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 Mary Eleanor Gwynne-Holford (1865 – December 18, 1947), was known for her philanthropic efforts and played a pivotal…
Place Name Highlands Heath was laid out in 1936, and takes its name from the single large house (built in…
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 Takes its name from Heathfield Cottages, which stood overlooking Wandsworth Common from the first half of the 19thCentury,…
Place Name Richard de Gravenel was a landowner who held a large swathe of Lower or South Tooting around 1215,…
Place Name Greatham is a small Hampshire village located near the town of Liss. It was first recorded in the…