Heritage

A SPECIAL group has been launched to ensure memories are “never forgotten” of a hospital which treated thousands of Indian troops in Barton.

HOW a set of fine portraits, including Darwin and Tennyson, came to be gifted to Brockenhurst railway station – and were then lost.

HAMPSHIRE County Council is to make more than 500 years of historic records free to access at its libraries and record office from next year.

A HOARD of ancient coins found buried in the New Forest has been described as one of the “most important historical and archaeological” local finds.

HOW in 1942 Lance Corporal Antony Coulthard went back on his word to help his fellow war camp escapee.

A FORMER Wren from Christchurch has been awarded France’s highest honour in recognition of her work as a wartime codebreaker at Bletchley Park.

A SPECIAL plaque has been unveiled at the former RAF Sopley camp to honour the role it played in helping 2,885 Vietnamese refugees build new lives.

A LYMINGTON antique dealer has put the fighting sword of famous admiral Lord Nelson up for sale with a £50,000 price tag.

AN historic hall with links to the real Alice in Wonderland marked its 100th anniversary by inviting in the community for a celebration of its past.

PLANS for a New Milton heritage centre are back on track with building work at its disused railway station master’s house set to start in the autumn.

ENHANCEMENTS are planned to highlight the historical importance of New Milton’s last wartime air raid shelter and the graves of renowned residents.

A SILVER tea service that once belonged to footballing legend Sir Stanley Matthews is being sold by a Lymington antique company for £22,500.

A SERIES of special films have been released celebrating the 60th anniversary of Beaulieu’s National Motor Museum reference library.

Charles Wallrock of Wick Antiques with the cabinet formerly belonging to Lord Nelson's surgeon A MEDICINE cabinet which belonged to the surgeon who attended…

A TEAM of conservationists are making fast progress on renovating a historic train carriage which is part of a set that once carried royalty along Hythe pier...

Attention will focus on the east end of Christchurch Priory CHRISTCHURCH Priory is set to undergo its next phase of restoration after receiving a government…

Some of the damage caused by the raid on New Milton DONALD Tomkins (88) was among those for whom the dramatic and tragic events of 23rd August 1940 will…

ACCOUNTS of commoning life by well-known New Forest families have been recorded for a new online exhibition...

Philip Daubney in the garden of Durmast House Burley WHEN Philip and Margaret Daubeney bought their home with its vast, overgrown grounds, little did…

Former Army Reservist John Adams will play the pipes at the Bashley event COMMUNITIES across the New Forest are preparing to mark the 75th anniversary…