West Tytherley & Frenchmoor

Our community in beautiful Hampshire

History and Genealogy

David Parrot has written "A History of West Tytherley".

A big "thank you" to Barry Whitlock for the loan of his copy of the sales prospectus for the sale of the Norman Court Estate. Warning!! It is a 6Mb .pdf file but worth a look. It makes fascinating reading.

There are Links to a number of other web sites that you might find useful.

"I remember when ..."

Time was when a village's history was passed on by story and legend. Why not use this page to help continue a fine tradition? If you wish to start a fresh 'thread', simply email us here

The date indicates when the page was last updated!

13 West Tytherley. My father Albert Parsons (b1908) ...(Mar 10 update)
6 Frenchmoor "John Willie or William Warren lived there with his wife Ellen John ..."(Dec 09 update)
Sopps Farm. " ... I used to work there in 1944 ..."(Dec09 update)
Pragnells. "Beatrice Jane, known as Jane died of TB in 1938 ..."(Dec09 update)
The Dumper family of Buckholt Cottages ...(Sep09 update)
Vachers of WT. "My great, great, great grandparents, Richard and Elizabeth ..."(Sep09 update)
Gilbert & Lottie Lampard (née Bunday?) ... (Aug09)
Frenchmoor Farm. "Whilst going through some family papers... " (Jul09)
"Robert Owen and the Harmony Hall Estate"(Jun09)
"Norman Court ... James Wilmot, a servant there..."(Jun09)
6 North Lane. "If any one recalls the Clarke family ... "
Rusell Cottage. "My maiden name was Shirley Hornblow. .."
Police House. "My grandfather ... lived in this house sometime between 1887 and ..."
Buddens. "My great grandfather Thomas Henry Budden was born ..."
14 North Lane "My father Jack Wheeler-Osman was foreman at ..."
Israel Sillence & Family. "... our common ancester was born in WT c1784 ..."
Methodist Chapel "In a moment of sheer madness ..."
Peawit. "Was there ever a wooden bungalow ..."
Early 1960s. "Having lived at 13 North Lane in the 1960s ..."

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