Buriton Village Association
Almost exactly 70 people squeezed into the village hall on 21st March and were enthralled by Robert Mocatta’s detailed research into what Buriton was like almost 200 years ago.
Farming dominated the way of life of most families in the parish, with a tripartite structure of land-owning landlords, tenant farmers and labourers.
Robert’s research drew upon the 1840 Tithe Map and its Awards, the 1851 Census and early Directories. He was also able to overlay a series of old maps onto the current Ordnance Survey base of today.
An illustrated talk about what the parish was like 180 years ago
Between 1836 and 1845 detailed surveys were undertaken in the vast majority of rural parishes across the country.
For each parish a detailed map and accompanying schedules were produced.
The maps show every building, field, footpath, road, wood and feature in the parish. Everything was mapped and measured and all the residents were recorded along with any taxes (tithes) paid to the church or rents paid to landlords.
A fascinating overview of local research work.
For the last four years, a small team of researchers has been trying to find out what living conditions were like in the area a hundred years ago as well as discovering information about every one of the parishioners who took part in the world-wide 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.
An insight into the role of Buriton people in the war to end all wars
For the last four years, a small team of researchers has been trying to find out what living conditions were like in the area a hundred years ago as well as discovering information about every one of the parishioners who took part in the world-wide conflict.
One of the key researchers has been Clive Harfield, who has been making his contributions from over 10,000 miles away in Australia.
An insight into a unique community project spanning 4,000 miles.
The Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most visited national park in Uganda, known for its wildlife, including Cape buffaloes, hippopotami, crocodiles, elephants, leopards, Congo lions and chimpanzees. It is home to 95 species of mammal and over 500 species of birds.
This national park is linked with the Queen Elizabeth Country Park in Hampshire through a project of cultural exchange and mutual support that focuses on supporting conservation through working closely with and empowering local communities.
Discoveries made after airborne laser scanning mapped part of the South Downs National Park that had been hidden under woodland for hundreds of years were described at the Buriton Village Association autumn talk in October.
About sixty people came to the village hall to hear Anne Bone of the National Park Authority explain how cutting-edge LiDAR surveys had revealed hundreds of exciting archaeological discoveries.
While travelling in traffic between Buriton and Portsmouth, or northwards towards Guildford, have you ever thought that you are following one of the most important routes in British history?
The link between London and the country?s great naval fortress at Portsmouth has been travelled by powerful people and by ordinary wayfarers - and it has played its part in some important national events.
Tim Winter will talk about how people were employed working in coppice woodland to produce a wide variety of products including charcoal, bark for tanneries, hurdles, hop poles, besom brooms, walking sticks, barrel hoops and clog soles.
Tim is an expert on many facets of local history and this talk is not to be missed.
The talk will take place in the Village Hall on Tuesday 15th March, commencing at 7.30pm
Everybody is welcome to this spring meeting of the Buriton Village Association. As always there will be refreshments in the interval and a retiring collection.
Edward Thomas will have been familiar with many of the lanes and pathways around Buriton and Petersfield.
Perhaps no poet since Wordsworth walked as far as Edward Thomas. Some days he covered just a handful of miles in a loop from his cottage in the East Hampshire Hangars, other times he would walk fifteen or twenty-five miles in a day.
A real treat in the spring
Tucked behind the well-known building now housing the Gilbert White and Oates museum are a series of gardens which David Standing has been re-discovering and restoring since 1979 – including the famous wine-pipe seat, cut-out statue of Hercules and herb and kitchen gardens.
