway, nee House, 1902 – 1996. 

20a. ‘Spitfire Fighter Memories’. Reminiscences of Arthur Falcon of Lyndhurst. 

A & T. 12 February 2000. 

20b. ‘Spitfire Fighter Memories’. Reminiscences of David Proudlove of 

Lymington. A & T. 12 February 2000. 

21a. ‘The Forest at War’ : report on making of film by Patrick Kempe. A & T. 

25 March 2000. 

21b. ‘HMS Hood Memorial Service’. A & T. 25 March 2000. 

22a. ‘Mission of the secret heroes’ – concerning RAF Calshot. New Forest Post, 

1 September 1994. 

22b. Copy of Beaulieu Airfield section of New Forest Training Area Map, 1943. 

Original is in Library’s map collection. 

23. Alum Green Bombing, September 1940. Information supplied by Mrs. M. 

Triggs of Lyndhurst, 1992. 8pp. 

24a. Newspaper report of death ( 12 June 1945) of Flying Officer W. C. 

Lewington, RAF, of Lymington. Source unidentified – probably A & T. 

24b. Records of Brockenhurst fallen in two World Wars. Copy of letter from John 

Cockram concerning the Brockenhurst War Memorial research. A & T. 

29 June 2000. 

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25a. ‘Wartime heroes remembered’. Article and letter concerning Cmdr. Marshall 

A’Deane and Jack Dunkinson, of Brockenhurst. A & T. 26 February and 

4 March 2000. 3pp. 

25b. ‘Brockenhurst Armistice Garden of Remembrance’. A & T. 13 November 

1999. 

26. Extracts from “Before We Go : Brockenhurst Memories of War and Peace”, by 

Richard Taylor (pub. 1995), on the New Zealand hospital and the World War 

Two names on Brockenhurst War Memorial. (N.B. that more names were 

added in 2002 and that recent research has modified and/or greatly added to the 

information). 4pp. 

27. “War Time” : extract from “The History of Ashlett” by Maldwin 

Drummond. 2pp. N.d. 

28. “Evacuees’ nostalgic return to Sway”. A & T, 28 August 1999, including 

photograph. 2pp. 

29a. Photograph (copy) of evacuees from Taunton’s School, Southampton, 1939. 

Southern Evening Echo, 12 September 1972. 

29b. Extract on evacuees at Bramshaw and Bartley village schools, from “Forest 

Reflections”, ed. by H.Pasmore, 1995. 

30. “Murderous Air Attack On Hampshire Coast Town” : newspaper report 

(newspaper not identified), dated Saturday 31 August 1940, of bombing of 

New Milton, PLUS photographs (copies) of the damage, from A & T. 31 

August 1940. 4pp. (SEE ALSO : Vol. 2 : Item 73). 

31a. “Wartime Accident” : transcription of letter to unidentified newspaper 

(probably A & T ) from L. Curl of Hordle concerning collision of two Coastal 

Command bombers in Sway area, 13.08.1943. No source given but letter dates 

from 1993. 

31b. Copy letter concerning Bofors gun team at Milford, 1944. A & T. 16 th October 

1999. 

32. “Colbury Tribute to 8 Servicemen” : relating to dedication of a new memorial 

plaque to Colbury’s dead of World War II, mounted on wall of the Colbury 

Memorial Hall. A & T. 11 th September 1999. 

33. “Wessex Pillboxes” by H. H. Wills. Hampshire & Wessex Life, June 1973. 

3pp. 

34. “Southern Village Bombed : Family of Three Lose Their Lives : School 

Children’s Escape” : transcription of part of newspaper article concerning 

bombing of Netley Marsh. Southern Daily Echo, 27 th October 1942. 2pp. 

35a. War Reminiscences : extract from Netley Marsh Reminiscences, published 

1994. 

35b. Undated note from Miss Rose Carter of Lyndhurst concerning the ‘Mailman’s’ 

pub in World War II. 

36. Letter from E. G. Richards of Milford, dated 5.12.95, concerning tapes of the 

50 th Division and the New Forest – D-Day 1944, and Northerwood House. 

3

37. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records for two R.A.F. victims of 

Liberator crash , 7 th November 1942. Buried at Boldre. 2pp. 

38. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records for five Royal Canadian 

Air Force victims of Halifax crash, 15 th December 1942. Buried at Boldre. 

5pp. 

39. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records for five Royal Canadian 

Air Force victims of Halifax crash, 20 th December 1942. Buried at Boldre. 

5pp. 

40. Correspondence concerning the New Forest War Reminiscences of Mr 

TANDY, Royal Artillery, with queries to and replies from The New Forest 

Museum, including the bombing of Lyndhurst on 14 th August 1940. 

Correspondence dates from 2000. 7pp. 

41. The Hampshire Regiment – Action at Tebourba, Tunisia, as reported by ‘The 

Times’ correspondent in a despatch dated 6 th December 1942. 5pp. 

42. The Hampshire Regiment - “Short History of the Regiment”, as published in 

Hampshire Chronicle, Saturday 26 th December 1942. 4pp. 

43. Major P. W. Morley of 2 nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regt. (living at Keyhaven 

in 1940). Copy letter to A & T. Saturday 26 th August 2000. 

44. “New Milton Bombing – Survivors recall New Milton bombing sixty years 

ago” : ( concerning also the bombing of Lyndhurst on 14 th August 1940), 

plus photographs of the New Milton damage and letters of reminiscence sent 

in to the A. & T. as a result of the article. A & T. 26 th August, 9 th , 16 th & 23 rd 

September 2000. 6pp. 

45. “Ringwood Yesteryear – Observer Corps WW II” : concerning some of 

Ringwood’s WW II experiences. Ringwood and Fordingbridge News. No 

date but probably 1990s. 

46. “Timber! New Forest Lumberjills of World War II” by Valerie Brown. Local 

History Magazine, No. 78, (March-April 2000). 

NB Items continue in index for Vol. 2, but Vols. 1 and 2 are at present 

amalgamated. 

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Reference No: N.682 vol.2 

Subject: New Forest at War: World War II : 

Volume II 

(N.B. at present Vol.2 is amalgamated with Vol.1) 

CONTENTS 

47. “Hampshire and the Normandy Campaign” by Gordon Berryman. 

Hampshire, June 2000. 3pp. 

48. “On last boat from Dunkirk” : the experiences of Stan Hobby of Milford. 

A. & T., 25 th November 2000. 

49. Notes by David Cobb, dated 2. 9. 2001, on the 2-pounder Bofors shell-case 

found in Royden Woods and now in The New Forest Museum Collection. 

50. “Mystery of two crashed aircraft” : transcript of article concerning 

Beaufighter crashes in New Forest, June & September 1942, A. & T. 6 th July 

1991, plus Commonwealth War Graves Commission record of one of the 

pilots and added information from Richard Reeves, January 2001. 2pp. 

51. Information on comforts for the men and women serving in the local defence 

services; two ‘Thank you’ letters received by Peggy James ( nee Greenaway) 

for scarves knitted; knitting pattern for gloves. 4pp. 

52. “Gurkhas invade Minstead” . A. & T., 28 th April 2001. Photocopy. 

53. “M.P. pleas for Italian campaign recognition”. ( Julian Lewis, M.P. for New 

Forest East). A. & T., 13 th December 2003. Photocopy. 

54. “Evacuees” : Sunday Times article about evacuee experiences ( NOT specific 

to Hampshire). Downloaded from internet 12.09.99. 9pp. 

55. Friends of the New Forest Airfields (FONFA), Summer 99 Newsletter. (Copy 

also in New Forest Airfields ring binder file at N687). 8pp. 

56. The Pembroke Dock Flying – Boat Reunion Register, June 1993. 18pp. 

57. “RAF’s Dunkirk” ( including references to Calshot) : letter to Daily Mail; 

unspecified date in March 1994. 

58. “’Dotty Dorothy’ supplied secrets to Third Reich” : concerning convicted 

spy, Dorothy O’Grady, who later lived on Isle of Wight. The Times, 3 rd May 

1995. 2pp. 

59. E-mail enquiry to Jude James, with reference to a female German spy & 

connection with Pennington, plus e-mail response. 2pp. 

60. “Dam Busters’ bomb started life in the New Forest..” by Sid Deedman : 

concerning reconstruction of bomb pieces found at Ashley Walk. Hampshire, 

May 1993. 2pp. 

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61a. Photograph of the ‘Canadian Cross’ at Bolderwood : the Memorial to the 3 rd 

Canadian Division RCASC. Southern Evening Echo, 8 th August 1979. 

Photocopy. 

61b. Leaflet : 60 th ‘D’ Day Anniversary Memorial Service at the Canadian 

Memorial, Mogshade Hill, New Forest, on 6 th June 2004, with information on 

the history of the Memorial. Photocopy. 

61c. “Forest Link with ‘D’ Day : Oak Cross to be Dedicated” : (Canadian Cross) 

Western Gazette, 19 th May 1961. Photocopy. 

62. “A boy’s wartime memories” : the recollections of Terry Gittoes, living in 

Lymington during WW II. A. & T. 12 th June 2004. Photocopy. 2pp. 

63. ‘Normandy Veterans in D-Day Anniversary’ : New Forest veterans’ visit to 

Normandy for the 60 th Aniversary. A. & T., 12 th June 2004. Photocopy. 

64. ‘US fighter pilot’s visit’ : visit of Major Harold Shook, 506 th US Fighter 

Squadron, based at Winkton Advanced Landing Ground in 1944. A. & T., 

12 th June 2004. Photocopy. 

65. Programme : Minstead Players’ presentation of “Overlord Overviewed” - 

Minstead Memories, a tribute in words and music for the 60 th Anniversary of 

D-Day. Performed on 4 th and 5 th June 2004. 

66. ‘Normandy Veterans recall memories of death and courage’ : New Forest 

Normandy Veterans’ 60 th Anniversary lunch at Hythe Sailing Club. A.& T., 

19 th June 2004. Photocopy. 

67. ‘Nevil Shute, the “model” aircraft and the mystery German bomber’ : by 

Cyri lCunningham. Abridged excerpt from ‘The Beaulieu River Goes to War’, 

by the same author. Hampshire, April 1994. 

68. ‘Last ever reunion for Exbury veterans is fitting tribute’ : Exbury D-Day 

commemorative service. New Forest Post, 10 th June 2004. 2pp. Photocopy. 

69. ‘Harry relives “Lancastria” disaster’ : the memories of Harry Pettit of Barton, 

one of eight remaining survivors of the sinking of the “Lancastria” off St. 

Nazaire on 17 th June 1940, on the occasion of a commemorative visit to the 

site of the wreck. A.& T., no date but early 2004. 2pp. Photocopy. 

70. ‘HMS Mastodon – Fifty Years On : When Exbury House was an inland “ship” 

where Nazi downfall was planned’ : by Derek Russell-Stoneham. 

Hampshire, June 1992. 2pp. 

71. ‘Evacuees’ memories of wartime Sway’ : A.& T., 19 th July 2003. Photocopy. 

72. ‘Dragons teeth at Taddiford Gap’ : the 1940 concrete anti-invasion blocks, 

and their inscriptions, between Milford and Barton. Hampshire, September 

1982. Photocopy. 

73. ‘Bombing of New Milton’ : letter to A. & T., 3 rd September 2005. ( Includes 

complete list of people in New Milton killed by enemy bombs 1939-1945 ). 

Photocopy. 

74. Miscellaneous papers from variety of sources concerning the Wellington Crash 

at Northolt on 18 th October 1942 in which members of the STREET & REAY 

families of Brockenhurst lost their lives. 6 pp. 

2

75. “Meritorious Service” : Routine Order No. 31 of 23 December 1944. List of 

names of men, and 2 women, serving with 9 th (Forest) Battalion of Hampshire 

Home Guard, brought to notice for “outstanding meritorious service”, 1940- 

1944. Signed : Capt. B. Parsons, Adjutant, New Forest Sector, Ringwood. (No 

indication of source). 2 copies. 

76. Copies : Operation Overlord : Top Secret Administrative Map for Area ‘B’ 

(including New Forest) dated 1 May 1944, with legend. (Copy divided into 

A4 sections – 11pp. Source : TNA WO 199/1402 

3

1 Surnames A to C 

2 Surnames D to J 

3 Surnames K to Q 

4 Surnames R to Z 



Subject: Roll of Honour : World Wars I & II : 4 

volumes. Individual CWGC records, 

with additional information. 

CONTENTS 

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Subject: New Forest War Memorials 

CONTENTS 

SECTION A : Databases of names on New Forest war memorials, with details 

of military units, date of death, where buried/commemorated etc. Also available 

on computer, but not revised or updated since c. 2000. 

Part 1 : World War I 

Part 2 : World war II 

SECTION B : Transcriptions of names etc. on New Forest war memorials, in 

alphabetical order of parish/village. ( Nos. 1 – 53 inclusive. No. 1 is a list of 

the memorials transcribed). 

SECTION C : Miscellaneous items/articles concerning New Forest war 

memorials. N.B. that these are in random order of parish/village. 

54 War memorials of various New Forest parishes & villages: collection of 

transcribed extracts from Kelly’s “Hampshire Directory 1931”. 3pp. 

55 “War Memorials and Local History”. Article by Jude James. Hampshire Field 

Club & Archeological Society Newsletter, No.34, Autumn 2000. 3pp. 

56 Letter from David Kirkpatrick to Mark Page with reference to Jude James’ 

article ( No. 55 above) concerning dates on war memorials. 5 September 2000. 

57 “Millions trace war dead on Internet”. Copy of article concerning the posting of 

the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records on the internet in 1998. 

The Times, 22 January 1999. 

58 “Remembrance of our war dead”. Copy of two letters to The Times, 28 October 

& 6 November 2000. 

59 “Bok of Remembrance – Boldre”. Letter, A.& T. 3 February 2001 

60 Scenes at the unveiling of Brockenhurst’s original war memorial or war 

“Shrine”. Copies of two photographs. N.d., but probably c. 1917. 

61 Brockenhurst College ( formerly Brockenhurst County High School) : details 

about the memorial to former pupils who lost their lives in the two World Wars. 

A.F.Blakeley, February 2002. 

62 “38 wartime casualties for war memorial”. Unveiling of new plaque on 

Brockenhurst war memorial commemorating 38 people connected with the 

village who died in the World Wars but were unrecorded on the war memorial. 

A.& T. 9 November 2002. 2pp. 

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63 “Copythorne”. Report on planned repair of Copythorne war memorial. Daily 

Echo, 26 February 2000. 

64 “Hordle War Memorial”. (Details of the planning and building of the memorial 

for World War I ). Compiled from documents held by H.R.O. and from New 

Forest Magazine of October 1922. 2pp. 

65 “Hordle House School – List of old boys killed on active service in World War 

II”. With details of service, family, where buried/commemorated etc. Compiled 

by Jude James from the school war memorial and the records of the 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2pp. 

66 Transcript of typed Roll of Honour for Hyde, 1914-1918 & 1939-1945, dating 

from c.1945. ( H.R.O. Ref. 63M75/PZ4) 

67 Lymington War Memorial. Extracts from contemporary records concerning the 

war memorial committee, the planning and financing of the memorial, the 

acceptance and rejection of names submitted for inclusion on memorial. 

Transcribed from H.R.O. document, ref. 27M74/DBC94. (See also Items Nos. 

81 & 82 below). 

68 “Pennington memorial refurbished”. A.& T. 22 November 2003. 

69 “War memorial not revered”. Letter concerning New Milton memorial. 

A.& T. 12 August 1978. 

70 “Ringwood Yesteryear – Ringwood War Memorial”. Article from Ringwood 

and Fordingbridge News, 1997. 

71 Sway War Memorial – World War I : details about the men commemorated on 

the memorial. Compiled by Tony Blakeley, 2001. 4pp. 

72 Sway War Memorial - World War I: some additional points to Tony Blakeley’s 

list above, and notes on W.R.Bowler, A.E.Clark & J.C.Clark. Compiled by 

Carole Standeven, 2001. 8pp. 

73 Sway War Memorial – World War II : details about those listed on the 

memorial. Compiled by Tony Blakeley, 2001. 2pp. 

74 “Hordle War Memorial”. Details about refurbishment. A.& T. 13 December 

2003. 

75 The Hordle House (now Hordle Walhampton) School Memorial. Letter to Tony 

Blakely from the school, together with information about the design and 

dedication of the memorial and about the old boys who lost their lives in World 

War II & who are commemorated on the memorial. 5pp. 

76 “East End chapel’s war memorial rededicated”. A. & T., November 2003. 

77 “Crowds watch unveiling of new memorial”. Photograph and brief account of 

new Totton and Eling war memorial, with names now added from World Wars I 

& II. 22 April 2008. 

78 “The Totton War Memorial – service of dedication”. Article from Grapevine, 

the community magazine for Totton and District. July 2008. 

79 Service of Dedication of the Totton War Memorial. (Service sheet). 20 July 

2008. 


80 “Fitting tribute to fallen”. Article on Service of Dedication, Totton war 

memorial. Southern Echo, 24 July 2008. 

81 “Fallen soldiers to be remembered 90 years on”. Article concerning addition of 

names to Lymington war memorial. (See also Item No. 67). 

A. & T. 8 November 2008. 

82 “Names to be added to Lymington war memorial”. Addition of names, as 

above. A.& T. 18 th April 2009. 

83 “War memorials”. Letter concerning Beaulieu & Milford memorials, A.& T. 

17November 2007. 


Reference No: 

Subject: 


N. 704 

New Forest Gardens 

Contents 

Filed under garden/house name 

Key: 

1 page unless stated otherwise 

p/c – photocopy 

Bea 1 Beaulieu Abbey - Beaulieu – ‘The Cistercians and their Herbs’ Beaulieu 

Abbey Cloister Herb Garden – 16 page Booklet c 1988 

Bur 1 Bury Farm – Marchwood – ‘Bury Farm Gardens plan and explanation 

sheet (2 pages stapled together) May 2002 

Cad 1 Cadlands – Fawley – ‘In Aid of Gardens’ by Roger Newman & Robert 

Trent Hill. Hampshire July 1986 (2 pages) 

Cad 2 Cadlands – Fawley – ‘The Cadland Gardens’ (2 pages handout) no date or 

author 

Cad 3 Cadlands – Fawley ‘A private view’ by Adam and James Caplin Gardens 

created by Capability Brown and looked after by Gilly Drummond. The 

Times, Saturday Magazine, 5 th Aug, 2000 

Dur 1 Durmast House – Burley – ‘Durmast House Burley – A Gertrude Jekyll 

Garden (1907) (7 page booklet) circa 1990 

Fur 1 Furzey Gardens – Minstead – ‘Furzey Garden’ coloured booklet (4 pages) 

no date or author plus 2 rough hand written notes for further references 

Ham 1 Hampshire Gardens – ‘NGS gardens open for charity’ 2005 (32 page 

coloured booklet 

NF 1 Handwritten list of New Forest Gardens included in Hampshire Gardens 

booklet above n.g.s 

Tud 1 Tudor House – Southampton – ‘The Tudor Garden’ c 2004 (10 page 

booklet) 

Wal 1 Walhampton – Lymington – ‘Walhampton Gardens’ (4 pages) no date or 

author 

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Reference No: 

Subject: 


N. 710 

Architecture 

Contents 

Filed under garden/house name 

Key: 



Brick 1 ‘The Story of Brick (I) Geology: Romans - Tudors’ Monthly Bulletin 

No. 430 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry October 1975 

original 

Brick 2 ‘Science of Ceramics & The story of Brick (II) Geology Elizabeth I - 

II’ Monthly Bulletin No. 431 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic 

Industry November 1975 

Brick 3 ‘The Story of Brick (III) Pise – Adobe - Brick’ Monthly Bulletin No. 

432 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry December 1975 

Brick 4 ‘The Story of Brick (IV) Greece- Rome - Britain’ Monthly Bulletin No. 

433 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry January 1976 

Brick 5 ‘The Story of Brick (V) – European Beginnings’ Monthly Bulletin No. 

434 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry February 1976 

Brick 6 ‘The Story of Brick (VI) – Medieval England to 1400’ Monthly 

Bulletin No. 435 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry March 

1976 

Brick 7 ‘The Story of Brick (VII) – England 1400 - 1480’ Monthly Bulletin No. 

436 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry April 1976 

Brick 8 ‘The Story of Brick (VIII) – 1480-1660 in E. Anglia’ Monthly Bulletin 

No. 437 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry May 1976 

Brick 9 ‘The Story of Brick (IX) – Bricks for the masses: 1630-1730’ Monthly 

Bulletin No. 438 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry June/July 

1976 

Brick 10 ‘The Story of Brick (X) – Handicraft to Factory’ Monthly Bulletin No. 

439 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry August 1976 

Brick 11 ‘The Story of Brick (XI) –Observing and Recording’ Monthly 

Bulletin No. 440 Harrison Mayer Ltd. For the Ceramic Industry 


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Cob 1 ‘Council revives the art of chalk cob’ – Gordon Pearson Hampshire 

January 1984 (2 pages) 

Cob 2 ‘New Forest Cob Cottages’ - NF 9 th CT – Jude James, July, 1998 (2 

pages/2 copies) 

Cob 3 ‘Save Thatched Cottages’ - New Milton Advertiser and Lymington 

Times Sat, 22 October 1994 (1 page p/c) 

Cob 4 Letter from Jude James under Wessex Educational Services to Dept. 

National Heritage regarding article – Cob 3 22 October 1994 p/c 

Cob 5 Letter from Dept. National Heritage to Jude James regarding the listing 

of the Thatched Cottage, South Weirs, Brockenhurst - ref to Cob 4, 24 

Oct 1994 p/c 

Cob 6 Letter from Dept. National Heritage to Jude James confirming the 

listing of the Thatched Cottage, South Weirs, Brockenhurst , 9 th Nov 

1994 

Cob 7 ‘Planning (listed buildings and conservation areas) Act 1990 15 th 

Amendment of the 126 th list of Buildings of Special Arch, Interest. 

District of the New Forest’ HSD DOC 2 p/c 

Cob 8 ‘Will Brockenhurst cob cottage survive?’ article - Harry Burt’s cottage 

collapses Advertiser & Times Sat. 18 January 2003, photo included (2 

pages p/c) 

Cob 9 Ivy Cottage, Joys Lane Norley Wood – typed article concerning a 

survey of the cottage by Jude & Peggy James March 1996 (2 pages p/c) * 

also see photographs – in photographic collection 

Cob 10 Rose Cottage, Furzey Lane, East Boldre (SU 36750253) Preliminary 

survey by Jude and Peggy James, 3 rd Jan 1995 

Cob 11 Fir Tree cottage, Sway ‘Council deplores loss of Sway cob cottage’ 

Advertiser & Times 6 July 2002 p/c 

Cob 12 ‘New Forest Cob Walling – Example from East Boldre’ Photographs 

and description by Jude James Photographs dated 1966 

Cob 13ac 

‘The Bungalow, Rowes Lane, East End’ Article and description by 

Joanna Close-Brooks with diagram May 1992 (3 pages) 

Cob 14 ‘The house that mud built’ by Kay Cooper The Daily Echo Tue 24 June 

1997 (Double page spread original & in colour) 

Cob 15 ‘Peasants army puts up house in one day’ by Rachel Read New Forest 

Post Thurs 26 June 1997 (double page spread on 2 sheets original) 

NFDC 1 ‘Historic Buildings - A basic guide to their construction’ New Forest 

District Council no date – original 2 copies no date c 2000 


NFDC 2 ‘Listed Building Guidance Notes – A Basic Guide for Owners and 

Occupiers’ New Forest District Council – original 2 copies no date c 

2000 

NFDC 3 ‘Listed Building Guidance Notes – Interiors’ New Forest District 

Council - original 2 copies no date c 2000 

NFDC 4 ‘Historic Buildings – Chalk and Clay Cob’ New Forest District 

Council - original 1 copy no date c 2000 

NFDC 5 ‘Historic Buildings – Timber Frames and Roofs’ New Forest District 


NFDC 6 ‘Historic Buildings – Thatch and Thatching’ New Forest District 


NFDC 7 ‘Listed Buildings – A Guide for Owners and Occupiers’ New Forest 

District Council - original 1 copy no date c 1995 

NFDC 8 ‘Historic Buildings – Brickwork’ New Forest District Council - original 

1 copy no date c 2000 

NPA 1 ‘Historic Buildings – Chalk and Clay Cob’ New Forest National Park 

& New Forest District Council - original 1 copy no date 2006 

NPA 2 ‘Historic Buildings –Thatch and Thatching’ New Forest National Park 

& New Forest District Council - original 1 copy no date 2006 



Reference No: N 712, N 715 

Subject: Architecture: Conservation and 

Preservation; Country Houses 

CONTENTS 

1 Home-grown Softwoods for Building, Digest 72, Jul 1966 

2 Chairman turns spotlight on Forest architecture, newspaper article, n.d. Maldwin 

Drummond, chairman of Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust 

3 Threatened Historic Buildings, a review of progress, 1997, NFDC 

4 Threatened Historic Buildings, Annual Report, 1999, NFDC 





9 Brockenhurst Parish Church in late Saxon times, by Jude James, a conjectural 

reconstruction, n.d. c 2000 

10 Our New Forest Churches by Roy Jackman, Aug 1979 

11 Church is saved from Bulldozers by Chris Yandell, 18 th Apr 1997. Bartley. 

Illustrated newspaper report 

12 Church is saved by Chris Yandell, n.d. Newspaper report, Bartley 

13 A tale of two churches by Muriel Abott in Hampshire Magazine, n.d. c 1986 

Exbury 

14 A cause for celebration by Eleanor Kemp in Hampshire Magazine, May 1985, 

All Saints Church, Dibden and St Andrews’s Dibden Purlieu and Forest View 

Mission Hall, Dibden Purlieu; illustrated 

15 Whitsbury? In Hampshire Magazine, Oct 1986, St Leonards. 

16 Breamore House, destruction by fire, Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 25 th 

Oct 1856. Re-typed article. 

17 Ashlett Creek, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

18 Beaulieu, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

19 Breamore, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

20 Waters Green, Brockenhurst, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

21 Buckler’s Hard, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

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22 Burley, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

23 Exbury, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

24 Fritham, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

25 Hatchet Green, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

26 Keyhaven, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

27 Lyndhurst, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

28 Minstead, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

29 Sway Tower, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

30 Woodgreen, New Forest Conservations Areas, NFDC 

31 Pencil drawing by Peter King, Spincot, Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst of tongue and 

groove, timber plank building, n.d. 

32 Notes by Dick Galton of a conversation with Mr Jessie Smith of Lyndhurst ‘On 

the construction of a mud walled and thatched New Forest Cottage’, 4 th Mar 

1976. Description of a dwelling made at Norley Wood in the early 1920’s. 

33 Large houses illustrated in G.F. Prosser, Select Illustrations of Hampshire, 

Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry (1833). 

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Reference No: 

Subject: 


N. 715 

New Forest Mansions 

Contents 

Filed under house name 

Key: 



Avo 1 Avon Castle – Ringwood - Yesteryear article – Ringwood & 

Fordingbridge News (p/c) – not dated 

Bur 1 Burley Lawn House – Burley – ‘Two into one!’ by Chris Martin 

Lymington & New Forest Focus article – Southern ppty Times (p/c) - 

25.06.1993 (2 pages) 

Cad 1 Cadland House – Fawley – ‘In aid of Gardens’ by Roger Newman & R T 

Hill Hampshire Magazine - 07.1986 (2 pages) 

Cop 1 Copthorne House – Fawley – ‘Fireworks at Copthorne House’ newspaper 

cutting (p/c) – 07.12.1984 

Cuf 1 Cufnells - Lyndhurst – drawings designs for additions to house Soane 

Museum Collection SM46/3/21 (p/c) 19.02.1794 (3 pages) 

Eag 1 Eaglehurst Castle – Calshot – ‘Mansion wing sold in four minutes’ 

Southern Evening Echo article – (p/c) – 11.07.1973 

Exb 1 Exbury House – Exbury – ‘The house that won the war’ Southern Evening 

Echo – (p/c) 12.06.1997 (4 pages) 

Exb 2 Exbury House – Exbury – ‘Exbury and the Rothschild Family’ Hampshire 

Magazine – 12.1965 (2 pages) 

Exb 3 Exbury House – Exbury – ‘Famous Five’ Southern Daily Echo (p/c) – 

11.07.1977 

Hey 1 Heywood Manor (also mentions Hincheslea) – Lymington - ‘Property of 

the Month’ Southern Life Magazine – 08.1983 (2 pages) 

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Hin 1 Hinchelsea House – Boldre – ‘Sway and Hinchelsea’ article by H A 

Collinson – March 1977 

Hin 2 Hincheslea House – Boldre – notes for 1983 New Forest Report, with 

hand written letter from David Kino to Mrs Cobb (p/c) 23.12.1981 (3 

pages stapled together) 

Hol 1 Holbury Manor – Fawley – ‘Tudor house query’ Southern Daily Echo 

(p/c) 03.05.1972 

Hig 1 Highcliffe Castle – Highcliffe – ‘Imperial diplomacy at Highcliffe Castle’ 

Hampshire Magazine 11.1983 (2 pages) 

Lan 1 Langdown House – Hythe – ‘Architectural Designs for George Tate 

proposed by Joseph T. Parkinson’ Soane Museum Collection SM2/8/19 

(p/c) – circa 1816/17 (5 pages) 

Lut 1 Luttrells – Fawley – ‘To be sold’ pictures & description - source unknown 

– undated 

Min 1 Minstead Manor – Minstead – ‘The Best Tree Competition’ by Alexandra 

Ehrmann – Hampshire Magazine November 1997 (2 pages) 

NFH 1 New Forest Hotels – Lyndhurst & Ringwood - Beaulieu Hotel, Forest 

Lodge, Bartley Lodge, Moorhill House – Care Hotels advert Southampton 

Visitor Guide – 1993 

New 1 Newtown Park – South Baddesley – ‘Saving an historic Hampshire house’ 

by Michael Kennett – Hampshire Magazine June 1975 (2 pages) 

Old 1 The Old House - Burley – J.D. Wood Estate Agents advert – not dated 

Pas 1 Passford House – Lymington – Hotel advertisement - undated 

Rhi 1 Rhinefield House – Brockenhurst – ‘Rhinefield: why not try a sample?’ by 

Michael Kennet Hamphshire Magazine August 1990 (2 pages & a small 

piece) 

Rhi 2 Rhinefield House – Brockenhurst – 5 photographs of house and gardeners 

circa 1930’s on A4 sheet (laser copies) 

Roy 1 Roydon Manor – Brockenhurst – ‘Hudsoneering – a new pastime for 

discovering old Hampshire’ by Duncan Pepper - Hampshire Magazine - 

1973 (1 page – 2 sides) 

Roy 2 Roydon Manor – Brockenhurst – ‘Roydon Manor and the Morants’ by 

Paul Hitchings – Hampshire Magazine - April 1966 (4 pages) 

Som 1 Somerley – Ringwood – ‘Earl & Countess of Normanton at Home’ 

Heritage Magazine – April/May no year given (4 pages 


Som 2 Somerley – Ringwood – ‘New Show – south’s most exciting venture’ by 

Jennie Sherborne – Hampshire Magazine - April 1989 

Wal 1 Walhampton - Lymington – ‘Walhampton and the Burrards’ typed leaflet 

(2 sides x 2 copies) no date or author 

Wal 2 Walhampton – Lymington – ‘Walhampton Gardens’ leaflet – date 

unknown (4 pages – stapled into a booklet) no date or author 

Whi 1 White House – Milford on Sea – ‘White House is reborn’ by Sue Edwins 

New Forest Post 11.03.1999 




Subject: New Forest Parishes A - B 

N. 750 ASH Ashurst, Colbury & Netley Marsh 

N. 750 BRA Bramshaw & Fritham 

N. 750 BRE Breamore 

Note Beaulieu, Boldre, Brockenhurst and Burley each have their own binder. 

N. 750 ASH-Ashurst, Colbury & Netley Marsh 

CONTENTS 

1. ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES Reprinted from “proceedings” of the 

Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society (re. Saltpetre House, Ashurst 

Wood, Colbury) 

2. VISIT OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TO N.FOREST WORKHOUSE 

“What we said 100 years ago” Lyndhurst, September 1882 (Daily Echo 1982) 

3. DEVELOPMENT BRINGS BACK THE ‘VILLAGE TOUCH’ Changing face 

of the Forest - Article, Audrey Hulme 

4. Forest Views May 1997 

5. BARTLEY CHURCH SAVED FROM BULLDOZERS Newspaper cutting, 

April 18th 1997 

6. Ashurst ‘Gateway to the New Forest ?’ Advertiser and Times December 1996 

6a. Flowering ‘Gateway’ to the New Forest Daily Echo December 1996 

7. Village housing view sought - Ashurst social housing, Daily Echo December 

1996 

8. Wessex Institute (Ashurst Lodge) 2pp. 

9. Notes on The New Forest Union, formed 1835 and The Union Workhouse at 

Ashurst 

10. List of Poor Law Unions in South West Hampshire in 1836 

11. 1881 census record of inmates of New Forest Union Workhouse. 6pp. 

12a-j Extracts from New Forest Magazine for Netley St Matthew parish for Aug 

1912, Feb 1913, Sep 1913, Apr 1921, Aug 1921, Dec 1921, Apr 1922, Aug 

1922, Oct 1922. Photocopies. 10 pp. 

13. Butterfly Farm, Ashurst – Terry Jenvey, manager at work 7 th Jan 1983 

14. Butterfly Farm, Ashurst – opened by Wendy Craig 1 st Aug 1981 

15. The Forest as it was – by Audrey Hulme – The Green brothers Alfred and Jim 

2pp Hampshire Magazine April 1974 

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16. Surveyor’s report on Ashurst Farm, Hounsdown Cottage and the New Inn, 2 nd 

Jan 1912 

17. Hand written list of shops in Ashurst in 1939 and a ‘flier’ advertising Monkey 

Tree Garage 

18. Lunch menu for Institute of Journalists, New Forest Hotel, 2 nd Sept 1905 

N. 750 BRA-Bramshaw & Fritham 

1. ANOTHER ENGLAND LIVES ON HERE by Trevor Fishlock The Royal 

Oak, Fritham, Hampshire June 1964 

2. BRAMSHAW AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD Shore memorial Vol.Part III 

Hampshire Papers & Miscellany 1911 

3. THREE BROTHERS OF BRAMSHAW Family Association with Bramshaw 

Forge 

4. BRAMSHAW FORGE CLOSES AFTER TWO HUNDRED YEARS Copy of 

article by Jack Sturgess - Forest Views Jan 1998 

6. COUNTRY ESTATE the story of Warrens Estate, Bramshaw by C H Hall, 

Hampshire Feb 1988 

7. COUNTRY ESTATE concluding the story of Warrens Estate, Hampshire 

March 1988 

8. Village’s video fame – Bramshaw parish. Daily Echo, December 1996 

9. Footpath to nowhere is closed. Advertiser & Times, December 1996 

10. Landowner closes path to nowhere. Daily Echo, December 1996 

11. Footpath row goes to the Ombudsman. Daily Echo, November 1996 

12. Village bid to save Base Mansion – Burnford House, Bramshaw. Daily Echo, 

December 1996 

13. Bramshaw. Article on concrete crushing facility at Pound Bottom landfill site. 

Daily Echo, October 1996 

14. Village gets new voice – Fritham gained a rep on Bramshaw Parish Council. 

Daily Echo, December 1996 

15. Parking- Social housing scheme at Bramshaw. Daily Echo, November 1996 

16. Letter from Secretary, National Truct, January 1929. With enclosures listed as 

follows. 

17. Laws and privileges of Commoners of the New Forest Commons of the 

National Trust, 1928/9 

18. New Forest Commons of the National Trust. Holdings having common rights. 

Bramshaw Manor, approved by N.T. July 1929 and February 1932. 

19. Triennial General Meeting of Commoners of New Forest Commons of the 

National Trust at the Bramshaw Institute, September 1931. 


20. The National Trust re: Bramshaw & Plaitford Commons. Copy of report of 

Messrs Horne & Birkett, December 1931. 

21. Fritham – some handwritten notes on Fritham in 13 th century. 

22. Notice of auction of furniture etc. contents of Valetta House, Fritham, owned 

by Gerald Forward, November 1978. 

23. Memories of Fritham 60 years ago, by Harold Payne. Hampshire, April 1970. 

24. Extract from Salisbury and Winchester Journal concerning the murder of 

Bramshaw shopkeeper, Mrs Moody, and arrest, trial and execution of George 

Prince labourer of Bramshaw, May-July 1798. 4pp. 

25. Copy of article ‘The Schulzte Gunpowder Factory in the New Forest’ by Clare 

Church. 5pp. 

26. Poem to Hannah Page, former innkeeper of Green Dragon, Brook, by later 

licensee Pam Harvey-Richards. 

27. 1874 DEATH CERTIFICATE of a labourer who died of injuries due to 

explosion at Eyeworth Gunpowder Factory. 

28. Advertisement for house for sale at Brook. Country Life, Nov 2000. 

29. New Forest magazine, December 1921, Bramshaw parish section. Photocopy. 

30. Fritham – article by Richard Whitfield, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1974, 2pp 

31. Mrs Parker and family of Bramshaw, New Forest Post 6 th Aug 1987 

32. Threatened closure of sub-PO’s, picture of Derek Roberts outside Bramshaw 

P.O. 

33. Echo photo of Water Tower for Fritham House 

34. Green Dragon at Brook article and photos, 20 th March 9181 

35. Photo of Bell Inn Brook undated. 

36. Handwritten extract from Hunts Directory, 1852 – Bramshaw P.O., retail and 

dealers 

N. 750 BRE-Breamore 

1. FOCUS ON BREAMORE by Mollie Hillman Hampshire July 1988 

2. AROUND THE OLD MILL AT BREAMORE by Bernard Alfieri Hampshire 

October 1987 

3. BREAMORE from Alison Kidd “Down your Way” Vol.I 1989 

4. BREAMORE HOUSE Out & About Hampshire Sept 1980 

5. NFDC “THE BREAMORE PROJECT” about 1993 

6. Mr Edward Hulse with the 1597 royal charter granting them Breamore House. 

The Times, August 1982. 


1. BEAULIEU MAP 



Subject: Beaulieu 

CONTENTS 

2. BEAULIEU VILLAGE WALK brochure, Countryside Education 

Trust, undated poss. 1970's (15 pages) 

History 

3. V E DAY CELEBRATIONS Invitation, Beaulieu & East Boldre 

branch of Royal British Legion, 8th may 1995 

4. LIVING IN HAMPSHIRE Sowley House sale, Hampshire, July 

1964, Vol. 4, No. 9 

5. MEMORIES OF A NEW FOREST CHILDHOOD by Jean 

Alliston, Hampshire, June 1985, Vol. 25, No. 8 

6. GO TO THE COUNTRY, CHAPTER II by Philip Gosse, Cassell, 

1935 (12 pages) 

7. A HISTORY OF BEAULIEU ABBEY Chapter XIX Sanctuary 

8. CALENDER OF STATE PAPERS, MILAN 1912 re Perkin 

Warbeck at Beaulieu, 1496 

9. RECENT ADVANCES IN THE HISTORY OF THE BEAULIEU 

AREA Advertiser & Times, 26th June 1976 

10. SECRETS OF MEDIEVAL BEAULIEU Michael Kennett, 

Hampshire, November 1987, Vol. 28, No 1 

11. ST LEONARD'S CHAPEL & BARN transcript of William 

Cobbett's account of his visit, Octoberl 826 

12. ST LEONARD'S GRANGE transcript from VCR Hampshire & I O 

W, 1911 

13. BEAULIEU ABBEY AND ST LEONARD'S BARN miscellaneous 

transcripts and statistics 

14. WHEN WERE PINE/FIR FIRST PLANTED ON THE BEAULIEU 

ESTATE 

15. BABYSHAM FOUNDER WORKED TILL LAST (Francis 

Showering), Advertiser & Times, 16th September 1995 

Updated 31/03/2010

16. WILLIAM GILPINS "BEAULIEU ABBEY" newspaper 

reproduction of painting, Southern Evening Echo, undated 

Natural History 

22. PUTTING LID ON MESSY DONKEYS newspaper article, 

undated 

23. TOURISTS NOT TO BLAME - MONTAGU Daily Echo, 28th 

October 1996 

24. A NATURALIST NEAR BEAULIEU by John Sears, Hampshire, 

December 1987, Vol. 28, No. 2 

Beaulieu Estate 

28. BEAULIEU: THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON by Trevor Fishlock, 

Hampshire, September 1964, Vol. 4, No.l 1 

29. VINO LOCALE by G B Redmayne, Hampshire, January 1970 

30. THIRTY YEARS ON A GREAT ESTATE by G B Redmayne, 

Hampshire, October 1970, Vol. 10, No. 12 

31. SHAKESPEARE AT BEAULIEU by E Jones-Evans, Hampshire, 

September 1972, Vol. 12, No. 11 

32. BEAULIEU RIVER BRICKWORKS FOR SALE Evening Echo, 

15th July 1982 

33. BLUEPRINT FOR 21ST CENTURY BEAULIEU by Justin Strong, 

Evening Echo, June 17th 1989 

34. CAR 95 AROUND BRITAIN TOURS Newspaper Article, 12th 

August 1995 

35. COUPLE APPEAL OVER "HARSH" DECISION (Dock Lane) 

Advertiser & Times, 1st June 1996 

36. HATCHET COTTAGE CAN BE REBUILT Advertiser & Times, 

21st September 1996 

37. M & S STORE AT BEAULIEU Advertiser & Times, 12th October 

1996 

38. BEAULIEU IN DANGER FROM RED TAPE PERIL by Peter 

East, Daily Echo, 31st October 1996 

39. OVER £200,000 FOR "SHED" WITH A VIEW Advertiser & 

Times 23rd November 1996 

40. THE £380,000 TIN SHACK Daily Echo, 25th November 1996 & 

Advertiser and Times, 30th November 1996 

Updated 31/03/2010

41. WORLD WAR I AID FOR TROOPS TO BE PRESERVED 

Advertiser & Times, 16th October 1999 

42. ENGLANDS BEST HOUSES (Palace House) by Simon Jenkins, 

The Times, 16th June 2001 

43. MONTAGU ARMS brochure approx 1974 

44. BEAULIEU BROCHURES 

Beaulieu River 

50. BEAULIEU RIVER FROM TAIL TO HEAD by Brian Dawkins (2 

copies), Hampshire, August 1988, Vol.28, No. 10 

51. BEAULIEU RIVER 1987 TIDE TABLES 

52. RIVER BATTLE OVER YACHT CLUB by H A Wallis, 

Hampshire, February 1962, Vol.2, No.4 (File Missing as of 11/9/08 

Montagu Family 

52. THE LATE LORD MONTAGUE cutting from Go to the Country 

by Phillip Gosse, Cassell 1935 

52A . BEAULIEU: The Far Side of the Moon 

53. THE LIFE OF LORD OF BEAULIEU by Trevor Fishlock 

53A. BEAULIEU: 3 rd Article in the Series by Trevor Fishlock 

54 DAY IN THE LIFE OF LORD MONTAGU by Judy Arnold, 

Hampshire April 1087 Vol 27, No. 6 

55 LORD MONTAGU'S 70 BIRTHDAY magazine article, Hello! 

2nd November 1996 

56 MONTAGU BRIDE TO DESIGN OWN DRESS Daily Echo 4 th 

December 1996 

57 WEDDING OF THE YEAR DATE SET Daily Echo 30th 

December 1996 

58 BUCKLER'S HARD WEDDING FOR MARY MONTAGU 

Advertiser & Times, 7th December 1996 

59 MARY MONTAGU'S WEDDING magazine article, Hello! 5th 

July 1997 

60 THE GRAND OLD LADY OF BEAULIEU by George Boultwood, 

Hampshire, January 1985, Vol.25, No.3 

61 GLADYS BACK AT PALACE HOUSE AFTER 61 YEARS 

Advertiser and Times, 2 1st October 1995 

Updated 31/03/2010

61A. Beaulieu Village Walk 

62. St Leonard’s Grange (from VCH), Beaulieu Abbey & St Leonard’s 

Barn 

62A. Beaulieu Abbey (notes) 

62B. Beaulieu as a Sanctuary 

62C. Bucklers Hard (Chronology) 

62D. Beaulieu – Notes & Jottings 

62E. William Cobbett on St Leonard’s (from Rural Rides) 

62F Beaulieu Abbey (Chronology) 

62G Albert Medal awarded to Amy Madeline Jacques of Otterwood for 

act of bravery – transcript with notes from the Hampshire Chronicle 

27 May 1911 

63 SECRETS OF MEDIEVAL BEAULIEU 

64 Hampshire Architectural Heritage Hampshire magazine April 1983 

65 Voices & Visions (promotional activity) 2004 

66. Education at Beaulieu (pack of leaflets) 

67 The Beaulieu Record by John Arlott 

68 Newspaper cutting – Recent Advances in the History of Beaulieu 

Area 

69 Some Beaulieu families extract – Milford-on-Sea historical record 

Society 

70 Handwritten List Hunts Directory Beailieu Tradesman 

71 Beaulieu History Society Newsletter – September 2007 

72 Beaulieu History Society Newsletter - March 2008 

73 Beaulieu Manor Shock = Lady Montagu wins divorce June 1984 

74 Architectural Remains of King Johns Abbey, Beaulieu 

75 Proposed Model Town – in the New Forest – Beaulieu? 

Updated 31/03/2010

Updated 31/03/2010


Reference No: N.750 BOL 

Subject: New Forest Parishes: Boldre 

Note: There is separate file for East Boldre 

1. “Boldre” by Michael Kennett, Hampshire Magazine 

2. “Boldre’s past lives on in parish records” by G. Belayse-Smith, Hampshire 

Magazine, Sept. 1973 

3. “The Tree that Groaned” by Geoffrey Weighill, Hampshire Magazine, Sept. 

1991 

4. “The Groaning Tree of Boldre”, by Mrs E.L. Janes, Hampshire Magazine, 

Mar. 1963 

5. “Murder at Boldre” by P. and J.F. James, Hampshire Magazine, Nov. 1963 

6. Graph showing population change in Boldre parish, 1801-1901 

7. Boldre Schools Visitation 1725, 1788: Boldre School inscription, 1889: Pilley 

Chapel, 1857 

8. Boldre extracts from the New Forest Magazine, mainly 1913 

9. Pily and Warborne Tithing: abstracts from New Forest Commoners, 1792, ed. 

David Stagg 

10. Certificates of musters (14 Hen. VIII) Boldre parish (transcript) 

11. Notes on Vicar’s Hill House and Vicar’s Hill Lodge 

12. A Brief Guide to Boldre Church (missing Dec 2004) 

13. “Boldre 900”, 900th anniversary of Boldre Church, Hampshire Magazine, 

June 1987 

14. “Appeal to save St. John’s”, Advertiser & Times, April 1996 

15. “Visit a Church—Boldre” by Mollie Hillman, Hampshire Magazine, March 

1984 

16. Obituary of Canon John Hayter, Advertiser & Times, Sept. 1995 

17. Obituary of Canon John Hayter, The Times, 23 Sept. 1995 

18. Baddesley News (pp. 7-8 only), Jan. 1948 

19. “Focus on Boldre” and “William Gilpin” by Mollie Hillman, Hampshire 

Magazine, Dec. 1987 

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20. “Gilpin of Boldre and the Picturesque” by Gordon Sewell, The Southern 

Echo 

21. Gilpin’s School, miscellaneous newspaper cuttings 

22. “30 years at the Fleur de Lys”, Advertiser & Times, 2 Nov. 1963 

22a. Kelly’s Directory entry for Boldre parish 1885 

23. Pylewell House fire, 1910 from Lymington & S.W. Hampshire Chronicle, 2 

June 1910 

24. Warborne Organic Lamb by George Heathcote 

25. Warborne Farm by George Heathcote 

26. Warborne House, notes 

31. The Groaning Tree (South Baddesley). 2 letters, 28 June & 12 July 2003. 

A&T 

32. School & church/chapel lists from the 1851 census (mss) 

33. Mr Phillips, Rowe’s Lane. Recollections made 15 May 1992. 

35. New Forest Magazine. Transcript of selections from Boldre parish section 

Oct 1912 to Dec 1913. 5pp. 

36 to 

46 

New Forest Magazine. Transcript of selections from Boldre parish section. 

Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov 1921; Feb, Mar, Sep, Oct, Dec 1922. 

Photocopies, 12 pp. 

47. P.C. No. 1. Bob Newman, by Ian Newman. Hampshire, Jan 1991. 

48. William Gilpin School Centenary, Meals, Jim Newman, The Bridge, Sep1975 

49. Fleur de Lys, Pilley, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1997 

50. The History of Boldre pageant programme, June 1922 

51. Have you visited Boldre – cutting, undated 

52. Memories of a New Forest Childhood by Jean Alliston, Hampshire Magazine, 

Jun 1985 

53. Wereburne Manor, Vicars Hill; sales particulars cover with photographs 

54. William Gilpin service The Bridge, Oct 2004 

55. Boldre School by W. Hayward-Broomfield; Hampshire Magazine, May 1977 

N.750 Boldre Updated 31/03/2010 Page 2 of 2

History 



Subject: New Forest Parishes 

Brockenhurst - Volume 1 

CONTENTS 

1. BROCKENHURST REVEALS RICHNESS & VARIETY OF FOREST 

STORIES (St Nicholas Churchyard) Hampshire, February 1988, Vol.38, No4 

(2 copies) 

2. BROCKENHURST HISTORY newspaper report of talk to Lym & District 

Historical Society, January 1985 

3. HISTORY OF BROCKENHURST FIRE BRIGADE Advertiser & Times, 

28th December 1996 

4. MEMORIES OF BROCKENHURST by Mrs Plumbly, undated 

5. LIST OF BROCKENHURST WORKERS from 1853 report and 1851 Census 

6. BROCKENHURST - UNIQUE IN FOREST HISTORY by Arthur Lloyd, 

undated 

7. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FIRE BRIGADE by J R Stevens, published 

c!934 

8. JOHN HOWARD BORN 1726 Hampshire, October 1985, Vol.25, No. 12 

9. THE LAST POST history of Royal Mail, Brockenhurst by Tony Johnson, New 

Forest Post, 30th July 1992 

10. IN OLD BROCKENHURST The New forest & Hampshire in Pictures, 

undated 

11. THE FOREST TOYS advertisement & poster 

12. PONY RACES AT BALMER LAWN 1882 PRO papers 

13. BROCKENHURST RACES Hants Advertiser, 26th May 1900 

14. DOREY'S GARAGE signed receipt, 31st August 1939 

15. WARTIME MEMORIES OF BROCKENHURST list of audio tapes 

16. A NEW FOREST CHILDHOOD by Harold Wheeler, undated 

17. BROCKENHURST PAST & PRESENT reports of two talks given by 

Churchwarden, Mr Frank Jenvey, New Forest Magazine, March & April 1911 

N.750 Brockenhurst 1 Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 5

18. BROCKENHURST Church of England Primary School - A Brief History 

19. Transcript of will of Henry Thurston 

Village and Surroundings 

22. CHARLES II GRANTED FARM LEASE (New Park Farm) Echo, 21sl 

November 1977 

23. BROCKENHURST GROCER'S CENTENARY (Purkess) Newspaper report, 

undated poss 1994 

24. BALMER LAWN HOTEL advertisement 

25. CAREYS MANOR HOTEL advertisement 

26. WHITLEY RIDGE COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL newspaper cutting, undated 

poss 1990's 

27. NEW FOREST FISHMONGERS advertisement 

28. PURE HONEY advertisement 

29. THE THATCHED COTTAGE advertisement 

30. RECORD YEAR FOR FRIENDS OF BROCKENHURST Advertiser & 

Times, 14th December 1996 

31. WAGONS NOW ROLL WHERE CARS CAN'T GO (N F Wagon rides) 

Southern Evening Echo, 17th June 1975 

32. NEW VICAR WAS TAX ACCOUNTANT (Geoff Bower) Advertiser & 

Times, 7th October 1995 

33. BROCKENHURST VIEWS ON BROCKENHURST TWINNING DIVIDED 


34. NEW HOMES IN BROCKENHURST advert, The Times, 2nd September 

1995 

35. ANCIENT CLASSROOMS MUST GO Daily Echo, 27th December 1996 

36. BROCKENHURST PARISH COUNCIL RECORDS a provisional list 

compiled by Jude James & Tony Johnson, 11th November 1996 

37. BROCKENHURST 'WHO' 'WHEN' 'WHERE' 'HOW' leaflet 

38. THE STORY OF RHINEFIELD walks, interior & garden, brochure, undated 

poss 1980's 

39. RHINEFIELD ORNAMENTAL DRIVE booklet listing trees, April 1968 

40. BROCKENHURST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Advertiser & Times, 23rd 

November 1999 


41. ST NICHOLAS'S ANCIENT YEW Advertiser & Times, 23rd November 1999 

42. BROCKENHURST CARNIVAL Advertiser & Times, undated 

43. BROCKENHURST GRAMMER SCHOOL by Joan grigsby, Hampshire, 

February 1967, Vol.7, No.4 

44. BROCKENHURST: ADVENTURE IN EDUCATION by Joan Grigsby, 

Hampshire, February 1970, Vol.10, No.4 

45. BROCKENHURST COUNTY SCHOOL by John Gattrell, Hampshire, July 

1994 

46. FLOWER FESTIVAL St Saviours Church, leaflet, May 1992 

47. SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE NEW FOREST St Nicholas, 

November 1980 

48. WELCOME TO BROCKENHURST official guide 1994 

49. OFFICIAL FREE GUIDE TO THE SHOPPING CENTRE & FACILITIES OF 

BROCKENHURST leaflet 1995 

50. BROCKENHURST HAS NEW SURGERY by Dot Francis, Hampshire, 

September 1991, Vol.31, No. 11 (2 copies) 

50.A BROCKENHURST DOCTORS GET NEW £350,000 SURGERY AT LAST 

Advertiser & Times (?), 8.6.1991 

51. JACKSON & JACKSON property advert in Country Life, 3rd April 1986 

52. JACKSON & JACKSON property advert in Country Life, 24th April 1986 

53. Flyer for Lord of the Flies by Brockenhurst Youth Theatre Group, to be staged 

on the 30 & 31 July 2009 

54. 

55. 

Traffic problems 

60. BROCKENHURST CROSSING HAZARDS Advertiser & Times, 1st May 

1993 

61. DILEMMA OVER BROCKENHURST PATH Advertiser & Times, 30th 

December 1995 

BROCKENHURST BELIEVES A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IS COMING 


62. COUNTY TO RECONSIDER BROCKENHURST CROSSING Advertiser & 

Times, 1st June 1996 


63. BROCKENHURST TRAFFIC PROBLEMS RUMBLE ON Advertiser & 

Times, 23rd November 1996 

64. BROCKENHURST TRAFFIC PROBLEMS Advertiser & times, undated 

65. BROCKENHURST PARKING letter Advertiser & Times 16th November 

1996 

Watersplash 

72. SOME DRIVERS TAKE WATERSPLASH TOO LITERALLY Newspaper 

article & picture, Advertiser & Times, undated 

73. LETTER BY MARJORIE TRIGGS re danger to animals from fast moving 

vehicles in Watersplash, 20th May 1996 

74. LETTER TO MRS TRIGG FROM SOUTHERN WATER (plus 3 maps) 10th 

May 1996 

75. COPY OF ABOVE LETTER WITH HANDWRITTEN COMMENTS 10th 

May 1996 

Closure of Brocken 

hurst Sorting office 

79. SPECIAL DELIVERY poem by L G & O A Collins, 1992 

80. MEMORIES IN THE POST letter in Advertiser & Times, undated 

81. FIGHT TO KEEP POSTMEN AT BROCKENHURST Advertiser & Times, 

undated poss 1992 

82. LAST POST FOR BROCKENHURST newspaper cutting, 18th April 1992 

83. VILLAGERS BACK RETENTION OF BROCKENHURST POSTMEN 

Advertiser & times, 2nd May 1992 

84. ROCKET FOR THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL Advertiser & times, 16th 

May 1992 

85. SWAY BACKS POSTAL PROTEST Advertiser & times, 11th July 1992 

86. 2,000 SIGN BROCKENHURST PETITION Advertiser & Times 18th July 

1992 

87. THE LAST POST history of Royal Mail, Brockenhurst by Tony Johnson, New 

Forest Post, 30th July 1992 

88. POST OFFICE 'HIGH HANDED' Advertiser & times, 1st August 1992 & two 

letters to the Editor, undated poss 1992 

89. LETTER TO TONY JOHNSON from Mrs Rosemary Gibson, 19th August 

1992 


90. BROCKENHURST POSTMEN TO MOVE? Advertiser & times, 19th 


91. BROCKENHURST SORTING OFFICE PLEA Advertiser & times, 26th 


92. BROCKENHURST POST DECISION BY CHRISTMAS? Advertiser & 

times, 31st October 1992 

93. BROCKENHURST P.O. DECISION IMMINENT Advertiser & times, 14th 

November 1992 

94. QUALMS OVER BROCKENHURST POSTAL SERVICE Advertiser & 

times, 28th November 1992 

95. BROCKENHURST SORTING OFFICE CLOSING DATE Advertiser & 

times, 5th December 1992 

96. BROCKENHURST SORTING OFFICE CLOSES Advertiser & times, 27th 

March 1993 

97. Whitley Ridge Hotel. Leaflet with tariffs 

98. ‘Remembering Brock Grammar School’s discipline’ Advertiser & Times 20 

April 2002 

99. ‘Holland’s Wood Campsite’ Advertiser & Times 25 May 2002 (3 pages) 

100. ‘Brockenhurst’s School 250 th Anniversary’ Advertiser & Times 1 June 2002 

101. ‘Pupil’s young & old remember school’s founder’ Advertiser & Times 1 June 

2002 

102. Thurston’s Charity School, Brockenhurst. Notes on the House family from the 

school’s Log Books, 1756-1787. 

103. Brockenhurst Rents 1770 from Russell Papers (HRO 149M89) 2 pages 

104. Brockenhurst Workhouse (alias Poorhouse) 2 drawings by I.N. Bowden-Smith 

105. ‘Long serving Brock teacher dies’ (Betty Davies) Advertiser & Times 10 Jan 

2004 

106 The Brockensian, the magazine of the Brockenhurst County High School Old 

Students’ Association, Apr 1957 






CONTENTS 

New Forest Magazine : Extracts for Brockenhurst 

Parish 

(normally 2 pages per month) 

14a-l 1910 Jan-Dec inclusive 


16a-l 1915 Jan-Dec except June 





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CONTENTS 

1. Old Brockenhurst by Mrs E. H. Plumbly, part 1 of 4 




5. ‘Somehow I can’t see this item of history repeating itself’ (Theodore 

Roosevelt’s walk in the New Forest 10 June 1910) S. E. Echo 28 May 1960 

6. E-mail concerning Dear’s butcher shop, 8 Jun 2004 

7. Illustrations relating to 6 above. 

8. Le Blaireau promotional leaflet 

9. Purkess’s Store – Final Promotional leaflet Aug-Sep 2004 

10. Booklet : Broceste 1086 Brockenhurst 

11. Illustrated brochure : Brokenhurst estate (n.d. c. 1930) 20 pp. 

12. ‘I heard a voice from heaven’ Rev Arthur Chambers’ last sermon (reprint) 

April 1918 

13. Photocopies of shop advertisements from 1921 guide 

14. Whittington’s Toys, advertisement and employee painting figures 

15. Whittington’s Toys, pictures of toys owned by Sr. John Zorab of Bristol 

16. Whittington’s Toys, pictures of toys owned by the above 

17. Whittington’s Toys, 3 hounds owned by the above 

18. The house in Southampton where the toys were housed (bombed shell) 

19. ‘The real toy story’ article in Hampshire Society Dec 2002 (2pp.) 

20. Controversial move rumoured for football club N. F. Post 4 Nov 2004 

21. Brockenhurst Blacksmith, 5 Feb 1981 


22. Bonner to succeed long-serving Cargill (Brockenhurst Golf Club) Southern 

Evening Echo 8 May 1985 

23. ‘Caught napping’, Morant and horse-racing. N.d. (press cutting) 

24. ‘Mysterious major and a fortune’ S. E. Echo 20 Sep 1976 

25. ‘Housemaid Mildred in VIP return’ (Carey’s Manor) S. E. Echo 26 Aug 1983 

26. Picture of above 

27. New Forest Farm centenary (New Park) A&T 22 Oct 1977 

28. Ober Farm – Sale details on 3 pages. 20 Dec 1891 

29. As above, cont. 

30. As above, cont. 

31. Balmer Lawn, purchase, 30 April 1927 

32. Future of football ground. N. F. Post 18 Nov 2004 

33. Rededication of Village’s Fire Bell. N. F. Post 25 Nov 2004 

34. Tesco promotional card for the new store (replacing Purkess’s). Nov 2004 

35. THE FOREST TOYS Whittington’s 10-page promotional catalogue 

36. Photocopy of agreement for Dillon Farm 29 Sept.1857 

37. Brockenhurst Village Organisations n.d. 

38. BROCKENHURST CHEMIST DIES (Ken Martin), A&T 15/8/1987 

38.A BROCKENHURST PHARMACIST’S WIDOW DIES (Minnie Martin) A&T 18/9/1981 

39. ANNUAL DINNER menu & toast list (photocopy) Brockenhurst & Rhinefield 

Conservative & Unionist Association,18/12/1912 

40. Letter to Miss Watson from Queen Mary Hospital in New Zealand, about 

collection from ex-patients of Forest Park hospital in Brockenhurst , 7/12/1923 

41. 

BROCKENHURST BELLS letter in Southland Times, New Zealand 15/11/23 

41A. BELLS OF BROCKENHURST CHURCH (?)Southland Times, New Zealand 

42. 

NAMES OF THE NEW ZEALAND & COLONIAL SOLDIERS BURIED IN 

BROCKENHURST Photocopy of handwritten list , C.M.Selway 

43. Harry’ Burt holding at South Weirs (copy of photopgraph) 

44. Brockenhurst College eighteen years on, by John Baker (principal) Hampshire 

February 1989. 3pp. 


45. Brockenhurst Grammar School ; Profile by Joan Grigsby Hampshire February 

1967. 4pp. 

46. Do you live in Brockenhurst? Hampshire n.d. possibly 1965/6 

47. Honeypot Holiday Home. Daily Echo 23 May 1986 

48. Villagers’ memories raised £1,500 for Oakhaven (proceeds from reprint of 

Before We Go: Memories of Peace & War) A& T 31 Jan 2004 

49 Disabled riding at Brockenhurst (Catherston Stud/Black Knoll) Daily Echo 

n.d. probably 1980s. 

50 Brockenhurst – Official Free Guide to the Shopping Centre and Facilities, 

1988 (3 copies) 

51 As above : a different year but undated. 

52 As above : 1990 leaflet. 

53 As above : undated. 

54 As above : 1995 leaflet. 

55 

56 

57 Adverts for various shops etc., in Brockenhurst 

58 Photocopies of old sketch map showing properties, together with a list of 

occupants, (1920-1925) 

59 3x invoices (1973, 1797 & 1980) by J Dunkinson, Brockenhurst, coal 

merchant, to Mrs Greenaway. 




Subject: Bucklers Hard 

CONTENTS 

1. The Glorious Age of Shipbuilding 

2. Facelift Launched at Showpiece Village - Southern Evening Echo 

3/9/1980 

3a. Museum – Hampshire Magazine Vol 7 No 9 (July 1967) 

3b. Grant Plea for Cottages – New Forest Post 8 December 1984 

3c. New Manager at Master Builders House Hotel – The Western Gazette 25 

January 1980 

4a. Canon Corner Bucklers Hard Museum Southern Evening Echo 5 August 

1972 

5 HEARTS OF OAK DISPLAY DISPLAY Bucklers Hard Maritime 

Museum - Echo 1982 

6 4 Press Cuttings (1) Bucklers Hard Regatta (2) River Village’s Romance 

dates unknown. (3) Lyndhurst Hist Soc, Eric Walters Story of Bucklers 

Hard. (4) Nelsons Favourite – Book of History on MHS Agamemnon – 

21 September 1996 

7. Nelson’s Favourite returns to Birthplace MHS Agamemnon – Echo 

cuttings September 1984 

8. Bucklers Hard Part in D-Day – Adv’r & Times cutting 20 May 1995 

9. Bucklers Hard will be preserved – Echo Cutting March 1973 

10.. Tom Bargate’s Topics of the House – TOP LEVEL BED TEST – Echo 

17 March 1972 

11a Rounds the Worlds yachtsman Chay Blyth officially opened the new 

yacht harbour at Bucklers Hard Echo October 1971 

11b. Yachtsman of the Year FRANCIS CHICHESTER – paper cutting Feb’61 

12. Heart of Oak Alfred Curtis model maker – builds replica of HMS Starling 

original built at Bucklers Hard in 1801 – Photo Hythe photo service 

13. With Infinite Patience he rebuilds the Past – Echo 19August 1976 

14. Life in the 1790’s when times were really hard…. Echo 22 April 1981 

Updated 31/03/2010

15. Life as it was in Bucklers Hard - Echo 24 July 1981 

16 OLD SHIPS IN THE NEW FOREST by Clive Brooks – Country Life 16 

June 1988 

17 River Battle over Yacht Club – Hampshire February 1962 

18. No.3; The Master Builder’s House, Bucklers Hard - Dining and wining in 

Hampshire 

19 Bucklers Hard then and now – Originals in Hardcastle Collection 

20. Bucklers Hard in the 18 th Century New Inn and Shipwrights Cottages – 

temporary information leaftlet 

21. SOME FAMOUSE SHIPS AND THEIR COMMANDERS – A J Holland 

writes of the New Maritime Museum at Bucklers Hard 

22. The Maritime Museum Bucklers Hard, from Local history bulletins No.31 

May 1063 

23. How to see BUCKLERS HARD – leaflet and map of the area 

23A. As above but a further leaflet and map of the area 

24. BUCKLERS HARD Village Festival Sunday the 15 July 1979 – 1984 

24a BUCKLERS HARD Village Festival a map layout of the festival 

activities 

25 LIVING ON SHOW IN THE PAST – By Jackie McCarrick – weekend of 

10 – 11 August 1991 

26. SOWLEY Ironworks, Beaulieu - from So’ton University Industrial 

Archeology Group Journal No. 5 `1996 

27. SOWLEY Pond viewed from the South 

28. SOWLEY POND AND IRONWORKS - 6 pages: Extract from the New 

Forest: It’s history and it’s scenery 

Updated 31/03/2010

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History 


Reference No: N750 

Subject: Burley 

CONTENTS 

1. ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BURLEY Brief history of church and 

village, un dated poss 1970’s. 

2. BURLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL: RULES, 23 RD of March 1895 

(two copies) 

3. REPORT Arrival of enormous telescope in Hyde Park, property of Rev John 

Craig, The Lady’s Newspaper, 2 nd of August 1851 

4. NURSE A E TOOGOOD, District nurse of Burley approx 1915/16- 1923 

5. MISS ROBINSON (of The Hut, Burley) copy of Ready the Soldiers Institute, 

Portsmouth, 1904, Vol XVII 

6. A PAGEANT OF BURLEY At the Merry Gardens, Leaflet, 22 nd June 1935 

7. COPY OF THE WILL OF THOMAS EYRE 3 rd of June, 1829 

8. BURLEY PAPERS, List of records relating to burley as noted in Guide to the 

Records of Parliament, F Norris HMSO 1971 

9. 9. PICKET POST GARAGE Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 8 th May 

1852 

10. PICKET POST Miscellaneous extracts compiled by M Triggs, 1983 (4 pages) 

11. MAY DAY IN THE NEW FOREST, Illustrated London News, 8 th of May 

1852 

Village and Surroundings 

19. BURLEY: NEW FOREST CONSERVATION AREAS, Photocopy of Burley 

section of NFDC leaflet, pub. 1998 

20. A WITCH- AND PROUD OF IT (Mrs Sybil Leek) By Trevor Fishlock. 

Hampshire, January 1964, Vol. 4, No 3 

21. AIR PIONEER DIES (George Broomfield, world’s first wing walker) 

newspaper cutting, undated 

22. CODY SOARED OVER HAMPSHIRE- AND INTO HISTORY (Samuel 

Cody), by John Coleman, Hampshire, September 1988, Vol. 28, No 11 

23. BURLEY MANOR HOTEL Brochure (pre 1973) 

24. THE WHITE BUCK Brochure (undated POSS 1986.) 

25. THE QUEEN’S HEAD Souvenir leaflet (pre 1973) 

26. MANOR FARM TEA GARDENS Brown paper bag, approx 1950’s. 

27. SNAKE CATCHER’S CHAIR A GIFT TO SOCIETY Southern Evening 

Echo, 30 th January 1981 

28. OLD HOUSE, BURLEY Sale advertisement, Country Life, 24 th April 1993 

29. DIG UP FOREST ROADS Advertiser & Times, 17 th April 1993 

30. BURLEY COACH HOUSE CONVERSION APPEAL FAILS Advertiser & 

Times, 14 th December 1996 

N750. Burley Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 3

Advertiser & Times 12 th of October 1996 BURLEY DON’T WANT AN 

‘ORANGE’ AERIAL 

31 FOREST MANSION GUTTED BY FIRE Bournemouth Evening Echo, 28 th 

December 1960 

32. PICKET POST FIRE HAS COURT SEQUEL Bournemouth Evening Echo, 

14 th July 1961 

33. PICKET POST HOTEL MAN GETS 3 YEARS FOR ARSON Bournemouth 

Evening Echo, 10 th February 1962 

34. PICKET POST HOTEL ARSON, CONVICTION: DOYLE TO APPEAL 

Bournemouth Evening Echo, 17 th March 1962 

35. NEW AERIAL TOWER NEAR BURLEY Newspaper cutting, 11 th December 

1978 

MOTEL PLAN STILL MOVES ON Newspaper cutting 2 nd of December 1978 

36. MOTEL PLANS NEW MOVE Newspaper cutting, 1 st November 1979 

ANOTHER LUXURY MOTEL FOR NEW FOREST Newspaper cutting, 1 st 

November 1979 

37a. The Flying G. Ranch, Burley, Hampshire October 1965 

37b. CAPTAIN GOSLING (FORMALLY OF FLYING G. RANCH) Evening Echo 

30 th November 1973 

38. SQUATTERS WHO RENOVATED HOME MUST QUIT (Squatters in No. 

11, Gatehouse College, Holmsley Passage). Advertiser & Times 7 th June 1986 

39. KNIGHTS FACE BATTLE TO FIGHT IN THE NEW FOREST (Concerning 

planning application for Medieval jousting tournaments at Holmsley) 

Bournemouth Evening Echo, 7 th April 1994 

40. MATHS AND IT GET A GLOWING REPORT Ofsted report for Burley 

Primary School Unidentified newspaper article, 24 th of May 1999 

41. PROGRAM FOR BURLEY PLAYERS (Production of The Merry Wives by 

Julian Rathbone, June 2002 

42. TRANSCRIPT OF INDENTURE BETWEEN WILLIAM WALTON OF 

BOLDRE AND JOHN TILLER OF BURLEY CONCERNING HIGH CRAFT 

COPPICE, BURLEY. Dated 25 th of March 1689, enlarged 13 th January 1808. 

(2pp) 

43. NEW FOREST MAGAZINE, BURLEY PARISH EXTRACTS FOR- February 

1921 (2pp) 

44. NEW FOREST MAGAZINE, BURLEY PARISH EXTRACTS FOR-August 

45. 

1922 (2pp) 

NEW FOREST MAGAZINE, BURLEY PARISH EXTRACTS FOR- 

December 1922 

46. BURLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Education Today April 1998 

47. A Beetle-catcher demonstrates, George Harrison, Pound Lane, Echo undated 

48. Miis F Hardcastle Exhibition at Parish Church, Western Gazette, 18 th Jul 1975 

49. The Dragon of Burley Beacon by Geoffrey Morley, Hampshire Magazine, Aug 

1980 

50. Memories of the Forest when little stirred by Hugh Brien, Hampshire 

Magazine, Mar 1986, 3pp. 

51. Last fill for old faithful, end of petrol sales; 9 th Feb 1975? 

52. Witches on the Forest warpath… by Barry Dillon, Echo? undated 


53. Advert for Kitty Doncaster, weaver and dyer 

54. Arab Prince is bankrupt by Jon Bish Burley Hill House, undated 

55. Village in danger of being destroyed letter by R F Grant 

56. Wartime diary of Burley ‘phone operator, 28 th Jul 1995 



Reference No: N.750 C-E 

Subject: New Forest Parishes C - E 

CONTENTS 

N.750 CHR Christchurch, including Mudeford, Somerford & Burton 

N.750 COP Copythorne, including Cadnam, Paulton’s Park & Ower 

N.750 DAM Damerham & Martin 

N.750 DOW Downton 

N.750 ELL Ellingham, including Harbridge, Ibsley & Somerley 

N.750 EXB Exbury & Lepe 

Note Dibden & Hythe in separate file N.750 HYT 

Fawley, including Blackfield, Cadland, Calshot, Hardley, Holbury & South 

Langley in separate file N.750 FAW 

N. 750 CHR Christchurch 

1. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 18 August 2002 

1a. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 21 April/May 

2003 

2. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 23 November 

2003 

3. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 24 Jan/Feb 2004 

4. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 25 April 2004 

4a. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 26 August 2004 

4b. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 27 November 

2004 

5. Three Christchurch (Twynham) indulgences for the repair of bridges and 

Bishop William of Wykeham’s admonition to the Earl of Salisbury on account 

of abuse of his patronage over the Priory. Roy Martin Haines. Archives Vol. 

XXVI, No. 104 April 2001 

6. “Priory In Danger” (Christchurch) Hampshire Dec 1971 

7. The Courtyard Gallery, Red House Museum (Information Sheet) n.d. 

8. Christchurch storms damage A&T 23 Nov 1996 photocopy 

9. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 28 February 2005 

10. Christchurch Local History Society New Bulletin Issue No. 29 May 2005 

11. Christchurch Local History Society Programme 2005/2006 

N. 750 C-E Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 3

N. 750 COP Copythorne 

1. Cadnam & Winsor’s “Monster”, Stanley’s Own Magazine May 1991 

2. Diseased trees make way for new saplings (Copythorne churchyard) Daily 

Echo 13 Dec 1996 photocopy 

3. ‘Disneyland Scheme For Forest Blasted’ By Kate Thompson 

4. The end of a few thousand hellos (collection of old red phone boxes in 

Bartley) Hampshire Nov 1987 

N. 750 DAM Damerham 

1. FOCUS ON DAMERHAM Mollie Hillman Hampshire Dec 1988 

2. IN THE MARTIN PENINSULA (inc Damerham, Rockbouren, Whitsbury) by 

Douglas Greenwood Hampshire Jun 1986 

3. Martin (from Alison Kidd : Down your way Vol. II 1990) photocopy, 4 pages 

N. 750 DOW Downton 

1. The Moot, Downton. Ancient Monument and Landscape Garden. Information 

leaflet. Prob 1990s 

N. 750 ELL Ellingham 

1. ST MARY’S ELLINGHAM Hampshire Feb 1987 

2. So peaceful at Ellingham – a church of hidden treasures. Dorothy Williams. 

Hampshire Mar 1990 

3. Hampshire alphabet IBSLEY by Michael Kennett Hampshire July 1969 

4. Morning coffee at Burgate Cross. Hampshire May 1963 

5. Somerley (information leaflet – Somerley House) n.d. 

6. The menance of mink (escaped mink along Avon) C.J. Bell Hampshire n.d. 

7. A Hampshire gardener (Mr Bush of Gorley) Hampshire Mar 1962 

8. Gorley, Cuckoo Hill illustrations of house – from Book of Gorley 

N.750 EXB Exbury 

1. A TALE OF TWO CHURCHES by Muriel Abbott St Katherine’s Exbury and 

Beaulieu Abbey Hampshire Jan 1987 

2. An accolade for Exbury owner (Mr de Rothschild) Daily Echo 31 Dec 1996 

3. EXBURY SCHOOL Schoolchildren of the New Forest by A J Holland 

Hampshire Jan 1961 


4. H.M.S. Mastodon – Fifty years on : When Exbury House was an inland ‘ship’ 

where Nazi downfall was planned. D. Russell-Stoneham. Hampshire Jun 1992 



Reference No: N.750 CAL 

Subject: New Forest Parishes: Calmore 

CONTENTS 

1. Management Action Plan – Thatchbury Mount & surrounding area as a SSSI 

compiler Mike Mills, 1997 

2. Calmore village old and new –reminicences of Daphne Slawson (nee Hall) 

3. Little Testwood House, Calmore, stories and history 

N.750 Calmore Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 1


Reference No: N 750 BOL 

Subject: East Boldre Miscellany 

1 

CONTENTS 

East Boldre Baptist Birth Register 

1A East Boldre Baptist Birth Register 

1B East Boldre Baptist Birth Register 

1C East Boldre Baptist Birth Register 

1D East Boldre Baptist Birth Register 

2 East Boldre Baptist Burials 10/9/1837 - 13/10/1839 

2A East Boldre Baptist Burials 16/1/1840 - 2/6/1841 

2B East Boldre Baptist Burials 30/12/1841 - 17/10/1844 

2C East Boldre Baptist Burials 15/8/1847 - 27/5/1849 

2D East Boldre Baptist Burials 5/4/1850 - 26/9/1852 

2E East Boldre Baptist Burials 14/11/1852 - 2/7/1854 

2F East Boldre Baptist Burials 17/2/1855 - 22/4/1856 

2G East Boldre Baptist Burials 16/5/1857 - 10/7/1858 

2H East Boldre Baptist Burials 5/1/1859 - 11/12/1860 

2I East Boldre Baptist Burials 15/10/1864 - 15/4/1866 

2J East Boldre Baptist Burials 26/5/1867 - 22/5/1868 

2K East Boldre Baptist Burials 8/6/1868 - 19/5/1870 

2L East Boldre Baptist Burials 4/1/1871 - 11/8/1871 

2M East Boldre Baptist Burials 3/9/1871 - 8/12/1872 

2N East Boldre Baptist Burials 27/5/1874 - 26/2/1876 

2O East Boldre Baptist Burials 16/3/1876 - 16/4/1878 

2P East Boldre Baptist Burials 27/2/1879 - 22/9/1881 

2Q East Boldre Baptist Burials 16/10/1881 - 7/9/1884 

2R East Boldre Baptist Burials 27/5/1888 - 28/1/1894 

2S East Boldre Baptist Burials 28/2/1894 - 14/9/1894 

3 East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 10/9/1837 - 19/4/1841 

3A East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 11/5/1841 - 8/12/1844 

3B East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 15/12/1844 - 3/9/1846 

3C East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 13/7/1846 - 12/7/1849 

3D East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 19/8/1849 - 12/11/1852 

3E East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 20/2/1853 - 9/9/1855 

N.750 East Boldre Miscellany Updated 31/03/2010 Page 1 of 4

3F East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 23/10/1855 - 26/10/1858 

3G East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 12/11/1858 - 9/3/1862 

3H East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 30/3/1862 - 9/10/1864 

3I East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 15/10/1864 - 11/8/1867 

3J East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 18/10/1867 - 6/6/1870 

3K East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 30/7/1870 - 30/3/1872 

3L East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 31/3/1872 - 15/2/1875 

3M East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 8/4/1875 - 19/2/1878 

3N East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 16/4/1878 - 16/10/1881 

3O East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 19/11/1881 - 5/3/1889 

3P East Boldre Baptist Burials (Typescript Compilation) 27/5/1888 - 14/9/1894 

4 East Boldre Baptist Chapel Sketch Plan 

5 East Boldre Baptist Cemetary Plan 

5A East Boldre Baptist Cemetary Plan 

6 Extract from East Boldre Baptist Chapel Minute Book 

7 School Buildings photographs Sep 2002 

7A School Buildings (conversion) NFP 25/9/1997 

8 Rededication of Memorial Stones A&T 21/11/1998 

9 Village Meeting, Funding of Local Govt & 

Trust 

A&T 2/11/2002 

10 Twinning with fictional Royston Vasey A&T 6/4/2002 

11 Closure of East End Chapel (photograph) 18/5/1998 

11A Closure of East End Chapel (text) 18/4/1998 

12 Calgary Cottage, sale details NFP 4/9/1997 

13 Cob Cottage, sale details NFP 9/10/1997 

14 Mr Aslet, disposal of antique printing press A&T 18/4/1970 

15 Forest Airfield Exhibition A&T 28/4/2001 

16 George & Lily Kitcher, Golden Wedding A&T 29/8/1998 

17 Stan & May Bubb, Platinum Wedding A&T 23/9/1995 

18 Air photograph of New Forest encroachments (Same as No. 21) 

19 History of East Boldre Baptist Church Frontespiece 

19A History of East Boldre Baptist Church Introduction 

19B History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 1, p. 1 

19C History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 1, p. 2-3 

19D History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 1, p. 4 – Ch. 2, p. 5 

19E History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 2, p. 6-7 

19F History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 2, p. 8, Ch. 3, p. 9 


19G History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 3, p. 9-10 

19H History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 3, p. 11, Ch. 4, p. 12 

19I History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 4, p. 13-14 

19J History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 4, p. 15, Ch. 5, p. 15-16 

19K History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 5, p. 17-18 

19L History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 5, p. 19, Ch. 6, p. 19-20 

19M History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 6, p. 21-22 

19N History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 7, p. 23-24 

19O History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 7, p. 25-26 

19P History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 7, p. 27-28 

19Q History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 7, p. 28, Ch. 8, p. 29 

19R History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 8, p. 30-31 

19S History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 8, p. 32-33 

19T History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 9, p. 34, Ch. 9, p. 34-35 

19U History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 9, p. 36-37 

19V History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 9, p. 38-39 

19W History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 9, p. 40-41 

19X History of East Boldre Baptist Church Ch. 9, p. 42 & App. I List of 

Pastors. Bibliography 

19Y History of East Boldre Baptist Church App. II Roll of Church 

Officers 

20 Twenty-five years on : Happy memories of East Boldre school. Gillian Young, 

Hampshire. Probably 1980. 

21 New Forest encroachments as seen from the air at East End in East Boldre 

parish (same as no. 18) 

22 The Field – Newsletter of East Boldre School Fields Trust, August 2004 

23 The obituary of the Rev. J. W. Gunning, January 1902 

24 Article concerning the retirement of George Parker, coal yard owner, East 

Boldre 

25 Notice concerning a meet of the Ringwood and District riding club, September 

1973 

26 Article concerning the Rev. David Goddard, ex-Vicar of East Boldre 

27 Article upon the decline of facilities in East End 

28 Article concerning one of the last cob properties to be built in the New Forest 

29 Article concerning the retirement of Victor Matthews, store owner, East 

Boldre 

30 Article concerning the world war two exploits of policeman Bob Newman. 

31 Article concerning Hatchet Pond 


32 Article concerning the dedication of the new church rooms at St Paul’s Church 

33 Poem by G. Howard, 12th April 1902 

34 East Boldre Parish Newsletter, April 2005 

35 The Field – Newsletter of East Boldre School Fields Trust, April 2005 

36 The Field – Newsletter of East Boldre School Fields Trust, April 2005 

37 East Boldre Parish Newsletter, June 2005 

38 Poster concerning The New Forest Airfield Exhibition, May 2005 

39 Results of a Future Planning Questionnaire carried out by East Boldre Parish 

Council. 

40 East Boldre Parish Newsletter, August 2005 

41 East Boldre Parish Newsletter, January 2007 

42 East Boldre Parish Newsletter January 2008 

43 East Boldre Parish Newsletter October 2008 

44 William George Harvey descendants, Lymington Times, 27 th May 2006 





F - H 

N.750 FOR Fordingbridge, including Godshill & Stucton 

N.750 HAL Hale, including Woodgreen 

N.750 HIG Highcliffe 

N.750 HOR Hordle, including Arnewood & Tiptoe 

N.750 HYD Hyde & Frogham 

Note Hythe & Dibden in separate folder N.750 HYT 

Note Fritham see Bramshaw and Fritham in New Forest Parishes A-B 

N.750 FOR Fordingbridge 

CONTENTS 

1. A Walk through Old Fordingbridge. Pamplet by Anthony Light and Gerald 

Ponting. 

2. Fordingbridge. Rosamond Cowie. Hampshire. Nov 1973 

3. Spotlight on Fordingbridge. Rosamond Cowie. Hampshire & Wessex Life Vol. 

9. No. 3. Mar 1975 4 pages. 

4. FORDINGBRIDGE “The great Bridge over the Avon” by A T Morley Hewitt 

Hampshire Aug 1961 

5. Eating Out (Fordingbridge) Jonathan Meades. The Times Magazine. 21 Dec 

1996 (2 copies) 

6. FORDINGBRIDGE from Down your Way Vol.I Alison Kidd 1989 

7. THE AUGUSTUS JOHN Fordingbridge Newspaper article 

8. THE SMUGGLERS OF FORDE by Douglas Begg Hampshire June 1968 

9. Fordingbridge Coronation Celebrations : programme of events. 1953 

10. GODSHILL Alison Kidd, Down your Way Vol.I 1989 

11. THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM by Marie L Tracey Fordingbridge/Godshill 

Hampshire Mar 87 

12. VISIONS by Doris Clarke Fordingbridge Memories Hampshire Feb 1987 

13. THE FOREST OF MY CHILDHOOD by Anne Stonham Godshill etc. 

14. Fordingbridge, Hants. Photocopy of directory entry, date between 1773-1797. 

15. Photocopy. Bond between Charles Chubb of Fordingbridge, tickweaver, & 

Thomas Clark of Ringwood, gentleman. 15 Jun 1784. 

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16. Photocopy. Apprenticship Indenture 1860. Humphrey son of James Viney of 

Ashford Farm, Fordingbridge to Charles Waters of Fordingbridge, woollen 

draper. 

17. Flight to Godshill. D.G. Clarke. Hampshire, Jan 1973. 

18. Handwritten list of traders in 1939 

N.750 HAL Hale 

1. THOMAS ARCHER AND HALE PARK Hampshire Sept 1965 

2. HALE Alison Kidd, Down your Way Vol.II 1990. Photocopy. 

3. BRINGING FINE ART TO HAMPSHIRE Hale Park Hampshire Oct 1968 

4. Woodgreen. Alison Kidd, Down your Way Vol. I 1989. Photocopy. 

5. Down in the Forest (Woodgreen). Kathleen Milner. Hampshire, Aug 1967. 

6. Another Woodgreen lives on here. Kathleen Milner. Hampshire, Feb 1973 

7. Picket Well at Hale, Echo 9 th Dec 1995 

N.750 HIG Highcliffe 

1. HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE by Barbara Peacock Hampshire March 1973 

2. Highcliffe Castle 20,000 target reached on last day. A&T 12 Oct 1996. P/copy 

3. Toilet design and site at Highcliffe Castle fails to please Council. A&T 12 Oct 

1996. P/copy 

4. Council get longer to repair castle site A&T 28 Dec 1996. P/copy 

5. Oversized café in the wrong place. Letter to A&T 12 Oct 1996. P/copy 

6. Hinton gravel extraction opposed. A&T 23 Nov 1996. P/copy 

7. Diplomatic storm after Kaiser’s visit (2 pp.) 

N.750 HOR Hordle 

1. Hurst Castle, Hampshire. Information leaflet by O.E. Craster. 1971 (Govt pub.) 

(2 copies) 

2. Hurst Castle. Information leaflet by Joanna Close-Brooks. St Barbe Museum 

2002 

3. Transcripts of miscellaneous documents concerning the history of Hordle : late 

17 th to early 20 th centuries. 10 pages. 

4. The restoration of April Cottage, Hordle. Jim Chinner. Hampshire. Oct 1984 

5. Muddy Lane, Hordle. Correspondance & statements of Hampshire County 

Council concerning refusal of an application to remove classification of 


Muddly Lane as a public right of way. 1995-2000. 4 pages. 

6. Hordle : principal houses and owner occupiers 1786 (list of names) 

7. New Forest Magazine : Hordle Parish section, Jan 1913. p/copy 

8. New Forest Magazine : Hordle Parish section, Feb 1913. p/copy 

9. New Forest Magazine : Hordle Parish section, Mar 1913. p/copy 

10. New Forest Magazine : Hordle Parish section, Sep 1921. p/copy 

11. Handwritten list of traders in Hordle 1878 & 1939 

N.750 HYD Hyde & Frogham 

1. NOTE ON HYDE & FROGHAM by M R R Cowie 5 double sided folders 

2. FROGHAM AND HYDE Alison Kidd, Down your Way Vol.II 1990 

3. New look on way for commons (Plan for improving commons of Hyde, 

Rockford, Mockbeggar, etc.) N.F. Journal, 5 Dec 1996. p/copy 

4. A village Band – story of Hyde’s band 



Reference No: N 750 FAW 

Subject: New Forest Parishes - Fawley 

CONTENTS 

Fawley, including Blackfield, Cadland, Calshot, Hardley, Holbury & South 

Langley 

1. FAWLEY 20 miles across Hampshire through a 2ft pipe by C G Bell 

Hampshire Aug 1963 

2. THEY STUDY FAWLEY’S HISTORY by Mrs I C Murley Fawley Local 

History Group Hampshire March 1973 

3. FAWLEY Luttrell’s Tower Southern Evening Echo Article Nov 28 1966 

4. What we said 100 years ago – Fawley. Evening Echo 31 Mar 1981 

5. REPORT ON OIL SPILLAGE AT FAWLEY The Reporter October 4 th 1989 

6. Solent becomes shore of shame (another oil spill at Fawley) n.d. probably 

1990 

7. REPORT ON OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED FAWLEY B COAL 

FIRED POWER STATION Lymington Times 2.7.1988 

8. Letters to local papers concerning Fawley B. Sep-Oct 1988 photocopies 

9. FAWLEY B by Kenneth Walker Hampshire June 1988 

10. Fawley battle blaze. Southern Echo. 22 Dec 1976. Photocopy 

11. A PROBLEM OF POWER by Michael Kennett Hampshire March 1988 

12. OIL AND FAWLEY by Trevor Fishlock Hampshire June 1968 

13. FAWLEY IN THE TWENTIES by Eric Jones-Evans Hampshire Nov 1972 (2 

copies) 

14. New roles for ex-Calshot lightships. D. Laybourne. Hampshire Jan 1994 

15. Before the refinery (Pink Cottage). Tony Brode. Hampshire Aug 1976 (2 

copies) 

16. Memory Lane – Calshot (aviation history) Daily Echo 27 Oct 2000 

17. ARTICLE ON CALSHOT CASTLE Forest & Waterside Observer July 1986 

18. REPORT ON MEMORIAL SERVICE AT FAWLEY CHURCH to 

commemorate the 70th anniversary of the death of Flt.Lt. Sam Kincaid 

Lymington Times 21.3.1998 

19. Calshot : Chronology 1541-1999. 2 copies. 

20. Calshot Castle : various extracts, mainly 17 th century. 

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21. The Green Eagles of Calshot (review of book of that name, pub 1992 & sleved 

at N. 687) A&T? n.d. 

22. Whitefield Forge, Hardley (information from P.R.O. re. an early 17 th century 

ironworks at SU 444007 : Ironmill Common) 

23. Fawley parish. Transcription of Fawley section of New Forest Magazine, Mar 

1914 

24. Colehenley Money. New Forest Magazine, Apr 1914 (transcription 

information on early 17 th century charity for the poor) 

25. Fawley Parish. Transcriptions of miscellaneous extracts from Fawley Parish 

sections of New Forest Magazine, 1914-1918. 4 pages. 

26. The Manor of Cadland. Maldwin Drummond. Information leaflet 1998. 

27. The Cadland Gardens. Information leaflet 1999. 

28. A Private View (article on Cadland Estate Gardens). The Times Saturday 

Magazine. 12 Aug 2000. 5 pages. 

29. A corner of Hampshire 16 years on. Maldwin Drummond (Cadland Estate and 

adjacent areas) Hampshire Nov 1985 

30. All Saints, Fawley, Flower Festival Guide. Sep 1971 

31. Britain’s liquid gold smells nice – Echo 18 Dec 1976 

32. The everlasting flame. Michael Kennett. Hampshire Nov 1976 

33. Newspaper cuttings, aerial view Fawley power station chimney & refinery 14 

Sep 1989 

34. Newspaper cutting, Fawley parish rates. N.d. 

35. Photo from Southern Evening Echo 5 Dec 1980 at ‘site’ (possibly Gypsy’s ?) 

36. Notes on Changes in Fawley, talk by Graham Bowen to Lymington H.R.S. 30 

Jan 1967 

37. Heritage counts at Calshot. New Forest Post. 4 Dec 2003. 

38. Fawley Village Band 1919 (photograph and list of members) Forest & 

Waterside Observer, May 1979 

39. “Honoured for Creek Rescue” Calshot Life Boat Southern Evening Echo, 28 th 

July 1976 

40. Architectural plans for Cadland Home Farm by John Soane for Robert 

Drummond, July 1777 (4 pp.) 

41. History of Esso Refinery, newspaper cutting, 7 th Nov 1992 

42. Esso complex massive crane lifts chimney, newspaper cutting 

43. Tree boffins approve of Fawley B, newspaper cutting 

44. Major refinery firm decides to pull out, newspaper cutting, 15 th Aug 1986 

45. Fawley pipeline to go ahead, newspaper cutting, 13 th Oct 1973 

46. Ariel photo of Esso Refinery, newspaper cutting, 20 th Feb 1973 


47. Queen’s visit to Exbury, Here and Now, June 2008 

48. The effects on wildlife from oil spillage from M.V. Worthy berthed at Esso, (5 

pp.) 5 th Oct 1989 

49. Biologists answer fisherman’s fears on effects on fish re-discharge of warmer 

water from Fawley B Power Station 

50. Speedboat to the rescue – Inshore rescue launch Calshot crew – Echo news 

feature 

51. Story of Calshot Castle by John Ventham 

52. Story of Calshot Spit light vessel, Ocean Village by John Ventham 

53. Proposed demolition of sports hanger, Echo 13 th Dec 1989 

54. Restoration of wartime RAF rescue boat, Echo 6 th Jun 1991 

55. Trinity House men to leave Calshot Lightship, Echo, ca 1973 

56. Restoration of J Class yacht Endeavour 

57. Presentation of cheque to Chief Commodore of Calshot Life boat 

58. Queen Mother re-launches old RAF H.S.L. at Calshot, 13 th Jul 1996 

59. R.N. bomb disposal squad detonate 15 WW1 bombs at Calshot 

60. “Pendennis Castle” off Calshot Lightship, Hampshire Magazine, Aug 1962 

61. Tristan settlers look back 20 years, Echo 10 th Oct 1981 



Reference No: N 750 HYT 


Dibden & Hythe 

1. 

CONTENTS 

Clasby family papers, including conveyance, indenture, mentions Butts Bridge, 

Hythe. 

2a. Notes on Charles Kelsall (1782-1857) from Thomas Hope (1769-1831) and the 

Neo-classical Ideal by John Murray, 1968. 

2b. Page from Friends of Waterside Heritage Autumn, 1999, on house he built at 

Hythe, called Villa Amalthea (later Knightons). 

2c. Photocopy map showing villas in Hythe area. 

3. Leaflet, Friends of Waterside Heritage 

4. Waterside Heritage, AGM 14 March 2002 

5. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 1, January 1996 

6. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 4, Winter 1997 

7. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 8, Summer 1998 

8. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 9, Autumn 1998 

9. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 10, Winter 1999 

10. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 11, Spring/Summer 1999 


12. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 13, Spring 2000 



15. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 16, Spring 2001 


17. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 18, January 2002 

18. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 19, May 2002 

19. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 20, March 2003 

20. Friends of Waterside Heritage – Newsletter No. 21, November 2003 

21. Typed transcripts for Dibden Parish, from New Forest Magazine, Jan, Feb, Mar 

1914, Jul 1914, Mar 1916, 


22. Welcome to Hythe & the Waterside, leaflet 

23. The Waterside Village of Hythe, A Visitors Guide. A4 booklet 

24. Waterside Arts Summer festival, 2001. HCC & Hythe & Dibden Parish Council. 

25. Pam’s well qualified to write history of hospital. 2 Sep 1991. Newspaper cutting. 

26. HISTORY OF HYTHE Advertiser & Times cutting 25 th April 1992 

27. A reel discovery (Film of Hythe Ferry). New Forest Port. 12 Dec 1996 

28. Old Hythe Ferry film discovered. Lymington Times 21 Dec 1996 

29. The days before oil came ashore. Daily Echo 4 Mar 2000 

30. Dredger sliced 50 foot gap in Hythe Pier. Advertiser & Times 8 Nov 2003 

31. Sea insurance law blow to Hythe Ferry Advertiser & Times 22 Nov 2003 

32. Dredger company agrees to pay for Hythe pier repair Advertiser & Times 13 Dec 

2003 

33. Hythe ferry pier back in service. Advertiser & Times 10 Jan 2004 

34. Plaque unveiled to mark Hythe Pier reopening Advertiser & Times 17 Jan 2004 

35. Jail for drunk dredger captain who smashed through Hythe Pier Advertiser & 

Times 27 Mar 2004 

36. Waterside doctor, 80 years ago (Dr Child) by Ann Dampier-Child, Hampshire 

Jul 1983 

37 ‘Golden Hoard Cash for Couple’ S E Echo 18 December 1976 

38 Dibben Purlieu Windmill circa 1909 

39 Hythe’s Maritime Glory Revived 

40 Transport Trust’s to award for Powerboat Restoration – paper cutting 30/12/95 

41 Waterside Heritage AGM 17 Mar 2005 

42 Hand written list of shops in Hythe 1939 small poster ‘F J Bound & Son Hythe 

43 ‘Floating NATO destined for Hythe’ A &T newspaper cutting 

44 Sunk off Hythe - luxury yacht became Liberia’s ‘postage stamp’ navy 

45 Up with the Larcs – veteran landing craft – Echo newspaper cutting 

46 Fast boats and flying boats – newspaper cutting 

47 The Hythe & Waterside Guide Map 


Table of Contents-Lymington and Pennington 

NO. CONTENT 

1 Article entitled “New Whitehall report threat to Forest’s future” 

2 -Article concerning Lymington and District Historical Society, A+T, 17 th 

December 1989 

-Article concerning a Minister meeting councils over tree felling, A+T, 17 th 

December 1988 

-Article concerning a hotel’s threat to the local shoreline, A+T, 22nd 

December 1988 

3 Article concerning an excavation in Lymington, A+T, 14 th September 1996 

4 Article concerning “School days after the first world war”, by W Hayward- 

Broomfield, Hampshire, April 1986 

5 Article concerning “Lymington at the turn of the last century”, by Ewart E. 

Read, Hampshire, October 1987 

6 Article entitled “In search of Solentisms”, by Brian Dawkins, Hampshire, 

July 1987 

7 Article entitled “Lymington composer wins Polish prize”, by Michael 

Dawney, Hampshire, July 1987 

8 Article entitled “A brief History of Elmer’s Court” 

9 Article entitled “Old times revisited in the borough of Lymington” (missing) 

10 “Lymington and Keyhaven – National Nature Reserve”, Hampshire County 

Council, Leaflet with map. 

11 Missing 

12 Missing 

13 Article entitled “Lymington’s case for staying in Hampshire”, by Majorie 

Bowsher, Hampshire 

14 Missing 

15 Missing 

16 2 photographs of Lymington Harbour- Then and Now, turn of the century 

and 1981 

17 Article entitled “The Ancient port of Lymington”, by Brain Little, Country 

Life, 4 th August 1960 

18 Article entitled “A Lymington Painter”, by T.C Stanley-Little, (Ray Evans), 

Hampshire, February 1965 

19 Article entitled “Any More for England?”, by Pamela Pope, Hampshire, 

November 1965 

20 Article entitled “Yachtsman’s Lymington”, by F.J. Dalgety, Hampshire, 

march 1966 

21 Article entitled “Living in Hampshire”, by Irene Lindsay, Hampshire, March 

1966 

22 Article entitled “Lymington’s Theatres”, by Eric Jones-Evans, Hampshire, 

November 1967 

23 Article entitled “The Salterns linger on”, by J.S.P. Agg Large, Hampshire, 

April 1971 

24 Article entitled “Lymington and District Motor Service Co. Ltd”, by Collin 

Morris, Hampshire, November 1971 

25 Article entitled “Return to Lymington”, by Michael Byard, Hampshire, 

November 1971

26 Article entitled “The Guv’nor”, by Joan Grigsby, Hampshire, November 

1979 

27 “Pylewell, Lymington and the Weld Family”, text of a talk given to 

Lymington Historical Society by Mr. Jude James, Friday 30 th March 1979 

28 Missing 

29 Lymington Guided Walks, 1992 

30 Article entitled “Still bywords at Elliots of Lymington after 120 years”, by 

Chrissie Pollard, Hampshire, September 1992 

31 Article entitled “Sea Scouting in Lymington: the early days”, by John Gatrell, 

Hampshire, November 1994 

32 Article entitled “Encouraging Start for St. Barbe Museum”, Lymington 

Times, 16 th September 1995 

33 Article entitled ““A&T” says farewell to faithful servant after 40 years”, 

Lymington Times, 21 st October 1995 

34 Article entitled “St. Barbe Museum and Art Gallery”, by Shirley Peckham, 

Hampshire, April 1995 

35 Article entitled “Lymington Sports Ground”, by Norman Gannaway, 

Hampshire, August 1995 

36 “What we said 100 years ago”, Lymington, August 1875 

37 Abstract from Jude Jones’s “A History of Lymington”, concerning 

smuggling and shipping. 

38 Yachting Notes and Statistics compiled Jude Jones. 

39 Article entitled “10 to 20 Year wait for a river mooring”, Lymington Times 

28 th December 1996 

40 Article entitled “River dredgings to help conserve marshes?”, Lymington 

Times, 28 th December 1996 

41 Article entitled “20 year wait for boat moorings”, The Daily Echo, December 

30 th 1996 

42 ‘By-Laws’, meeting of the Lymington borough council, 11 th July 1935 

43 Article entitled “Appeal likely as factory rejected”, The Daily Echo, 12 th 

December 1996 

44 Article entitled “English Nature’s finger in Lymington River pie”, Lymington 

Times, 23 rd November 1996 

45 Article entitled “Interesting programme at St. Barbe museum”, Lymington 

Times, 12 th October 1996 

46 Article entitled “Priestlands to expand into Gurney Dixon building?”, 

Lymington Times, 12 th October 1996 

47 Hampshire Field club and Archaeological Society local history section, AGM 

and conference on the History of Lymington.-Booklist for Lymington area, 

10 th November, 1989 

48 Article entitled “Lymington Naturalists’ Society”, Lymington Times, 26 th 

October 1996 

49 Article entitled “Planners put jobs at risk”, New Forest Post, 21 st November 

1996 

49a Article entitled “Council to sacrifice jobs for Heritage Area?”, Lymington 

Times, 23 rd November 1986 

50 Article entitled “Pathway to restoration", The Daily Echo, 11 th November 

1996

51 Article entitled “Drawing from past experience”, The Daily Echo, 8th May 

2002 

52 Lymington Infants Friends of the School Committee appeal letter, 29 th 

October 1998 

53 Missing 

54 Missing 

55 Article entitled “Can anyone solve cannon mystery?”, Lymington Times, 30 th 

December 2000 

56 Lymington Families- Rickmans, Elmes and Templers 

57 Liberal Democrat campaign leaflet, spring 2001 

58 Kings of Lymington, Special Christmas offer Flyer 

59 Article entitled “Coach family in “Vicious circle”” 

60 Article entitled “MP opens social housing development” 

61 Article entitled “High days of the Hampshire salt trade”, by Audrey Constant, 

Hampshire, June 1974 

62 Pennington Wastewater treatment scheme booklet, January 1994 

63 The Lymington Society Newsletter, no. 49, September 1985 

64 The Lymington Society and Resident’s Association Newsletter, no. 70, 


65 The Lymington Society Newsletter, no. 68, January 1992 

66 Article entitled “Lymington revisited”, by J.S.P. Agg Large, Hampshire, 


67 Article entitled “The Memory of Summer”, by John Melville Smith, 


68 Article entitled “Success in Lymington”, by Michael Kennett, Hampshire, 

May 1985 

69 Article entitled “Sea Scouting in Lymington: the early days”, by John Gatrell, 

Hampshire, November 1994 

70 Article entitled “Have you visited Lymington?”, December 1980 

71 Article entitled “Do you live in Lymington?”, April 1969 

72 Article entitled “Looking at Lymington”, by A.B. Crow 

73 Missing 

74 Article entitled “Was this Lymington?”, by Joan Grigsby, Hampshire, March 

1977 

75 Article entitled “Lymington’s case for staying in Hampshire”, by Majorie 

Bowsher, Hampshire, July 1972 

76 Article entitled “One man’s vision led to lots to do at Lymington”, by Brian 

Down, Hampshire, August 1991 

77 Article entitled “A remarkable and ingenious newspaper empire”, by Joan 

Grigsby, Hampshire, July 1979 

78 Article entitled “Architect who fought planners dies” 

79 Postcard- ‘Your Prints’, Charlton Studios, July 1950 

80 Handwritten list of Lymington traders 

81 -Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Regatta notice, August 1939 

-Evening concert at the Lyric theatre Lymington, notice, December 1917 

82 The Lymington Parish Documents 

83 Article entitled “The market at Lymington”, by Jane Evans, Hampshire, July 

1996

84 Article entitled “Paula’s keeping history alive”, 16 th May, 1989 

85 Pamphlet advertising ‘Wellworthy Special Purpose Piston Rings’ 

86 Article entitled “Anthony Pasmore delights historians” 

87 Article entitled “Policy Committee play safe”, The Daily Echo


Reference No: N.750 LYN 

Subject: New Forest Parishes: Lyndhurst The Queen’s (King’s) House 

1. History booklet – 1969 – 4 copies 

CONTENTS 

2. The Queen’s House, typescript, Ford Collection, May 1971, prepared by G 

Watson 

3. The Queen’s House, typescript, copy of above in poor condition, prepared by G 

Watson 

4. Copy of entry from The History of the King’s Works, Vol 4, 1485-1660, HMSO, 

1982 

5. Copy of entry from The History of the King’s Works, Vol 5, 1660-1782, HMSO, 

1976 

6. Photocopy of grounds and buildings plan, ca 1747, Hants Record Office 

149M89/R4/6151 

7. Plans from above source, undated, of house and stables; plans, 1851 

8. Inventory of Crown property at house, 5 th Sep 1875 

9. Report to JK Howard, Office of Woods by deputy surveyor Lascelles on 

proposed work on the house, 9 th Feb, 1880, part 1 

10. Report to JK Howard, Office of Woods by deputy surveyor Lascelles on 

proposed work on the house, 9 th Feb, 1880, part 2 

11. Letter from Mr Woodward, surveyor to Mr Howard, Office of Woods, 13 th Apr 

1880 

12. Authorisation from the Treasury to spend £2,109 on repairs to the Queen’s 

House, 11 th Jun 1880 

13. Letter, Deputy Surveyor Lascelles to JK Howard, Office of Woods re list of 

furniture in the house (not here), 6 th April 1881 

14. JK Howard, office of woods to Treasury advising additional expense entailed in 

repairs, 26 th Apr 1881 

15. Deputy Surveyor Lascelles to E Stafford Howard, water supply broken down, 

19 th Jul 1894 

16. Copy letter from Deputy Surveyor Lascelles to commissioner Howard about redesigning 

the house, 24 th Apr 1904 

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17. Response from Howard to Lascelles about delays to approval of alterations, 12 th 

May 1904 

18. Lascelles detailed reasons for alterations and additions to Howard, 15 th May 

1904 

19. Letter to Mr Howlett re Roberts’ plans for the house, 23 rd May 1904 

20. Deputy Surveyor Lascelles to Howard re Verderers Hall alterations and 

installation of acetylene gas, 5 th Jun 1904 

21. Howard to Lords of the Treasury re adding rooms over Verderers Hall as prior to 

1851, 16 th Jun 1904 

22. Black edged note from 22 Grafton Street to Howard re Verderers Hall, Jun? 

1904 

23. Treasury to Howard approving in outline additional rooms above Verderers hall, 

15 th Jul 1904 

24. Treasury to Howard approving in outline additional rooms above Verderers hall, 

15 th Jul 1904 – copy 

25. Memo about building operations, Jul 1904 

26. Three drainage plans, 1905 

27. Letter from Howard, Office of Woods to (new) Deputy Surveyor VF Leese re 

removal of furniture to the Birds Nest and Sir Lewis Dane’s occupation of ther 

House, 27 th Jun 1916 

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Subject Index 

Volume 1 – large folder 

General history 

Maps & plans 

Properties 

Volume 2 

People 

Volume 3 

Hotels, pubs, tea rooms 

Landscape, natural history 

Miscellaneous 

Roads & transport 

Sport 

Volume 4 

Events 

Health & hospitals 

Organisations 

Schools 



Subject: New Forest Parishes - Lyndhurst 

CONTENTS 

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Volume 1 – large folder 

General history 

1. Lyndhurst Millennium time line compiled by Roy Jackman 

2. Transcript PRO State papers –Survey of Manor of Lyndhurst 1604 

3. Lyndhurst c 1770 – article by Roy Jackman. 

4. Graph of Lyndhurst population 1801-1901 

5. Account of excursion to Lyndhurst Aug.1810 by Anne Sophia Leslie Mackie 

(1789-1845) 

6. Photocopies of Lyndhurst entries in various Trade Directories – 1844, 1851, 

1855, 1867, 1871, 1880 

7. Eight cuttings from ‘What we said 100 years ago’. Southern Evening Echo, 

1970s & 80s 

Crime – Hurst, ‘the worst criminal in Lyndhurst’, Feb 1880. 

Dear stealing, Nov 1880. 

School meals, May 1880 

Sickly children from London, Jun 1883 

New church gate, May 1882 

Curate publishes sermon, Nov 1877 

Vicar leaves Emery Down, Aug 1879 

Gifts to Lyndhurst workhouse, Dec 1887 

8. Lyndhurst of the Photographer – 1882. From Lyndhurst Past & Present, book 

3, Summer 1971. Lyndhurst Historical Society 

9. Lyndhurst Parish Council, extracts of minutes 1894-1920. (Lyndhurst 

Historical Society) 

10. Of what I remember of Lyndhurst and the neighbourhood nearly fifty years 

ago – memoirs of Mrs Bowden-Smith, Vernalls, Lyndhurst, 1900 & 1901. 

11. Lyndhurst 1911 – memoirs of Miss Dorothy Cavill 

12. Lyndhurst 1911-1915 & 1919-1930 – memoirs of Leonora Salter (2 copies) 

13. Interesting towns & villages – Lyndhurst, by Priscilla E. Moulder. Hampshire 

Advertiser, 1 Aug 1914. 

14. Long time passing… a recollection of the New Forest (in 1919) by A. Henry 

Bailey, Hampshire magazine, Nov 1979. 


15. My Hampshire heaven of the 1920s (Broomfield family) by Joan Russell, 

Hampshire, May 1991 

16. Photocopies of trade directories 1931, 1935 

17. Boy’s-eye view of Lyndhurst(1940) by Michael Tyler. Hampshire, May 1974 

18. Hampshire: Then and Now: Lyndhurst (Frances Frith) by Joanna Wood, 

Christopher Bonass. 1984 

19. Lyndhurst High St – Seventy-seven years ago. Memories of Charles Hall 

(1986). Two copies. 

20. Allum Green: New Forest century. Memories of Elizabeth Broomfield. 

Includes notes on Emery Down, early 20 th century. Hampshire, July 1989. 

21. Sale particulars, Lilac Cottage, Bank (home of Elizabeth Broomfield) c 1989. 

22. Lyndhurst over 70 years ago. Report of talk by Walter ‘Punch’ Callen. 

Lymington Times 1990 

23. Lyndhurst – Best kept neighbourhood award. The Reporter, 6 Sep 1990. 

24. Lyndhurst Historical Society – Lyndhurst in wartime 1939-45. Hand written 

notes by Bettine Radcliffe and friends. 5 Nov 1991 

25. Lyndhurst life 200 years ago by Roy Jackman. Hampshire, Jan 1992 

26. Lyndhurst of the olden days – advertisement for plate set, 1996 

27. Lyndhurst from the air. Photo and notes. The New Forest and Hampshire in 

pictures, Odhams. Undated. 

28. Lyndhurst’s plans for Leighton fresco. Cutting, 1997. 

29. Photographing Hampshire: ‘Images of England’ for the Internet, by Stuart 

Goodall. Hampshire, Dec 2000 

30. An invitation to Lyndhurst. Pamphlet, undated. 

31. Arms for Lyndhurst and the New Forest 

Maps & plans 

1. Photocopy part of Richardson, King & Driver map, 1789 

2. Photocopy old map Lyndhurst, showing major properties. Early 19 th century. 

3. Photocopy part of Lyndhurst Tithe map, 1838 (Original at Hampshire Record 

Office) 

4. Hand drawn map (black and red ink) of Lyndhurst, shows site of Short’s 

Studio and Gypsy camp at Gritnam 


5. Tithe map, 1838, of High Street 

Properties 

1. Statement of the Copyholds of the Manor of Lyndhurst in New Forest. 20 th 

March 1819. Typescript. 

2. Manor of Lyndhurst – Index of the last Grants, &c. upto the General Courts in 

October and November 1826 but not including them. Typescript. 

3. Notes on Lyndhurst Houses (1890s). Typescript and photocopy of original. 

4. Mainly for Children by Mollie Hillman. Notes on some Lyndhurst buildings. 


5. Appletree Court. Types notes. 

6. The Story of Bank. Typescript notes on several properties. Photocopy map. 

Sketch of maps – Ric hard King, Driver 1789, Tithe 1838. 

7. Brief note on Careys and Vernalls. 

8. Beehive Cottage (Swan Green) by Elizabeth Merson. Hampshire, Oct 1990 

9. Photocopy Cuffnells sale particulars, 29 Jun 1855. HRO 149M89/R4/6142 

10. Photocopy Plan of Cuffnells, 1933 

11. Photocopy etching of Cuffnells, undated 

12. What we said 100 years ago – bazaar at Cuffnells, 1884. Southern Evening 

Echo, 1984 

13. Photocopy brief description Cuffnells, undated. 

14. Photocopy description Cuffnells and Mount Royal, undated. 

15. Alice in Wonderland Project, notice 1996 

16. His garden is worthy of stately home – unnamed cottage at Emery Down 

(photo). Fred Lonnen winner of competition. Southern Evening Echo, 27 Sep 

1979. Newspaper cutting and photocopy. 

17. Photocopy conveyance and plan, Wellands Road, 31 July 1878 

18. Typescript notes on Glasshayes, from R. Jackman, The Story of Lyndhurst, 

1992 

19. Photocopy sales notice Glasshayes, 5 Jul 1895 

20. Leaflet - Hill House c 1946-7 

21. Pink & Stretch’s store in Lyndhurst. Southen Evening Echo, 26 Nov 1960 


22. Family concern, review of book The History of Misselbrook & Weston, 

photograph of shop in Lyndhurst 1908. Daily Echo, 12 Sep 2001 

23. Lyndhurst traders fear supermarket development. Advertiser & Times 27 Nov 

2004 

24. Typescript of part of Littledale family history, moved to Matley House 1907 

(photograph) 

25. Part of brochure The Meadows, Lyndhurst, about 1983 

26. Typescript article on Northerwood House, by R. Jackman, Oct 1973. 

27. Note of sales particulars of Northerwood House in Hampshire Record Office, 

24 Jun 1878. 

28. Note on Northerwood House in 1940, by June Irvine, 1993. 

29. Photocopy part of plan of Northerwood House from sale particulars of 1917. 

30. Photocopy part of plan of Northerwood House from sale particulars of 1890. 

31. Photocopy cutting sale of Northerwood House, Southern Evening Echo, 23 

Oct 1973. 

32. Three cuttings of flats for sale in Northerwood House. 1981 & 1986(2). 

33. Details of division of Northerwood House into flats, undated. 

34. Letter about indentures of 12 Queens Road, 3 Feb 2000 

35. Photocopy of photograph of Charles Tuck, agent for above 

36. Photocopy plan of Queens Road, 1876 

37. List of owners of Shaggs Meadow 1613-1854. R.A. Manning, Aug 1995 

38. ‘End of family’s 300-year link with Lyndhurst venison shop’ – newspaper 

cutting (no date) on sale of Strange’s butcher shop. 

39. Historic home to be shipped abroad – Vernalls Cottage, Arthur Phillips, 

Newspaper 13 th Jun 1987 

40. Parkhill advertising booklet n.d. ca 2007 


N 750 LYN – Index to Volume 4 

Volume 2 

People 

1. Some Lyndhurst People. Typescript article by Roy Jackman. 

2. Literary Lyndhurst. Typescript article by Roy Jackman. 

3. 1851 census, Lyndhurst – persons born in Dorset 

4. Village mourns leading lady – Mrs Joan Bisson(1916-1988). Forest Reporter, 

8 Dec 1988 

5. ‘Chesty’ the running footman, from Henry Edwards, Notes and Queries. 

6. Marriage of Sir Louis Dane’s daughter at Lyndhurst. Hampshire Advertiser, 

14 Jul 1917. 

7. Ray Gawthorpe, doyen of local education. Obituary, Hampshire Chronicle, 10 

Nov 1995. 

8. The Shoemaker of Lyndhurst- David Hillyar, by James Hillyar, 1995 

9. Baptismal record of Sarah Ida Penny, 28 Aug 1912. 

10. Member’s card Girls’ Friendly Society. Ida Penny. 

11. Lyndhurst’s connection with Australia’s bi-centenary – Captain Arthur 

Phillip. Note of talk by Roy Jackman, 23 Jan 1988 

12. Photo of Harry Smith, boxer, and various cuttings. 

13. Yesterday’s Album – Story of Jack Spratt. 

14. New Forest Magazine Jan, 1940, Obituary Pamela Joan Trench, Albert Stote 

15. Memoires of ‘Gaffer’ who worked at Cuffnells, died 1950s. Joyce Gibbs, 2006 

16. Joining up papers – Evan Morgan Jones, 20 th May 1921 

17. Army certificate of education Private E M Jones, 1925 and certificate of 

service in South Wales Borderers, 1921-33 

18. Army certificate of service and discharge, E M Jones, 1921-33 



19. Burial service of Mrs Eileen Jessie Abbott, 5 th Mar 2008 

20. Council thanks to esther Rantzen and Desmon Wilcox, n.d. ca 2000 

21. Hand written list from Whites Directory,1878, copies of trade advertisements 

22. Lyndhurst 1939-42 by Richard Galton 



Volume 3 

Hotels, pubs, tea rooms 

1. Crown Hotel, general tariff, early 20 th century. 

2. Crown Hotel, photocopy of advert from The Southampton & New Forest 

Handbook, 1912 

3. Crown Hotel, leaflet with colour photos, c 1970s 

4. Crown Hotel, notes on history, issued by the Hotel, undated, c 1980s 

5. Crown Hotel, photocopy of photo, 19 th century. 

6. Crown Hotel, Christmas offers, undated, late 20 th century. 

7. Crown Hotel, Christmas tariff 1992. 

8. Crown Hotel, receipted bill, May 1832 

9. Evergreens Hotel, colour card and tariff, 1979. 

10. Evergreens Hotel, photocopy cutting on possible redevelopment. Lymington 

Times, 30 Nov 1996. 

11. Lyndhurst Park, leaflet 1992. 

12. Merlins Restaurant, late 20 th century. 

13. Stag Hotel, cutting, Feb 1988. 

14. Swan Inn, Lyndhurst in Bloom competition, 10 Aug 1995. 

15. Swan Inn, notes on history and copy photographs, by R. Jackman, 1976. Two 

copies. 

16. Swan Green Tea Rooms, card, c 1939 

17. Waterloo Arms, cutting with photos, Southern Evening Echo, 3 Aug 1981. 

Landscape, natural history 

1. Colour photo Swan Green 

2. Snakes on the doorstep by Marjorie Shaw, Hampshire, Feb 1972. 



3. Photocopy three old golf links postcards. 

4. Coloured calendar print of Wilfrid Ball painting of Swan Green, Jan 1994 

Miscellaneous 

1. Cartoon – If Lyndhurst had been in Belgium ! – c 1940s. 

2. Lyndhurst, U.S.A. by Michael Collins, Hampshire, Feb 1971 

3. Meeting of New Forest Group of World Wildlife Fund. 1990 

4. Hampshire Advertiser report on Lyndhurst 13 th Aug 1904 includes Ashurst, 

Emery Down; deer hounds, weddings, railway, Lyndhurst Fair, cricket 

5. Hampshire Advertiser report on Lyndhurst 17 th Nov 1906 includes Gritnam, 

Mrs Macey, Mrs Clacey, Vachell, dashwood, football, Verderers register of 

Commoners, schools endowment 

6. Pony Fair, Hampshire Advertiser 12 th Aug 1939 

7. Beer too strong, Noah Willett, Hampshire Advertiser 12 th Aug 1939 

8. Lyndhurst Historical Society talk by Geoff Gree, forestry, 27 th Nov 1993 

Roads & transport 

Sport 

1. Lyndhurst Car Park – cutting, Lymington Times 12 Nov 1977 

2. Traffic calming, Mill Lane, Emery Down. Notes issued by Hampshire County 

Council, Aug 1997. 

3. Turnpike Trust Roads of the Lyndhurst Area, by A.J. Brown., one original and 

one partial photocopy 

4. Taxi card, c 1980s 

5. Air Quality public consultation, n.d. circa April 2005 



1. Lyndhurst Boxing and Gymnasium Club, appeal for help, Nov 1937. 

2. Stumps drawn for Lyndhurst cricketers. Advertiser & Times, 29 Apr 1995. 

3. Lyndhurst Lawn Tennis Club, letter to members, March 1971. 



Volume 4 

Events 

1. Lyndhurst Plaza, programme card, Oct 1955 

2. Concert, Band of H.M. 1 st Life Guards, 4 Oct 1911 

3. Jubilee Celebrations, Balloon Race, 6 May 1935 

4. Lyndhurst Coronation Celebrations, Cake Competition, 14 May 1937 

5. Lyndhurst Carnival Week, Aug 1978 

6. Lyndhurst Carnival, 1983 

7. Lyndhurst Drama an Musical Society, ‘My Fair Lady’, April 1988. 

8. Lyndhurst Drama an Musical Society, ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’, c 1988. 

9. Forest gears up for Christmas, cutting, Daily Echo 11 Dec 1996 

10. Village’s brightest ever Xmas, advert, New Forest Post, 12 Dec 1996 

11. Praise for Lyndhurst lights, Lymington Times, 21 Dec 1996 

12. Fun Day, Oct 1998 

Health & hospitals 

1. Munificent bequests to Hampshire institutions – estate of George Fenwick, 20 

Aug 1913. 

2. Lyndhurst Lady’s bequests – Miss Sophia Fenwick, undated. 

3. League of Friends, Fenwick and Hillrise Hospitals, mid 20 th century. 

4. Fenwick Hospital by Barbara Carrington. Memories of 1948. Hampshire, Feb 

1998. 

5. Letter to Editor, re Fenwick Hospital, Hampshire, June 1998. 

6. The end for the Fenwick?, Bettine Radcliffe and Richard Galton, New Forest 

Post, 10 th Feb 2005 

7. Wonderful Fenwick Hospital, Hampshire Magazine, April, 1997 



Organisations 

1. Lynemba, newsletter of Lyndhurst, Emery Down & Bank Community 

Association, June 1965 

2. Lyndhurst, Emery Down & Bank Community Association, AGM, March 

1971. 

3. Lyndhurst, Emery Down & Bank Community Association, membership card, 

concert, membership, 1973, questionnaire Oct 1997 

4. Foxlease – the home at the heart of the Girl Guides Association by Margaret 

Cecil-Wright, Hampshire, Aug 1988. 

5. Where the world’s Guides meet by Joan Grigsby, Hampshire, Feb 1965. 

6. Foxlease, notes by Roy Jackman. 

7. Princess Mary House, Foxlease, Girl Guides Association Training Centre, 

leaflet 

8. Friends of Foxlease membership form, two copies. 

9. Friends of Foxlease, newsletter no 9, Feb 1971. 

10. Friends of Foxlease, Annual Garden Party, 3 Jul 1971. 

11. The Guide, magazine, 25 May 1962 

12. The Little Princess, photo of Queen as Guide. Jubilee Mirror, Jun 1977. 

13. Hampshire County Council, Lyndhurst Division, candidate Neil Brent, 1984. 

14. New Forest Rural District Council, Parish of Lyndhurst, candidate Buckett, 

1971. 

15. New Forest Rural District Council, Parish of Lyndhurst, candidate Hague, 

1971. 

16. Lyndhurst Parish Council Newsletter no 1, Dec 1974. 



17. Lyndhurst Parish Council Newsletter no 1, Dec 1975. 

18. Civil Parish of Lyndhurst, information leaflet, 1977. 



21. Parish council clash over Mill Lane, Lymington Times, 7 Dec 1996. 

22. Lyndhurst Parish Council, letter about affordable housing, Feb 1997. 

23. 90 year celebration of Parish Council, 1984 

24. Public Inquiry, proposed mental health clinic, Feb 1997. 

25. The men who police the Forest by Trevor Fishlock, Hampshire May 1964, two 

copies. 

26. Lyndhurst, Emery Down & Bank Residents Association, meeting, Oct 1997 

27. Momentous year for Residents’ Assn. Cutting, 1990. Two copies. Meeting of 

New Forest Group of World Wildlife Fund. 1990 

28. Drama Society programmes 

29. Social Club, AGM, 7 th Apr 1971 

30. Twinning Association, newsletter, Feb 1990 

31. Welfare Charities, newsletter, Dec 1975 

Schools 

1. Lyndhurst School – Entertainment and Prize Distribution, c 1937, cutting. 

2. What we said … 100 years ago – school meals. May 1880. Lyndhurst families 

boarding children from London, June 1883, Southern Evening Echo, 17 th Jun 

1983 

3. History of C of E School, c 1969. 



4. School days in Lyndhurst 70 years ago. Talk by Mr W (Punch) Callen. 

Advertiser & Times, 19 June 1982. Original and photocopy. 


Martin 



Subject: New Forest Parishes M - N 

CONTENTS 

1. Martin celebrates (best kept village) Hampshire Vol. 19 No. 2, Dec 1978 

Not found 12/3/5 

MARTIN VILLAGE Alison Kidd, Down your Way, Vol.II 1990, pp 50 

Marchwood 

1. What we said 100 years ago. MARCHWOOD PARK ESTATE For sale. 

Newspaper cutting 1985 

2. Once upon a Solent. Joan Grisby. Hampshire Jan 1982 

3. Marchwood incinerator, inc. aerial photo. Evening Echo, 30 Aug 1975 

4. Pilgrim Inn (advert) Hampshire May 1996 

5. Marchwood power station, aerial photo. 14 Sep 1989 

6. Atten-shunned! Councillors accuse Army of brush-off. Dermot Martin 

Southern Evening Echo 26 Nov 1981 

7. Mystery of Millbrook ‘ferry’ solved. Edwin Course. Southern Evening Echo 

24 Apr 1978 

8. Drilling for natural hot water, Southern Evening Echo, 7 th Nov 1979 

9. Marchwood Power Station, Southern Evening Echo, 26 th Nov 1975 

10. Mrs Alice Broomfield (née Mansbridge) of Staplewood Cottage, n.d. 

11. HMS Cavalier off Marchwood, Southern Evening Echo, 2 nd Nov 1977 

12. DUKWs last salute, Earl Mountbatten, Southern Evening Echo, 20 th April 

1974 

13. Army on the move, Southern Evening Echo, n.d 

14. Landing Craft named, 28 th Nov 1981 

Milford-on-Sea (including Everton & Keyhaven) 

1. ‘My most healthiest of homes - Keyhaven’. Marjorie Nisbett, Hampshire, July 

1973 

2a. 900 years of Milford’s history. Anne Stenham, Hampshire, September 1971 

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2b. Exhibition tells story of Milford-on-Sea. Christopher Hobby. Hampshire, Vol. 

14 No. 9, Jul 1974 

3. KEYHAVEN NATURE RESERVES Hampshire Wildlife Trust, Hants County 

Council, 1995-1996 

4. MILFORD ON SEA Out and about A day along the beach Hampshire July 

1987 

5. Early documents relating to Everton (Yveltona) A. T. Lloyd, Ashleon 

magazine 1967 

6. MILFORD ON SEA Historical Record Society, Newsletter No.10, Jan 1997 

7. MILFORD ON SEA Historical Record Society, Newsletter No.11, Sep 1998 

8. MILFORD ON SEA Historical Record Society, Newsletter No.14, Jan 2000 

9. Strengthening sea defences (Hurst shingle bank) Daily Echo 10 Dec 1996 

10a. Milford Path Diversion. A&T 16 Nov 1996 

10b. Milford to get Wildlife Pond ? A&T 28 Dec 1996 

11a. Milford traders revive beating of the bounds ceremony. A&T 28 Dec 1996 

11b. Studland work depends on bird survey (in Milford) A&T 28 Dec 1996 

12. Keyhaven tree and wood for millennium ? A&T 28 Dec 1996 

13. Could Hurst work block Keyhaven ? A&T 12 Oct 1996 

14. Plans to review traffic in Milford. A&T 16 Nov 1996 

15. Spit defence works storms on despite the gale-force havoc. (Hurst Spit) Daily 

Echo 30 Oct 1996 

16. Hurst shingle bank. A&T 16 Nov 1996 

17. Hurst defences prevent sea breakthrough. A&T 16 Nov 1996 

18. New Forest’s smuggling record : lecture to Milford-on-Sea Historical Record 

Society by Arthur Lloyd. A&T 21 Dec 1996 

19. Milford-on-Sea (illustrated article) Hampshire, Vol. 37 No. 9, Jul 1997 

20. Coastal homes are safe again, Southern Evening Echo, 11 th Feb 1997 

21. Milford fear of flooding banished, Southern Evening Echo,16 th May 1998 

22. Vine Cottage, historical notes by Jan and Mary Barnard 

23. 20 th century vicars, Lymington Times, 21 st Aug 1998 

24. David Gates champion butcher, Lymington Times, 21 st Mar 1998 

25. Replica of All Saints by Ghislaine Campbell, Southern Evening Echo,12 th Jan 

1999 

26. Sturt Pond Protection Society, n.d. 

27. Holiday Fellowship booklet, 8pp, 1949 

28. Typsecript of recording by Hylda Bruce of her memories, Milford Record 

Society, recorded 24 th Jun 1964 


Milton & Barton 

1. A MASTER CRAFTSMAN, William Retford, violin bows, by Alfred Cooper, 

Hampshire, January 1980 

2. The Rising Sun (Wootton). Business card n.d. 

3. Rich tapestry of history shows what’s in a name. New Forest Post. 9 Nov 2000 

4. Book review: (‘Images of England : New Milton’, compiled by Malcolm 

Bailey & Catherine Lake ) A&T 18 Oct 2003 p/copy 

5. The case of Fernhill Lane. Hampshire Nov 1973 

6. Save green spaces Daily Echo 13 Dec 1996 p/copy 

7. OLD NEW MILTON (Historic photographs from c 1910 - c 1940 discovered 

by Ben Earwicker.) A&T Aug 1999 

8. Cliff steps scheme backfires (cliff erosion at Barton). Daily Echo 4 Dec 1996 

9. Gravel will help save cliffs (Barton) Daily Echo 26 Oct 1996 p/copy 

10. Transcription of lease, dated January 1677, for land at Milton, from Thomas 

Spelt to John Spelt. 

11. Putting New Milton on the map (pictorial map of New Milton & Barton-on- 

Sea, by Alan Crowe.) A&T 7 Mar 1998 

12. Life in Milton during medieval times : some new sources (report of talk by 

Arthur Lloyd to Milton Local History Group) A&T 16 Aug 1980 

13a. Loss of pasture reason for golf course refusal (Ossemsley Estate). A&T n.d. 

1990s 

13b. A35 fences not animal proof. A&T n.d. 1990s 

14. Barn to Pub conservation, Lymington Times, 27 th Dec 1997 

15. County Council opposition to gravel dig, photos and plans, 6 th Jun 1998 

16. Funeral of Gordon Skirton, Arnewood School head, May 1998 

17. Memorial to Gordon Skirton, 9 th May 1998 

18. Homeless Hostel opposition 

Netley Marsh 

1. Steam and vintage vehicle rally programme, 11 th Sep 1971 



Reference No: N 750 MIN 

Subject: New Forest Parishes – Minstead & 

Canterton 

CONTENTS 

Minstead & Canterton (note : Minstead Mail filed separately at end) 

1. MINSTEAD 1851 census index (photocopy of HGS booklet) 

2. THE THREE MALWOODS R Jackman (2 copies) 

3. Malwood Beacon, map and plan. SPEEDE’S MAP 1610 Local pre-1595 

beacons. 

4. Compton Arms, advert. 1930 

5. WHAT WE SAID 100 years ago [Minstead - Rural grievances, Dec 1880, 

Village Club, Jun 1881 & Obituary of Daniel Soffe, Mar 1882] 

6. Minstead - Forest Days by Roger Newman Hampshire, Dec 1986, p43 

7. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The Minstead connection by Godfrey Cawte 

Hampshire July 1986 

8. FURZEY GARDENS where flowers find sanctuary and people seek peace by 

Clive Brooks 

9. THE TRUSTY SERVANT Glynn Elms Hampshire Feb 1989 

10. Stoney Cross & Compton Arms, manuscript notes 

11. Minstead Mourns : Funeral of the Rev,John Compton Hampshire Advertiser & 

Southampton Times (probably) : 17 th Mar 1932 

12. Survey of Bolderwood Lodge, 1853. Transcript of HRO 46M70/E2 

13. History of Bolderwood Lodge by P.Roberts - Hampshire Field Club & 

Archaeological Society Newsletter, Autumn 1993 

14. The Inventory of Richard Hobbs, 1634. Transcript of HRO 1634B22/2 

15. Lord Congleton dies Following Road Crash The Western Gazette 20 Oct 1967 

16. Staddle Stones are mine – no they’re mine S.Evening Echo 21 Mar 1969 

(Grove House) 

17. Thanksgiving Service for Sybil Paton (newspaper article, unknown source) 

18. Minstead Hearth Tax Assessment, 1 year to Lady Day 1674. Transcript of 

PRO E 179/247/30 (4 pages) 

19. Minstead Hearth Tax. Exemption List 29 Apr 1673. Photocopy of 

PRO E 179/330/1 

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20. London Minstead & Bartley Regis Hearth Tax. Exemption List 27 Oct [1674]. 

Photocopy of PRO E 179/176/570. 

21. Minstead Hearth Tax. Exemption List 15 May [1670]. Photocopy of PRO E 

179/330/1. 

22. White Bros. Motor Service Forest Queen. Hampshire, May 1971. 

23. Marriage of George Soffe (83) & Fanny Osman (57) , Death of G.Broomfield 

Hampshire Advertiser 17 Nov 1906 (part hand-copied by C.Standeven as 

original badly damaged & stained) 

24. Straying Ponies Hampshire Advertiser 12 Aug 1939 

25. Sale particulars : The Canterton Estate. n.d. 1887 ? 

26. 

The Minstead Parish Magazine, Sep 1988, including letters concerning 

proposed building of social housing near Church. Missing Feb 2009 

27. CHURCH IS BAFFLED BY THEFT OF GATES by Chris Yandell 31/8/1995 

Daily Echo [ transferred to N. 940 MIN] 

28. STRANGERS TRANSFORM MINSTEAD [village shop] n.d. 

29. Minstead People by Wendy Jackson. Pamphlet & poetry about Minstead and 

its people, 1996. 

30. Minstead : Portrait of a Forest Village. Pamphlet by William Cavill, n.d. 

31. THE MINSTEAD MAGAZINE January 1990 Missing Feb 2009 

32. TRADITIONAL CHARM photograph of Minstead Village, n.d. 

33. Photocopy of front cover of Russell’s Graphic Guide to the New Forest, 1930, 

showing the Rufus Stone. 

34. Minstead Flower Show Society : Schedule and Programme for the 45 th Annual 

Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show, 2 Sep 1995. 

35. Book looks at past life [review of Minstead : Life in a 17 th century New Forest 

community by Peter Roberts] New Forest Post, 9 May 2002 (photocopy) 

36. Clerical Dynasticism : The Compton Family of Minstead & Sopley. Copy of 

article by William Gibson. Hatcher Review, Vol. 3, No. 30. Autumn 1990. 6pp 

37. Fred’s Private War with Constant Pain Southern Evening Echo 7 Oct 1982 

(Fred Gailor) 

38. New Forest Magazine, October 1921. Minstead parish section. Photocopy. 

39. New Forest Magazine Oct.1939 : cricket, deaths of Mrs.White & Miss Jeffreys 

(Canterton Manor) 

40. Photocopies of 2 photos of old post office (Hungerford Cottage, Running Hill) 

: originals in photographic collection ref. MIN 014 & 015) 

41. Lord of Minstead Manor was war veteran and farmer Lymington Times 

8 th Mar 2008 

42. Memorial Service for Peter John Phillip Green 6 th Mar 2008 


MINSTEAD PARISH Guide to the New Forest H C Rogers c.1890 

(not in file 19/3/5) 

Minstead Mail 

Jan.2001 Issue 1 

Summer 2001 Vol. 1, Issue 2 

Winter 2001 Vol. 1, Issue 3 

Spring 2002 Vol.1, Special issue (4) 

Summer 2002 Vol. 1, Issue 5 

Winter 2003 Vol. 1, Issue 6 

Spring 2004 Vol.1, Issue 7 

Autumn 2004 Vol. 1, Issue 8 

Spring 2005 Vol. 1, Issue 9 

Autumn 2005 Vol 1, Issue 10 

Spring 2006 Vol 1, Issue 10 (error in numbering?) 

Summer 2006 Vol 1, Issue 11 

Winter 2006 Vol 1, Issue 12 

Spring 2007 Vol 2, Issue 1 

Summer 2007 Vol.2, Issue 2 

Autumn 2007 Vol.2, Issue 3 

Spring 2008 Vol 2, Issue 4 

Summer 2008 Vol.2, Issue 5 

Autumn 2008 Vol.2, Issue 6 




Subject: Ringwood 

CONTENTS 

1. Ringwood- A short illustrated history 

2. Ringwood and Hambridge-(Abstracted from VCH Hampshire, Volume IV, 1911) 

3. A walk around Ringwood (No 1) Birth of Ringwood 

4. I remember Ringwood and Brown Hampshire Magazine, Apr 1989 

4a.. Brown and son printers Hampshire Magazine, Jan 1989 

5. The Meeting house Ringwood and Fordingbridge News 

6. White Hart Inn Ringwood compiled by Ted Baker 

7. Linwood l986 William Glover’s boyhood, Hampshire Magazine Jul 1986 

8. Ringwood-Memories of Ringwood 1980 by Rosa Freeman, Hampshire Magazine, Jan 

1980 

9. Ringwood- Alison Kidd Down your way vol 2, 1990 

10. Poulner- Alison Kidd Down your way vol 2 1990 

11. Linford Sanatorium Noel Saunders , Hampshire Magazine Oct 1992 

12. Joseph John Armfield by DAE Cross, Hampshire Magazine Jun 1963 

13. The final day- Ringwood Market 29 th Jun 1988 

by Tom Briar 

14. The A31 road manuscript history by M. Triggs 

15. The A31 Cadnam-Ringwood road since 1900 manuscript history by M. Triggs 

16. The A31 Cadnam-Ringwood Road parliamentary debates (Hansard) House of Lords 

official report of New Forest Bill manuscript history by M Triggs 

17. Photographic cover of 1930 Russell's graphic guide to the New Forest 

18. Picture of Compton arms hotel, Stoney cross from 1930 Russell's graphic guide to the 


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19. Stoney Cross manuscript history by M Triggs 

20. Picket Post manuscript history by M Triggs 

21. Photocopy of a drawing of A31 early 19 th century 

22. Picket Post Fire manuscript history by M Triggs, Mar 1983 

23. Motel plans – missing 

24. The Kettle teahouse at Picket Post manuscript history by M Triggs 8 th Mar 1983 

25. First garage at Picket Post manuscript history by M Triggs Mar 1983 

26. About Ringwood's Industries- appreciation of Donald Cross’s work, local history, 

bulletin no 31 May 1963 

27. Ringwood and Fordingbridge Citizen Advice Bureau Annual Report 1999-2000 

28. Welcome to Ringwood- visitors guide NFDC, n.d. circa 1990s 

29. Ringwood local history, typescript 4pp, n.d. 

30. 1851 Census- map showing probable boundary, Ringwood enumeration district, la 

31. Extracts from White’s Hampshire Directory for Ringwood 1859 

32. Photocopy of Harrod’s postal and commercial directory of Hampshire (1865) 

33. Ringwood free grammar school typescript, n.d. 

34. Ringwood hearth tax of 1674 and extract from Ringwood Lawday Book, early 18 th 

century, typescript 

35. Medieval, Tudor and Stuart Ringwood (Medieval preferences) 

36. Ringwood Doomsday Book Entry 

37. Ringwood Manor extracts1675 

38. Stewards memorandum book of the grant of leases for lives, manor of Ringwood, 

1672-80 

39. Ringwood court book extracts 1593 

40. Ringwood parish Poor law extracts, 1812 

41. Ringwood Poor rate book 1812 

42. Ringwood Parish directory n.d. circa 1850s 


43. The Parish Church of ST Peter and ST Paul, Ringwood- John Turpin 1994 

44. Copy of settlement certificate of James, Jane and Mary Ayles , 1728 Hants Record 

Office 42m75po3/21 

45. 1851 Census-Ringwood district No. la population and age distribution 

46. Typescript copy of schedule for the Enumeration district No. 1 a, 15pp 

47. Typescript copy of Lay subsidy 1327 ( Tax of 1/20 of moveable goods) 

48. Settlement examination of William Newman, 1793 typescript and photocopy of original 

49. Extract from a Latin document relating to the lands of John Googwyn in the Parish of 

Ringwood (late 16 th century) 

50. Will of Dorothy Lyne, widow of Ringwood (20 th Jan 1680/81) 

51. Inventory of Dorothy Lyne (6 th June 1681) 

52. Will of William Ailes of Poulner in Ringwood (8 th April 1687) 

53. Will of Thomas Lyne of Ringwood (17 th Feb 1687/9) 

54. Indenture between Christopher and William Jennings and Christopher and Hannah 

Goffe, concerning lands in the Parish of Ringwood (17th May 1766) 

55. Saxon Church found by dowsing society, Ringwood Magazine, 20 th Sep 1996 

56. Linford Sanatorium now a £3m showpiece, Southern Evening Echo, 14 th Feb 1993 

57. New Forest Post-Greens call time on noisy pub fun, High Corner Inn, New Forest Post, 

10 th Mat 1990 

58. The wizard in the wall – The Ringwood Electrical Supply Company, Ringwood and 

Fordingbridge News 

59. Ringwood and Verwood magazine 24 th Jan 1997 

60. Ringwood Charter translation, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, n.d. 

61. Ringwood Mission Hall, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, Aug 

1997 

62. Ringwood form the air , 1925, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News n.d. 

63. Ringwood Yesteryear - Joyce Dickson, by Tony White, Ringwood and Fordingbridge 

News, 1997 

64. Aerial photograph June 1961 and article by Tony White, Ringwood and 

Fordingbridge News, 1997 

65. The Railway Arms by Tony White, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

66. Observer Corps WW11, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 


67. Castleman’s Corkscrew Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

68. JJ Armfield and Armfields, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

69. Picket Post Garage , Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

70. The Normanton Family, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

71. Opening of the Salvation Army, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

72. The Avon at Ringwood, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

73. Ringwood War Memorial, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

74. Avon Castle , Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

75. Moyles Court Ringwood, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

76. West Street Boat Builder, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, 1997 

77. Aspects of Ringwood history a talk by Jude James, Advertiser and Times- 3 rd Jun 

1989 

78. Society fights to save towns unique Market Place building form decay, by Stan 

Lemon, Western Gazette, 14 th Apr 1989 

79. Plea to spare historic Market Place building from demolition by Dr R H Little, 

Ringwood and Fordingbridge News 

80. Article on John Willis and plan of his farms 1769 by Dr RH Little, The Journal 22 nd 

Sep 1971 

81. James Andrew Hefferon, 1835-1909 - The gallant Officer from the Crimea by 

Dr RH Little, Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal, 16th Apr 1969 

82. Colourful days at Picket Post by F Hardcastle, Ringwood and Fordingbridge 

Journal 16th Apr 1969 

83. My dear husband, I love you- and your money, extract from The Ancient 

Manors of Minstead and Bisterne, Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal 19 th Mar 

1969 

84. Request for information by Dr RH Little, Ringwood and Fordingbridge 

Journal, 12 th Mar 1969 

85. An enormous response to request for information by Dr RH Little, Ringwood 

and Fordingbridge Journal Mar/Apr 1969 

86. Greyfriars was the home of Alexander IV by Dr RH Little, Ringwood and 

Fordingbridge Journal, Mar 1969 

87. Baby farming at Picket Post by Dr RH Little, Ringwood and Fordingbridge 

Journal 19th Feb 1969 

88. What's in a name? Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal, 1969? 

89. In 1910 co-op came to Ringwood by Dr RH Little, Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal, 

circa 1969 


90. Co-operative links with Bramshaw, Church Lads Brigade old Railway House by Dr RH 

Little, Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal, 20th Nov 1968 

91. Some random Reflections – Avon Castle – by Benjamin B Pond Hampshire 

Magazine, Mar 1963 

92. Lone Motherhood: the unwed mother in 19th century Ringwood by Pat 

Wheable The Local Historian, Nov 2003 

93. Childhood memories of Ringwood by Babs Baker, Hampshire Magazine, May 

2001 

94. New Forest Commoners League, Verderers elections, Jan 1902 

95. Manuscript copy of Ringwood entry for White’s Directory, 1878, copy adverts 

and typed notes from Ringwood Lawday Book, 1729-57 

96. Mary Dinwoodie neé Pennell 100 th birthday, Ringwood and Fordingbridge 

News, Feb 1996, 2pp 

97. Origins of Quomp and Friday’s Cross, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, n.d. 

98. Gravel Lakes by Tony White, Ringwood and Fordingbridge News, n.d. 

99. Copy of Ringwood Inclosure Awards, first schedule, 7pp 

100. Copy of Inclosure map, 10pp 

101. Copy of Inclosure map, 14pp 

102. Extract from a Latin document relating to the lands of John Horsley 



NEW FOREST & SW HANTS PARISHES, R-W: N.750 

1 ROCKBOURNE & WHITSBURY 

2 SOPLEY & BRANSGORE 

3 WELLOW 

4 WHITEPARISH 

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Rockbourne 


Reference No: N 750 R – W 


R - W 

CONTENTS 

1 Rockbourne Roman Villa – 40 years on by Norma Gilbert, Hampshire Magazine, 

Sep 1984 

2 Rockbourne from Alison Kidd, Down your way, vol 1 1989 

3 Whitsbury? Hampshire Magazine, Oct 1986 

4 Rockbourne Roman Villa closure threat, n.d. 

Sopley and Bransgore 

1 Thorney Hill Church Mural aid, Lymington Times, 28 th Dec 1996 

2 Thorney Hill Church Mural aid, Phoebe Traquair restoration work to be aided by 

lottery fund. Daily Echo, 30 th Dec 1996 

Wellow 

1 Wandering around Wellow, people and places, by Jack Street, Hampshire 

Magazine, May 1994 

Whiteparish 

1 Whiteparish – A Study of the development of a forest-edge parish 1994, G.C. 

Taylor 

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Reference No: N 750 Sway 


Sway 

CONTENTS 

1 Recollection of childhood days at Lord Cecils Estate, Mount Pleasant, (Passford 

House, Hotel), by Dorothy Blackwell, typescript 

2 The village of Sway, by R.G. Swann, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1972 (2 

copies) 

3 Sway Mummers, photocopy of postcards and notes by Peggy James 

4 Stanley Holley, blacksmith and family by Peggy Grayson, Hampshire 

Magazine, Nov, 1961 

5 Dorothy Blackwell and partner? Copy photo and recollections by Dorothy 

Blackwell, childhood and 1 st WW, typescript 

6 Recollections by Dorothy Blackwell, of St Luke’s School, typescript 

7 Sway Tower, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1971 

8 Sway Tower formerly Arnewood or Peterson’s Tower, a report by Jude James 

9 Peterson’s Tower not a folly, Lymington Times, 2 nd Nov 1958 

10 Artsway byLinda Blair, The Times, Jan 1997 

11 Arnewood Farmhouse, property advert, The Times, 4 th Nov 1995 

12 Boutique in a Cowshed, Lady Tower, Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1967 

13 Sway extracts from Salisbury Journal 1885-6 abstracted by Peggy James:- 

Bournemouth direct railway, donkey stolen, fatal accident to James Brooks, 

trampling oats John Pardey, John Kitcher, Joseph Carpenter, well contaminated, 

Jospeh Gates and Edward Peckham drunk, Emily Gould and Elizabeth Rickman 

assault, Gordleton Bridge dangerous, Sarah Maul, George Miles, George Pilley, 

Stephen Colborne, Henry Rogers, Charles James and David Papworth illegal 

bread charges, Edwin Pragnell fired gun, Swin fever, William Bronsey vagrant, 

Thomas Marten, Thomas Allen, Howard Wright navvies, Sarah Cooke vagrant. 

John Drodge, John Ayles, death of Lady Rose Lovell, Charles Gates stole fish, 

John White navvy, James Baker and Alfred Holden dispute, fatal accident to 

Whicher 

14 Dominican Sisters, photos and article Lymington Times, late 1999 

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15 Sales particulars, Miss E C Hope, Pitmore Cottage, Barn Cottage, July 29 th 

1937 

16 Copy of Driftway Deeds relating to sale of land by Thomas Locust to George 

Feltham, 9 th Dec 1817 

17 Transcript of will of George Feltham of Wilverley Lodge, 1839 

18 Programme of events for coronation 2 nd June 1953 

19 Programme for Sway Drama Club’s The Wind in the Willows, Jan 1997 

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Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1910 Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Sep, Oct, Dec 

Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1911 Jan-Dec 

Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1915 All except May and Sep 

Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1916 Mar, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov 

Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1917 All except Oct, Dec 

Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1921 All except Feb 

Extracts from New Forest Magazine, 1922 Jan-Dec 

88 The Nurse’s Cottage breakfast menu 

89 The Nurse’s Cottage promotion material 

90 The Nurse’s Cottage, best breakfast winner, Tony Barnfield, Daily Echo, 21 st 

Jan 2005 

91 The Nurse’s Cottage 5 star serve, by Vicki Green-Steel, n.d. 

92 Drumduan Barn, construction, Richard Thomas, n.d. 

93 Stef Bailey, nursery, Daily Echo, Aug 1997 

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Reference No: N 750 Totton and Eling 


Totton and Eling 

1 William Mansbridge of Cadnam 1703 tombstone by Joyce Moore 

2 Eling Tide Mill leaflet, n.d. 

3 Eling Tide Mill restoration, Southern Evening Echo, 12th Jul 1976, 1 st 

Sep 1976, Lymington Times, 14 th Mar 1987 

4 Eling Tide Mill restoration, Southern Evening Echo, 3 rd Aug 1977 

5 Eling Tide Mill restoration, by Gavin Bowie Hampshire Magazine, n.d. 

6 Eling Tide Mill restoration, unloading pitwheel, Robert Gillingham toll 

collector, Southern Evening Echo,15 th Aug 1979; Wallower recast, old 

one by Joseph Armitage of Ringwood, Southern Evening Echo, 18 th Jan 

1982 

7 Eling Tide Mill restoration, photos of millstones 

8 Eling Tide Mill restoration checking wheat quality photograph, n.d. 

9 Eling Tide Mill restoration and Martin Mears by Paul Allen, n.d. 

10 Eling Tide Mill restoration photos of Martin Mears, n.d. 

11 Eling Tide Mill: Flour for Lady Diana, presentation to John Waddington 

by Sir Alan Boxer, Southern Evening Echo, 27 th Jun 1981 

12 Eling Tide Mill, and Totton and Eling Historical Society, Michael 

Southgate, ‘Echo, n.d.; Award for Eling Tide Mill, Southern Evening 

Echo, 11 th Jun 1981 

13 Eling Tide Mill re-opened by Angela Rippon, Southern Evening Echo, 

12 th May 1980 

14 Eling Tide Mill re-opened photo of Angela Rippon, and a miller Southern 

Evening Echo, 12 th May 1980 

15 Eling Tide Mill celebrations, James Bishop, John Waddington and Tom 

Freestone, support from Southampton University Industrial Archaeology 

Group Lymington Times? 10 th Apr 1982 

16 Eling Tide Mill, record by Martin Penrose, Southern Evening Echo, 16 th 

Nov 1989 

17 Eling Tide Mill, Martin Mears photos n.d. 

18 Eling Tide Mill miller Tom Freestone article and photo, n.d. 

19 Eling Tide Mill RICS award, miller and daughter Tom and Shirley 

Freestone, Southern Evening Echo, 11 th Oct 1984 

20 Eling Tide Mill miller Tom Freestone article and photo Southern Evening 

Echo, 30 th Sep 1981 

21 Eling Tide Mill, wallower returns, article and photos Southern Evening 

Echo, 26 th Feb 1982 

22 Eling Tide Mill re-opens, Stuart Butt assistant, by Anne Edwards, Echo? 

4 th Apr 1981 

23 Eling Tide mill re-opening with Angela Rippon by Gavin Bowie, 

Hampshire Magazine, Oct 1981 

24 Eling Tide Mill restoration details by Mary Evans n.d. 

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25 Eling Tide Mill unique by Audrey Shepherd, Hampshire Magazine, Aug 

2000 

26 The Old Tide MIll at Eling by Michael Southgate, booklet n.d. (1980s) 

27 Eling Tide Mill, leaflet n.d. 

28 Down by the Old Mill Streams by Tony Brodie, Southern Evening Echo, 

12 th Jul 1980 

29 Eling Tide Mill breadmaking competition, Southern Daily Echo, 29 th Aug 

1981 

30 Eling Tide Mill by Andrew Ross, article and photos, n.d. 

31 Eling by John Arlott, Hampshire Magazine, Aug 1972 

32 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Jan 1913 

33 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Feb 1913 

34 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Jun 1913 

35 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Oct 1913 

36 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Jan 1921 

37 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Mar – Apr 1921 

38 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Jun 1921 

39 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Jul – Aug 1921 

40 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Sep 1921 

41 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Oct 1921 

42 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Feb 1922 

43 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Apr 1922 

44 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine May 1922 

45 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Jul 1922 

46 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Aug 1922 

47 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Sep – Oct 1922 

48 Photocopy of New Forest Magazine Nov 1922 

49 Old Totton promoting a booklet published by Paul Cave, Hampshire 


50 Totton runners-up in best kept village competition, Hampshire Magazine, 

Dec 1978 

51 Air Quality Management area in Totton and Lyndhurst consultation, n.d. 

52 New War Memorial unveiled, Southern Daily Echo, 22 nd Apr 2008 

53 Frank Powell, blacksmith, oldest family in the Totton?, Hampshire 

Magazine, Dec 1961 

54 Testwood House, by Dorothea St. Hill Bourne, Hampshire Magazine, 

Dec 1964 

55 Eling – Church, Manor and Mill by Else M. Sandell, Hampshire 

Magazine, Dec 1963 

56 Mobile phone tower approved, Lymington Times, 19 th Oct 1996 

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Reference No: N.800 – 890 ARTS AND CRAFTS 

N. 800 Arts/Crafts/General 

N. 802 Cookery/Drink,/Home Brewing 

N. 810 Sculpture 

N. 820 Pottery 

N. 830 Painting 

N. 831 Photography 

N. 840 Embroidery 

N. 842 Lace 

N. 850 Language and Dialect 

N. 852 Theatre 

N. 890 Film and Video 

N.800 Arts/Crafts/General 

1 NFDC Arts Plan 1 st June 1995 

2 Leather art in the Forest by Norman Goodland. Hampshire Magazine, Jan 

1984 

3 Ladies of the New Forest by Peggy Grayson. Pottery, period costumed dolls, 

3-d pictures. Hampshire Magazine, Dec 1961 

4 Crafts at the New Forest Show by Norman Goodland. Hampshire Magazine, 

July 1984 

5 NFDC Arts Plan 1998 

6 Interesting Towns and Villages: Lyndhurst by Priscilla Moulder. Detailing 

art work in Lyndhurst Church. Hampshire Advertiser, 1 st Aug 1914 

7 A King of England Fell. Stained glass window of William Rufus in private 

house. Newspaper cutting, Dec 1960 

8 New Forest Association Limited Edition Mugs – The Heywood Sumner 

Collection No.1 

9 Letter to members of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 

from T & W Ide Ltd launching a limited edition of commemorative glass 

goblets engraved by Jean Main (Cobb) for 900 th anniversary of New Forest, 

November 1979. 

10 New Forest campaigner wins first round by Anne Ruffell. Glass engravings 

of Jean Cobb (Main). Hampshire Magazine, Dec 1982 

11 Public access to view inherited works of art, article in Lymington/New 

Milton Advertiser & Times, Sat Jun 19th 1999 

12 Copy of 1937 Catalogue/Price List of The Forest Toys. F H Whittington, 

Brockenhurst. 

13 Map and guide of craftsmen and workshops in Hampshire. No date. 

14 Fresh approach in New Forest by Verite Reily Collins from Antiques and 

Art Independent, Feb/March 1999 featuring Antiques Centre in Lyndhurst 

15 They’ll be knocking on Forest oak, newspaper article re: manufacture of 

auctioneers gavels and striking plates from New Forest oak. No date. 

N.802 Cookery/Drink/Home Brewing 

1 Stirring something from the Forest by Georgina Hall. Venison Cookery. 

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Hampshire Magazine, Jan 1979. 

2 That’s another fine pickle by Sudi Pigott. New Forest jam and chutney 

makers. The Times, Saturday August 31 st , 2002 

3 Cider with Charlie by Brian Lambourne. Cider making at Godshill. 

Hampshire Magazine, April 1981 

4 Review of restaurant Le Poussin at Brockenhurst. The Times, Saturday April 

29 th , 2000 

N.810 Sculpture 

1 Wood Sculptures by Ron Lane. Photographs (3). 

2 The Greta Hopkinson Collection. Wood sculptures 

3 Creatures from the wild wood by Sue Edwins on wooden sculptures of 

Greta Hopkinson. New Forest Post, Nov 16 th 1995 

4 He works in wood – with love by Gerd Frankin. Article on Mike Sears, 

Hampshire Magazine, Dec 1979. 

5 3 photos of Squoyles owned by John Shutler, 1979 

N.820 Pottery 

1 Potters of the New Forest by Sybil Edmondson. Ancient NF Pottery sites 

and techniques. Hampshire Magazine, Sep 1970. 

N.830 Painting 

1 Remarkable Talent of Heywood Sumner by Jane Barbour. Hampshire 

Magazine, Sept 1997 

2 Maxwell Armfield: Painter, Poet, Author, Musician by Margaret Greig. 

Hampshire Magazine, March1965 

3 One days time by Joan Grigsby. Includes an illustration by Lyndhurst artist 

Frederick Golden Short. Hampshire Magazine, May 1979 

4 Henry Buchan and the Hampshire Picture Gallery by Brian Stewart & 

Mervyn Cutten. Hampshire Magazine, Jan 1982 

5 Lionel Edwards 1878-1966 Repository of Arts Magazine, Spring 1988 

6 Kemp-Welch painting saved from the Cellar. Article about Colt Hunting in 

the New Forest by Lucy Kemp-Welch, Daily Echo, Mon April 27th 1998 

7 The Forest through an artist’s eye. Book review of Monica Coleman’s New 

Forest. Hampshire Magazine, Nov 1987 

8 New Forest book delights for Christmas. Book review of Monica Coleman’s 

New Forest. Hampshire Magazine, Dec 1987 

9 Capturing the New Forest on canvas: the art of Monica Coleman by Anne 

Ruffell. Hampshire Magazine, Jan 1984 

10 At the Summer Exhibition by T C Stanley-Little. Including work by 

Augustus John and Richard Eurich etc., Hampshire Magazine, Jul 1962 

11 Invitation to preview of exhibition of Victorian painters of Hampshire and 

Dorset, Hampshire Gallery, Bournemouth, May 1978 

12 Copy of Invitation to the New Forest Exhibition of May, June, July 1875 

(Original in Ford Collection) 

13 Copy of William Shayer’s painting At the Bell Inn, Cadnam, New Forest 

14 B&W copies of pencil and watercolour drawings by William Lionel Wyllie 

R.A., from Christie’s auction catalogue, 1988. Calshot: Before the Start & A 

Start off Calshot: Yachts racing 

15 B&W copy of a print of Walhampton: Seat of the Revd Sir George Burrard, 

Bart by E King (Lymington) 

16 Book Review of Barry Peckham’s New Forest published in 2001 by 

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Halsgrove. Text by Barry Miles. Hampshire Magazine, January 2002 

17 The life of William Shayer senior by Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten. 

Hampshire Dec 1979 

18 Biography and selected illustrations from The Rural England of A.R. 

Quinton: Bygone scenes from the brush of a country artist first published by 

J Salmon Ltd in 1990 (this from 7 th Imp.1999) 

19 Letter from Joan Roberts, Wellington, New Zealand re: Edward Charlton’s 

etchings/sketches of New Forest area and her relative Emily Kate Mason, 

post mistress, Boldre. 

20a- Copy of Elizabeth Fanshawe paintings (1772-1847) held in the Redhouse 

20i Museum as part of the White Collection, scenes including.Lyndhurst, 

Cuffnells, Northerwood, Nea Croft, Isle of Wight, Highcliffe, Sopley, 

Christchurch, Blackwater on the Stour, Somerford, Iford, Hengistbruy Head, 

Chewton 

N.831 Photography 

1 He photographed the age of... by Michael Kennett. Story of Francis Frith 

Collection (Victorian photographer). Hampshire Magazine, Feb 1984 

2 The Forest in Focus. An exhibition of photographs by David Ellery 

3 Forest View. Brockenhurst College Students Community Project, 2001- 

2002 

4 Details of photographic exhibition by Paul Carter A City in the Forest at 

Forest Arts Centre, New Milton 1 st October to 12 November 1994. Cutting 

from complimentary copy of Outlook, SW Trains. 

N.840 Embroidery 

1 New Forest 900 - Commemorative Embroidery synopsis. Belinda, Lady 

Montagu’s Design 

2 History in the eye of a needle story of New Forest Embroidery at N.F. 

Museum. Southern Echo, Jul 1978 (photocopy and original) 

3 Article about the commissioning of New Forest Embroidery (erroneously 

called tapestry), Evening Echo, Thurs 5 th 1977 

4 A synopsis of The Forest Collage wall hanging currently (2009) housed in 

the New Forest Centre (rear stairwell). 

N.842 Lace 

1 When Downton lace was made at Minstead news cutting describing a talk 

by Bertha Kemp, New Milton Advertiser 21 st Feb 1987 

2 Bertha Kemp - lace-maker extraordinary by Judy Arnold. Hampshire 

Magazine, Jan 1989 

N.850 Language and Dialect 

1 A matter of Hampshire dialect by A H Gill. Hampshire Magazine, Oct 1987 

2 The New Forest Dialect letter to Daily Chronicle (photocopy and original) 

3 List of poems parodied in Alice in Wonderland 

4 Youth and Age on Beaulieu River by John Betjeman, Collected Poems, 1977 

5 Poets and Hampshire: Some Reflections by E Maurice Skipper, Hampshire 

Magazine, Nov 1987 

6 Poems from The Coloured Counties, Ed. John Arlott (pub. Dent 1988, 

originally in Landmarks, 1943). Cadland, Southampton Water (W L 

Bowles), Rhinefield (William Sotheby), Beaulieu River (Andrew Young). 

N.852 Theatre 

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1 Journey’s End photocopy of page 100 from a Play in Three Acts by R.C. 

Sherriff, 1929. Mentions Allum Green, Highland Stream. 

2 The strolling players of the Forest Forge by Norman Goodland. Hampshire 


N.890 Film and Video 

1 Filming of Children of the New Forest. Report in Daily Echo Sep 9 th 1997 

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Reference No: N.805 FOLK LORE 

Subject: New Forest Culture: Folk Lore, Music, Mummers, Drama etc. 

1 Evergreen New Forest Players: 60 years of fine theatre by Nigel Kendall 

Hampshire Magazine, October 1987. 

2 Article by Patricia Thompson on Mummers and their possible revival of the 

art. Thanks for the mummeries, Daily Echo, Sat Dec 20 th 1997. 

3 A Mummers Play from Ted Duckett of Marchwood/Hythe. A short version of 

the traditional mummers performance. No date. 

4 Transcript of the East Boldre Mummers Play as collected by Dr Eric Jones- 

Evans of Fawley, at the Royal Oak, Hill Top, Beaulieu, Christmas 1924. 

5 The Death of William Rufus as sung by Stanley’s Own Scout Troop 

Mummers, Christmas 1926. 

6 Some Chips off the old Block! A Selection of Informative and Entertaining 

Musical and Other Culturally Associated Subjects from Dave Williams of 

Marchwood. No date. 

7 Haunted in the Forest by J S P Agg-Large Hampshire Magazine, December 

1969 

8 Wonderful New Forest Players by Margaret Franklin. Hampshire Magazine, 

January 1999. 

9 Mysteries of the Forest. Souvenir booklet from the New Forest. Anon. No 

date. 

10 Ghosts of the Forest by Cerita Stanley-Little, Hampshire Magazine, 

December 1968. 

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Reference No: N 910 Vol 1 

Subject: Gypsies 

CONTENTS 

1. Bibliography Background Reading for Adults. Traveller/Gypsies 

2. The Little Gypsies’ Church - Bramdean Common Hampshire Feb. 85 see also 

38 

3. Country Travellers at the Fair by Hilary Cornford Old Alresford Fair. 

Hampshire May 1988 

4. The Times 26 th Sept 1996 - article on eviction of gypsy from her own land. 

5. Gypsy Cards by Robert Dawson Picture Postcard Monthly Feb 98 

6. Photograph showing method of carrying baby and basket 

7. Picture - Gypsies camped at Ipley 

8. Photograph of gypsy laying trails for followers: “patteran” 

9. The Sharpest Knife Grinder by D Wyn Hughes 

10. Caravan catches eye of judges by Peter East Southern evening Echo report on 

caravan made by P Richards 

11. Advertiser & Times August 1992 Article on Peter Richards’ Dunton Ledge 

Wagon 

12. Have a drink with Cocker by Alison Mitchell The Countryman 

13. A Change of Home by Dominic Reeve 

14. Travelling People by Dominic Reeve 

15. Gypsies of the Surrey Hills by Rachel Clay 

16. The Art and Craft of the Gypsy Vardo by Ruth Partington 

17. Reviving a Vardo by E Alan Jones 

18. The Gypsy in the Woods by John Williams 

19. Photographs: Horse Fair at Appleby 

20. Little Egypt and the Stillborn Child by Denis Harvey 

21. My Gypsy Patients: A GP’s account of his patients 

22. A Tramp’s View of Gypsies by R H Ferry 

23. Children’s Street a poem by Eric Binns 

24. Hand Picked Hop Harvest by Geoffrey Guise 

25. Stilt Walkers of the Hop Fields photographs by Richard Filmer, Countryman 

26. Travellers Festival by Beshlie Herom 

27. The Tinkers’ Wedding by May C Jenkins 

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28. Managing cant, ged… Scottish Gypsies by Peter Goodwin 

29. Along with the wraggle taggle gypsies O! by Judith Okely 

30. Gypsy Funeral by James Dickens 

31. An Independent Traveller by Dorothy Williams 

32. Resting at Badgers Holt 

33. When the Forest Gypsies first went to School by C N W Morris 

34. The Life and Times of a knife grinding legend Newspaper article 

35. Illustrations of various gypsy dwellings (5 sheets) 

36. Several page photocopies on language from A History of the Gypsies 

37. The Diddikies of the New Forest, an account by Rose Greaves of the N F 

gypsies of her childhood 

38. The Church in the Wood by Lesley Drew, an article on the Bramdean Romany 

Church. See also 2 

39. Gypsies June 1990 An account by Roy Jackman [See 14 in Vol II] 

40. Home is where the horse is. By Gillian Kemp. Romany Gypsies article. 

41. Location of gypsy sites in the New Forest since 1942 

42. The Magic Fingers of Granny Cooper by Robin Fletcher Hampshire Feb 62 

43. Travellers welcome the County plan by Simon Regan. Rehabilitation from 

caravan to council house. Hampshire Feb 1963 

44. Story of Church Army work and a double gypsy wedding in the New Forest. 

Capt. L C C Langridge Dec 1972 

45. How I found Heavenly Bottom G E C Wood. The Gypsies of Heavenly 

Bottom, Parkstone 

46. Report of the New Forest Committee 1947. “Gypsies” 

47. Report of the New Forest Committee 1947 Appendix XI (66) Gypsies. Joint 

Memorandum submitted to the Minister of Health by the New Forest, 

Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District Councils. 

48. Hither and Zither by Natasha Fairweather. An account of Isabel Fonseca’s 

research into gypsy origins. 

49. New Forest Gypsies at Latchmoor, Brockenhurst as recalled by Mrs Dorothy 

Greenaway in conversation with her daughter Peggy James on May 20 th 1995. 

50. Residents’ blockade ousts gypsies. Daily Echo reporter Aug 1995. 

51. Gypsy missioning in the New Forest Church Army Press Aug 1934 

52. Extract from The New Forest Beautiful by F E Stevens 

53. Brochure advertising Gordon Boswell’s Romany Museum 

54. Brief list of recommended reading (gypsies) Len Smith 1996 

55. On the trail of gypsy folklore. Daily Echo article on Len Smith’s research into 

gypsy origins by Kay Cooper 

56. Poster advertising an exhibition on New Forest gypsies at Lyndhurst Museum 


March 22 nd to April 3 rd 1997. 

57 Romantic notions of Gypsies by Philip Howard, The Times, 24 th Oct 1997 



Reference No: N 910 Vol.II 

Subject: Gypsy Miscellany 

CONTENTS 

1. Caravans of Love by William Sitwell 

2. Photograph of Peter Richards 

3. Travellers “missing out on health care” by Maria Croce N F Post 18 Nov 1993 

4. Gypsies Today 

5. The Gypsy Caravan and Traditional Gypsy Recipes (Hampshire Museums) 

6. An everyday story of country hatred - John Wickens and his family. The 

Observer Magazine 14 th Nov 1993 

7. Landowner’s defiant gesture by Andrew Head Southern Echo 23.7.93 

8. Travellers attract petition 23.7.93 

9. HCC Education: letter regarding “Resources Fair” Brenda Downes 8 June 

1993 

10 Romany Museum 

11. Working with Gypsies/Travellers - Save the Children UK Information 6.92 

12. Stopover for Gypsy ‘vans 8.8.91 + Travellers ordered to move on 1.7.91 

Southern Evening Echo 

13. Officers ready to move travellers on by Emma Corlett 19.8.91 + Vow to fight 

gypsy site scheme 16.11.91 Southern Evening Echo 

14. Gypsies - letter from Roy Jackman 6.90 

15. Gypsies in Europe The Guardian 4.5.90 

16. Steeped in Tradition - Barry Major 

17. Gypsies at centre of anger quit site Echo 7.10.88 

18. Yesterday in Hants, Sussex & I of W including On the Romany Road. 6.89 

19. Paint your Wagon Paul Allen Southern Echo 6.77 

20. Travelling Rights Wendy Whitfield Young People Now 12.89 

21. Ancient Travellers Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund 86 

22. Scandinavian Yearbook of Folklore 1981 Vol.37 

23. Gipples (Pollards, People and Ponies Mike Walford 1979) 

24. Gypsies (Gilbert Smith’s Man of the New Forest Paul Cave 1987) 

25. The Countryside Explained John Seymour 1977 

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26. Gypsy Persecution - the nightmare continues George Case BBC1 

27. City prepares defences against influx of gypsies (York) The Independent 

6.10.89 

28. New Forest Gypsies Journal of Gypsy Lore Society Vol.XXVIII Third series 

29. Hampshire to aid gypsies + Gypsies promoted to council house [Missing Mar 

2009] 

30. The New Forest, Hinchelsea Wood and Bog 

31. The Natural History of Selborne Letter XXV 

32. Gypsies of the New Forest - contacts 

33. Victorian Gypsy Life Storytelling 

34. National Gypsy Education Council Illustration by F Scarrot (Essex) 

35. The Gypsies Jean-Paul Clebert The story of the making of the nails for 

Christ’s crucifixion 

36 - 

46 

Moving on - a photopack on Travellers in Britain MRG Education by Lynne 

Gerlach, Stella Hillier, Julia Bennett, Danny Hearty 

47. Things to Do - making bender tents, paper flowers, marikli, gypsy caravan 

48. The first Gypsies 

49 - 

60 

Extract from English Life and Character - Hop picking, Gypsy life 

61. France and the French Extract 

62. If you have British Gypsy or Traveller Ancestors here’s where you track them 

down. The Romany & Traveller Family History Society 

63. Gypsy Wedding at Emery Down 1915 (abstract from New Forest Magazine, 

Aug 19150 

64 The Gypsies’ Priest by Randal Bingley, Hampshire Magazine, Oct 1972, 

Charles Kingsley 

65 Gypsies at No. 10 gates (Blackhamsley) from Brockenhurst W.I. Scrapbook, 

1952 

66 Will this disappear? Illustrated article on moving Gypsies from camps, 

Southern Evening Echo, 21 st Dec 1959 

67 Granny Woodford (illustration) and others at Brockenhurst by W.G. Lee 

68 Foresters Cottage by Irene Soper, Gypsies, artists, Juliette de Bairacli Levy, 

Dorelia John, Eiza Cooper, Peter Terson,, Hampshire Magazine Sep 1993 

69 Poster for information about New Forest Travellers, David Fisher, New Forest 

Museum, n.d. circa winter 1989/90 

70a- 

70b 

Slums under the trees, 1949 - Hulton Archive now part of Getty Images 

71 Travellers sites, letter to The Times, 29 th Sep 2004, by Len Smith 


72 New Forest Gypsies history by Mo Farrell with help by Len Smith, The 

Community Magazine, 12 th Aug 2005 

73 Frank Cutriss by Janet Keet-Black, Romany Routes, Mar 2008 

74 Illustrated review of Len Smith’s Nevi Wesh by Vicki Green-Steel, Southern 

Daily Echo, 5 th Feb, 2005 



Reference No: N 920 CAR 

Subject: Lewis Carroll /Charles Dodgson 

see also N 920 LID 

CONTENTS 

1 Parish Church of All Saints, Daresbury, booklet, 1987 

2 Lewis Carroll and his Birth-Place Daresbury (Cheshire) centenary publication 

1832-1932 by Victor Dams and Dyott W Darwall, republished 1973 

3a-d Postcards of commemorative windows from All Saints Church, Daresbury 

4 Postcard of Daresbury Church 

5 Lewis Carroll in Oxford – an illustrated card 

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Reference No: N 920 LID 

Subject: New Forest People 

Alice P Liddell (Mrs Reginald Hargreaves) 

CONTENTS 

1 BANDER-SNATCH, Newsletter of the Lewis Carroll Society, Oct. 1988 

2 ON THE TRAIL OF THE REAL ALICE—100 years after Carroll, Daily 

Echo 12.1.98 

3 ORIGINAL ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ IS DEAD AT 82, New York Herald 

Tribune, 17. 11. 1934 (several copies) 

3a SOTHEBY’S LETTER TO MRS HARGREAVES recording sale proceeds of 

£19,191 10s., 3 April 1928, includes sale of original MSS of Alice’s 

Adventures Underground (2 copies) 

4 HE WAS UNMARRIED. SHE WAS STRIKINGLY ATTRACTIVE. BUT SHE 

WAS NOT ALICE, Daily Telegraph, 11 May 1996. 

5 IN ALICE’S LAND OF WONDER, Daily Echo, 9-10 March 1991, 2pp. 

6 COPY of a photograph of Alice (2 copies) 

7 THE CENTENARY OF A GIRL CALLED ALICE by J.T. Molony, Sunday 

Times, 4 May 1952 

7a ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Duke of Gloucester sells First edition, The 

Scotsman, 22 April 1952 plus The Daily Telegraph report of the sale. 

8 A COPY OF THE FAMILY TREE OF ALICE PLEASANCE LIDDELL, showing 

connexion with the Bowes-Lyon family. 

8a LETTER, Forestry Commission to the New Forest Museum, 20 

October 1993, re: filming Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 

9 PHOTOGRAPH of Lewis Carroll 

9a “ALICE” a poem by Brian Harris at the grave in Lyndhurst 

Churchyard of Mrs Alice Hargreaves, n.d. 

10-13 CHAPTERS IN ALICE’S LIFE:- 

10 Time was Young 

10a The Golden Afternoon 

11 Love’s Foolish Dreams 

11a Wonderland Come True for Alice at Last! 

12 Family Life 

13 Echoes Fade 

14a-14g THE REAL ALICE (1981) by Anne Clark: ‘Children Three’, pp.184-197 

(14pp. in 7 pockets) 

15a-15c THE REAL ALICE (1981) by Anne Clark: pp.228-233 (6pp. in 3 

pockets) 

16a-16b THE REAL ALICE (1981) by Anne Clark: ‘Epilogue’, pp. 248-250. 

17a-17c PHOTOCOPIES of prints of Cuffnells House 

18 Details of Cuffnells Estate typed copy from sale catalogue. 

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19 THE RETURN OF ALICE, return of the mss. By Geoffrey Harmsworth, 

n.d. 

20 ORIGINAL ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ (see No. 3 above for details) 

21 ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ AS SHE IS TODAY, Daily Sketch, 4 April 

1928 

22 LYNDHURST COUNCIL BACK ALICE-BUT NO CASH, Advertiser & Times, 

12 Oct. 1996 

22a SHY GENIUS WHO CREATED AN INNOCENTLY MADE WORLD, The 

Times, 8 Jan. 2001 

23 WAR BREAKS OUT IN WONDERLAND, The Times, 1 April 2000 

24 WHO WAS THE REAL ALICE?, Daily Echo, 22 Jan. 2002 

25 1881 CENSUS recording the Hargreaves family at Cuffnells House 

26 1881 FAMILY group record from 1881 census (as above) abstracted by 

IGI 

27 ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Roy Jackman (1970) 

28a-28h Eight photographs of Alice 

29 ALICE ILLUSTRATIONS RESTORED TO PEAKE PERFECTION, The Times, 

12 Dec. 2001 

30 ALICE IN WONDERLAND IS UP FOR SALE, Sotheby’s sale, The Times, 

30 May 2001 

31 EXPORT BAN ON LEWIS CARROLL’S IMAGES OF ALICE, The Times, 28 

Nov. 2001 

32 LEWIS CARROLL: Biographical Materials, from the Victorian Web 

33 INVENTIONS IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND, from the Victorian Web 

34 NOTES FROM DNB entries for Henry George Liddell (father of Alice) 

and Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) 

35 Property details of Weston’s, Bank once owned by Mrs Hargreaves, 

New Forest Post, 2 nd Oct 2003 

36 Manuscript copy of baptismal details of Leopold Reginald and Caryl 

Liddell Hargreaves 

37 Illustration and article on Liddell sisters by Simon Reynolds, Country 

Life, 7 th Sep 1995 

38 Literary links – The real Alice in Wonderland by Michael Dawney, 

10 th Jan 1998 

39 Expensive Alice memorial project abandoned, Lymington Times, 17 th 

Jan 1998 

40 How Alice came to a New Forest Wonderland by Joan Grigsby, 

Hampshire Magazine, Jul 1982 

40a How Alice came to a New Forest Wonderland by Joan Grigsby, 

Hampshire Magazine, Oct 1982 

41 Poster for a ‘Photographic Experience in Wonderland’ at Stamford 

Museum, Jan Apr 1994 

42 Alice in her Wonderland by Georgina Babey, extract from Nova 

Foresta Magazine, 

43 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson by Beatrice Hatch from The Strand 

Magazine, 1898, pp413-423 


44 Alice’s Recollections of Carrollian Days by Caryl Hargreaves, The 

Cornhill Magazine, Jul 1932 pp 101-112 

45 The Real Lewis Carroll a talk given to the Lewis Carroll Society by 

Edward Wakeling, 17pp 



Reference No: N. 920 MIL 

Subject: New Forest People 

Henry ‘Brusher’ Mills 

1 The Snakes of the New Forest by S.L. Bensusan in The Windsor Magazine, 

1904 

2 Brusher Mills, Man of the Forest typescript for Travel and Tourism course, 

19 th Jun 1990 

3 Brusher mill-s The best known Forester form The New Forest: An Illustrated 

Anthology edited by James O’Donald Mays 

4 Snake-catcher of the New Forest by John Agg Large in The Countryman, 

Spring 1988 

5 Snake catcher of the New Forest by Elaine Petty in The Lady, 29 th Mar 1994 

6 Illustrated newspaper cuttings from 7 th Jun 1950 Lymington Times? and letter 

from M Potten of London, 16 th Jun 1961 

7 Copy letter from Lord Montagu to Mrs S.N. Puckett 

8 Newspaper article re Ballad for ‘Brusher’ composed by Mrs A.J. Puckett 

9 Man wanted to play ‘Brusher’ Mills, Southern Evening Echo, 18 th Jul 1989 

10 Cartoon about ‘Brusher’ actor, Bournemouth Evening Echo, 3 rd Aug 1989 

11 The Mills Chair a manuscript note about the chair made by Eddie Mill, 

nephew of ‘Brusher’ 

12 Manuscript note about Eddie Mills’ father who ran the Compton Arms at 

Stony Cross 

13 Dance of the adders by Leonard G Appleby, Hampshire Magazine, Jul 1988 

14 Forest Museum’s Celebrations, 10 years old, Forest and Waterside Observer, 

Jan 1990 

15 Photo of ‘Brusher’ with hut around 1900 

16 Brusher Mill’s chair given to NF Show Society chairman Sir Dudley Forward 

by Isobel and Jack Hargreaves, Ringwood and Fordingbridge Journal, 4 th Feb 

1981 

17 Brockenhurst reveals richness and variety of Forest stories by David Evans, 

Hampshire Magazine, Feb 1988 

18 Letter from John Lavender of Red House Museum to Mrs S.M. Puckett, 18 th 

May 1977 

19 In the Forest sat ‘Brusher’ his tin full of snakes, Echo? 25 th Jul 1961, photo of 

‘Brusher’, Echo? 15 th Jul 1961 and copy of postcard 

20 The reptile rescuer, Doug Mills, Daily Telegraph, 3 rd Sep 1988 

21 Contact details for Douglas Mills a relative of ‘Brusher’ 23 rd Jan 1990 

22 Snake Catchers of the New Forest by David Stagg, 2 nd ed 1989 

23 Brief item on ‘Brusher’ from Ripley’s Believe it or not, sent from USA 18 th 

Feb 1962, unusual style of address 

24 “Brusher” Mills, the Snake-Catcher by Mrs Delves Broughton contemporary 

illustrated account from The Wide World Magazine n.d. circa 1900 

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PEOPLE and FAMILIES (Vol. A-B) 

These files contain a variety of abstracts, cuttings, memoranda, obituaries and notes on 

individuals and families connected directly or indirectly with the New Forest. 

The file opens with general materials and items where individuals or families are grouped 

under the classification N.900 

Classification is N.920 suffixed by the first three letters of the individual’s (or family’s) 

surname. This classification applies even where the first three letters are shared, e.g. COB for 

Cobb and Cobbett, COL for Coles, Collins and Colvin. 

N.900 PEOPLE and families (general and multiple) 

N.920 ALL ALLINGHAM, William (1824-84) Diarist. 

N.920 ASH ASHBY, Eric (1918-2003) Wildlife photographer 

N.920 BAN BANISTER, Nicholas, Deputy Surveyor 

N.920 BAR BARLOW, Arthur, Deputy Surveyor 

N.920 BAR BARKER-MILL, Amanda, landowner 

N.920 BAT BATT, Arthur, (1846-1911) artist 

N.920 BAT BATT, Peter of Cadnam, wheelwright 

N.920 BEN BENNETT, Frank Coles, commoner and pony breeder 

N.920 BER BERLIN, Sven (1911-1999), artist and author 

N.920 BIS BISSON, Harold of Lyndhurst 

N.920 BLA BLANDFORD Family Tree 

N.920 BON BONE, Henry (1823-76), Ringwood farmer/agriculturist 

N.920 BOW BOWER, Ursula Graham “Queen of the Nagas” 

N.920 BRI BRITTAN, Vera, author lived at Allum Green 

N.920 BRO BROAD, William and family. 

N.920 BRO BROOMFIELD, Elizabeth (1900-89) of Emery Down. 

N.920 BRO BROWN, Peter of Frogham, Tales of the Old Woodlanders 

N.920 BUC BUCKLE, “Pink”, New Forest Farmer 

N.920 BUC BUCKMASTER, Col. Maurice, spycatcher 

N.920 BUR BURRARD, Admiral Sir Charles of Lyndhurst, sailor and artist 

N.920.BUR BURRARD, Sir Harry (Neale) and the Burrard family. 

N.920 BUR BURRY, John, former Official Verderer. 

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The file opens with general materials and items where individuals or families are grouped 

under the classification N.900 




N.920 CAD CADMAN, Arthur (1911-2000), Deputy Surveyor. 

N.920 CAS CASTLEMAN, Henry and family 

N.920 CEC CECIL, Lord Arthur (1851-1913), New Forest pony breeder, etc. 

N.920 CHA CHALKE, John, huntsman. 

N.920 CHA CHARLWOOD, Veronica, broadcaster and smallholder. 

N.920 COB COBB, Jean (née Main) (1916 -98), artist, conservationist 

N.920 COB COBBETT, William (1763-1835), traveller, polemicist 

N.920 COL COLES, John (1929-2003), New Forest (Fawley) councillor 

N.920 COL COLES, Robert Charles (1939-2000), local historian, author 

N.920 COL COLLINS, Warwick, novelist 

N.920 COL COLVIN, Michael, MP, (1932-2000) 

N.920 COM COMPTON, Henry, MP and Compton family of Minstead and Sopley. 

N.920 COM COMYN, Rev. Henry (1777-1851) and his brother the Rev. Stephen Comyn 

N.920 COO COOKE, Wilf, New Forest keeper 

N.920 COO COOTE, Sir Eyre of West Park 

N.920 COP COPLEY, John Singleton, Lord Lyndhurst 

N.920 COU COURTIER, Fred, Head Forester 

N.920 CRO CROSTHWAITE-EYRE, Sir Oliver , MP 1945-67, of Bramshaw 

N.920 CUM CUMBERBATCH, Lawrence Henry and family 

N. 920 DAL DALE, the Rev. Thomas Francis, (d.1923) author and Pony Society activist . 

N.920 DAN DANBY, Dr Anthony John (1919-99), Lyndhurst GP. 

N.920 DEL DELAWARR, 9th Earl, William Herbrand Sackville, 1919-88 

N.920 DEN DENT family of Ringwood, Barton and Lymington 

N.920 DOR DORE, Mary, alleged witch 

N.920 DOY DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930), author. Lived at Minstead. 

N.920 DOY DOYLE, Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan (1912-97) 

N.920 DRU DRUMMOND, Maldwin and Gillian of Cadland. 

N.920 EAL EALING, Jack, New Forest Head Keeper 

N.920 EMM EMMS, John (1841-1912), artist 

N.920 EMW EMERY-WALLIS, Freddie. 

N.920 ERR ERRINGTON, Lesley (1924-98), NFD councillor 

N.920 ESD ESDAILE, W.C.D., lived at Burley. 

N.920 EYR EYRE, George Briscoe (1840-1922), landowner, commoner, Verderer, etc. 

N.920 EYR EYRE, Thomas, Steward of Burley Manor. 

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N.920 FOR FORWARD, Gerald (1898-1979), Verderer, etc. 

N.920 FOR FORWOOD, Sir Dudley (1912–2001), Official Verderer, 1974-82. 

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N.920 GID GIDDINGS, John Pile (1803-1890) of Nomansland 

N.920 GIL GILPIN, the Rev. William (1724-1804), vicar of Boldre, artist, author 

N.920 GIR GIRLING, Mary Ann (1806-1886) Mother of the ‘Shakers’. 

N.920 GOS GOSLING family of New Park, Brockenhurst. 

N.920 HAL HALL-PATCH, Peter (1919-1979) Veterinary Surgeon 

N.920 HAM HAMBLY, Muriel (nee Lethbridge), Girl Guide at Foxlease, b.1899 

N.920 HAR HARCOURT, Sir William Vernon (1827-1904), politician of Minstead 

N.920 HAR HARGREAVES, Jack (1911-1994), countryman, author, broadcaster 

N.920 HAS HASTINGS, Henry (1551-1650), Keeper of Linwood Walk. 

N.920 HAW HAWKER, Col. Peter (1786-1853), diarist, lived at Keyhaven. 

N.920 HAW HAWKINS, Desmond (1908-99) author and broadcaster, wrote on New 

Forest. 

N920 HEA HEATHCOTE, Terry (1938-2004) New Forest author and photographer. 

N.920 HER HERBERT, Auberon (1838-1906), politician of Burley 

N.920 HER HERBERT, Auberon, Lord Lucas (1876-1916) New Forest pony enthusiast. 

N.920 HER HERKOMER, Sir Hubert von (1849-1914), artist, friend of Shorts. 

N.920 HEW HEWITT, Roderic, New Forest Verderer, 1927-98. 

N.920 HIS HISCOCK, Tom, seaman of Fritham 

N.920 HOA HOARE, Philip (b. 19) , author. Wrote on New Forest Shakers. 

N.920 HUD HUDSON, William Henry (1841-1922), naturalist, lived at Roydon 

N.920 ING INGS, Ron (1916-2005), agister. 

N.920 IRV IRVINE, June (1921-2003), ornithologist, New Forest stalwart, etc. 

N.920 JAC JACKSON, Roger (1937-1985), New Forest naturalist and lecturer 

N.920 JOH JOHNSON, the Rev. Richard (1755-1827) curate at Boldre. 1st fleet to 

Australia 

N.920 JON JONES, Joseph (b.1859), wife Julia (b. 1860): she was midwife in Boldre 

N.920 JOW JOWITT, Lionel (d.1983) and Dorothy (1905-89) local authors of 

guidebooks 

N.920 KLI KLITZ, Raymond (1907-96). Klitz family, music business, Lymington 

N.920 KOR KORBEY, John, New Park Farm farmer. 

N.920 KRA KRAUS, Richard (b.1950), photographer of atmospheric scenes in NF. 

N.920 LAN LANE, Ron (1921-76), New Forest wood carver 

N.920 LAN LANCASTER family of Boldre 

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N.920 LAN LANGTREE family of Boldre 

N.920 LAS LASCELLES, the Hon. Gerald (1849-1928), Deputy Surveyor 1880-1915 

N.920 LAV LAVENDER, John (-2005) curator, conservationist and verderer 

N.920 LAW LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935), at Hythe and Fawley 

N.920 LEE LEEK, Sybil (-), witch of Burley 

N.920 LEI LEIGHTON, Frederic, Lord (1830-96), painted fresco in Lyndhurst church 

N.920 LID LIDDELL, Alice (1852-1934)—see separate binder: N.920 LID 

N.920 LIS LISLE, Alice (c.1617-1685), of Moyles Court 

N.920 LLO LLOYD, Robert Archer (1878-1951), Surgeon, OC Lady Hardinge 

Hospital. 

N.920 LOV LOVELL, Francis Frederick (1821-1906) of Hincheslea House. 

N.920 LUC LUCAS, William John (-), renowned entomologist 

N.920 LYE LYELL, Sir Charles (1797-1875), geologist, spent childhood in New Forest. 

N.920 LYT LYTE, Henry Francis (1793-1847), clergyman and hymn writer. 

N.920 MAC McNAIR, Dionis, verederer, horse breeder of Burley. 

N.920 MAL MALMESBURY, Lord (1908-2000), Official Verderer, 1966-72. 

N.920 MAR MARRYAT, Capt. Frederick (1792-1848) author, wrote Children of the New 

Forest. 

N.920 MAY MAYS, James O’Donald, author of The New Forest Anthology, lives Burley. 

N.920 MAX MAXWELL, William Babington, son of Mary Braddon (author) of Bank. 

N.920 MCN McNAIR-WILSON, Patrick, New Forest MP, 1968-95. 

N.920 MIL MILLS, Lady, wife of Sir John Mills of Bisterne. 

N.920 MIL MILLS, Major John of Bisterne. 

N.920 MIL MILLS, Harry “Brusher” (1840-1905) see separate binder N.920 MIL 

N.920 MON MONTAGU, Lord and family of Beaulieu. 

N.920 MOO MOORE, Alfred of Lyndhurst. 

N.920 MOR MORANT, Edward and family of Brockenhurst and Roydon. 

N.920 MOU MOULTON, Lord John Fletcher (1844-1921). 

N.920 MUR MURRAY, Admiral D., killed whilst hunting in the NF 1901. 

N.920 MUR MURSELL, Edward, gardener of Fawley. 

N.920 MUR MURSELL, William (d.1837) and family of Lymington. 

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N.920 PAL PALMERSTON, Lord (1785-1865), Prime Minister 

N.920 PAS PASMORE, Hugh (1908-2002), Verderer, commoner, man of the Forest 

N.920 PEM PEMBER, E.H., QC, (1832-1911) advocate for preserving the New Forest 

N.920 PER PERKINS, family of Boldre 

N.920 PET PETERSON, Andrew T.T. (1811-1905), built ‘Sway’ Tower 

N.920 PHI PHILLIP, Arthur (1738-1814) 1st governor of NSW, Lyndhurst 

connexions 

N.920 PIG PIGOTT, Sir Berkeley, commoner and Verderer 

N.920 PLE PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE, Pearl (1895-1996), mother of Lord Montagu 

N.920 POL POLLACK, Philip (1926-1997), motoring connexion with Lord Montagu. 

N.920 POL POLLACK, Robert (1911-99), surgeon lived at Milford. 

N.920 POW POWLES, the Rev. Robert (1846-1942), vicar of Beaulieu, ‘Dom Roberto’. 

N.920 PUR PURKESS, Moses of Minstead (his will 1794) 

N.920 PUR PURKIS, John (d.1681) of Minstead (his will 1672 and inventory 1682) 

N.920 RAN RANTZEN, Esther of Bramshaw, broadcaster 

N.920 REA READ, Charles (1790-1851), artist, born and buried in Boldre 

N.920 RET RETFORD, William (1875-1970), renowned bowmaker of New Milton. 

N.920 RIC RICE family of Lymington. 

N.920 ROS ROSE, Rt. Hon. George (1744-1818), politician, MP, lived Cuffnells and 

Christchurch 

N.920 ROT ROTHSCHILD, Edmund de of Exbury 

N.920 RUD RUDD, Norman, retired judge and commoner. 

N.920 RUF RUFUS, William II, see separate binder N 920 RUF 

N.920 RUS RUSSWORM, Donald (1905-2002), Butterfly expert and artist 

N.920 RUT RUTHERFURD, Edward, author of The Forest (2000) 

N.920 SCA SCAMELL, Tom Webb (1856-1929) Baptist pastor at Lyndhurst, 1890- 

1928 

N.920 SCY ST CYRES, Lady Dorothy (18-1936), owner of Walhampton estate 

N.920 SEA SEABRIGHT, Thomas (1758-1826) Huntsman 

N.920 SEA SEABY, Allen W. (1867-1953), artist and author of New Forest 

N.920 SEA SEATON, Derry (1925-91), ‘Forest champion’ 

N.920 SHO SHORT, Frederick Golden (1863-1936) of Lyndhurst, artist 

N.920 SHO SHORT, John Golden (1832-1904) father of Frederick, photographer 

N.920 SMA SMALL, Donn (1922-2004), Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest, 1969-83 

N. 920SMI SMITH, Gilbert (1906-1985), Forest keeper 

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N.920 SOP SOPER, Irene, author of Forest scenes 

N.920 STU STUART-WORTLEY, Edward James, (1857-1934), soldier of Highcliffe 

N.920 SUM SUMNER, Heywood (1853-1940), archaeologist and artist in New Forest 

N.920 SYM SYMONDS family of Boldre, Hordle and Milford 

N.920 TAM TAME, Henry (1796-1900) of Bolderwood and family 

N.920 TEW TEW, Helen (1912-2004), yachtswoman of Beaulieu. 

N.920 THO THOMPSON, Donald, Deputy Surveyor, 1997-2002 

N.920 THO THOMPSON, George of Burley 1st officer killed in WW I. 

N.920 THO THOMAS, Dylan (-1953) with Caitlin stayed with Augustus John in New 

Forest 

N.920 THO THOMAS, Leslie (b.1931) author, Lived Beaulieu and Lymington. 

N.920 TOW TOWER, Christopher (1915-98). Benefactor of the New Forest. 

N.920 TUB TUBBS, Colin (1937-97), author, ecologist, conservationist in New Forest 

N.920 TYR TYRRELL family 

N.920 VIG VIGNOLES, Charles Blacker (1793-1875), Civil engineer of Hythe 

N.920 WAL WALKER-MUNRO family of Rhinefield 

N.920 WEB WEBB, Godfrey Edward (1914-2003), connexions with New Forest 

gypsies 

N.920 WEL WELLAND, Miss M.A.W. of Hythe, property release, 1899. 

N.920 WES WESTLAKE, Richard of Sandy Balls. 

N.920 WHI WHITE, Leslie, of Walkford author, New Forest airfields and fiction 

N.920 WHI WHITE, Thomas (1781-1850) 

N.920 WIC WICKENDON family of Boldre and Lymington (fl: 1759-1848) 

N.920 WIL WILDEBLOOD, Peter (1923-99), Lord Montagu connexions 

N.920 WIL WILKINSON family of Milford 

N.920 WIL WILLIAMS, S Politician 

N.920 WIS WISE, John R. (1831-1890), a letter to Walter Crane, 1878. 

N.920 WOO WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1914), author visited Fritham on holidays. 

N.920 ZIE ZIELGER, Colin (1884-19—), active in Forest matters 

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Reference No: N 920 Rufus 

Subject: New Forest History 

CONTENTS 

1 Who killed king Rufus? Peter Tate, Hampshire Magazine, August 1995 

2 Letter re above. A T Lloyd, Hampshire Magazine, September 1995 

3i-3vi Hollister, W ‘Who killed William Rufus?’, Hants Field Club & Arch. 

Society, New Forest Section Report, No. 18, Jan 1980 

4i-4iv The New Forest from Norman times, William Seymour, History Today, 

Sept. 1968. Photocopy + original 

5 Extract from New Forest & Hampshire in Pictures: In Castle Malwood walk 

6 Another part of the forest Anthony Brode, Hampshire Magazine Dec 1962 

7 Where did Rufus die? A T Lloyd, Hampshire Magazine, September 1962 

8 Photocopy of a photograph of Rufus’s Stone, n.d. 

9 Rufus again! By P R Watson a review of Duncan Grinnell-Milne’s ‘The 

killing of William Rufus’ Advertiser & Times, November 1968 (2 copies) 

10 Fresh doubts on the Rufus tradition C Cochrane, Magazine, Feb 1971 

11 Tyrrell, R.M. ‘Did Tyrrell kill the King?’ Magazine, Nov 1986 (2 copies) 

12 Photocopies of scenes connected with hunting and Rufus, n.d. nor sources 

13 Who killed William Rufus? An article from an unnamed source, n.d. 

14 Typescript of Hollister, W ‘Who killed William Rufus?’, Hants Field Club & 

Arch. Society, New Forest Section Report, No. 18, Jan 1980 

15-20 Website sources:- 

15 The History of the Crown ‘The Normans’ The British Monarchy Website 

16 England during the Crusades, William II (1087-1100) Dr E.L. Skip Knox 

17 William Rufus 1087 – 1100, British and Irish Heritage website 

18 The reign of William Rufus bibliography, Bangor University website 

19 Peter of Blois, 1070 – 1117 AD on William II, Britannia website 

20 Peter of Blois: William Rufus and Henry I (1070-1117?) 

21 Remember King Rufus in style by Peter East, local events to mark the 900 th 

anniversary of his passing, Daily Echo, 9 th Feb 2000 

22 Rufus 2000 at Beaulieu, publicity leaflets 

23 Photocopy of The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction, 12 th Aug 

1826 

24 The Rufus 2000 project details 

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25 Who killed William Rufus? Part of Rufus 2000 project 

26 Rufus 2000 Events Calendar 

27 

Rufus Relics by C Cochrane, Hampshire Field Club & Arch. Society 

Newsletter, Vol. 1., No. 1 May 1965 (2 copies) 

28 Photocopy of The London Chronicle for 1789 23rd Jun article about the Rufus 

Stone 

29 

Account of the King George III’s visit to the New Forest including the Rufus 

Stone, The London Chronicle for 1789 27-30 th Jun 

30 Rufus 2000 tournaments at Beaulieu including archery with Robert Hardy, 

Lymington Times, 22 nd Apr 2000 

31a- 

31f 

Photocopies of chapter from The Saxon and Norman Kings by Christopher 

Brooke, 1963 

32 Death of a king by Paul B. Hitchings, Hampshire Magazine, Mar 1961 

33a- 

33c 

Copy letter to Maldwin Drummond from Arthur Lloyd, Dec 1989 

34 The Knight – and day a king died by Anne Edwards, Southern Evening Echo, 

17 th Oct 1981 

35 A king’s last journey by W. Lloyd Woodland, Hampshire Magazine, Jan 

1962 

36 Arthur shoots down Rufus myth, a review of Arthur Lloyd’s book The death 

of Rufus, New Forest Post, 12 th Oct 2000 and Lymington Times, 28 th Oct 

2000 

37 Letter from Miss Else Greenwood about Rufus’s last journey route, 

Hampshire Magazine, Mar 1962 

38a- 

38c 

Notes on a talk ‘Murder in the New Forest?’ given to the Lymington 

Historical Society by Professor Colin Morris, 26 th Feb 1971 (2 copies) 

39 Stone is in the right place… letter by Jack Weaving New Forest Post 12 th Apr 

2001 

40 Arthur’s research causes rumpus over Rufus, Lymington Times, 14 th Apr 

2001 

41 Where did Rufus die? Letter by David Stagg, Lymington Times, 28 th Apr 

2001 

42 Mystery of Rufus by Jeremy Miles, Daily Echo, 3 rd Mar 1999 

43 Rufus Stone and the new Rufus Cairn, letter by Arthur Lloyd 

44 Is it a new verdict in the case of the Red King’s killer? 

45 Rufus Stone letter by Arthur Lloyd, Lymington Times, 23 rd Jun 2001 

46 Purkess family and Rufus in the 18 th century two items from Salisbury and 

Winchester Journal 2 nd and 9 th Jan 1892 

47a- The death of William II, Rufus the red a crossbow the tool and murder the 

47d cause by M.A. Hodges 


48 Rufus Stone letter by George A Wheatley n.d. 

49 The Tree of Justice by Rudyard Kipling 

50 Detective work on a crime now 873 years old by Gordon Sewell, review of 

Duncan Grinnell-Milne’s The Killing of William Rufus, Southern Evening 

Echo, 14 th Mar 1973 

51 Article on early New Forest history and Rufus in Harpers New Monthly 


52 Rufus – accident or murder? By A.J. Miller in Hampshire Magazine, Mar 

1991 

53 Readers’ forum, Hampshire Magazine, Jan 1963 




Subject: Religion and Religious Sects in the 


CONTENTS 

1a An exciting scene…Shaker camp… hand-to-hand fight … Southern Evening 

Echo July 1880 

1b Article on an untrue report of the death of Mrs Girling Southern Evening Echo 

March 1882 

1c Report on Storm Damage to Shakers’ tents etc. Southern Evening Echo 


1d Report of a fight at Hordle Shakers’ Camp January 1880 

2.a “Ejection of the Shakers” by A T Lloyd. An account of the ejection of the 

shakers from New Forest Lodge. Advertiser and Times, 21 st December 1974 

2.b Excursion to Shakers, Southern Evening Echo April 1875 

2.c Shakers in Mr. Beazley’s Barn, Southern Evening Echo Jan.1875 

2.d Disgraceful behaviour by visitors, Southern Evening Echo Sept.1875 

2.e Sunday Travellers, Southern Evening Echo Sept.1875 

2.f The Eviction of Shakers , Southern Evening Echo Dec.1874 

2.g The Shakers in tents at Hordle, Southern Evening Echo June 1875 

2.h Notice to quit , Southern Evening Echo Jan.875 

2.i The late Shaker Riot, Southern Evening Echo May 1876 

3.- 3a. Mary Ann Girling and the Hordle Shakers by Arthur T Lloyd Hampshire, 

Sept 1986 

3b. Shaker illustrations from Hordle Reprint of The Graphic of 9 th Jan 1875 

3c. Illustration of Mary Ann Girling 

3d. The “Shakers” of the New Forest, contemporary account to go with illustration 

3e. The Shakers’ encampment at Hordle – Dwellings of the families headed ‘After 

the Eviction’ source and date unknown 

4. “Real life in the New Forest” : a scriptual leaflet 

5. “I heard a voice from heaven” Rev. Arthur Chambers (his last sermon) April 

1918 2 copies 

6. Hancock Shaker village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts :leaflet 

7a.-7d. “The Shaker settlement in the New Forest “, The Graphic 9/1/1875 

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8. Girling, Mary Anne from The Dictionary of National Biography 

9a.-9j. “Modern messiahs and wonder workers”, William Oxley 1889 

9k. “British possessions in the West Indies”, Whitaker’s Almanack, 1888 

10a.- 

10d. 

“Great great aunt Mary Ann Girling”, P.& D.Oliver, Sept.2001 

11.a Clouting (Family) Tree 

11.b Girling (Family) Tree 

12a. Names of persons believed to be followers of the Shakers buried at 

Hordle,Hampshire 

12b. Shakers in the 1891 census at Hordle; Shakers buried in Hordle churchyard 

after 1886 

13. William Walter Girling , wife & son (photograph) 

14a.-14r. The history of ‘mother’ Girling, the mystery woman of the New Forest 

Shakers, W.T. Andress, Hampshire Advertiser 23/10/1937 

15. Mrs. Girling – Obituary the Times 20/9/1886 

16. Certified Copy of Death Certificate of Maryann Girling 

17. Newspaper cuttings on Mrs. Girling’s Death 

a) Death of Mother Girling, East Anglian Daily Times 20/9/1886 

b) Funeral, Woodbridge Reporter 30/9/1886 

c) The Late Mrs.Girling Woodbridge Reporter 30/9/1886 

d) Eastern Counties’Gossip Woodbridge Reporter 23/9/1886 

e) Suffolk Chronicle or Ipswich General Advertiser 26/9/1886 

18. “Woman declared she was the second appearing of Jesus” Ipswich Evening 

Star 10/1/1984 

19. Photos of New Forest Lodge (Hordle Grange) 

20. Article on New Forest Pony Fertility cult Ritual and Religion 

21a.-21b. Miscellaneous notes on the Hordle Shakers, 1880 and 1886 

22a.-22b. The Shakers of Hordle by A T Lloyd Hampshire Nov 1961 

23. The New Forest Shakers by Dennis Hardy Hampshire Nov 1980 

24a.-24b. Article and photo of the Bartley “Hope” chapel from The Strict Baptist 

Chapels of England 

25a.-25b. Title page from Our Life after Death by Rev Arthur Chambers, vicar of 

Brockenhurst 123 rd edition, with author’s picture 

26a.-26b. Title page from Our Life after Death by Rev Arthur Chambers, vicar of 

Brockenhurst 32 nd edition, 1897, with author’s picture 

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Reference No: N 940.LYN 

Subject: New Forest Churches 

Lyndhurst 

CONTENTS 

1 To be re-used 

2 To be re-used 

3 Welcome to Christ Church, Emery Down 1864-1994, history leaflet by Roy 

Jackman 

4 List of subscriptions to Lyndhurst Church From 1859-1867 

5 Lyndhurst Churchyard list of graves Block A-D (see plan – no.11 below) 

6 Lyndhurst Churchyard list of graves Block D cont.-F (see plan – no.11 below) 

7 Lyndhurst Churchyard list of graves Block G-H (see plan – no.11 below) 

8 Lyndhurst Churchyard list of graves Block H cont. Memorial Inscriptions inside 

Church 

9 Lyndhurst Churchyard list of graves, Memorial Inscriptions inside Church , 

cont. 

10 Lyndhurst Churchyard list of . Memorial Inscriptions 1914-18 (1 st WW) 

11 Lyndhurst Churchyard plan for list of graves 

12 Lyndhurst Church graves/memorials Alphabetical Index 

13 ‘Sit Still My Daughter’ poem by M.A.W., Welland Road, Lyndhurst 28 th 

/4/1905 

14 The results of work – Retiling Lyndhurst church Southern Evening Echo 

25/10/1981 

15 Lyndhurst Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Programme 

16 Lyndhurst and Emery Down Parish Newsletter, Jan 1974 

16a Lyndhurst and Emery Down Parish Newsletter, Feb 1974 

17 Lyndhurst and Emery Down Parish Newsletter, Mar 1974 

18 Lent Services 1964 

18a Lent Services 1967 

19 Christmas Greetings from the Churches of Lyndhurst, 1993 

20 Newspaper article on Frederick Leighton, by John Russell Taylor, 10 th Feb 1996 

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21 Virgin to help restore virgins at St Michaels Church, Lymington Times, 7 th Oct 

1995 

22 Fare deal for virgins by Sue Edwards, New Forest Post, 24 th Aug 1995 

23 Virgin territory by Kay Cooper –illustrated article on conservation of Leighton 

Fresco The Daily Echo, 4 th Dec 1996 

24 The Stained Glass Windows of William Morris and his Circle in Hampshire and 

the Isle of Wight by David Bond and Glynis Dear, Hampshire Papers, 13, 1998 

25 Notes about the building of the new church, 4pp. 

26 Lyndhurst and district directory, 1967 

27 Alice in Wonderland, Flower and Art Festival, 1969 



30 Enjoy the Good News of Easter with the Churches of Lyndhurst, 1993 

31 A Happy Easter from your Churches together, 1997 

32 Angels and Messengers - a sculpture symposium for 1998 at Lyndhurst 

33 Appeal for Church repairs, by Frank Cooksley, 1949 

34 Funds wanted for running costs of St Michaels, 1965 

35 St Michael, Lyndhurst: a Great Victorian Church by John Gordon-Christian, 


36 St Michael, Lyndhurst: a Great Victorian Church by John Gordon-Christian, 


37 Emery Down Church, plans – photocopy 

38 Parish directory, 1993 

39 Parish directory, 1995 

40 Praise and Preservation Flower Festival, 1972 



43 Did you Know – You and Your Parish Church, fundraising booklet, circa 1966 

(2 copies) 

44a The Parish Church of St Michael & All Angels, in memory of G.Cooksley by his 

father. (2 copies) 

44b Lyndhurst Leighton Centenary programme – the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, 28 th 

Jun 1996 

44c Look at Lyndhurst Parish Church, 1994 

45 Christ-Church Emery Down fete 27 th May 

46 Emery Down memorial inscriptions, index, plan and text 


47 Notes from the Lyndhurst Baptist Church Minute Book, typescript 2pp plus 

photocopy of letter by W Scamell 

48 Lyndhurst Baptist Church 1700 to 1950, programme of events 1950 

49 Our Lady of the Assumption & St.Edward, a brief history 



Reference 

No: 

N 940 

Subject: New Forest Churches 

CONTENTS 

1 New Forest Churches in the Deanery of Lyndhurst (2 copies) 

2a Beaulieu Abbey Church (St. Bartholomew’s) 

2b Beaulieu Abbey Church (St. Mary’s), S.W.Davies, 1958 - reprint 

3a A Brief Guide to Boldre Church, by W Frank Perkins, 1938 

3b A brief Guide to Boldre Church – leaflet 2 copies 

3c Vicars of Boldre, Sway and East Boldre and Incumbents of South 

Baddesley 

3d New Forest Churches (No. 5) Boldre from Hampshire Advertiser County 

Newspaper, 1 st Feb 1913 

4a St Peter : Notes compiled by J.James, June 1992 

4b Rough Sketch Plan of St. Peter’s Church 

4c St. Peter’s Church (green leaflet) by W.H.V. Elliott 

4d Bramshaw Church (yellow leaflet) by W.H.V. Elliott 2 copies 1970, 1972 

5 The Saxon Church at Breamore, A.R.Green (6 versions) 

6a The Parish Church of St. Nicholas by Walter Troke (3 versions) 

6b The Parish Church of St. Nicholas, A Guide to the Oldest Church of the 

New Forest, by D.E.Thackwell & H.M.Jenkins (5 copies/versions) 

6c St.Anne’s Church, Brockenhurst 1939-1989, T.Dwyer 

6d The oldest church in the Forest by Ian Parrett, Hampshire Magazine, 

Mar 1973 

6e St Saviour’s church appeal n.d. circa 2000 

6f Brockenhurst church, conjectural reconstruction by Jude James 

7 St. John the Baptist Church, Burley 

8 Ellingham Church by Tony White 

8a The Church of the Holy Ascension, Hyde with Ibsley 

9 The Friends of All Saints’, Fawley 

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10a Hordle: The Faculty for Taking Down the Church 

10b Lymington : The Consecration of All Saints’, Hordle ,Salisbury & 

Winchester Journal 15/6/1972 

Hordle : Opening & dedicatory Service of St.Andrew’s, Salisbury & 

Winchester Journal 4/12/1886 

10c Hordle Parish : The Tiptoe Churches ,from reports collected by J.F.James 

10d Hordle (Old) Church, Hants 

10e Illustration of ruins of Hordle Church 

11 A Cause for Celebration, by E.Kemp Hampshire May 1985 – Hythe and 

Dibden churches 

12a Welcome to Lymington Parish Church 

12b Double Celebration for Lymington Catholics Advertiser & Times, 

15/5/1999 

12c Chapel finds a new Saviour The Daily Echo 17/7/2002 

12d Dedication of St. Thomas’ Hall, 1981 

13 A Guide to the Parish Church of S. Mary Magdalene, Milton by G G 

Finch and RLP Jowitt 

14a Minstead Church (5 copies) 

14b All Saints’ Parish Church, 1990 

14c Rectors of Minstead – 3 pp typescript 

14d Church is baffled by theft of Gates, Daily Echo 31/8/1995 

14e Church leaflet circa 1935 

14f A unique Forest church by Donald Gill, Hampshire Magazine, Jun 1974 

14g Minstead church record complied by National Association of Decorative 

and Fine Arts Society leader Mrs Lily Ellis and Rev Michael Delany, 15 th 

Apr 1989 

15a St. Margaret’s, East Wellow 

15b Photograph (B&W) of East Wellow Church dated 16/7/70 

15c The Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, East Wellow 

16 Notes on Romsey Abbey 

17 Growing up with Cadnam Chapel by Dorothy Williams, Hampshire 


18a Damp erodes mural by Phoebe Traquair, All Saints Church, Thorney 

Hill, 19 th Feb 1994 

18b The old Methodist chapel at Thorney Hill by Ruth Lavender, Hampshire 

Magazine, Jun 1979 

19 St Leonards, Whitsbury 9pp from website 


20 The Methodist Church, Christchurch and Lymington circuit plan and 

directory, March to May 1975 

21 The History of the East Boldre Baptist Church by Eric Smith, 46 pp 

booklet , n.d. post 1986 




Subject: New Forest Airfields and Flying 

CONTENTS 

1 Friends of the New Forest Airfields : colour picture of proposed memorial, by 

Basil White 

2 “Airfields salute is set for take off” . Copy of article relating to proposed 

FONFA memorial at Holmsley. Daily Echo, 3 December 1966 

3 “Memorial on role of Forest airfields”. Copy of article relating to revised plans. 

A.& T., 14 December 1996 

4 “Hampshire Airfields”. Copy of article relating mainly to World War 2. 

A. & T., 28 December 1996 

5 “Ibsley airfield commemorative plaque”. Copy of newspaper article, 

unidentified source, dated April 2000 

6 “Forest Fields : Needs Oar Point Advanced Landing Ground”. Poem by 

Michael Renyard, 1996. 2 copies. 

7 “Exploring New Forest Airfields : Beaulieu”. Pamphlet by Alan Brown. n.d. 

8 “A Short History of Beaulieu Airfield”. Text and drawings by Alan Brown. n.d. 

9 “Stoney Cross Airfield”. Text and drawings by Alan Brown. n.d. 

10 “A Short History of Holmsley South Airfield”. Text and drawings by Alan 

Brown. n.d. 

11 “FONFA News” (Friends of the New Forest Airfields). Winter 1998. 7pp. 

12 FONFA Newsletter, Summer 1999. 8pp. 

13 Poster advertising Forest Airfields Exhibition at Lyndhurst Community Centre, 

July 1995 

14 “Royal Observer Corps Post, Copythorne”. Copy of letter to unidentified 

newspaper, dated 8.09.1994, seeking information. 

15 “The lost airfield of Sway”, by Ralph Dargue. Hampshire magazine April 1987, 

2pp. 

16 “Some Notes on the Sway Emergency Landing Ground and ‘K’ Site, 1940- 

1941” by Ralph Dargue of New Milton, Revised 27.05.1983. 3pp. 

17 Section of Ordnance Survey Map showing location of Sway Emergency Landing 

Ground and sites of bombing raids. Photocopy. 

18 Sway Emergency Landing Ground (E.L.G.) : copy of extract from “Action 

Stations 10”, including location map. Compiler : Bruce Quarrie. 4pp. n.d. 

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19 Beaulieu Airfield : copy of extract from “Action Stations 10”. Compiler : Bruce 

Quarrie. 2pp. n.d. 

20 R.A.F.Station Stoney Cross : Information from Ministry of Defence, Air 

Historical Branch and News Service. One part dated 1945, the other 28.03.1967. 

2pp. 

21 “The Green Eagles of Calshot”. Copy of review of book from unidentified 

newspaper (probably A.& T.). (Book was published 1992. Library copy shelved 

at N687). 

22 “60 th anniversary of poignant war tale : forgotten faces laid to rest after wartime 

tragedy”. Article from The Journal, 31.08.2000, relating to the crash of a 

German bomber near Hale on 14.08.1940 plus the later identification, in 1999, 

of the German airmen killed. 

23 “Memories : We flew from the Forest”. Daily Echo, 28 April 2001 

24 “Heritage : A fitting tribute to our brave airmen”. Article concerning unveiling 

of plaque at Needs Oar Point airfield. Daily Echo, 24 July 2001 

25 “He flew 50 feet and became Britain’s first aviator”. Article by Mr 

G.A.Broomfield, born at Burley, about his work with pioneer aviator Col. 

Samuel Cody. Hampshire magazine, November 1960. 2pp. 

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Ring Binder Index 

Reference No:N750 

New Forest parishes R-W 

Contents 

Rockbourne 

1. ‘Rockbourne Roman Villa, 40 years on’, Hampshire Vol 84 No. 11 (Sept 1984) 

2. ‘Rockbourne’, Down your way, Vol 1 (1989) 

3. ‘Whitsbury?’ Hampshire Vol 26 No 12 (Oct 1986) 

Sway 

4. ‘My Childhood Days at Lord Cecils Estate’ (1987?) Recollections 

5. ‘The Village of Sway’ Hampshire Vol 13 No. 1 (Nov 1972) 

6. The “Sway Niggers” Illustrations 

7. ‘The Blacksmith of Sway’ Hampshire Vol 2 No. 1 (Nov 1961) 

8. ‘Recollections of Sway’ Girlhood days. 

9. ‘Memories of Sway School’ 

10. ‘Sway Tower’ Hampshire Vol 12 No 1. (Nov 1971) 

11. ‘Sway Tower’ 18 March 1991. 

12. ‘Peterson’s Tower not a Folly’, Advertiser & Times, 22 Nov 1958. 

13 ‘All about Sway Tower’ Sept 1997. 

14, ‘ArtSway’ The Times Jan 1997 

15 ‘Arnewood Farm House’ The Times 4 Nov 1995 

16. ‘Boutique in a Cowshed’ Hampshire Vol 8 No.1 (Nov 1967) 

22. ‘Sway Extracts’ Salisbury & Winchester Journal (1885-87) 

23. ‘Dominican Sisters’ part of Sway community’ Advertiser & Times (late 1999) 

Totton 

17. ‘Powells were Totton’s smiths’ Hampshire Vol 1 No. 3 (Jan 1961) 

18. ‘Testwood House’ Hampshire Vol 5 No. 2 (Dec 1964) 

19. ‘Eling’ Hampshire Vol 4 No.2 (Dec 1963) 

24. ‘Totton Mobile Phone Tower Approved’ Lymington Times (19 Oct 1996) 

Wellow 

20. ‘Wandering around Wellow’ Hampshire Vol 34 No.7 (May 1994) 

Woodgreen 

21. ‘Woodgreen’ Down Your Way, Vol 1 1989 

Ring Binder Index 

Reference Nos: N710, N715, N717 

Contents 

N710 Architecture: Structures buildings and materials 

1. ‘Council revives the art of chalk cob’ Hampshire Vol 24 No3 (Jan 1984)

2. ‘New Forest Cob Cottages’ (NFNCT, 1998) 

3. ‘The house that mud built’ The Daily Echo (24 June 1997) 

4. ‘Peasants army’ puts up house in one day’ New Forest Post (26 June 1997) 

5. ‘Historic Buildings Brickwork’ (2000) 

6. (a)-(f) ‘The Story of Brick ’ (I– XI) 

7. ‘Home-grown Softwoods for Building’ (July 1966) 

N715 New Forest country houses, mansions, castles and gardens 

8. ‘New Forest Houses (List from Prosser 1833)’ 

N718 Architecture, conservation and preservation. 

9. ‘Spotlight on Forest Architecture’ 

10. ‘Threatened Historic buildings Annual report 1999 New Forest District Council. 

N.717 Ecclesiastical architecture 

11 ‘Brockenhurst Parish Church in late Saxon times’ n.d. 

12. New Forest 900 ‘Our New Forest Churches’, Jackman 1979 

13. ‘Church is saved from bulldozers’ and ‘Church is saved: villagers stop the bulldozer’ (Bartley) 1997 

14. ‘A Tale of two churches’ 

15 ‘Cause for Celebration’, Hampshire, Vol. 25, No. 7 (May 1985) - Dibden and Dibden Purlieu. 

16 ‘Whitsbury?’ Hampshire, Vol. 26, No. 12 (Oct. 1986)

Forestry Commission Working Plan 

Ref Date Description No of Sheets 

001 1929-1938 Working Plan Part 2 Describing the rotation cycle for timber 

growth/species and with reasons why choices were made. 

40 

001 Nov 1928 Comments by L S C about how to proceed with 

implementing the decisions discussed in the Working Plan 

dated 1929-1938 

2 

002 23 Jan 1928 Letter from Robinson to Osmaston commenting and revising 

on Working Plans plus copy of note from Lord Forster with 

regard to the Bentley Area. 

3 

003 4 Feb 1928 Letter from Robinson to Osmaston enclosing report from 

Ryle and commenting on how Ryle’s time should be used. 

1 

004 7 Feb 1928 Copy of letter from Osmaston to Robinson replying to letter 

003 re Working Plan with comments about planting plans 

timber. 

2 

005 9 Feb 1928 Letter from Robinson to Osmaston in reply to 004 and 

agreeing that hardwoods should be Beech and Sycamore as 

well as Oak. 

1 

006 20 Feb 1928 Copy of letter from Osmaston to Robinson enclosing 

copy/comments about Broadleaf species. 

1 

007 23 Apr 1928 Handwritten letter from Ryle to Osmaston doubting whether 

the plans Osmaston presented are able to be completed 

successfully. 

2 

008 21 Nov 1928 Note by Osmaston giving permission for Ryle to see papers 

as well as letter to Robinson. 

1 

009 20 Apr 1928 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Osmaston enclosing 

copy of Technical Commissioner notes regards Aldridge 

Hill and Anderwood. 

1 

010 17 Apr 1928 Copy to Osmaston from??? regarding Anderwood. 1 

011 14 Apr 1928 Copy to Osmaston and Ryle with results about Working 

Plan after inspection April 11 to 13 by ??? and plans for the 

future of timber planting. 

2 

012 19 Apr 1928 Copy of letter from Osmaston to Robinson informing that 

Ryle has task to decide which areas are suitable for which 

timber and discussing Oak and Conifer Circles. Mention of 

Oakley. Also postscript from Osmaston dated 21 April 1928 

2 

013 2 Oct 1929 Handwritten letter from Robinson to Osmaston 

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 

014 2 Oct 1929 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Osmaston informing 

that Robinson will be going to New Forest and would like to 

see the Combley Unit of the IOW and asking for travel 

arrangements to be made. 

1 

015 u/d Travel details. 1 

016 15 Nov 1929 Copy of Memo from Deputy Surveyor New Forest to 

Technical Commissioner re New Forest Working Plans for 

next 10 Years starting 1 st October 1929. 

1 

017 15 Nov 1929 Copy of Memo in same words from Deputy Surveyor New 

Forest (signed Osmaston) to Technical Commissioner re 

New Forest Working Plans for next 10 Years starting 1 st 

October 1929. 

1 

018 16 Nov 1929 Memo from Osmaston Dep Surveyor to Technical 

Commissioner correcting figures for Corsican Pine sent the 

previous day. 

1

019 20 Dec 1929 New Forest Working Plan 1929/1939. 3 

020 24 Dec 1929 Letter from Pritchard to Osmaston enclosing a copy of 

Robinson’s remarks about the New forest Working Plan 

asking him to prepare for an imminent meeting. Also 

enclosed is document 019 with notation. 

4 

021 8 Jan 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Osmaston re 

Working Plans and informing that Robinson that full 

costings are not needed but only for major works. 

1 

022 14 Apr 1930 Memo from Deputy Surveyor to Technical Commissioner 

through Assistant Commissioner replying to comments 

made by Mr McIver about the Working Plan re Rotation, 

Age Classes, Age of Maturity and Comments on Forest 

Records 

12 

023 17 Apr 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

informing him that the Working Plans have been sent to the 

Technical Commissioner and inform him that 3 copies of 

subsequent reports are required. 

1 

024 27 May 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

replying to a request of 24 th May 1930 for a copy of the 

Working Plan and asking for there return when details have 

been altered. 

1 

025 12 Jun 1930 Letter to Mr Hamilton from Osmaston? Asking for Copies 

of Working Plan (Part 11) of various appendices so 

alterations can be made. 

1 

026 13 Jun 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Osmaston 

forwarding the Appendices asked for in 025 and asking for 

their return when edited. 

1 

027 29 May 1930 Letter from Forestry Commission (A J Minter?) enclosing 

papers asked for in 024 but saying that they were sent after 

017 and 018. 

1 

028 10 Jun 1930 Memo from Deputy Surveyor Osmaston? to Technical 

Commissioner through Assistant Commissioner adding to 

his memo dated 15 Apr 1930 about revised Working Plans. 

Also commenting that he does not have facilities to type or 

make copies files. 

2 

029 19 Jun 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Osmaston stating 

that appendix 8 of the Working Plan was not sent to his 

office and they have no copy. 

1 

030 20 Jun 1930 Memo sent from Deputy Surveyor Osmaston to Assistant 

Commissioner enclosing appendix 8 see comment in 029. 

1 

031 20 Dec 1929 Copy of 19. 3 

032 1 Dec 1930 Memo from Deputy Surveyor Osmaston to Assistant 

Commissioner requesting return of 6inch maps once copied 

of the Working Plan sent under memo dated 9 Aug 1930. 

1 

033 2 Dec 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

forwarding seven 6inch maps and informing that the 

remaining maps will follow. 

1 


Commissioner confirming that seven maps have arrived. 

1 

035 8 Dec 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

returning five 6inch maps. 

1 


Commissioner confirming that five maps have arrived. 

1 

037 19 Dec 1930 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 1

038 22 Dec 1930 

forwarding nine 6inch maps. 

Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

Asking for an up-to date copy of the Working Plan or loan 

of same so it can be copied. 


Commissioner enclosing spare copies as requested in 038. 

040 5 Jan 1931 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Deputy Surveyor 

returning 6inch maps and also enclosing a set of mounted 

6inch maps. 

041 5 Jan 1931 Memo from Deputy Surveyor to Assistant Commissioner 

acknowledging receipts of maps mentioned in 040. 

042 12 Jan 1931 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston trying 

to clarify the position of Working Plans and appendices 

submitted. 

043 28 Jan 1931 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

asking for a complete copy of Working Plans part 2 

excluding maps. 

044 30 Jan 1931 Memo from Deputy Commissioner to Assistant 

Commissioner listing all Appendices and requested return of 

some at the earliest. 

045 10 Feb 1931 Memo from Deputy Surveyor to Assistant Commissioner 

asking for Appendix 10 to be returned immediately and 

mentioning New Copse as a priority. 


asking for a view of four Appendices for one week. 

047 11 Feb 1931 Handwritten letter from Forestry Commission returning the 

four Appendices mentioned in 046 and asking for them to be 

sent to the Technical Commissioner when finished with. 


explaining four painted maps are missing when Appendices 

were returned and there are no copies. Maybe lost in Post 

and asking them to check. The four beats missing are: - 

Stockley, Parkgrounds, Lodge Hill and Denny Lodge. 


informing him that the maps in 048 have been found. 

050 27 Mar 1931 Memo from Deputy Surveyor Osmaston to Assistant 

Commissioner returning four Appendices and asking for 

them to be returned when finished with. Plus two additional 

notes for Appendix 5. 

051 March 1931 Additional Notes for Appendix 5 written by Deputy 

Surveyor Osmaston with reference to Coppice at Linwood. 

See 050 

052 March 1931 Additional Notes for Appendix 5 written by Deputy 

Surveyor Osmaston with reference to North Bentley. See 

050 

053 11 Apr 1931 Memo from Deputy Surveyor Osmaston to Assistant 

Commissioner asking for the return of Appendices 

mentioned in 050 

054 31 Mar 1931 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

acknowledging receipt of Appendices in 050 together with 

two notes to be added to Appendix 5. 

055 30 Apr 1931 Memo From Deputy Surveyor Osmaston to Assistant 

Commissioner with comments about the Working Plan. 

Places mentioned include Coppice at Linwood, Boldrewood, 

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and Slufters. People mentioned Mr Robinson and Sir Hugh 

Murray. 

Working Plan Part Xiii talking about Amenity Circle. 1 

057 18 May 1931 Memo From Deputy Surveyor Osmaston to Assistant 

Commissioner asking for him to confirm the decisions taken 

yesterday 17 May 1931. Decisions mention work to be done 

in Coppice of Linwood, Boldrewood Enclosure and mention 

of Amenity Circle. Mr Balfour was mentioned. 

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058 19 May 1931 Memo from Assistant Commissioner to Mr Osmaston 

Confirming the position as mentioned in 057. 

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