Headley Archives

The Archives are held in the Parish Office, Headley Village Hall, Arford Road, Headley GU35 8LJ unless otherwise stated.

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 Managed by The Headley Society

For physical access, contact John Owen Smith or phone the Parish Clerk on 01428 713132

Maps, documents and other physical artefacts are held in a walk-in cupboard in the upper room of Headley Parish Council Offices, at the side of Headley Village Hall — see Location of Aquisitions within the cupboard.

Much textual information is held on the Historical pages of the website, and we advise that you use this as your first port of call.

A certain amount of other computer-based information is held by The Headley Society and can be released on reasonable request
– generally this is more detailed information where only a summary has been placed on the website (eg. censuses). Occasionally it relates to information of a more personal or sensitive nature which we feel should not yet be on the website.

We have some information on microfiche, which are held in the top drawer of the filing cabinet. That relevant to Headley has been transcribed to computer and a large proportion of this is already on the website. It is also available to view at either the Hampshire Record Office or the Surrey History Centre.

Items of interest to Headley which are not held in the archives.

Location of Acquisitions

Maps: standing rolled or folded in cardboard boxes and bins at right rear of cupboard:—

Index of Maps

  • A4 Box Files located on shelf on left:—

  • Box 1 – Books donated by Joyce Stevens
  • Box 2 – Books donated by Joyce Stevens
  • Box 3 – Books donated by Joyce Stevens
  • Box 4 – Headley Organisation papers 1990 & 1991 – those taking part in "Here's Headley"
  • Box 5 – Holme School Headley
  • Box 6 – Photos donated by Joyce Stevens
  • Box 7 – Photographs and Tithe map (indexed 2008/03/AV)
  • Box 8 – Miscellaneous – Wills, Family histories (indexed 2008/03/AV)
  • Box 9 – War years in Headley
  • Box 10 – Barn survey – Headley Farmsteads
  • Box 11 – George Holme & Memorial 2000
  • Box 12 – Fullers Vale Pond
  • Box 13 – Headley Society – minutes of last 10 years
  • Box 14 – Calor Hampshire Village Competition – Headley entries 2008 & 2009
  • Box 15 – Headley Society – events
  • Box 16 – Headley Society – Christmas parties
  • Box 17 – Headley scrap book 1974-1977; Headley Oxfam Group 1970-2004
  • Box 18 – Headley Electoral Registers 1995-2005
  • Box 19 – Churches
  • Box 20 – Properties #1
  • Box 21 – Benifold and Broxhead papers
  • Box 22 – Rev WH Laverty (rector of Headley 1872-1928)
  • Box 23 – Properties #2
  • Box 24 – Personalities
  • Box 25 – Exhibition material
  • Box 26 – Papers relating to "A Parcel of Gold" by Joyce Stevens
  • Box 27 – Joyce Stevens Collection – Parts 1 & 2
  • Box 28 – Joyce Stevens Collection – Parts 3 & 4
  • Box 29 – Headley Michaelmas Fete 2006
  • Box 30 – Headley Village Hall Trustees Minutes #1
  • Box 31 – Headley Village Hall Trustees Minutes #2
  • Box 32 – Headley Twinning Association

Other items on shelves:—

  • Headley Youth Club 1991–1994 – buff folder on shelf 3 (bottom)
  • 4 Boxes of Headley Parish Magazines 1995–2005 (see also parish magazines index)
  • The Bellinger Collection
  • 1974–1977 press cuttings, and other misc items – in Archive file 1 on shelf next to Boxes

2-drawer filing cabinet:—

In cardboard boxes on floor to right:—

Various locations:—

 

BOX 1

Books donated by Joyce Stevens

BOX 2

Books donated by Joyce Stevens

  • Hampshire County Handbook (1960s)
  • Hampshire The Little Guides - 6th edition revised 1929
  • It Happened in Hampshire - Winifred G Beddington and Elsa B Christy, 5th edition 1977
  • Hampshire a Sense of Place by Peter F Mason 1994
  • Conservation in Hampshire (third edition)1983
  • Selection of timber-framed houses in Harting by Terry Barnfield 1978
  • Local history research and writing - David Iredale 1980 edition
  • East Hampshire Hangers leaflet
  • The countryside heritage and introduction - 1970
  • Hampshire's countryside heritage - 1 ancient lanes and tracks
  • Hampshire's countryside heritage - 2 ancient woodland
  • Hampshire's countryside heritage - 3 rivers and wetlands
  • Hampshire's countryside heritage - 7 the coast

BOX 3

Books donated by Joyce Stevens

 

  • Hampshire within living memory - Hampshire Federation of Women's Institutes 1994
  • The King's England - Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1993
  • The Folklore of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - Wendy Boase1976
  • The sunken lanes of East Hampshire - an introductory leaflet
  • Liphook, Bramshott and the Canadians - Bramshott and Liphook Preservation Soc
  • The Hindhead Murder 1788-1986 by Judy Hewins
  • Marchant's Hill 1939-1989 by Judy Hewins
  • The Liphook Calendar 1066-1989
  • Discovering Hampshire - R.L.P.Jowitt (1969)
  • Tales of old Hampshire - Cecilia Millson 1980
  • Conford from Domesday to Victoria - Mary Tyfield 1996
  • Headley Appraisal booklet 1980

BOX 4

Headley Organisation papers 1990 & 1991 – those taking part in "Here's Headley"

1 Report on church matters
2 Minutes or the annual vestry and parish meeting
3 Arford WI summary of events
4 The Cats' Protecton League diary of events 1990
5 Report on activities of Headley Bridge Club
6 Headley branch East Hants Conservative and Unionist Association
7 Headley Friendship Club 1990
8 Guild of Health group
9 unused
10 Headley Down Community Association
11 Mother Teresa's Co-Workers activities 1990
12 Headley Nursery Club diary notes 1990
13 Headley Oxfam Group in 1990
14 Headley Branch Royal British Legion
15 The British Red Cross Society
16 St Francis' Church Headley Down minutes of AGM 1991
17 Headley Voluntary Care Group chairman's report 1990
18 Headley Wives Group 1990

BOX 5

Holme School Headley

1. Notes on the history of the Holme School (handwritten)
2. "Holme Infant School, 1990" (by Patricia Naismith)
3. "The Development of Education in Headley Village School" - May 1991
4. Reading, Guildford & Reigate Railway Co purchase of land from Headley Charity School (1848).
5. Holme School - copy of Schedule of grants 1866
6. Holme School - Copy of cash book 1890
7. Headley National School - Inspector's Report (1869-1890)
8. Photocopies of Holme School photos 1922 and 1935
9. List pupils 1885
10. Managers' Notice 1925
11. Notice of alteration of school fees 1885
12. Photo unknown year
13. Various photos

BOX 6

Photos donated by Joyce Stevens

To be indexed

  • Headley Plan 1972
  • Parish Plan 2006

BOX 7

Photographs (indexed 2008/03/AV)

1. Tithe Map.
2. Headley Heritage Trail.
3. Lamport Family 1924–25.
4. Pop Group 'Clover' at Headley Grange 1976.
5. Whitmore Vale, Churt.
6. Post Card of Whitmore Valley.
7. Barford Chapel with Sunday School members and men working in garden in Barford (from Nigel Thorne).
8. New Lynch Gate Headley Church.
9. History of Headley Post & New Office Built 1910.
10. Man Quarrying Stone Near Blackdown 1912.
11. Sketch Plan of School Land, Headley by Rev. Laverty.
12. Staff of Grayshott Laundry.
13. Copy of Rev. Geo Holme Signature. 1751.
14. Old Brockford Bridge 1964.
15. Newspaper cutting: Headley Tithe Barn 1967.
16. Blacksmith Shop, Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia [of no relevance to Headley!]
17. Headley Mill Staff 1930.
18. Headley Mill Vehicles 1930.
19. Staff of Badgerswood Surgery 2003.
20. History Group Outside Suters – Joyce Stevens' 90th Birthday.
21. 'Here's Headley' 1991 and 2006.
22. Canadian Graffiti at Churchgate.
23. Headley Road, Grayshott.
24. Viney Family 1907.
25. Park Mill 1948.
26. Post Card Oyster Lane 1920.?? – is it this one? If so, it's the Headley in Surrey.
27. 26 photographs of Tonards Garage before and after demolition, and of shops in Headley High Street (Donation by Philip Bird, 11th March 2016)
28. Photographs (photocopies) of Hilland before demolition from an album dated 1900.
29. Photographs of John & Emmeline Viney and their son Frank, 1881.
30. "Picturesque Hindhead" Album
31. "Grayshott" Album
32. Riverside Cottage, Hollywater (exterior & privy)
33. Headley Carnival photos 1983
34. Frith Postcards of Grayshott in wallet
35. Headley Ladies' Cricket Team 1897.
36. The Foresters Banner displayed in Headley Village Hall (c1985)
37. Arford Cottages
38. Headley Cricket Team 1962
39. Photo of James Curtis 1916 (aged 92 years)
40. Photo unknown Cricket Team c1900
41. Mrs Lickfold's petrol pump/shop in Arford
42. Village Triangle, Chestnut Tree and wooden signpost c1900
43. Photos unidentified
44. Foresters in Headley with Banner x 2 (circa 1906)

BOX 8

Miscellaneous (indexed 2008/03/AV)

1. Will and Inventory of Richard Hays 1567. (Philip Brooks).
2. Copy of Will of J. William Harding, 1615.
3. Notes written in 1996 by Mrs Barnard; and Sale of Headley Park, 1555.
4. Broxhead from 1636 by Major Wade.
5. Headley Wills and Inventories from 1627.
6. Dudman/Deadman Families from 1772.
7. Bramshott Baptisms 1749–1771.
8. Will of William Lee, Odiham, 1780.
9. Family Tree Chiverton from 1603.
10. Belton Pedigree 1793
11. Reference to Arford House, 1812.
12. Sale of Land at Hollywater – Eade/Knight 1788.
13. Marriages Outside the Parish 1739–1807.
14. Headley Mill, Philip Brooks.
15. History of Headley Mill, RJ Ellis.
16. Water Mills of Headley Parish.
17. Richard Carrington 1875.
18. A Mummers Play.
19. The Foresters Banner – see front – see back
20. Fishing at Headley 1826.
21. Post Office Directory of Hampshire 1855.
22. Headley Directory 1865.
23. Extract from Kelly's Directory 1899.
24. Charles Beck.
25. Passfield House Farm.
26. A History of Liphook, Joan Finney.
27. Shulbrede Priory.
28. Right of Way between Arford and Fullers Bottom.
29. Fullers Bottom Pond.
30. Districts of Headley Parish 1924.
31. Headley Church and Parish Chronological Record of Events, 1872–1922.
32. A Note by Wm. Suter.
33. Red Cross Victory Show 1943.
34. Vegetable and Flower Show 1951.
35. Note to Wardens re Bombs 1941.
36. Information on Reverse of Postcards.
37. Trial of Henry Fauntleroy. [This is also in Box 27, sub-section 14, titled: "Forger's death on scaffold - Henry Fauntleroy with sketch of Curtis Farm in the Herald March 21st 1925"]
38. Certificate of Thanks for War Service, Gnr. F. Thorne.
39. Sub-Postmistress, Mrs E.H. Carter.
40. Death of Mr HR Oliver, Shottermill.
41. Major and Mrs Kay, née Gamblen.
42. Laurence Giles.
43. Enclosure of the Common – Notes from Mr Laverty.
44. Children's Entertainment at the Holme School, 1920.
45. Henry Knight.
46. Memories of Headley Rectory by the Tudor Jones Family.
47. Memories by Ivy Woodward.
48. Memories by Myra Treharne.
50. Merton Priory.
51. High Breck by Joanna Jackson.
52. Report of Headley WI, 1925.
53. Will of William Rogers 1908.
54. Report on Cart Shed at Symondstone.
55. Links between Bishop's Sutton and Headley.
56. Fulling Mill at Standford.
57. Kiln in Cradle Lane, 1977.
58. Benifold 1998.
59. Woodman's Green Farm, Linchmere.
60. Edward Medal Awarded to Harry Rasell, Liss.
61. Glebe Land 1987.
62. Dunkirk - Daily Express 1940.
63. Glass Works, Chiddingfold.
64. Proposed Golf Course, Wishanger Farm, Churt 1992.
65. A History of Fullers Earth.
66. Grass for All, Major JRB Branson.
67. Commonwealth War Dead – RC Churchyard, Grayshott.
68. Badgers at Headley – Clive Brown.
69. Symbols of the Church.
70. The Hack Family 1851.
71. Sheep Stealers, Headley 1854.
72. Details of a Mug Inscription Headley 1892.
73. Papers associated with History of Headley Park
74. History of Fauntleroy Family, Headley Park
75. Programme Headley Autumn Fete 2008
76. Vernon Anderson - memories of WW2 Headley Down
77. Parish of Whitehill 80th Anniversary programme (2009)
76. Memories of Headley Residents

BOX 9

War years in Headley

1. Our Sailor and soldiers 1914-1918
2. WW2 Roll of Honour & men & women serving (3 pockets)
3. Minute book of WW2 Memorial Committee
4. Headley Observer Corps
5. Children's Concert Programme WW2
6. Headley Red Cross Victory Show
7. Farewell Dinner D company 24th Hants Battalion Home Guard
8. 1st Headley Girl Guides 1942 Concert Programme
9. List of Headley men taking part in WW1

BOX 10

  • Barn survey – Headley Farmsteads

BOX 11

George Holme & Memorial 2000

1. News cuttings regarding George Holme Memorial
2. Correspondence regarding carving & erection of memorial (3 pockets)
3. Fund raising notices etc.
4. Dedication of memorial
5. Miscellaneous correspondence regarding memorial
6. George Holme's Family Tree
7. Correspondence regarding George Holme's time in Middle East.
8. Correspondence between Joyce Stevens & Isle of Wight archivist, regarding Catherine, wife of George Holme

BOX 12

BOX 13

  • Headley Society - minutes of last 10 years

BOX 14

  • Calor Hampshire Village Competition - Headley entries 2008 & 2009

BOX 15

  • Headley Society - events

BOX 16

  • Headley Society - Christmas Parties

BOX 17

  • Headley scrap book 1974-1977; Headley Oxfam Group 1970-2004

  • Headley - News cuttings 1974-1977
  • Minute book of Headley Oxfam Group 1970-1986
  • Minute book of Headley Oxfam Group 1989-2004

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  • Headley Electoral Registers 1995-2005

BOX 19

  • Churches

1. Photo All Saints undated c21st Century
2. An A4-size illustrated booklet of 40 pages produced by Carl Tantum documenting the history of both St Joseph's Grayshott and Christ the King Headley, plus CD
3. The Cenacle, Grayshott
4. Methodist Church Liphook Plan & Directory 1953
5. Photo of Lych Gate & Dedication of Coronation Lych Gate June 1954
6. Induction of Rev. David Bentley 1966
7. History of Standford Hill Methodist Church 1861-1961
8. St Mark's Bordon 1955-1975.
9. Photo of Clock/Tower taken 1985
10. Picture of Church & Rectory - date unknown
11. Headley Parish Church 1842 - Artist's impression
12. Photos (2) Rectory 1875
13. 1875 photo of Church
14. Newspaper photo of Rev's Laverty, Gamblen & Ridley 1929
15. Photo of Rev Joseph Ballantine Dykes (rector 1848-1872)
16. Photo/article The Standford Story c1990
17. Photo of Rectory
18. Headley Church before the fire in 1836 (drawn by Prof. de la Motte - Mr Laverty's father-in-law)
19. Mothers' Union 1990 display booklet
20. Burials at St John the Evangelist, Churt 1868-1957
21. Baptisms at St John the Evangelist, Churt 1868-1920
22. All Saints Church Headley, History compiled 1994
23. Hampshire Telegraph news cutting on Fire at All Saints -16 May 1836.

BOX 20

Properties #1

1. Victorian Dreams
2. Kingsmead, Frensham - sale particulars
3. Conford Park, Headley - sale particulars
4. Wishanger Estate, Frensham - sale particulars
5. Coachman's Lodge, Church - sale particulars
6. Yeoman's Place/Cottage/Crabtree - plans/documents 1960
7. Newspaper article on Glebe Fields 'victory' 1988
8. Battle for Glebe Field correspondence 1987/8
9. Gentles Copse - acquisition by National Trust 1983
10. St Teresa's Convent, Dockenfield 1983

BOX 21

  • Benifold

  • Broxhead Common

BOX 22

Rev WH Laverty (rector of Headley 1872-1928)

1. Mr Laverty's notes on Church, Parish & School
2. Information on Philip Henry Delamotte, Mr Laverty's Father in Law
3. Photo of Mr Laverty playing Croquet
4. Photo Mr Laverty, aged 25 (1872) taken just before his arrival in Headley
5. Photo Mr Laverty, 1922
6. Photo Mr Laverty, (1922?)
7. Visiting card, envelope, Photo of Mr & Mrs Laverty at Littlehampton

BOX 23

Properties #2

1. The Mount - Folder dated 1953 plans relating to division of The Mount
2. Benifold
3. Peter's (Petar's) Barn
4. Mellow Farm
5. Stonehill Road development
6. Headley Park - Crusaders (school prospectus) I
7. Headley Park - Crusaders (school prospectus) II
8. "Seeds of Time: The Life of Edmund Fullick in Tudor England"
9. News cutting re. Land of Nod 1994
10. Postcard of Kenley Road, Headley Down
11. Photo Standford Corn Mill
12. Photo Hilland Farm 1905 x 3
13. Photo Wakefords Butchers 1985 x 2
14. Headley Park Cottage - photo of ornate window
15. Sale of surplus furniture, Headley Rectory 1929
16. Sale of land on Eddeys Lane, opposite "Whittles"
17. Aerial photo of Yeomans House, Headley c1990
18. Gatehouse, Anna Mara, née Huggins (c1722-1793)
19. Fauntleroy Family (Headley Park)
20. Petrol Pump shop in Arford
21. Headley Public Utility Society 1933 onwards
22. Fox & Pelican Signboards

BOX 24

Personalities

1. Joanne Jackson (aka Joan Hunter Dunn)
2. Pauline Baynes (Watership Down, etc illustrator)
3. Dr Elizabeth Wilks (Openlands)
4. Philip Oyler (Headley Down school 1913)
5. Harriett Rowsell (born Arford Lodge 1879)
6. Robert Parker (born Wishanger 1878)
7. David Hadfield photo (lived at Mellow Farm)
8. Ellis Family - Ann Miller's Memories
9. Edward Coombes photo, 1873 (Broom Squire on Arford Common)
10. Joyce Stevens 1914-2007
11. Beatrice Seymour 1886-1955 (British Writer, Seymour Road connection?)

BOX 25

Exhibition Material

1. Map showing position of old farms in Headley parish
2. Poster Headley Ancient Order of Foresters 1883
3. Poster James Curtis, Arford
4. Enclosure award for centre of Headley 1859 with field names
5. Headley Labour Rate 1843
6. J & W Mason Sale of farming stock & effects - Catalogue
7. Growth of Headley Parish (number of houses) between 1906 and 1924
8. Headley Flower Show 1899 - cancelation of tournament due to Boer War
9. Agreement for prosecution of felons in Headley & Kingsley 1806

BOX 26

Papers relating to the book "A Parcel of Gold" by Joyce Stevens (including original letters)

BOX 27

Joyce Stevens Collection – Parts 1 & 2

Part 1 – Deposited 2007 (indexed 2008/02/JF)

1 Burials in All Saints' Churchyard Headley, Notes by John Owen Smith

2 4 School Photographs of The Holme School Headley 1896, 1922, 1923, 1935-6

3 Photographs/Postcards of Headley/Arford

  • Crown Inn Arford Mrs? Hudson
  • Crown Inn Arford Local Baker, Mr Tidy on horse.
  • Summer scene, Bordon, Headley Mill
  • Lady outside house?
  • Old Chapel Steps, Headley
  • Holly Bush Pub with decorated tree
  • Arford Stores Winter1947/8 (2 large and 1 small)
  • Headley Village Hall opened 1927 Baby Welfare Mrs Coombes
  • Mrs Chuck outside her house at Arford
  • Mr Coombes1954 with others (cups and shields)
  • Mr Coombes 1950 tossing the straw over the pole
  • A procession
  • Group photograph

4 Two Photographs 1941

  • Len Ford RCE at Frensham Pond Hotel talking to evacuees
  • Temporary buildings (coloured)

5 Notes about photographs (photographs not included)

1 Headley Village, looking North
2 The Street looking South
3 North side of church 1896
4 Tower of All Saints
5 Interior of All Saints 1908
6 Headley Street
7 The First World War Memorial
8 Headley Village. The S. bend
9 Headley Post Office
10 View down Longcross
11 Separate card of chapel, later (no notes)
12 Longcross Farm
13 View of Arford from the highbank
14 Arford Road looking north towards the Wheatsheaf
15 Eashing Cottages
16 Arford the T junction with Longcross
17 The Crown, crown cottage and the bakehouse (no notes)

6 Hilland Development Scheme Opposed, a newspaper cutting, no date given

7 Two Photographs of Standford Farm before 1938

8 The Three War Memorials

  • Stone Memorial outside the church. Description on form, 2 photographs
  • Marble Tablet inside the church. One photograph. Description in Headley Magazine
  • A Book of Remembrance. Two photographs
  • A list of next of kin/representatives with addresses
  • Headley Monthly magazine September 1921
  • Notes Headley Society 13/6/97
  • Letter to Headley Parish Council from Mrs S L Adcock
  • Letter to Mrs J Stevens from Catherine Moriarty (National Inventory of War Memorials)

9 The Rev Joseph Ballantine Dykes Rector 1848–1872

  • Notes about his life and restoration of the church
  • Joyce Stevens's Great Grandfather's letter. (A description of a dying woman in Lindford helped by prayer.)
  • Photograph of Headley Church 1922
  • Photograph of nave of Headley Church
  • 3 Photographs of carved chair (Ry3.9 chair)

10 Photographs of Houses

2 small photos of front of Hilland House
2 large photos of front of Hilland House (different periods, not dated)
1 photo of back of Hilland House showing vegetable garden

  • The Grange (formerly the workhouse)
  • The Mill
  • Headley Park
  • Pinehurst
  • Lady outside house?
  • Council offices? (9th & 11th Chairman Mrs P Thomson-Glover 1950–54 & 1957–60)
  • (3rd Chairman Mr W T Phillips 1908–1919)
  • The farm in Longcross Hill

11 Photographs

  • Large photograph of butcher's shop
  • Lindford Bridge
  • Headley village (from Curtis Brother's Shop looking towards the Holly Bush)
  • 2 views Headley village (from Holly Bush towards Curtis shop)
  • 2 views from Headley church tower (not the same)
  • View of Arford
  • The Rectory
  • The Rectory Field c.1890: Ladies v gentlemen cricket match

12 Cuttings from Newspapers – Historical Headley with pictures

  • W & M Heaton – 21st Nov 1975
  • Park Cottages
  • Wey House & oast house – 27/6/1975
  • Lime Kiln – 30th Oct 1975
  • Sheep Wash Wall, Frensham Ponds – 24th Oct 1975
  • Hatch Farm, Tulls Lane
  • Yeoman's Cottage – 17th Oct 1975
  • Overton Cottage, Arford – 25/7/1975
  • Riverside cottage
  • Tignals
  • Aqueduct, Headley Wood Farm – 1975
  • Moor House Farm – 8/8/1975
  • Peter's Barn Cottage
  • Linstead Farm – 13/6/1975
  • Huntingford Farm – 15/8/1975
  • 1 Yeoman's Place – 10/10/1975
  • Apple Tree Cottage – 6th June 1975
  • Huntingford Cottage – 16/5/1975
  • Tulls, Passfield – 4/7/1975
  • Peter's Barn – 11/7/1975
  • Wakeford's Butcher Shop
  • Lickfolds, Arford
  • All Saints' Church, Headley – 12/9/1975
  • Stores House, Arford
  • Suters – 22/8/1975
  • Headley's School House
  • Longcross Farm – 30th Oct 1975
  • The Tithe Barn 1967/ today – 1/8/1975
  • The Rectory
  • The Grange, Liphook Rd (old workhouse)
  • Other cuttings from newspapers with pictures
  • The Chestnut Tree in the High Street (typed)
  • Farm in Longcross Hill – 11/10/1985
  • Headley from River Wey
  • Aqueduct at Headley Wood Estate – wish it to be listed
  • Bayfield cottage Frensham Lane 1937 – recorded 25/7/1980
  • Hatch House Farm, Lindford – Jan 1976
  • Headley 2nd football team1931–32 with names – 29/10/1982
  • Diamond Jubilee of Scouting in Headley – 5/12/1986
  • Holly Bush in 1911
  • Lithuanian Club, Headley Park – 23rd May 1975
  • Holme School class of mid 1950s & 1947–49 Football and Netball club members
  • Bramshott cottage for sale – 12/7/1991

13 Directories

1 Headley entry in Directory of Hampshire1865
2 Headley entry in Post Office Directory of Hampshire 1855
Letter from Mr David Allen of Petersfield

14 History, various

15 Various

  • High Breck Silver Fox Farm - Letter from Mr Andrew Portal once owner, living at Petherton Somerset dated 10/1/86
  • Letter from Joanne Jackson (aka Joan Hunter Dunn) at Lynton Dene 26th May 93 – giving information about the Portal family and her connection with them.
  • New Inn Friendly Society balance sheet for 1904 & 5
  • The acreage and dwellings at Headley Park, Headley and Kingsley – no date
  • Programme of Headley Summer Fete Wednesday June 29th 1904

16 Photographs

  • Sunday school class 1901 Nellie Hayden, Kate Dee, Jermima Fox?, Nellie Glayther?, Anne Small?, Minnie Gauntlett
  • Postcard showing Headley from Beech Hill c1906
  • Old family photograph (no names or date)
  • Fete procession on a carriage (no names or date)

Part 2 – Indexed January 2008/JET

  • 1 – Bishop's Sutton Hundred, Headley – Copy of pages on Headley from Victoria County History (1908), vol 3, pp.51-55
  • 2&3 – Headley Barns – photos from Headley Report – Some barns listed in 1977 Hampshire Treasures Survey
  • 4&5 – When the wind blew: Gale of 15th October 1987 – in photos from Headley Report
  • 6 – Laurel Cottage, Hammer Lane, once a squatter's cottage – Newspaper cutting Nov 1975
    Letter from Parish Council referring to extension – dated Aug 1976
  • 7&8 – 'Home Thoughts' – photos and ironic poem on Headley – from Headley Report
  • 9&10 – Village shops gone or going 1980 – in photos – from Headley Report
  • 11 – Bargate quarries – letter dated 2nd Nov 1996 from John Ellis to The Herald regarding photo in paper (John Ellis died 17th Dec 1996)
  • 12 – Newspaper cuttings, 21st March 1925 in local paper: school football, whist, Foresters AGM in Holly Bush, parish council nominations and elections
  • 13 – Pilgrims Way development – plan and house prices
  • 14 – Photo of Home Guard with armoured car – Tank Museum, Bovington
  • 15 – Wey House, Standford – Probable development 1400–1900
  • 16 – Jack Warshaw, architect – advertising material (he lives at Wey House)
  • 17 – Proposal for development at site of RC Church in Headley Fields, Headley (c.1996)
  • 18 – Advert for William Rogers, Grocer, High Street, Headley – from Headley Parish Magazine Nov 1874
  • 19&20 – Map of Centre of Headley according to the Enclosure Map of 1855 – compiled by Joyce Stevens for a Headley Report
  • 21 – Newspaper cuttings: old photos of Holly Bush (c.1909) and the Chapel in Long Cross Hill – printed 15 Nov 1985
  • 22 – Newspaper cuttings: old photos of Headley High Street, and Bramshott Mill
  • 23 – Newspaper cuttings: old photo of Fullers Vale Pond; and a Headley Youth Club variety evening from the early 1950s
  • 24 – Sales brochure for Headley Rectory, sale by auction 21 May 1986 – Messenger, May & Baverstock
  • 25 – Survey of Beech Hill/Arford Common – report & map – Chris Hall, 2nd June 1988
  • 26 – The 200-yards Road at Beech Hill, W H Laverty (1890s)
  • 27 – The Standford Story: Playscript & Programme – Performed at Standford Methodist Church 1st June 1989
  • 28 – Newspaper cutting 1963: New Town for 40,000 – Town Centre at Standford
    Newspaper cutting 1996: 27 new towns threaten rural England – Daily Telegraph
  • 29 – Headley Nursery open-top chamber experiments and proposed demonstration to The Headley Society (undated, post-1987) – Forestry Commission
  • 30 – Newspaper cutting: Research station's work vital to health of the woodland – 6th October 1995
    Liphook pollution test show results on Pine trees – 10th August 1988
  • 31 – Newspaper cuttings: Extension to Kingsley sandpit – Sand Martins to go – company answers – 19th September 1986
  • 32 – Newspaper cuttings: Whatever happened to bird colony? – G Buzzard 15th May1987
    Destruction of sand Martin's colony – G G Bussand? – 12th Sept 1986
    D.I.Y decorator (in Clanfield) fined £50 for destroying bird's nest – 25th Sept 1986
  • 33 – Picture Memories, Royal Observer Corps Post, Headley Church Tower, 1945
  • 34 – Letter from Headley Parish Council to Mrs J Stevens, 10th January 1995 – Thank you for exhibition on Centenary of Headley Parish Council
  • 35 – Headley Parish Council list of Chairmen 1894–1994
  • 36&37 – Newspaper cuttings: Holly Bush stained glass windows – Bordon Post 26th June & 28th Aug 1991
  • 38 – Handwritten notes by Joyce Stevens: Life & Customs in Gilbert White's time
    Cobbett's & Kingsley's Country by J Alfred Eggar – Published about 1923
  • 39 – Parish of Headley 1822 payment of the labouring poor – Facsimile of poster – Printer J B Rutter of Farnham
  • 40 – Bill the Holme Trustees Headley School for decorating School House – l5th November 1902 – decorator P W Spearpoint, Beech Hill Road, Headley
  • 41 – Newspaper cutting: Advert for Moody's Registry Office for Servants, taken from Headley & Kingsley Almanack 1897
  • 42 – Bill to Headley School Trustees for paper – 17th November 1902 – Curtis Brothers, Church Gate, Headley
  • 43 – Handwritten by Joyce Stevens – 1859 Extract from confirmed award enclosure – Fir plantation (Headley Common) No.159 on award map – Allen of Eveley & Maynard
  • 44 – Index to Eggar Archives held by Rural Life Centre, Tilford – items relating to Headley – see full list
  • 45 – Deed of sale by William Clement of Alton to John Petar of Woolbeeding – property not known – 5th Nov. 1840 at Bush Inn Farnham by Baker & Son
  • 46&47 – Plan of Bramshott Paper Mills (Passfield) & Surrounds 1907 – to be sold December 12th 1907 by Robert H Ruddock
  • 48 – Handwritten notes by Joyce Stevens of deeds from 1859–1929 [relates in part to No.43?]
    Affidavit L M Maynard re: The Orchard dispute about ditch
    Deaths in 1964: E M Maynard, M Harriet, L Marsh
  • 49 – Newspaper cutting: Benifold for sale, once the home of Fleetwood Mac – The Times 1998
  • 50 – Presentation material – Twinning Headley Corné – May 1989
  • 51 – All Saints Parish Church Headley, Order of Service to mark 50th Anniversary end of Second World War – Sunday 20th Aug 1995
  • 52 – Programme: Flower Festival, All Saints Church Headley – May 1995
  • 53 – Huntingford Newsletter No.1 1989 "Tally Ho" by Lyn McCulloch
  • 54 – Huntingford Newsletter No.2 1990 "Tally Ho" by Lyn McCulloch
  • 55 – Huntingford Newsletter No.3 1991 "Tally Ho" by Lyn McCulloch
  • 56 – Woodbine Parish family in Headley 1892 to 1911 – handwritten
  • 57 – Susan Lushington in Kingsley 1870 to 1953 – A Life Devoted to Music – Helen Penn Mirwald & Martha S. Vogler
  • 58&59 – The Clear family of Headley – Will 1616 – Family Tree 1616 to 1990s – A.G. (Bert) Cook
  • 60 – Newspaper cutting: Arford WI – May 1973 – Hampshire Telegraph
  • 61 – Newspaper cutting: Retirement of Headley Sub-postmistress Mrs E H Carter – No date, but assumed 1954
  • 62 – Brochure on 4 plates – scenes from Headley 1996 – Decor Art Creations
  • 63 – Newspaper cutting: Honours List – Mrs Betty Ridley made a Dame – 27th June 1975 – her husband was Rector of Headley 1930–34
    Newspaper cutting: Headley Bowling Club winners of 1950 – printed 23rd Sept 1988
  • 64 – Booklet: Mesolithic Research in East Hampshire – W F Rankine 1940
  • 65 – Newspaper cutting: William Rankine – One man's treasury of the past goes on display – Bagshot Lea School – 21st October 1983
  • 66 – Letter to Lindford Parish Council from John Ellis re: Moss Cottage, 'one of the oldest in Lindford' and next to an ancient track known as Forest Road – 19th October 1988
  • 67 – Letter of thank you to Mrs J Stevens from Keith Holdaway, planting of Robert Holdaway Yew at Headley Grange – dated 12th May 1994
  • 68 – Newspaper cutting: Sir Harry Brittain purchases Kirklands, April 1939
  • 69 – Lady Brittain' s obituary
    Review of book by Alida Harvie of her father, Sir Harry Brittan – The Herald July 1980
  • 70 – Newspaper cutting: Headley Parish's blacksmith Ted Collis – ornamental seat round Chestnut Tree – 23rd November 1979
  • 71 – Signature of Geo Holme Rector
  • 72 – Blackmoor Golf Club, Caricatures & club history – Secretary's compliments to Joyce Stevens

  • 73 – Dating Frith's Postcards 1886 to 1940 – Roger Blake, Beacon Hill

BOX 28

Joyce Stevens Collection - Parts 3 & 4

Part 3 – Indexed 2008/JET

  • Handwritten notes by Joyce Stevens 1991–1992 in A4 Refill pad —
    • Extracts from Census returns: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 – lent to Joyce Stevens by John Ellis (JOS holds the actual paper copies of the 1871, 1881 & 1901 censuses; the others were given back to John Ellis)
    • Notes from Mr Laverty's visiting books
  • Joyce Stevens memo book 1998–2005

Part 4 – A collection of letters, newspaper cuttings, etc grouped together on the following subjects:—

  • 1 – Household amenity waste site, Bordon
  • 2 – Passfield Mill Business Park – letter from John Ellis to EHDC, 16 Oct 1995
  • 3 – (front) Development at Standford Grange – letter from Joyce Stevens to 'Mr Bennett', 28 Sept 1987
    (back) Development at Belmont, Headley High Street – letter from Joyce Stevens to 'Mr Allan', 26 Nov 1987
  • 4 – Hampshire Best Kept Village Competition, 1988
  • 5 – Arrangements to visit to Headley by the Whitchurch Local History Society, 1 Apr 1989
  • 6 – Info on Haslemere Museum, c.1970s
  • 7 – The Foresters: newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes by Joyce Stevens
  • 8 – Hampshire Local History Fair at King Alfred's College, Winchester, 19 March 1988 – Poster copy and List of participants (including The Headley Society)
  • 9 – John Warren, obituaries (including The Times), Oct 1992
  • 10 – The River Wey Trust – Newspaper cuttings c.1987 and 3-fold
  • 11 – Oast House, Passfield – for sale Sept 1992
  • 12 – Congratulations and notes on the Arts & Crafts Exhibition in Headley, 15/16 May 1993 – guests of honour, artist Charles Bone and sculptor Sheila Mitchell
  • 13 – Bramshott & Liphook Preservation Society – Newspaper cuttings and notes c.1988
  • 14 – Letter from Laurence Giles (2 May 1988) with copy of Latin text relating to Henry Hooke and the Exchequer case against him, and a translation from Norman-French giving the 'Bounds of the Forest of Alice Holt and Wolmer as they were at the time of King John (1199–1216)'
  • 15 – Notes from Laurence Giles to Joyce Stevens re. the Chalcraft family, including family tree, info on Passfield House Estate, and maps of lands
  • 15a – Letters from Laurence Giles to Joyce Stevens 12 & 22 Feb 1979, thanking her for their welcome in Headley and giving info on enclosures and boundaries, and place names of Headley – handwritten details from the Compton Census of 1676 for local parishes
  • 16 – Fords in the Parish of Headley - letter from John Ellis 17 Feb 1988. Fords in or near Headley listed as: Headley Mill, Standford Hatch Farm, Passfield Bridge, Lindford Bridge, Washford, Chase Farm Lindford, Sleaford Bridge, Brockford Bridge, Shortheath Common (Gibbs Farm), Bridgers Farm Standford
  • 17 – Walldown, natural park? – Newspaper cuttings Nov 1985
  • 18 – Headley Mill foundations revealed – Newspaper cutting Aug 1985
  • 19 – 'Well Fancy That' – Local snippets in cuttings from The Herald 1984–1986

BOX 29

Headley Michaelmas Fete 2006

Photograph album (not in a box)

BOX 30

Headley Village Hall Trustees Minutes #1

Minute Books 1949-1972

BOX 31

Headley Village Hall Trustees Minutes #2

Minute Books 1974-1980

BOX 32

Headley Twinning Association

1. 1988 - Certificate presented to Headley Parish Council to say that Headley is Twinned with Corné
2. 1989 - Headley Report - Headley officially Twinned with Corné
3. Corné Guide Book
4. 1988 Corné Municipal Directory
5. 1999 Corné Bulletin
6. 2001 Corné Bulletin
7. 2002 Corné Bulletin
8. 2002 Corné Municipal Directory
9. 2004 Corné Municipal Directory
10. 2004 Corné Bulletin
11. 2006 Programme of visit from Corné to Headley
12. 2006-2007 Corné Municipal Directory
13. 2006 Bulletin Corné
14. Booklet about Corné and its history (in French)
15. Programme of events for Corné's visit to Headley 2003
16. Programme of events Headley visit to Corné 2002
17. Newspaper item Twinning Easter Picnic with Easter hats, April 6th 2005
18. Booklet about Corné in French "Corné Devoile ses Tresors"
19. Newspaper article about Headley Fete July 1995 when the Twinning ran a Boules competition.
20. Photographs of Headley Fete 1995 including Boules Competition.
21. Newspaper article (September 1999) about the second car treasure hunt organised by Headley Twinning and article about car treasure hunt.
22. Article (in French ) about the 1994 visit from Corné to Headley.
23. Newspaper article (May 2003) about Gordon Wrigley and Christian Ebener who started the Headley Twinning in 1988
24. From Parish Magazine May 1995, Twinning events planned for the Summer.
25. From Bordon Herald April 1995 asking who would like to go to Corné.
26. Twinning article from Parish magazine April 1995
27. From Parish Magazine March 1995
28. Twinning matters in Headley Report 1995
29. Newspaper article in Bordon Herald November 1995 about visit to Corné
30. Bordon Herald advertising forthcoming visit to Corné 1995
31. Herald Newspaper article on 1996 and Barn Dance.
32. Bordon Herald May 1998, Article about the visit from Corné and a Barbecue on the Village Green to mark the 10th anniversary visit from Corné
33. Leaflet advertising Headley Twinning and trip to Corné 1995
34. Leaflet about Headley visit to Corné May 2007
35. Headley Twinning Association Constitution.
36. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2000
37. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2001
38. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2002
39. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2003
40. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2004
41. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2005
42. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2006
43. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2007
44. Minutes of Committee Meetings 2008
45. Corné Flash Info 2002 (in French).
46. List of those who went to Corné 1992 and accommodation.
47. Programme of events for weekend in Corné 2004
48. Corné Flash news 2002, after Foot and Mouth outbreak of 2001.
49. End of year accounts 1999 and 2006
50. AGMs 1998 and 2000
51. Corné Flash Info 2003 (in French)
52. Document with original aims of Headley Twinning Association
53. Newsletters 2001-2007
54. Letters, emails from Committee members and members of Council 1996-2007
55. Boules , Boules de Fort et Flechettes in Corné (in French).
56. Newspaper article about Headley Youth Football Club obtaining a grant from the Council to visit Corné
57. Article from 1987 when Gordon Wrigley first asked Headley Councillors if Headley could be Twinned with Corné.
 

Filing Cabinet – top drawer

  • Photos of Gravestones – Joyce Stevens and Jim Clark – photo album, decorative cover
  • 35mm colour transparency slides of broomsquires at work, dated April 1977 – photo album

 

Rural Life Centre info sheets on Eggars sales of Headley properties

Sheet identity Nos. WAVMS: C1985.0898 and 1004 to 1024 – mainly related to sales documents obtained from J Alfred Eggar
Apply to the Rural Life Centre to view the actual documents

  • 0898 – Headley Mill Farm, 1899
  • 1004 – Headley Wood Estate, 1928
  • 1005 – Map of Headley Mill Farm, no date quoted
  • 1006 – Headley Wood Farm sale poster, 1840
  • 1007 – Headley Park & Picketts Hill sale, 1869
  • 1008 – Birds Nest Farm, 1861
  • 1009 – Hammer Lane, two cottages, 1900
  • 1010 – Whitmore Bottom, 1878
  • 1011 – Cottage residence, 1897
  • 1012 – Dunces Farm, 1889
  • 1013 – Family residence, Headley, 1886
  • 1014 – Moor House Farm, 1957
  • 1015 – Hilland Farm, 1887
  • 1016 – The Eveley Estate, Headley, 1907
  • 1017 – Plan of Parish of Headley, 1894
  • 1018 – Birds Nest, Headley, 1928
  • 1019 – Stream & Moor House Farms, 1893
  • 1020 – Properties in Lindford and Headley, 1903
  • 1021 – Hilland Estate, 1912
  • 1022 – Live & dead stock, Plaster Hill Farm, 1885
  • 1023 – Stream Farm, 1901
  • 1024 – Stock in trade & furniture at Florence Villa (builder & carpenter), 1901
  • 1025 – Curtis Dairy Farm (including Florence Villa), 1928

Sales material mentioned to us in a previous list as being held by the Rural Life Centre, but not found in the above sheets (no Ref. Nos. given):—
This list is item 44 in JOYCE STEVENS COLLECTION (part 2)

  • Headley Mill Farm, 1936
  • Thirty-four lots in Arford, Headley & Lindford (unsold portions of Headley Wood Estate), 1929 – three entries
  • Accommodation, Hop and Arable Land – Hop kiln and 11 cottages in Binsted, Dockenfield, Kingsley & Headley, 1868
  • Holt Hatch and Lower House farms in Dockenfield, Headley, Kingsley & Binsted, 1897
  • Barford Flock Mills, 1891
  • Three plots of Building Land at Headley, with prices – not dated
  • Freehold estate at Hindhead, Churt and Barford, 1890
  • Furniture & Effects, The White House, Headley, 1940
  • Furniture & Effects, The Homestead, Saunders Green, Headley, 1926
  • Live & dead stock, Curtis Dairy Farm, Headley, 1928
  • Live & dead stock, Stream Farm, Headley, 1901
  • Live & dead stock, Stream and Moor House Farms, Headley, 1893

Filing Cabinet – bottom drawer –

  • Flint tools (collected at Trottsford), from Joyce Stevens
  • Horticultural Society centenary anniversary plate
  • Microfiche (in red plastic box) of parish registers and other info

28: THE BELLINGER COLLECTION
Deposited May 2001 by Margaret Denholme (indexed 2008/01/NW) – on shelf – photos (wedding and masonic and children) pink folder + 2 large photos

Wedding Invitation: Mrs E Bellinger requests the company of…….at the marriage of her daughter Rosemary with Mr Philip Edward Robinson at Headley Parish Church on Saturday September 13th 1952 at 3.15pm and afterwards at The Sally Lunn Restaurant, Hindhead. RSVP Arford, Headley, Bordon, Hants.

  • Two wedding photographs of Rosemary and Philip Robinson in leather frame
  • Two proofs of wedding photographs of " " "
  • Letter to Mr Bellinger from Mrs D W Greenham, Kimberley, Sea Views, Isle of Wight dated 5th April 1918 thanking Mr Bellinger for writing to her on the death of her husband, Don during WWl.
  • Postcard photograph of A Bellinger, dressed as a mason. Date?
  • Photograph of a couple in evening dress. Names unknown.
  • Photograph (in folder "With Every Good Wish" and a picture of a ship)of young woman dated 4 December 1937. Name unknown
  • Photograph in folder of young girl (aged approx. 3yrs?) No name/date. Photographer J P Walder, Hindhead Studio, Grayshott, Hants.
  • Another photograph of same child.
  • Photograph of young lady and older woman outside a beach hut called "Happy Days". Names/date unknown.
  • Photograph of grave of Sara, beloved wife of Albert Adam Wood born 8th April 1881, Died 12th May 1930.
  • Photograph of baby and young boy. No names/date. Photographer: J M Shepherd, 56 Rutland Court, New Church Road, Hove, Sussex.
  • Photograph of wedding showing bride. Groom, two bridesmaids and three men. No names/dates.
  • Small photograph of two older ladies in a garden. No names/date.
  • Small photograph of St Andrews Home with car in front. No date/place.
  • Photograph in Christmas greetings folder of young lady and boy and girl. No names/place or date.
  • Small photograph of two ladies and a man. No names/place/date.
  • Photograph of girl in a gardn. No name/place/date.
  • Photograph of two girls and elderly lady with deckchairs in garden. No names/place/date.
  • Photograph young girl with toddler and dog in garden. No names/place/date.
  • Formal photograph of young man in evening dress. No name/place/date.
  • Photograph in Best Wishes folder of lady. No name/date/place. Photographer ? wynspeare Herbert, Lancaster. No 930.
  • Photograph 2 small girls in garden. On reverse Love from A Gladys July 1947. No names/place.
  • Wedding invitation: Mrs E Bellinger requests the pleasure of the company of……..at the marriage of her daughter Marjorie with Mr John Sykes at Headley Parish Church on Saturday August 30th 1947 at 3pm and after at The Royal Huts Hotel, Hindhead. RSVP Arford, Headley, Bordon, Hants.
  • Inside: Photograph presumably of Marjorie Bellinger and report in local paper of Miss Bellinger's wedding.
  • Small photograph of lady standing by stone wall and window. No name/date/place.
  • Small folder with photograph of elderly man and woman outside building, 9 school children, toddler on beach ? 1927.
  • Polyfoto of baby in folder "Love from Helen July 1957". No name/place.
  • 4 photographs of Rosemary Bellinger's wedding 1952.
  • Photograph of Annie July 1912 - on reverse "For Nellie"
  • Photograph of two couples and a lady in evening dress. No names/date/place.
  • Photograph of lady with flowers (wedding?) in oval frame. No name/date/place.
  • Oval photograph of lady by T C Leaman, 7 The Corridor, Bath. On reverse: "With best wishes for Xmas 1911".
  • Studio portrait of young girl in folder T.C. Leaman, 7 corridor, Bath. Date on back Sep 1935. No name.
  • Wedding photograph in garden. Bride, groom, bridesmaid, father, mother & mother? No names/date/place.
  • Large photograph of 18 masons entitled "From Wor.Bro. T Abrahams to his Officers 1928-29. Photographer Waller, Bordon.
  • Large Photograph of Woolmer Forest Lodge No 3872 E.C. Whitehill, Bordon 1932.

Miscellaneous Locations:

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF TREASURES OF HEADLEY (indexed 2008/01/NW) – in cardboard box on floor
– see also info on website

  • Barford Mill and Mill House 2 photographs
  • The New Inn, Sleaford - 2 photographs
  • Trottsford Farm House, Picketts Hill - 2 photographs
  • Barn 20 metres south of Trottsford Farm house.
  • Arford House - photograph missing
  • Arford Lodge, Bowcott Hill - 2 photographs
  • Boundary Walls and gates to Arford House and Lodge - photographs missing
  • Chestnut Cottage, Bowcott Hill - photograph missing
  • Overton Cottage, Arford Road - 2 photographs
  • Stores House, Arford Road - photographs missing
  • 1 and 2, the Corner House, Arford Road
  • Bohannas, Arford Road
  • Field House, Bacon Lane - photograph missing
  • Lower Hearn Farmhouse, Churt Road
  • Barn 10 metres west of Lower Hearn Farmhouse
  • Rooks Cottage, Churt Road - 2 photographs
  • Plaster Hill Farmhouse, Churt Road - 2 photographs
  • Barford Stream Cottage, Churt Road
  • The Old Mill, Barford, Churt Road
  • Yeomans Place, Crabtree Lane - 2 photographs
  • Holme School and house, Crabtree Lane - 2 photographs
  • Curtis Farmhouse, Curtis Lane
  • Barn, 30 metres south east of Curtis Farm
  • Peters Barn Cottage, Frensham Lane
  • Peters Barn, Frensham Lane
  • Huntingford Farmhouse, Frensham Lane
  • Barn, 10 metres north east of Huntingford farmhouse - photograph missing
  • Bayfields Farmhouse, Frensham Lane
  • Tignals Farmhouse, Frensham Lane
  • Barn 20 metres north of Tignals Farmhouse
  • 1 and 2/3 Moorhouse Farmhouse, Frensham Lane
  • Hatch House Farmhouse, Headley Road, Lindford
  • Mellow Farmhouse, Heath Hill nr Dockenfield
  • Barn 3 metres east of Mellow Farm
  • Wakefords, High Street, Headley - 2 photographs
  • Suters, High Street, Headley
  • Parish Church of All Saints - photograph missing
  • War Memorial 1914-1919
  • The (former) Rectory - photograph missing
  • Linstead Farmhouse, Linstead Lane (off Frensham Lane) see
  • Barn 40 metres south-west of Picketts Hill farmhouse
  • Barn 10 metres south-east if Linstead Farm - photograph missing
  • Headley Grange, Liphook Road
  • Longcross Farmhouse, Longcross Hill
  • Appletree Cottage, Mill Lane - 2 photographs
  • The Old Cottage, Hearn, Churt Road
  • Huntingford Cottage, Smithy Lane
  • Barn & stable 5 metres east of Huntingford Cottage - photograph missing
  • Huntingford Forge, Smithy Lane - Photograph missing
  • Huntingford Bridge, Heath Hill
  • Headley Mill and house, Standford Lane - 4 photographs
  • Wey House, Standford Lane
  • Oast Barn 15 metres west of Wey House
  • The Old Farmhouse, Standford Lane - photograph missing
  • Barn 20 metres west of Eveley House, Standford Lane.
  • Eveley House, Standford Lane
  • Riverside, Standford Lane - 2 photographs
  • Standford Cottage, Tulls Lane, Standford
  • Gravel Cottages 1 & 2 & 3 (Meadow Cottage) and 4 plus store, Tulls Lane - 2 photos
  • Sunnyside, Tulls Lane, Standford
  • Hatch Farmhouse and Stonehouse wing, Tulls Lane, Standford - 2 photographs
  • Stable 5 metres east of Hatch Farmhouse - photograph missing
  • Tulls (formerly Chase Farm), Tulls Lane, Standford
  • Granary 3 metres north of Tulls - photograph missing
  • Barn 10 metres north of Tulls - photograph missing
  • Crown Cottage, Arford Road
  • Barn 20 metres north of The Old Farmhouse, Standford - photograph missing

The following are further Headley Treasures not yet on official list:

  • The Tithe Barn, High Street - 2 photographs
  • Headley Stores (now called Crabtree House)
  • The Square House (on the green)
  • The Village Pound, Liphook Road - 2 photographs
  • Old Bakery, Arford - photograph missing
  • Yeoman's Cottage, Crabtree Lane
  • Chatterton Lodge, Fuller's Vale
  • Standford Mill (rebuilt with old materials) - photograph missing
  • The Corn Mill Cottage, Standford Lane
  • Wheelwright's Shop, Riverside, Standford
  • Wishanger Oasts
  • Laurel Cottage, Hammer Lane (squatter's rights?)
  • Holly cottage, Hammer Lane (squatter's rights?)
  • Yewtree Cottage, Arford Common (The Broomsquire's)
  • Headley Park
  • Headley Park Cottages (3) - 3 photographs
  • Picketts Hill Farm
  • Packhorse Bridge, Linstead Lane (modernized) - photograph missing
  • Saxon bowl, Picketts Hill Farm
  • Aquaduct Headley Wood (water meadows' irrigation) - 2 photographs
  • Lime Kiln, Bull's Hollow
  • Round Barrow, Broxhead East
  • Sheepwash, Frensham Pond
  • Site of meolithic chipping floors, Trottsford (destroyed by sand-winning) 4 photos
  • The Toll House, Sleaford (destroyed by HCC for road widening) - photograph missing
  • Lickfold's, Arford Road (demolished)
  • 8 photographs untitled.
  • Negatives

Other Archived Material:

Archives of Headley Theatre Club (held in cardboard archive boxes under the shelves)

  • from foundation (1952) to the present day

Parish Magazines

Headley Reports

  • from 1978 to present – (held on the shelves)

Scrapbooks (in cardboard boxes on the floor to the right)

  • local newspaper cuttings from April 1971 to the present day – see scrapbooks index

The Headley Society

  • Finances 1991–2000 – (held on the shelves)
  • Past correspondence 1990–1996 – (held on the shelves)
  • Photo album 1986–1992
  • 1993 photos
  • Cuttings 1990
  • Photos (from Joyce Stevens) of local houses

Miscellaneous

  • A number of Pamphlets written and published by Maj. JRB Branson circa. 1939–1950s, including 'Grass for All, a new diet' and 'The Heat-Less Sun, thoughts about reality' – held in Box 8
  • Banner of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Court Forget-me-Not – see front – see back
  • "Headley" sign post – 2¾ miles to Headley – on floor to left of entrance door
  • Headley by the Wey Exhibition material – in outsize container attached to sloping roof on right
  • Headley Scouts 1990
  • All Saints' Mothers Union 1990
  • Headley Michaelmas Fete 2006
  • News cuttings Headley 1990
  • Photographs of Headley Houses in album (from Hampshire Treasures research?)
  • Pageant 1952 poster
  • Youth club files
  • 1974–1977 press cuttings, and other misc items – in Archive file 1 on shelf next to Boxes
  • Oxfam group minutes
  • Framed calligraphed petition to the Archbishop of Canterbury – re. the Glebe Fields protest of 1987 – no fixed abode yet
  • Photocopies of Census return sheets for Headley for the years 1861, 1871, 1881 & 1901 – contact John Owen Smith
  • Double-sided card with details of sale on 28 Oct 1853 of farming Stock and Effects of the late John Mills of Arford – not yet filed
  • DVD – containing movies of 1935 Jubilee; 1951 Pageant; 2000 Millennium Pageant – not yet filed
  • DVD – 1999 Twinning visit to Corné – not yet filed

Microfiche

  • Microfiche of Sir Thomas Gatehouse's survey of tithing 1552 for the manor of Headley (now on website)
  • Microfiche of Headley Parish Registers (baptisms and burials 1540–1901 and marriages 1540–1903 now on website sorted by surname)
  • Microfiche of the Headley Tithe Award, 1846 (now on website)
  • Microfiche of the Headley Enclosure Award, c.1855 (now on website)
  • Microfiche of Frensham Parish Registers (baptisms and burials 1650–1840)
  • Microfich of Monumental Inscriptions for Thursley, Elstead and Bourne
  • Microfiche of 1851 Census Index for West Surrey
  • Microfiche of 1861 Census Index for Frensham and Dockenfield

For further information see the History section of the Headley website

Pamphlets of Major JRB Branson, B.A., LL.B (1872–1952) – (held in Box 8?)

  • James RB Branson was born in India on November 9th, 1872. He graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking an Honours Degree in Classics; and later an Honorary Degree in Law. He was also a keen rower.
  • From records in Headley [Mr Laverty's notebooks], we note that his mother lived at Wishanger Lodge and died in 1923. James bought Headley Mill Farm 1915. We are told [by Sue Allden] that in 1920 he was just along the road at Lower House Farm, Lindford – but he still used Headley Mill Farm as the address on his pamphlets published in the 1940s.
  • Local memories of him [by Sue Allden]: He used to eat meat, but then said to Wakeford the butcher, 'No more steak from you', and became vegetarian. Used to cycle everywhere, even up to London.
  • He was a local Councillor, being successively chairman of both Headley and Whitehill Parish Councils, and was known as a local benefactor. He gave the ground and money for Lindford Working Men's Club, which opened in August 1927. He says in the introduction to 'Grass for All' that he left Headley for London in 1936. He died in 1952. Branson Road in Bordon is named after him. Richard Branson, the present-day entrepreneur, is his great nephew.
  • We have in the Archives eleven of the following small pamphlets (the ones with titles shown in BOLD) written and published by James Branson in the period 1939–1950.

Our thanks to Dave Schmauch of New York, who found these pamphlets and passed them on to us.

  • GRASS FOR ALL. Unorthodox views on Diet and Religion, 20pp (c.1939) - 4d
    Published by Branson's Publications at Headley Mill Farm, Bordon, Hants
  • EATING FOR VICTORY. Unorthodox views on Diet, and suggestions for Wartime Economy therein - 4d
  • BOOK OF RECIPES. Fifty Recipes for the use of Grass in Salads and Cooked Dishes - 6d
  • THE GOLDEN DAWN. A stimulant in Blank Verse to thoughts on the essential divinity of Man - 6d
  • A CALL TO YOUTH. A stimulant to Youth towards action expressive of that potential divinity - 4d
  • THE NEED OF CIVILIZATION TODAY. A stimulant to the World to Creative action expressive of the divinity inherent in Man in potentiality, needing only to be brought to birth in action appropriate to divinity, 20pp (June 1940) - 4d
    Published by Branson's Publications at Headley Mill Farm, Bordon, Hants
    Address of author: 105 Westbury Court, SW4
  • THE HEAT-LESS SUN. Thoughts about REALITY, 24pp (June 1940) - 4d
    Published by Branson's Publications at Headley Mill Farm, Bordon, Hants
    Address of author: 105 Westbury Court, SW4
  • WHAT I MEAN BY 'GOD,' or as I prefer to say 'The Gods.' A simple man's presentation of Godhead on a rational basis - 9d
  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION. A thoughtful Horse-Breeder's adventures into Psychology and Religion, 24pp (Aug 1940) - 6d
    Published by Branson's Publications at Headley Mill Farm, Bordon, Hants
    Address of author: 105 Westbury Court, SW4
  • THE ORIGIN OF PERVERTED CHRISTIANITY, 12pp (July 1940) - 4d
    No publisher's address shown. Address of author: 105 Westbury Court, SW4
  • The Goal of Life and the Purpose of Creation, 28pp (Aug 1946)
    No publisher's address shown. Address of author: 63 Balham Hill, SW12
  • The Spiritualistic Basis of Orthodox Christianity, 24pp (undated)
    Branson's Publications, 63 Balham Hill, London SW12
  • UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. A Policy and a Religion and a Way of Life, 8pp (undated)
    Author's address: 53 (sic) Balham Hill, London SW12
  • A CHALLENGE TO THE PRIESTHOODS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, 12pp (Oct 1947) - Author's address: 63a Balham Hill, London SW12
  • THE CHALLENGE TO OUR TIMES, 8pp (undated)
    No publisher's or author's address
  • WE ARE ALL 'CHILDREN OF GOD. A Personal Statement and Explanation, 4pp (Reprinted from 'Religions', the Journal for the Study of Religions, September-December, 1950. No.70)

Yet to be filed:

Donations to Headley Archives by Sue Allden, 26th September 2012

  • Framed map of local area dated 1776 (as included in Headley's Past in Pictures)
  • Framed list of subscribers to the Testimonial presented by the parish of Headley to WH Laverty (completion of 50 years service & his Golden Wedding)
  • Two sheets of mounted local postcards.
  • Framed school attendance certificate for Fred George ARNOLD, 1912.
  • Framed individual photographs of WH Laverty and his 2 daughters (unnamed)
  • Framed copy of letter dated 1777 to Gilbert White from Rev SEWELL, rector of Headley.
  • Map of Hampshire in 1610
  • Framed photograph of Mr Justice WRIGHT.
  • Framed photograph of the old Rectory with tithe barn pond in foreground.
  • Recipe book of Gladys Laverty (now republished)
  • Recipe book of Muriel Laverty
  • Parish Magazines for 1930
  • Mr Beck's book History of Headley, including original pictures.
  • Folder of Mr WH Laverty's notes, including material used by Tudor Jones in his book Headley 1066-1966.
  • Various cuttings & photographs in boxes & folders (some of the contents were used for Sue Allden's historical displays)

Donations to Headley Archives by Sue Allden, 12th March 2013

  • 5 woodblocks of engravings by Norman Wilson - scenes of Headley (as used by The Headley Society)
  • Original & copies of drawing "Headley Church in the time of G White" by Prof de la Motte (father-in-law to WH Laverty)
  • Folder containing various printed papers belonging to WHL, plus later newspaper cuttings, including some on John Henry Knight of Farnham who invented the first British petrol-driven car in 1895.
  • Mr WH Laverty's postcard album
  • Kelly's Directory of Hampshire for 1895
  • Hard-backed 'Day Book' with frontispiece 'The Oxford Crew' 1869 - half empty
  • Small red photograph album of a member of the Laverty family
  • Two photograph albums of Muriel Laverty, both dated 1901 (some items very faded)
  • 'Scenes by the Way' (brown cover) photo album of Muriel Laverty, dated 1904 - with names
  • 'Scenes by the Way' (green cover) photo album of Gladys Laverty, dated July 1903 - with names
  • 'Sunny Memories' photograph album of Gladys Laverty, dated October 1906 - with names
  • Photo album of Gladys Laverty, dated 1909 - with names - card pages, half empty
  • Small black notebook/diary of a member of the Laverty family - first entry dated 17 April 1893, last dated 1st Jan 1895 [worth transcribing]
  • Small notebook of Gladys Laverty dated Xmas 1903 (from M Wright), in which she records the birth of her kittens - also the members of the badminton club, and results of her graphology tests among other things
  • Photo of WHL in military uniform
  • Photograph album "WFF 1915-16" with photos taken in or near Arabia

Lindt chocolate box containing:—

  • Loose family photographs, some named on back
  • Other miscellaneous family memorabilia, including:-
  • Envelope marked 'Tracing of BGL's hand' containing BGL's diary from her wedding day (12 June 1872) to 28th June, visiting the Lake District (on their honeymoon?)
  • Envelope marked 'Mr Llewellyn's letter' containing lockets of the Laverty children's hair.
  • Christmas card from Bret Harte, 1898, in envelope addressed to Miss Laverty
  • Sketches by Nellie Knollys
  • Cocktail stick with a small fan at the end


Donations to Headley Archives by Haart of Grayshott, 3rd January 2014

  • Folder dated 1962 relating to 'planned development at Headley Green' (Crabtree Farm land) which became the first phase of The Paddock
  • Folder dated 1982 relating to the sale of land at Gentles Copse to the National Trust
  • Folder dated 1983 relating to the sale of Great Holt, Dockenfield (when it stopped being St Teresa's Convent)
  • Several maps:
  • Undated map on delicate tracing paper, much torn, showing plots available for sale on Headley Down and their cost
  • OS maps of various dates, mostly 25" scale, showing parts of Headley parish (yet to be filed)

 

Donation by Mrs Hedgecock, 20th October 2015 — Ring binder containing minutes, plans, notes, letters, press reports and pictures relating to the Headley Down Playing Fields Association, 1969-1977

From the Trustees of the Headley Down Community Association (HDCA) when it was wound down in November 2015 — A large cardboard box of records, photos, etc

From All Saints' Church Office, August 2016 — Minute book (1945-47) of the committee set up to decide on the form of a memorial for Headley servicemen who lost their lives in WW2; and the account book for collection of the Poor Rate in Headley for the year 1848 which has been mostly transcribed and passed for safe keeping to the Surrey History Centre.

From Robin Smeeton, October 2017 — CD containing MP3 audio file of Barbara Tudor Jones talking to The Headley Society at their AGM in 1986.

From Nigel Thorne, March 2018 — Newly published A5 booklet 'The Hamlet of Barford' by his father Frank Thorne, 'a country boy' — contains memories from the 1930s onwards (he was born Dec 1925) with many local names from Barford and Churt.

Donations to Headley Archives, March & May 2018 following Sue Allden's death

  • Order of Service for Sue Allden's funeral, 27 March 2018
  •  Special Constable's wooden truncheon, said to have been used in the 1830 riot by Henry KNIGHT (Sue's gt-grandfather) — George III insignia and 'ALTON' painted on it.
  • Churchwarden's pipe, 60cm long.
  • Cardboard tube (maroon, 30cm long) with GR insignia, containing two documents ('Trimmer v Walsh') in judgement of a case in the Court of the Queen's Bench in Nov 1862 (concerning a dispute over hop grounds and tithes in Binsted) together with a letter to John CLEAR of Trottsford.
  • Brown A5 envelope addressed to Sue Allden containing cuttings, photos and information on the Allden family connection with Aldershot.
  • Particulars & conditions of sale of "The Elm Place Estate" in Aldershot, May 1887, with maps.
  • Order of Service at Remembrance Sunday in Headley 1998, showing a plan of who stands where for the wreath laying at the War Memorial.
  • Correspondence with Helen Mirwald about names of the WW1 fallen in Kingsley.
  • A3-size sheet showing a reconstruction of Hampton Court Palace 'before its partial demolition in the 17th century'.
  • 'Daily Journal' Annual Account Book of James Allden from 1770 showing rents and observations on hop yelds, etc to 1834.
  • Rate book for the Parish of Aldershot from 1808 to 1829.
  • Rent Book for Allden interests in Headley 1900 to 1963.
  • Foolscap envelope containing many documents: including Deeds and details of The Birches from 1853 up to its sale in 1984, and other properties. Also birth & marriage certificates of the Allden family – and much else.

In a box yet to be filed, returned to us in Dec 2018

  • Photocopy of Sir Thomas Gatehouse's survey of tithing 1552 for the manor of Headley (23M50/40) also on website
  • Photocopy of Sir Thomas Gatehouse's rentroll 1774 for the manor of Headley (23M50/29) also on website
  • Trial logos for Headley incorporating a mill wheel drawn by Hester Whittle (never used) – two sheets A4
  • Documents and maps relating to the sale of Headley Wood Estate in 1962 – in brown A4 envelope addressed to Dr Alan Dunkley, Tignals
  • Illustrated calendar backing card 'With compliments from E. GWINN, Grocer, Fruiterer, Greengrocer and Provisions, Deadwater Hill, Bordon, phone Bordon 113'
  • Sales brochure for Headley Park Estate, 1947 (being sold by GA McAndrew)
  • Map 'Plan of Headley Park' for sale by auction 1947, with accompanying list of plots
  • Copy of a Memorandum (hand written) extracted from Headley Parish Register 1736 relating to the upkeep of Huntingford Bridge
  • Various paper items 'deposited 27 June 2000' – in blue envelope folder (to be itemised)
  • Autograph album of "D. Collins, given to her by Mrs Harwood, Christmas 1913"
  • Scrapbook relating to Edward Barnsley and the Headley WW2 Book of Remembrance
  • Tracing of the Headley Enclosure Map made by Doreen Parfect c.2002 on several A3 sheets of tracing paper – in white A4 envelope addressed to John Owen Smith
  • Document and maps relating to a dispute over the irrigation of water meadows along The Hanger, Arford in 1806/1807
  • Handwritten notes on the Gates family and other historical information – perhaps by Mr Laverty?
  • A Provisional List of Paths and Properties prepared by Mr Laverty and published in 1912
  • Copy of a booklet (36pp) "Frances I'Anson, The Lass of Richmond Hill" by Leslie P Wenham
  • Notes on the I'Anson family, typed by Joyce Stevens – 3 sheets
  • Sheets relating to input for the Village Appraisal of 1999
  • Programme for the Headley Festival of Music, June 1996
  • Local Walks written by Mr Parratt (in the 1940s?) – typed on 10 sheets on quarto paper, now turned brown with age
  • Floor Plan of Headley Village Hall produced in 1991 – single folded A3 sheet
  • Map of Headley with margin notes about old surveys – two A3 sheets
  • "Strategic Information Warfare & Strategy" by Dr Dan Kuehl – mentions Telconia – over 60 printed pages of his article
  • Photos 1994 "for the Headley report" – many familiar faces, needs indexing
  • Original pen & ink drawings for "To the Ar and Back" by Mick Borra
  • Autograph book dated 1943, belonging to Elsie Watkins
  • Framed photograph of Joyce Stevens with Mike Withers and Jo Smith – August 2005, the 20th anniversary of The Headley Society
  • Margaret Hussey's diary, 1940 & 1941 – small black book, mostly unused
  • Log Book of the Bullfinch Patrol of the 1st Headley (Guides) Company, 1941/1942
  • Some notes on the Parish of Headley by Mr Laverty, 1925 – single folded sheet of paper
  • Indenture for Henry George Hunt, 1887 – wheelwright and carpenter
  • Indenture for Jesse Bone, 1862 – carpenter
  • List of Subscribers to the Great War Headley Memorial Fund
  • Receipt (27 Jul 1919) for contribution to Great War Headley Memorial Fund by Mrs Ellen Shrubb, attached to a list of names for the Marble Tablet in the church
  • Headley & Kingsley Almanack 1896
  • Headley & Kingsley Almanack 1897
  • Old photo of the interior of Headley Church (undated) sent by Barbara Tudor Jones
  • Booklet of Weights and Measures, 1845
  • Booklet "An Epitome of Universal History", 1836
  • The Bounds of Headley, 1895
  • "Epitaphs in the Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Headley" 1878, collected by WH Laverty
  • Village Design Statement for Swanmore, Hampshire, 2001
  • Pamphlets published by JBB Branson: We are all Children of God; The Spiritualistic basis of Orthodox Christianity; Universal Brotherhood; A Challenge to the Priesthoods of the Twentieth Century; The Challenge to our Times; The Goal of Life; The Psychology of Religion; The Need of Civilisation Today; The Heat-less Sun; The Origin of Perverted Christianity; Grass for All.
  • Sales details of Mowlands Farm, Frith End, 1965
  • Programme for "The Middle Watch" by the Local Amateur Players at Redhill, 1936 – written by Commander King-Hall of Headley
  • Newspaper cuttings relating to Harry Brittain
  • Scrapbook and cuttings covering the Rectory Field dispute of 1987

Material from Susan Dunkley, received Dec 2018

  • Info on the workings of the 1980 Appraisal of Headley
  • 6 Headley Reports, 1976-1985, with comments

Memories of old Headley residents

Material from Marion Davey, received Feb & Mar 2019

  • Copy of a letter dated 1876: "I return your T.T's signed. I don't think you have much to complain of in your school …" [we assume the Holme School]
  • Printed Circular to H.M. Inspectors dated 1895 on the subject of 'Object Teaching' (13 pages)
  • Plans (4 sheets) drawn up by Edward I'Anson in 1893/94 for an extension to the Holme school
  • 1937 OS 25 inch map (XXXVI.15) of Headley & Lindford – on tracing paper [filed in a cardboard tube with the other maps, but not numbered]

From Carl Tantum, received October 2019

  • A framed photograph of staff and pupils the old Holme Infant School, April 1984 [it closed in January 1991] – now on loan to Victorian Dreams, who operate from the old Holme School buildings

From Elaine Gouger, received October 2019

A Certificate of Honour for Private A HODGSON, designed by Hugh Thomson-Glover and given to all Headley men known to have served in WW2

From Carl Tantum, received April 2020

  • A packet of 27 photographs of staff & pupils in class 'pre-1987', including a lesson on how to bathe a real baby.

From Carl Tantum, received July 2020

  • Video tape of the Holme School (yet to be transferred to a digital meduim)

From Petersfield Museum, received October 2020

From David Collings, received March 2021

From John Odling-Smee, received September 2021

  • A copy of his large book 'A Jolly Life' about the life and times of Charles Theophilus Hahn, son of the first owner of Headley Grange in 1872 after it was converted from a workhouse – includes references to the Laverty family and other Headley people of the time [in filing cabinet drawer]

From Rosemary Schofield, received June 2022

  • Photo album (silver cover, 96 pages) containing photographs (with names) taken at the Headley Millennium Weekend, June 2000 [in filing cabinet drawer]

From Andy Johnson, received July 2022

  • Lease agreement for the Crown Inn dated 3rd October 1907 between Mark Hebburn of Addlestone and Friary, Holroyd and Healy's Breweries of Guildford (at £2.10s per quarter) [unfiled]

From The Clapham Society, March 2023

  • A copy of the book 'The I'Ansons' by Peter Jefferson Smith. Includes a chapter on their time in Grayshott. [in filing cabinet drawer]

From Marguerite Withers, March 2023

  • A bundle of correspondence concerning the (failed) attempt c.2011 to have the Glebe Fields declared a Common. [in filing cabinet drawer]

Other miscellaneous material

  • Two large photographs of Sherman tanks from the IWM, bought by Jo Smith as part of his Canadians WW2 project [filed in a cardboard tube with maps]
  • Headley Appraisal 2001 and Parish Plan 2004/5 & 2007 – notes and working papers – in cardboard box from Jo Smith, May 2019
  • Millennium Pageant 2000 – notes and working papers – in cardboard box from Jo Smith, May 2019
  • Headley Society old posters – in cardboard box from Jo Smith, May 2019
  • Copy of booklet Echoes of Erie Camp published June 2019 by the Headley Down Nature Reserve Trust
  • Obituary of Major Jeremy Whitaker (10 Nov 1934 – 9 Sep 2019) from The Daily Telegraph
  • Results of the investigation into WW1 names on the Headley War Memorial by The Headley Society – in cardboard box, March 2020
  • CD of images of the First Minute Book of Headley Parish Council, 1894-1920 – these have been transcribed and the result is on the website
  • Images of Booklet published 1932 summarising the history of Grayshott Parish

A notebook kept by Rev WH Laverty from 1872 in which he tried to understand the documents relating to the foundation of the Holme School, organised the expansion of the school to include an Infants Room, and started an Education Council in the parish. [in filing cabinet drawer]

A reprint of a copy of WH Laverty's "The Laws of Motion" once owned in 1923 by Prof Alexander Ziwet (1853-1928) in which he has made notes, sometimes not very complimentary! [in filing cabinet drawer]

Twinning: Cotton 'shopping bag' from Corné dated 22 Oct 1988 containing a decorative plate, Headley paperweight, commemorative pen, some photographs of Twinning events a folded poster dated 1998. [in filing cabinet drawer]

Items of interest to Headley

Arrowhead

— We do not possess the actual artefact

Known to exist but not in the Archives

Some documents relating to The Stores, High Street, Headley (also known as Rogers Stores)
in possession of Graham Walder [as at August 2014]

  • 25 Sep 1833 Assurance of copyhold, sale by Thomas BAKER (deceased) to Thomas CHALCRAFT
  • 6 Jun 1859 Abstract of title of William SUTER to a freehold piece of land at Headley known as Gauntletts (in Arford?)
  • 3 Oct 1860 Admission of Mrs Mary CHALCRAFT
  • 19 Sep 1864 Auction at Holly Bush
  • 18 Apr 1865 William SUTER buys Lot 1 (of above auction) for £160
  • "Comprises a brick-built and tiled dwelling-house and shop, with garden containing wood and 19 perches (more or less) and a four-roomed cottage adjoining, situate near the Holly Bush Inn in Headley. The house contains a sitting room, kitchen, washhouse, cellar, three bedrooms and a roomy shop. A grocery and general trade was for many years carried on on the premises by the late proprietor."
  • 12 Jun 1865 Admission of William SUTER
  • Aug 1874 Lease from William SUTER to William ROGERS
  • 17 Nov 1887 Plot for Laburnums sold to ROGERS (Philip BIRD)
  • 12 Sep 1888 Conveyance of a piece of land between S BEWSHER and W ROGERS (relates to the eastern side of the stores)
  • 23 May 1895 Deed of Enfranchisement (Indenture) to William SUTER
  • 24 May 1895 Mortgage of £250 to William ROGERS from Miss Edith SUTER
  • 24 May 1895 Title of Leonard Lothian ROGERS to freehold
  • 24 May 1895 Sale by William SUTER to William ROGERS
  • 3 Jan 1908 Will of William ROGERS (d. 15 Jun 1908) gave shop to son & daughter
  • 3 Jan 1927 Mary Jane ROGERS (wife of William) died
  • 24 Nov 1931 Register of Prohibitions
  • 22 Sep 1949 Fee for Search (for 3 & 4, London Road [&/or Portsmouth Rd], Liphook)
  • 26 Feb 1955 Beatrice ROGERS died
  • 2 Sep 1957 Conveyance from ROGERS to Bargrave Deane - premises known as The Stores, Headley
  • 9 Sep 1957 Requisition for Search (for 43 & 45 Portsmouth Rd, Liphook)
  • 8 Nov 1957 Application for permission to develop - alterations to existing shop premises, use unchanged
  • 24 Feb 1958 Deed allowing Biddy Bargrave Deane to build a land drain under Laburnum property
  • 27 Aug 1958 Tithe Redemption
  • 19 Aug 1959 Application for Search
  • 2 Oct 1959 Report on Title of BMB Deane
  • 19 May 1964 Deed Poll change of name of Beatrice Mary Bargrave Deane to Beatrice Mary Bargrave KAY
  • 1 Jul 1965 Conveyance from Beatrice Mary Bargrave KAY
  • 28 Jul 1978 Application for permission to develop - proposed dwelling with garage (refused)
  • 14 Sep 1987 Requisition for Search
  • Feb 1988 Plans for new shop front
  • 28 Mar 1988 Planning permission for use of first floor as offices
  • 22 Oct 1990 Proposed extensions to Crabtree House
  • 22 Oct 1990 Planning permission for alterations
  • 4 Feb 1991 Requisition for Search
  • 27 Jul 1994 Property Register for Crabtree House - Office Accommodation

  • Diary of Biddy Bargrave Deane when she took over Rogers Stores (Aug 1956 to July 1958) – Mentions among other things Julie Andrews' step father coming to the shop trying to sell her a cash machine: "A rum old boy who was on the boards – a singing act with his wife – Ted and Barbara Andrews. However, as he said, 'My little daughter Julie is carrying on where we left off.'"

  • An inventory of Mr Tipper's Goods and Stock at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Headley in 1864

Photographs of Wishanger Lodge, early C20th, showing the Evans family. Some of these were included in the book Characters of Headley's Past.

Further indexes to the Archives will be added as time and resources permit.