Poster for community event at St Mary Bourne, Hampshire 17 Mar 2026 at 7.30pm

Been busy this afternoon putting together some slides for Tuesday evening. Looking forward to sharing some of what I've been doing with my #OnePlaceStudy with the local community there.

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Screenshot of an entry from Hampshire Archive catalogue re. Specification and estimate for 84 pews.

Been reading about this specification & estimate today in the Vestry minutes. This one & another by Mr Hillary who didn't get the job were delayed causing adjournments to the Vestry meetings.

Will get a copy of this next trip to the archives

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Finally, I have a copy of all 600+ pages of the last of 9 books of Overseers records for #StMaryBourne.

They certainly won't be transcribed quickly but will be so interesting analysing the data in the records once done.

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Old Overseers Accounts book

This #OnePlaceWednesday I'm photographing Overseers Accounts at the archives. The closer I'm getting to 1830 and the Swing Riots the longer the accounts are getting.

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Butchers: Christmas 1863 In Victorian period it was common for Butchers to display their meat by hanging it outside their shop. No photo exists of the butchers in St Mary Bourne so an AI representation has been created. Altho...

Christmas 1863, the Butcher Henry Hutchins was mentioned in the Salisbury & Winchester Journal.

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Trade Directory: 1867 Post Office The Post Office directory of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight ST. MARY BOURNE is a parish, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Evingar, and Whitchurch union, Kingsclere petty sess...

Another Trade Directory added for #StMaryBourne #OnePlaceStudy this time the 1867 Post Office Directory.

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The parish Letter Boxes and their history Letter boxes something we see all over the world in all shapes, sizes and colours. But what about the ones within the parish of St. Mary Bourne. This article is going to look at the letter boxes found...

Another article updated and added to my #StMaryBourne WeAre site.

Been meaning to do these for a while as some questions that I had last year when they were originally written have been answered.

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The parish Post Office(s) from 1855 Today the parish has one Post Office in the village of St. Mary Bourne inside the village shop which also includes a small cafe. But what about in the past? The photo on the left shows the location of...

Article updated and added to the #StMaryBourne WeAre site. I've been updating a short talk and moved this from an old blog.

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St Mary Bourne War Memorial

War Memorial at St Mary Bourne, Hampshire. Currently updating the story of one of the men mentioned.

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Extract from a Fire Report dated 1900

I received a copy of a Fire Report from 1900 yesterday regarding a fire that took place in #StMaryBourne.

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Bible presented to the parish of St Mary Bourne, 1 Jan 1892 by John Edward Hawkins

Vol IV, Jan-Jun 1838 Church of England magazine presented to the St Mary Bourne Reading Room by by J.E. Hawkins Esq.

Vol V, Jul-Dec 1838 Church of England magazine presented to the St Mary Bourne Reading Room by by J.E. Hawkins Esq.

Popped out to #StMaryBourne briefly this morning to look at some old Church of England magazines & bibles that the Church were giving away. Came home with an 1892 Bible & full set of magazines for 1838.

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A very dry river in St Mary Bourne

A very dry river in St Mary Bourne

The effects of the hot summer are still visible in the river at #StMaryBourne.

What water there is, is very low.

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Post for talk about St Mary Bourne One-Place Study 7.30pm 24 October 2025

If you're local to #Andover and want to find out more about #OnePlaceStudies come along to my talk for Andover History & Archaeology Society next week.

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St Mary Bourne One-Place Study We Are [showcasing your family history like never before]

St Mary Bourne One-Place Study

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Oops, I'm not a Dr just talking about one 😁

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Now available to view on the Society for #OnePlaceStudies YouTube channel is a video from our member @julzmuirhead.bsky.social Dr Julie Muirhead which looks at Dr Joseph Stevens🔗 of St Mary Bourne. Our contribution to the #AATP25 Day 2 theme of Health and Medicine.

I've also done a talk for #MiniAATP about one of the local Doctors in my place #StMaryBourne.

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#One Place Baptisms - Society for One-Place Studies It’s September and this month the Society's blogging prompt is #OnePlaceBaptisms and this is a short post about how Church of England baptisms are helpful in our studies. Baptisms form an integral par...

In the latest post to be added to our #OnePlaceStudies blog, Julie Muirhead @julzmuirhead.bsky.social looks at [#OnePlaceBaptisms](www.one-place-studies.org/30095-2/)🔗 in her OPS of St Mary Bourne in Hampshire. #OnePlaceBaptisms is our blogging a social media prompt🔗 this month. #OnePlaceWednesday

Must get the information shared about the Tournai Marble font in #StMaryBourne on my study website. It's been there since the 12th Century I doubt we'll ever know how many baptisms have taken place using it.

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WeAre creating family history archives Interviews with genealogists and family historians who are preserving their family and community history (One Place Studies) on the WeAre.xyz platform.

Podcast fans, there is also a voice only podcast versions of my interview.

Not my favourite as I do like pictures with words, lol but I know many like to just listen to things.

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Part 3 (final part) of my interview last month. This is the shortest of the videos.

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Part 1 of my interview last month with @coachcarole.bsky.social about my #StMaryBourne #OnePlaceStudy shared on WeAre.XYZ (@simondmd.bsky.social). I'll share the other 2 parts later 😁

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Dr Joseph Stevens (1818-1899)

Dr Joseph Stevens (1818-1899) was the local Doctor in #StMaryBourne from 1844-1879. I've been slowly adding all the information I have on him to my #OnePlaceStudy. It's going to take a while 😂, there is a lot.

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Beyond the online Genealogy Sites! Part 1 A case study showing how records of the poor law can help us understand lives of our ancestors.

The first post for my new blog is the first of a series (not sure how many yet) on moving on from the online Genealogy sites to explore additional records in the archives.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Archives #StMaryBourne

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Rhoda Goodyear: A Life in the Records of the Whitchurch Union Rhoda Goodyear was born on 3 December 1885 in Stoke, a small village within the parish of St Mary Bourne, Hampshire, England. She was the daughter of Alexander Goodyear and his wife, Mary Ann Wootten,...

The story of a young epileptic at the turn of the 20th Century.

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Whitchurch Union Minute Books The minute books for the Whitchurch Union Workhouse contain fascinating snippets into life within the Poor Law Union of which St Mary Bourne was part. Besides dealing with the day to day business of t...

Started adding Whitchurch Union Minute Books to my #One-Place Study site. A fascinating glimpse into how the Poor Law worked for those who needed it in #StMaryBourne.

2 people at present have stories (to be written) that involve these books.

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Expenditure at Upper Wyke Farm 1883-1889 Upper Wyke Farm at this time was part of the Earl of Portsmouth Estate. A book entitled "Farm Book" at Hampshire Archives & Local Studies has various entries for Upper Wyke Farm starting with a list o...

It's rather interesting converting the £sd to decimal and also to 2017 values. An average of 176.5 days per year of skilled labour is what the cost of this expenditure would have been over the 7 years.

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Expenditure for Upper Wyke Farm 1883-1889

Quick transcription of one of the entries i found in the Earl of Portsmouth's estate records. 1884 & 1885 were very expensive years. I wonder why?

This is from a book full of info about the farms & properties owned by the Earl. .

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Extract from document regarding valuation of cottage after fire

This #OnePlaceWednesday looking at a mixture of records at the archives re. Farms

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Huge thanks to @willsmanonename.bsky.social for this post. I'm fascinated by how the people in #StMaryBourne connect to each other & the place. The wealth of sources to extract information from is huge. Each small connection is another piece of a guant jigsaw of everyday life. #OnePlaceStudies