LHS Meeting Monday 21 October 2019

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Compton & Shawford Local History Society

Time: 19:30

Place: Compton & Shawford Sports Pavilion

What for: Open meeting for anyone with an interest in our local history.

We particularly welcome people with an interest in a particular area of local history who would like to help with research.

The Society doesn’t charge a subscription but we ask you to contribute £1 towards costs of using the room.

Surveying Compton Graveyard (JW)
Roman Road and Hollow Way (JW) – for more information see The Otterbourne Road , The Ancient Roads of Compton and Notes on Roman Roads in the South of Hants
Heathcote’s letters and sketches from Peru 1873-75 (AW) see Arthur Heathcote: Letters home from the Peruvian Sierra 1873
History of the Heathcote Players (AW) – see Memories of the Heathcote Players
other activity since the last meeting
future projects – suggestions welcome

: Another view of the main east window in the old Norman aisle of Compton church, given by Mrs Simeon in memory of her grandfather Philip Williams, rector 1781-1830. The inscription at the bottom of the window is hidden from normal view by the 1940s Kitchin-designed panelling commemorating two more recent rectors: Cecil Cooper and Philip Cunningham. To see the inscription, you have to use a step ladder to get a view over the top of the panelling. Given that the records show that Philip Williams was rector for almost 50 years, it’s not clear why this window says he was rector for 30 years. Either it’s a simple mistake, or it reflects the fact that he didn’t actually live in the village until about 1800

Since the last meeting the following articles have appeared in the Parish Magazine and/or this website:-

Monthly during 2019: Compton Clergy of Long Ago (reprints of Drew’s series of article from the Parish Magazine 1934)
June 2019 – Peter Neyroud’s review of “The Story of a Quiet Parish” by Barbara Clegg
June 2019 – Report of the Local History Society Meeting on 2 May 2019
June 2019 – An appreciation of the life of Barbara Large MBE. Amongst her many achievements, she was joint publisher of Austin Whitaker’s 1985 “Compton & Shawford” history booklet.
August 2019 – Arthur Malcolm Heathcote (1847-1934) – celebrating the life of Arthur Heathcote 100 years after he moved to Compton, where he would spend the last 15 years of his life.
October 2019 – The Otterbourne Road – A brief history of tracks, routes and roads in Compton & Shawford
October 2019 – The Philip Williams memorial window – notes about the window to accompany the ninth instalment of “Clergy of Long Ago”.

John Wilkinson, OBE.
Convenor Compton & Shawford Local History Society.