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A-ha, Norwegian pop group – their manager (Terry Slater) lived in Curtis Lane and Headley post office was their official address for a while in the 1980s (see Wikepedia entry)
Baynes (married name Gasch), Pauline, artist whose illustrations for the books of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien are well-loved landmarks of post-war children's literature – lived in Rock Barn Cottage, the last house in Headley on Heath Hill, the road past Mellow Farm to Dockenfield – died 1st August 2008 aged 85 (see Times obituary)
Béringer, Oscar, pianist, composer and teacher, lived at Brontë Cottage (they called it Ferrand's Rest ) on Barley Mow Hill with his American wife Aimée, the talented writer and dramatist, and his two daughters Vera and Esmé, who became well-known actresses (in Headley c.1913–1935)
Bewsher, Samuel, Bursar of St. Paul's School in London – Crabtree (see 1891 census)
Branson, Mrs, whose son James became a great local benefactor – Branson Road in Bordon is named after him. She was also the grandmother of Richard Branson – lived in Wishanger Lodge around the time of WW1
Brittain, Sir Harry, journalist, traveller, MP and founder of the Pilgrim's Club to foster British-American friendship – Kirklands, Arford (1939–73) (see Wikepedia entry)
Cecil, Lord Robert, MP, became Viscount Cranborne in 1865 while listed as a resident here at the Oaks (now renamed Cranborne, bottom of Barley Mow Hill). He later became third Marquis of Salisbury in 1868, and then prime minister both in 1885 and again during the Boer War (see Wikepedia entry)
Clifford, Camille – "The most famous Gibson Girl was probably the Belgian-American stage actress, Camille Clifford, whose high coiffure and long, elegant gowns that wrapped around her hourglass figure and tightly corseted wasp waist defined the style" (Wikipedia) – married Maj. John Meredyth Jones EVANS and lived with him in Wishanger in the 1920/30s
Cobbett, William – visited Headley in Rural Rides (1822 and 1823) (see Wikepedia entry)
Dunn, Joan Hunter (from the poem 'A Subaltern's Love Song' by John Betjeman) – Joanna Jackson lived in Lynton Dene, Liphook Road until the late 1990s – died 11th April 2008 aged 92 (see Times obituary)
Fauntleroy family at Heath House (Headley Park) in 1600s
Fauntleroy, Henry – last man to be hanged for forgery (Sept 1824) – Curtis Farm (see Wikepedia entry)
Fitzclarence, grandson of William IV. His wife was a Churchill, first cousin to the Duke of Marlborough – first Brigade Major to live at Belmont (1903)
Fleetwood Mac, pop group – Benifold. Lived here 1970–74 before moving
to America. In 1969 their recording Albatross had been a No.1 hit (see
Wikepedia entry)
Listen to their track "Down
at the Crown" – did they mean our Crown at Arford, just down
the road from where they lived?
Frankland, Misses and their aunt, Miss Emily Grenside. They were the daughters of the scientist, Sir Edward Frankland – Arford House. Miss Dorothy married Major Richard Hooper and for well over forty years they both took an active interest in the life of the village. Her sister married Mr Woodbine Hinchliff (see below)
Gatehouse, Sir Thomas – owned Heath House (Headley Park) during the 1770s and translated the 1552 rent-roll of Headley. His wife Anna Maria (née Huggins, daughter of William, see below) was a talented singer who knew and sang with Handel
Ghika, Mr & Mrs – ex Romanian Royal Family (see Wikipedia entry) – lived at 'White Lilacs' , Liphook Road in the 1970s – members of Headley Catholic Church congregation
Gibb, Maurice – see Lulu
Hampshire, Susan – bought Stream Cottage (now 'The Hoppery'), Frensham Lane in the mid-1960s, lived there at weekends and sold it in 1984
Harte, Brett, American writer – Arford House (see Wikepedia entry)
Hill, Vernon – Little Fontmell, Fairview Road, Headley Down. Artist and sculptor (see Wikepedia entry)
Hinchliff, Woodbine Kendall – Pentlow, Headley Hill Road c.1911-1920. A Royal Academy artist. He designed the Headley War Memorial. — often mis-spelt Hinchcliffe
Holme, George – rector of Headley 1718–1765. In 1755, gave the village the school named after him.
Huggins, William – Heath House (Headley Park) – buried in Headley 1761. A literary gentleman who later became a well-known translator of Italian texts, and was a friend of Tobias Smollett and William Hogarth
Keating, Sir Henry, a celebrated Victorian judge – Headley Park
King of Norway, Haakon VII, lived at Stonedene during WW2
King-Hall, Stephen – Hartfield House, The Hanger. Well-known journalist,
political commentator and playwright (see Wikipedia
entry).
He wrote plays: 'The Middle Watch' (1930), 'The Midshipmaid' (1931), 'Admirals
All' (1934) and 'Off the Record' (1947) – most were also made into films, the
latter being adapted into 'Carry on Admiral' (1957).
Read his Lectures on Britain and the Future
(1943) and United Europe (1948)
Hear him on Desert Island
Discs in 1961.
Was created Baron King-Hall, of Headley in the County of Hampshire (Life Peer)
on 15 January 1966. He died on 1 June 1966.
Laverty, Wallis Hay – rector of Headley 1872–1928
Led Zeppelin (and other pop groups) – Headley Grange in 1970s (see Wikipedia entry)
Lewis, Bunny – Janique and Bunny Lewis (see Wikipedia entry) owned Peters Barn Cottage (now Winters Barn Cottage) as a weekend home for about 20 years until the 1990s
Lulu and Maurice Gibb (of the Bee-Gees) – Hatch House Farm, Lindford in the 1970s (they were married 1969 and divorced in 1973) see Wikipedia entry
McAndrew, Charles, owner of a shipping line whose company was subsequently sold to Cunard – bought Headley Park in 1906
Oland family, later became brewers in Nova Scotia – Grayshott Farm (later Grayshott Hall) in 1861 census
Spencer, Lady Diana – in 1978 worked for three months as a nanny for Major Jeremy and Philippa Whitaker at the Land of Nod, looking after their two-year-old daughter Alexandra (see Daily Mail article and photograph)
Tennyson, Alfred – Grayshott Farm (later Grayshott Hall). He and his family rented the farm in 1867 for about a year while he had Aldworth built on Blackdown near Haslemere (see Wikipedia entry)
Thompson, Flora Jane (née Timms) – author of 'Lark Rise to Candleford' – was sub-postmistress at Grayshott (then in Headley parish) 1898-1900
Townshend, Pete of The Who – bought Barford Lower Mill (Old Mill) 2006, moved out by 2009 (see Wikipedia entry)
Van de Velde, Madame, wife of a Belgian diplomat, and daughter of the Italian Ambassador to Berlin – Arford House
Whitaker, Alexander Ingham – Grayshott Hall
Wilson, George L, architect of Shanghai – Hatch House Farm 1936–196x
Windus, Mrs of the publishing firm Chatto and Windus (see Wikipedia entry) – Arford House & Kirklands
Wright, Sir Robert, Justice of the High Court – Headley Park
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