Based in The Spring, Havant Museum celebrates the history of Havant Borough, people and its stories. Entry is free and museum galleries are open 10:00 to 16:00 and one hour before evening performances. Did you know? The Museum was originally Lymbourne House, built in 1874 and owned by Mary Charge. In 1946 it was sold …
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Shippam’s Factory
In 1786 Charles Shippam opened a grocery store at West Gate, Chichester selling butter, cheese and meat collected from the West Country. His son George opened a grocery store in North Street, and in 1851 moved the business to 48 East Street. George also established relations with the Royal Navy so that, during the Napoleonic …
Monks Hill & Golf Course
Monks Hill leads to Westbourne Common, which has been the site of sports events and a variety of outdoor gatherings for 150 years. The land was granted in 1859 to Admiral Sir Provo William Percy Wallis, a colourful character who lived at Funtington and served in the Royal Navy from Napoleonic times. Did you know? …
Lumley & Brook Meadow
Part of Southbourne Parish and tucked away to the north of Peter Pond is the West Sussex village of Lumley, with Brook Meadow to the west. The area was part of the Stansted Estate at that time, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being included in the Hundred of Bourne. The estate was huge and …
Lumley Mill
There have been mills in this area for over a thousand years, with four mentioned in the Domesday Book. The most important and largest was Lumley Mill. In 1327 there were three mills in the area, deemed ‘low value’ because there was often insufficient water to power the water wheels they relied on for their power …
Gas Holders
The gas holder was designed to store large volumes of gas locally and they were common in many towns and urban areas for 200 years. Did you know? Lots of people still call these ‘gasometers’, the name given to them in 1782 by the inventor of gas lighting, William Murdoch. His associates objected that his …
Air Raid Shelters
As war in Europe loomed, in 1938 the Government knew it had to provide people with protection from air raid bombing if Britain was attacked. Named after Sir John Anderson, these bomb shelters could accommodate six people. They had 8 vertical steel corrugated sheets and 6 curved sheets, bolted together at the top, sunk three …
Tuppenny Barn
Tuppenny Barn is a UK registered charity with a vision to create a better future for our children by inspiring communities to learn about sustainable and organic food. They cultivate and harvest organic produce, using this to create learning experiences for all ages and to promote the benefits of growing, cooking and eating healthy food. …
Southbourne Aerodrome
After the USA entered the First World War in 1917 there was an immediate need for Training Depot Stations on the South coast to train United States Army Air Service personnel. Whilst most people are aware that there was once a large military airfield at Tangmere, with its own excellent museum, few know there was …
Tin Tabernacle Church
The building on Thorney Road is a significant link to the spiritual history of the Parish, known locally as the Pentecostal Mission. This tin tabernacle church, also known as an iron church, is a type of prefabricated ecclesiastical building made from corrugated galvanised iron. They were developed in response to the needs of residents for …