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Tag archives: History
Prinsted Beach & Scouts
Beautiful views attract visitors all year round to walk the Prinsted foreshore and along the flat 3.7km (2.3 mile) coastal path between Chidham Point and Prinsted Point. Prinsted has always suffered from winter storms and in the 1930s the beach area was just mud and shingle. Sea storms and high tides kept breaking through from …
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 …
Walnut Tree Farmhouse
The two-storey 16th Century Wealden style farmhouse has a timber frame with a 17th century bakehouse and four-bay cart barn. Did you know? The original timber and plaster infill can still be seen exposed in the north wall. The other walls have been refaced with red brick and then painted. The farmhouse features a classic …
Emsworth Bus Shelter
Emsworth has a very rare combined bus shelter and war memorial. After World War I the residents of Emsworth wanted a useful memorial to fallen comrades from the town, and endowed two beds in Emsworth Victoria Cottage Hospital. Did you know? An endowment is a legal structure for managing and indefinitely continuing a financial, property …
The Swan
The Swan (also known as the White Swan) opened in 1833. This pub was located on the south eastern side of Emsworth Square, but it is no longer there. It was identified by a sign of a White Swan that can be seen in the middle background of the painting above, and was described as a …
The Black Dog
The popular Black Dog public house was opened in 1711. Emsworth has always had a close and friendly community, perhaps because of its location on the coast or maybe because of its annual village fair. The Black Dog pub was a key part of the community and, in 1763, the Emsworth Friendly Society was established …
Methodist Church
The church and partner buildings on the West side of the High Street has had an interesting history. Primitive Methodists created ‘Missions’ in places where people were interested in becoming members. In 1812 The Primitive Methodists broke away from the Methodist Church, which had itself become a denomination separate from the Church of England in …
International Stores
The International Stores opened in 1901 and were a key feature of Emsworth Square The building that was home to the International Stores was described in Kelly’s trade directory in 1835 as an International Tea Company and was listed in 1838 as being occupied by Joseph Lane, a merchant. It opened as International Stores between …