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Recording Living History . . .

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/
• Shipwrights Way www3.hants.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-development/shipwrightsway
• 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
• 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 http://localviewmaps.hants.gov.uk/LocalViewMaps/Sites/ROWOnline/
• Make maps of walks http://www.walk4life.info/
• East Hampshire District Council http://www.easthants.gov.uk/
• East Hampshire 'Get Active' site http://www.getactivenow.org.uk/
• Waverley Borough Council, Leisure & Accommodation http://www.waverley.gov.uk/leisure
• Hampshire Genealogical Society http://www.hgs-familyhistory.com/
• Hampshire Record Office http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives.htm
• 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
• Old maps - with link to Headley OS 6-inch 1873
• British History On-line http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
• A vision of Britain through time http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
• Images of England (Listed Buildings) http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
• 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
• 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 http://www.thursley.org/thursley/history_society.html
• Upper and Lower Froyle http://www.froyle.com/
• Bentley & Binsted http://www.bentleyvillage.com/
• Elstead (Surrey) http://www.elstead.org.uk/
• 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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