As part of the National Heritage week 2024, on Saturday 14th September between 11 am & 3pm Warsash Local History Society is holding a half day pop up event at the Dovecote, reputed to be one of the oldest buildings in Warsash, on the corner of Thornton Avenue and Crofton Way. For a small entry fee […]
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Did you know that The BBC have,on three occasions,broadcast from The Victory Hall? The programme “Any Questions” was broadcast in July 1979. This was during a turbulent time in Northern Ireland history and on the panel was the controversial politician Enoch Powell who at that time was the Member of Parliament for Ulster. Given that
Warsash House was first mentioned in 1743 as a farmhouse occupied by a Mr John Brown. At this time, it was known as Passage House, possibly owing to its location between the high road to the Hamble Ferry and a private footpath along the meadow to the shore. This area is now known as Crofton
The first recorded entry of the St Mary’s Hook with Warsash National School log book is dated 9 September 1872. In it the head, Mr Alfred Cooper, states “Opened school in the New School Room. Number present on the first day 56.” The school attracted a number of visitors in its early days, including the
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Abridged from “The Clock Tower at Warsash During the Period 1936-39”, Roy Knight, Warsash Local History Society Newsletter Number 1, October 1999. Please see this publication for the full article. The Warsash Clock Tower was built as a water tower to serve the Warsash House Estate. The tanks at the top held up to 6000 gallons, but
