News & Reports
September 30, 2018|Reports
“An Armchair Tour of Medieval Southampton” with Dr Cheryl Butler
Did you know that Southampton has more medieval town walls surviving than either York or Chester? On 25th September – our first ever September meeting – Dr Cheryl Butler gave thirty four members and guests of Wickham History Society a tour of medieval Southampton. There is no longer an official brothel on East Street (although…
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WHS at Taste of Wickham 2018
Wickham History Society was at “Taste of Wickham” on Sunday 9th September, celebrating Wickham’s Pubs and Brewing. We had a great day with lots of visitors and stories. Wickham had many pubs, now only three remain: Greens (formerly The Star), the King’s Head and the Square Cow (formerly the Wickham Wine Bar). Our ‘lost pubs’…
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Wickham Walks 2018
Wickham History Society activities continued over the summer with several of our guided history walks. In July, we led six local history walks – two for Wickham residents, two for Wickham Festival goers and two for other organisations – which all proved very popular – the good weather helped too!
Find Out More »August 31, 2018|News
Summer Visits to Salisbury and Titchfield
The first of our summer visits was an early evening walk around Titchfield on the evening 5th June led by Brian Barrett, discovering its early origins, wonderful houses and early importance – including a royal marriage. Our second summer visit was to Salisbury. Andrew Negus took us on a tour of the Cathedral and its…
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Wickham History Society: Annual Report 2017 – 2018
Chair’s Introduction: We hope that you might want to get involved with some of the projects listed below and contribute to or use our archives and website. Do encourage others to join the Society too. We are pleased with our new logo and hope you are too ! Membership, Talks, Walks and Summer Visits Last…
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“Art, History and Toothache” – Iain Laws
After training as a maxillofacial surgeon, Iain’s interest in art related to the subject was awakened by seeing a classical sculpture of St. John in Prague – the Saint was holding what appeared to be a painful face. Iain followed this with pictures of sculptures, paintings and drawings from the 16th century onwards, showing patients…
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“Beverley Babes” by Jane Painter
On April 24th, the society’s Secretary, Jane Painter, gave us a very well researched talk on the subject of the ‘Beverley Babes’. ‘Beverley’ is a substantial Georgian house, lying along the Southwick Road a short way from the Church crossroads. Beverley’s spacious grounds are open to the public every summer for the annual Church Fete….
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“Salisbury – A Tale of Two Cities” by Andrew Negus
On March 27, over sixty members and guests were treated to very well presented and researched talk by Andrew Negus. Around 400 BC a hill fort was built, roughly oval in shape, about 400m in length and 2 miles north of present day Salisbury. It was known as Old Sarum (from Searoburh meaning fortress) with…
Find Out More »February 28, 2018|Reports
“Outshuts and Catslides (or where to keep the fridge freezer)” by Liz Lewis
At our February meeting, 71 members and guest were treated to an in-depth review of medieval and historic houses in the area by Liz Lewis, a long-time local resident and previous Curator of Winchester City Museum. Her research started about 50 years ago when she first came to Wickham. One objective of this research was…
Find Out More »February 19, 2018|News
The Wickham History Boards project is under way!
Wickham History Society, working with Wickham Parish Council, has secured Heritage Lottery Funding for the installation of History Boards around Wickham and a digital QR trail, allowing smartphone users to see more information on key buildings and sites as they walk around the village. The boards and QR trail will be in place by January…
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