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 Literal, it is located on Putney Heath, and has commanding views of the surrounding area. The heath’s isolation…
Place Name Harbridge is a tiny hamlet in the New Forest District, near the towns of Ringwood and Fordingbridge. It…
Place Name Greatham is a small Hampshire village located near the town of Liss. It was first recorded in the…
Place Name Edward Gibbon (May 8, 1737 – January 16, 1794) was an essayist, historian, and politician. His most important…
Place Name Laid out over the former kitchen garden of Bowling Green House with Holly Lodge, which was rebuilt sometime…
Place Name Fontley is a small hamlet located near Fareham, Hampshire. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon, Funtaleg, meaning spring…
Place Name Ellisfield, is a Hampshire village just outside of Basingstoke. The name, which appears in the Domesday Book of…
Place Name Industrial heritage. Despite its unpromising boggy ground this small corner of Wandsworth sitting at the mouth of the…