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Shawford Train derailment - Cover page of MoT 1952 Accident Report

Shawford Train derailment: In July 1952, after the driver misread a signal, a northbound train jumped the points just south of Shawford and was derailed.

Shawford Train derailment

Compton Parish Magazine cover for The Ancient Roads of Compton

The Ancient Roads of Compton, by J.S.Drew, appeared in five parts in the Compton Parish Magazine from September 1937 to January 1938.

The Ancient Roads of Compton

The Old School at Silkstead: J.S.Drew's account of the Catholic School which operated at Silkstead during the second half of the seventeenth century

The Old School at Silkstead

Itchen Navigation Footpath sign

Short history of the Itchen Navigation, commercially important since before Norman times, until operation ceased in 1869.

History of The Itchen Navigation

Silkstead - Once a Centre of Activity

Silkstead - Once a Centre of Activity tells the story of the people who lived there or passed through, their animals, and what they ate and drank.

Silkstead – Once a Centre of Activity

Memorial Playing Field 70th Anniversary

Compton and Shawford Memorial Playing Field 70th Anniversary marked by planting a new tree on the western boundary of the field

Memorial Playing Field 70th Anniversary

Remembrance Sunday 1948

Remembrance Sunday 1948 - article reprinted in November 2018 with added biographical details about Sir Brian Horrocks, who took the salute in 1948.

Remembrance Sunday 1948

Hampshire Field Club Visit May 1903

Report of a visit to Compton and Twyford by the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society on 19 May 1903. Hampshire Records Office ref TOP78/3/2

Hampshire Field Club Visit May 1903

Opening of the Victory Memorial Playing Field on 4 September 1948, as reported in the October 1948 edition of the Parish Magazine.

Victory Memorial Playing Field

Shawford and Compton Church Accommodation

Report of a 1902 general meeting of the parishioners of Shawford and Compton held to discuss Church Accommodation and whether a new church should be built. Taken from the Hampshire Chronicle

Compton Church Accommodation General Meeting

LHS Meeting Thursday 8 November 2018: activity since 26 April 2018 meeting, talk on the history of Goldfinch Cottage, attached to Compton Manor Farm House

LHS Meeting Thursday 8 November 2018

Yew Walk

Haunted Compton: stories about the Grey Lady and other ghostly figures and haunted houses in and around the village.

Haunted Compton

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About the History Society

Compton & Shawford Local History Society aims to be the focal point for local people with an interest in the area’s rich history. We run occasional open meetings and publish articles in the Parish Magazine and on this website.

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