The River Avon at the West End of Ringwood. The Market Place is beyond the houses, to the right of the church. The corn mill was behind and to the left of the church. We often come across historic reports of drowning during our research. This case attracted our interest […]
Monthly archives: January 2023
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The stream through our village is a winter bourne, i.e. a chalk stream that dries up if the water table falls in summer. After the hot summer of 2022 it remained dry well into the winter. But it’s running fast now and overflowing on to the road in places. Some […]
The 4,364 ton steamship ‘Royal Crown’ was launched in Newcastle in 1927. She was a freighter, operated by Hall Brothers of Newcastle. On 30th January 1940 she was attacked by a German bomber in the North Sea, about 20 miles off Great Yarmouth. The Germans dropped three bombs but missed, […]
We recently researched the names on the war memorial in St Katharine’s Church, Southbourne, Hampshire. The research is summarised in the attached document. Please contact us with any corrections or additional information.