Steep Timeline
History of Steep website created
Steep History Group started
Afghanistan War
Steep Parish Council purchased Steep Common for the good of the village
Although designated ‘recreation ground’ on the 1841 Tithe Map & at the Enclosures, Steep Common had previously been owned by various landlords
Kneelers of Steep church made
The kneelers were created between 1968 and 1980
World War II Memorial in Steep Church
World War II ended
Collyers House became a WWII maternity home
The house was a maternity home for evacuated mothers from the Portsmouth area and used by some locals too
Steep House became a rest home for the Free French
World War II outbreak
Poet’s Stone erected
Steep War Memorial Village Hall built
Bedales Memorial Library was built
World War I Memorial Steep Church
World War I memorial erected Mill Lane
End of World War I
Edward Thomas poet died
Adhurst St Mary became a Red Cross WWI auxilliary hospital
Coldhayes became Red Cross auxiliary hospital
Outbreak of World War I
Mains Water Supply came to Steep
Mains water came to Bedales School around 1913 and possibly to the rest of Steep after that. Initially only an outside standpipe was provided. Previously houses relied on wells and streams. Mains drainage of sewage did not come until after 1945.
Poet Edward Thomas came to live at Berryfield Cottage, Steep
Edward and Helen Thomas lived at three different houses in this area during their time here 1906 – 1916.
Bedales School Moves to Steep
Steep Children’s Home founded
The Brickyard, Steep Marsh built
Eames Almshouses built
Steep Victorian School built
Royal Oak public house listed in census
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 65 yrs was licensed victualler.
The Railway line came to Petersfield
Godalming to Havant section was constructed by Thomas Brassey for £325,000
The Cricketers Inn appears
1843 Steep National School founded
The school was situated next to Steep church on the south side of Church Road. It was demolished when the Steep Victorian School was built in 1875. The National School was situated in what is now (2019) the front garden of a house named The Tithe Barn. The National School…
1839-41 Steep Tithe Map
The Harrow Inn first appears in the Steep Rates List
The Harrow possibly dates from much earlier. English Heritage thinks C17
Hearth Tax taken in Steep
The English Civil War
The English Civil war took place 1642 – 1651
All Saints’ church registers began
Act of Supremacy
Henry VIII declares himself head of the church in England, breaking away from the Catholic church and the Pope. The English Reformation begins. Before this, Steep church would have been a Catholic church
All Saints’ Church Steep
All Saints Church Steep was built in the year 1140 in the late Norman period