Austin Whitaker, teacher and archivist. The Rector's sermon at his memorial service on 5th January 1998
The story of local man Lt Col Edward Carse OBE, First Buckinghamshire Battalion, who is remembered on the War Memorial in Shawford Down
What's the connection between this postcard, the first World War, a grave in Compton churchyard, and a romance with the master of a 19th century convict ship? Read on...
Monty Dawson, much decorated airman, fund-raiser for (amongst others) the PCC, Parish Magazine editor, and secretary of the Horticultural Society
Sarah Williams, a woman to be praised above all others. Written for the Compton School drama group and performed in church on Mothering Sunday 2016.
Jim Newton: the soldier from Georgia who married a Hampshire girl he had met in the war and settled with his family in Shawford
A chance meeting leads to the discovery of some delightful old watercolours of Compton by Hilda Willis
The secretary of the Friends of the Hockley Viaduct writes, in 2011, about the Viaduct's history and plans for its restoration
The Five Mills of Twyford in 1300: Trying to figure out what Shawford Mill looked like in 1300 is a like peeling an onion, starting from the present day.
Historical information about Goldfinch Cottage, Captain Barnard, Compton Place, and a burning at the stake.
The golf club on Shawford Down ran from 1890 until 1940. Winchester College also had a golf club in the parish.