Place Name Horndean, near the South Downs, lies, like the Alton Estate itself, on the old London to Portsmouth road.…
Place Name Holybourne is a village on the outskirts of Alton. Its name is thought to derive from Haligburna, meaning…
Place Name So named after High Cross, a small hamlet located near Froxfield and Petersfield, in Hampshire. Many of its…
Place Name Takes its name from a coastal suburb of Christchurch now in Dorset but historically part of Hampshire. Its…
Place Name Harbridge is a tiny hamlet in the New Forest District, near the towns of Ringwood and Fordingbridge. It…
Place Name Takes its name from the East Sussex market town with a history dating back to Saxon times. It…
Place Name Greatham is a small Hampshire village located near the town of Liss. It was first recorded in the…
Place Name Gunton takes its name from one of two villages in East Anglia, one in Norfolk and one in…
Place Name Frinton-on-Sea, in Essex, was developed as an exclusive coastal resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.…
Place Name Accepted Frewen (1588 – March 28, 1664), was president of Magdalen College from 1626 and Archbishop of York…