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Since 2011 we have published 21 papers on this website, with 3 more papers pending completion and publication.
In sequence of most relevant period these are :
Prehistory and Mediaeval history
1. Notes from prehistory to Anglo-Saxon times in the Kempshott area from talks given by David Hopkins, County Archeologist Part 1 – Prehistory to Roman Britain
Parts 2 & 3 – Medieval period to Enclosures
2. Purveyance in 16th century north Hampshire, Stephen Goodwin ( 2024 pending)
17th and 18th century
3. Basingstoke Down Fairs, 1671 – 1780 Barry Dale , 2015
4. Basingstoke Down Races , 1687 – 1786 Jean Dale, 2013
5. The Stag and Hounds public house , 1713 – 2010 Geoffrey Palmer, 2017
6. Toll Roads, Turnpikes and the A30, 1756 – 1954 Jane Hussey, 2017
7. A History of Buckskin Farm, 1762 – 1965 Margaret Clarke & Jane Hussey, 2018
19th Century
8. Down Grange – a house and its history, 1780s – 1980s – Barry Hedger
9. The White House , 1816 – 2010 Geoffrey Palmer, 2016
10. Kempshott’s own Railway Children , 1830 – 1939 Marion Wolstencroft, 2023
11. Waldo Charity and Cottages, 1835 – 2006 Jane Hussey, 2016
12. A Brief History of Worting School, 1855 – 2004 Kathleen Frewin, 2022 with an addendum –
The History of Worting – a lecture given in 1894 by Rev Reginald Bigg-Wither reproduced here.
13. The Early History of Kempshott Water Supply, 1890 – 1931 Jane Hussey, 2016
20th century
14. Kempshott Village. The Early Years, 1900 – 1920 Marion Wolstencroft, 2019
15. The Rise and Demise of Egg Farming in Kempshott, 1900 – 1958 Jane Hussey , 2018
16. Kempshott in WW1 , 1914 – 1920 Jane Hussey & Margaret Clarke, 2014
17. Owen’s Story, 1918 – 2016 Owen Blissett, 2016
18. Kempshott Village Betweeen the Wars 1920 – 1939 Jane Hussey, Kathleen Frewin & David Long (pending 2024)
19. Kite Hill , 1930 – 1991 Christopher Ayland, 2012
20. The Berg Estate , 1938 – 2007 Barbara Mallyon & Marion Wolstencroft, 2016
21. The History of Kempshott Village Hall , 1939 – 2010 Marion Wolstencroft, 2015
22. Prisoners of War in Basingstoke 1943 – 1955 Jane Hussey, 2016
23. The Beavercroft Combine Harvester , 1947 – 1949 Geoffrey Palmer, 2017
Publications
Only one book has been published – the History of Basingstoke Racecourse, author Jean Dale, which can be obtained from Barry Dale by emailing the Group at kempshotthistorygroup@sky.com.
You may be interested in the gallery of old maps of the Kempshott area and a selection of our pictures of old Kempshott here