John Owen Smith	Personal details
Historian, Wordsmith, Speaker, Poet, Playwright & Publisher Contact details – your comments on this site are welcome. Weblog

John Owen Smith

Historian, Wordsmith, Speaker, Poet, Playwright & Publisher

Contact details – your comments on this site are welcome.

Weblog

Local Book sales from my own DIRECT-SALE BOOKSHOP

HEADLEY history & information	Self-Publishing	Flora Thompson, author of 'Lark Rise to Candleford'
Headley Theatre Club & Drama	Canadians in WW2	Walks
The Headley Society	Local churches	'Swing' Riots of 1830
Headley Village Hall	Historical dates	Local & other useful links

Recording Living History . . .

Who says History is dead? Scratch the surface and you will find living paths to the past.
Following these can reveal the true stories behind the old tales … and some surprises!
Browse the site for books, plays, local history and other information …

Useful links

In and around Headley

Headley-Village site – further information on local current events www.headley-village.com
Headley Parish Council www.headleyparish.com/
The Headley Society www.headley-village.com/society/
Headley Theatre Club www.headley-village.com/drama/
Headley Village Hall www.headley-village.com/hall/
All Saints' Church, Headley www.allsaintsheadley.org.uk/
St Francis Church, Headley Down www.stfrancisheadleydown.com/
Grayshott Stagers www.grayshottstagers.co.uk
Haslemere Museum www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/
Curtis Museum, Alton https://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/curtis-museum
Rural Life Centre, Tilford www.rural-life.org.uk
The Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon www.phoenixarts.co.uk/
Millennium Hall, Liphook bramshottandliphook-pc.gov.uk/millennium-centre
Liphook Heritage Centre www.liphookheritage.org.uk/
River Wey Trust www.riverweytrust.org.uk/
Liphook Ramblers liphookramblers.wordpress.com/
Ludshott Photographic Club www.ludshottpc.org.uk/
Headley Monthly Sunday "Long Walks for Health" www.headley-village.com/walks/
Headley Down Nature Reserve www.headleydownnaturereserve.org.uk/
Friends of Ludshott Common www.ntludshott.org.uk/
Woolmer Forest Heritage Society www.woolmerforest.org.uk
Woolmer Forest Lions www.woolmerforestlions.org.uk
Maps: overlay a selection of old map types on a more up to date version – link here
Maps: Mapometer gives distances of planned walks – https://gb.mapometer.com/
Other local Drama Groups
Other Local Villages

Elsewhere

Hampshire County Council Hantsweb http://www.hants.gov.uk/
Hampshire County Library Catalogue http://libcat.hants.gov.uk/
Hampshire footpaths & rights of way https://row.hants.gov.uk/standardmap.aspx/
Make maps of walks http://www.walk4life.info/
East Hampshire District Council http://www.easthants.gov.uk/
Waverley Borough Council, Leisure & Accommodation http://www.waverley.gov.uk/leisure
Hampshire Genealogical Society http://www.hgs-familyhistory.com/
Hampshire Record Office https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/archives
Hampshire Archives Trust www.hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk
Hantsphere (Hampshire heritage site) http://www.hantsphere.org.uk/
PATHH – Access to Hamphire's Heritage http://pathh.hwtma.org.uk/
Hampshire Constabulary History Society http://hampshireconstabularyhistory.org.uk/
Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society http://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/
Hampshire Mills Group http://www.hampshiremills.org/
Butser Ancient Farm http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/
West Surrey Family History Society http://www.wsfhs.org/
Surrey History Centre (incl. Headley Church records) http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistoryservice
Surrey Industrial History Group http://www.sihg.org.uk/index.html
Surrey Advertiser – index of early issues from 1864 http://www.newspaperdetectives.co.uk/
West Sussex Record Office https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-community/history-and-heritage/west-sussex-record-office/
National Archives (aka Public Record Office, Kew) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Photo restoration service and photograph retouching (based in Bordon) http://www.image-restore.co.uk
Welcome to Portsmouth http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/
West Ham United FC (my g-g-f was a founder) http://www.whufc.com/
Alliance of Literary Societies and links to UK authors http://www.allianceofliterarysocieties.org.uk/
Amdram – the amateur theatre network http://www.amdram.co.uk/
Old Maps of the UK http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
Current OS mapping linked to aerial photos http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm
Old maps of Hampshire http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/hantscat/html/mapmenu.htm
British History On-line http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
A vision of Britain through time http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
Historic England (Listed Buildings) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/
Hampshire Historical Environment Records https://maps.hants.gov.uk/historicenvironment/
Interesting example of an interactive local history site http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk
For sophisticated music at your event, try my daughter Sarah at http://sarahgrose.wix.com/sophisticatedsax or http://www.entertainment-nation.co.uk/artists/sarah-plays-saxophone.html or listen to her on clarinet or on the saxophone
And for mosaic statement pieces, try my daughter Emma at http://www.mosaicmalarky.co.uk/

Other Village & Local History Information

A3D Project http://a3dhindhead.tumblr.com/
Hampshire Local Studies collections http://www.hantsphere.org.uk (and the same from a Slough History website!
http://www.sloughhistoryonline.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=slough&f=generic_theme.htm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&t=sl-sl-victorian1&%3dtheme_record_id=hs-hs-headley_introduction&s=9H8nX1XWnU0 )
Grayshott history http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/grayshot.htm
Grayshott current events http://www.grayshott.com/
Grayshott Heritage http://www.grayshottheritage.com
Liphook http://www.liphook.co.uk/
Haslemere http://www.haslemere.com/
History of Thursley Society https://www.facebook.com/ThursleyHistorySociety/
Upper and Lower Froyle http://www.froyle.com/
Headley, Surrey http://www.headleysurrey.org.uk/
One-Place Study website http://www.one-place-studies.org/
British Association for Local History https://www.balh.org.uk/

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