Buriton Village Association
Illustrated talk about fascinating history and natural history
There is some fascinating history in the far east of the parish, in and around Ditcham Park House.
And there is also some very special wildlife which has been attracting ecologists from around the world for over 100 years.
This illustrated talk will explain the area’s connections with people who shaped science and helped the country win the First World War: the first president of the British Ecological Society and an early President of the Royal Meteorological Society.
An illustrated talk by Pam Bruce in Buriton Village Hall
In study visits to Buriton in 2018 and 2019, Pam Bruce and the late Annabelle Hughes examined the history of a number of individual houses and formed a picture of how the village has developed over the centuries.
Pam's illustrated talk will provide insights into how anyone can begin to research the history of their own home as well as revealing what she and Annabelle discovered about the history of Buriton.
Admission is free - with a retiring collection.
All are welcome.
About seventy people came to this meeting and heard about challenges of the past and risks in the future.
Mark Broadmeadow, the Forestry Commission’s Principal Advisor on Climate Change designed a special talk for his audience in Buriton in October.
Referring to historic records from the Commission’s library at Alice Holt, Mr Broadmeadow explained how the hills above Buriton have been a living research area (starting in the 1920s/30s) as different species of trees were planted on what he described as “very challenging soils”. The forests had been amongst the first to be planted by the country’s new Forestry Commission after the shortage of timber at the end of WW1.
During its Heritage Lottery refurbishment the Museum is visiting a different village every month
Amongst the materials on display will be photographs of the local area, taken by Buriton’s own Don Eades.
Don took photos for the Petersfield Post from 1962-1987 and has donated over 100,000 negatives to the museum. Some of his fascinating photos of Buriton, its people and events, will be on display.
The ‘Roadshow’ is an opportunity to bring things to add to the Museum’s collection or to share stories over a cup of tea or coffee.
Join in fun, hands-on, activities and handle some of the objects in the Museum’s collection – in Buriton Village Hall from 11am to 4pm
An illustrated talk by Pam Bruce
In study visits to Buriton during 2018 and 2019, Pam Bruce and Annabelle Hughes examined a number of individual houses and formed a picture of how the village has developed over time.
Pam's talk was to have provided insights into how anyone can begin to research the history of their own home as well as revealing what she and Annabelle had discovered about the history of Buriton.
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About 60 people enjoyed a very informative, well-illustrated and entertaining talk in the village hall on 19 March
Ryan Watts, Learning & Community Engagement Officer from the Petersfield Museum, provided lots of information about the recent community archaeology project ‘People of the Heath’ which has confirmed that Petersfield Heath is the densest concentration of Bronze Age round barrows in the south east of England, dating from 4,000 years ago.
The talk also revealed details of ‘the Buriton Hoard’ which consists of four attractive bronze ornaments (two bracelets and two necklaces, known as torcs) which date from the Middle Bronze Age period (c1400-1250 BC).
A hundred years ago the hills above the village were all open downland – grazed by thousands of sheep. But reactions to the First World War brought significant changes – and perhaps more are yet to come?
An illustrated talk by forestry expert, Mark Broadmeadow, will outline changes that have been made over the last century – and offer an insight into future threats and challenges.
With only 5% of the country covered in commercial timber at the beginning of the Great War, there had been worries about supplies of this, then vital, resource.
A talk about some amazing archaeological findings – by Ryan Watts of the Petersfield Museum
Amongst the things on display at the Petersfield Museum until spring 2019 is the amazing “Buriton Ornamental Hoard”.
Ryan Watts from the Museum will be explaining the importance of this hoard as well as some fascinating findings from the “People of the Heath” project in an illustrated talk in Buriton Village Hall near Petersfield on Tuesday 19 March.
Findings from the “People of the Heath” project has shown that Petersfield Heath is the densest concentration of Bronze Age round barrows in the south east of England, dating from 4,000 years ago.
As part of Buriton's programme of activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the WW1 Armistice, scores of parishioners squeezed into the village hall on Wednesday 7 November to hear some fascinating findings from 100 years ago.
For the last four years a small team of researchers has been finding out what living conditions were like in the Buriton area as well as discovering information about parishioners who took part in the conflict.
Their work has been published as a centre-page, pull-out supplement in every edition of the Parish Magazine since the autumn of 2014 – but this event in the village hall was able to present that information, and more, in a moving tribute to that community.
Professor Clive Harfield travelled about 11,000 miles from his home in Australia, back to his family roots in Buriton, to give this talk.
He provided some detailed background about how he had first obtained his interest in history as part of his University Degree at Southampton and how, having learnt that his grandfather had taken part in the First World War, he had started to try to find out information about his military service and that of others. For the last few years he had been part of the team working with Lynette Watson and others on Buriton’s First World War project.
