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The Railway line came to Petersfield

  • Post published: October 28, 2019
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Godalming to Havant section was constructed by Thomas Brassey for £325,000

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Edward Thomas poet died

  • Post published: October 22, 2019
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Royal Oak public house listed in census

  • Post published: October 12, 2019
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It was on the north side of what we now know as Ridge Common Lane - then only a stretch of common land with a track across it. Henry Hounsome…

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Hearth Tax taken in Steep

  • Post published: October 12, 2019
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Collyers House became a WWII maternity home

  • Post published: October 12, 2019
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The house was a maternity home for evacuated mothers from the Portsmouth area and used by some locals too

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Steep Parish Council purchased Steep Common for the good of the village

  • Post published: October 12, 2019
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Although designated 'recreation ground' on the 1841 Tithe Map & at the Enclosures, Steep Common had previously been owned by various landlords

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The History of Steep website includes material which has been gathered by Fran Box and the Steep History Group on many aspects of the history of the village of Steep in East Hampshire. It is an ongoing project and will continue to be updated as more research is done.

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