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 — save money here

RECENT BOOKS — ‘Hindhead is Safe’ — Flora Thompson: Beyond Candleford — A Headley Compendium

HEADLEY history & information	Self-Publishing	Flora Thompson, author of 'Lark Rise to Candleford'
Headley Theatre Club & Drama	Canadians in WW2	Local 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 …

Order Form for books is on my Direct-Sale Bookshop site

Useful links

Streetmap – Historical dates

In and around Headley

Headley-Village site – further information on local current events http://www.headley-village.com
The Headley Society http://www.headley-village.com/society/
Headley Theatre Club http://www.headley-village.com/drama/
Headley Village Hall http://www.headley-village.com/hall/
All Saints' Church, Headley http://www.headleyallsaints.org.uk/
St Francis Church, Headley Down http://www.stfrancisheadleydown.com/
Grayshott Stagers http://www.grayshottstagers.co.uk
Haslemere Museum http://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/
Curtis Museum, Alton http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/curtis/
Rural Life Centre, Tilford http://www.rural-life.org.uk
The Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon http://www.phoenixarts.co.uk/
Millennium Hall, Liphook http://www.ihampshire.co.uk/profile/243048/Liphook/Liphook-Millennium-Hall/
Liphook Ramblers http://liphookramblers.wordpress.com/
Ludshott Photographic Club http://www.ludshottpc.org.uk/
Headley Monthly Sunday "Long Walks for Health" http://www.headley-village.com/walks/index.html
Friends of Ludshott Common http://www.ntludshott.org.uk/
Woolmer Forest Heritage Society http://www.woolmerforest.org.uk
Bordon Area Action Group http://baaga.co.uk/default.aspx
Other local Drama Groups
Other Local Villages

Local newspapers: Bordon or Haslemere Herald (01252 725224) e-mail - website
Bordon or Petersfield Post (01730 264811)
The Messenger (free circulation) 01428 653999 e-mail

Elsewhere

Hampshire County Council Hantsweb http://www.hants.gov.uk/
Community and Voluntary sector organisations serving Hampshire and the Isle of Wight http://www.e.volve.org.uk/
Hampshire County Library Catalogue http://libcat.hants.gov.uk/
Walk and Cycle in Hampshire http://hampshire.walkandcyclebritain.co.uk/
Hampshire footpaths & rights of way http://www.hants.gov.uk/maps/paths/ - http://whereilive.hants.gov.uk/rightsofway/webform1.aspx
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://www.hants.gov.uk/record-office/
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives.htm
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 Local History List http://www.bumstead.demon.co.uk/hantsdis/
Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society http://www.fieldclub.hants.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 http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/recordoffice/
National Archives (aka Public Record Office, Kew) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Royal Commission on Historic Manuscripts http://www.hmc.gov.uk//
Photo restoration service and photograph retouching (based in Bordon) http://www.image-restore.co.uk
Waverley Net – list of businesses in the Waverley area that use the internet http://www.waverley.net/directory/
Welcome to Portsmouth http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/
West Ham United FC (my g-g-f was a founder) http://www.whufc.com/
Site for Authors (self-publishing, writers circles, etc) http://www.author.co.uk/
Annual Writers Conference at Winchester http://www.writersconference.co.uk/
Alliance of Literary Societies and links to UK authors http://www.allianceofliterarysocieties.org.uk/
Michael Legat, advice on publishing, etc http://www.bookends.clara.net/
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
18th century maps of counties of England and Wales - on CD http://www.collectability.co.uk/maps1.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/
Images of England (Listed Buildings) http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
Interesting example of an interactive local history site http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk
Four Marks Folk Band http://www.fourmarksfolkband.co.uk/

Other Village & Local History Information

A3D Project http://a3dhindhead.tumblr.com/
Hampshire Local Studies collections http://www.hantsphere.org.uk
Villages in Hampshire http://www.southernlife.org.uk/
Hampshire Family History and Local History http://website.lineone.net/~hantshistory
Alice Holt Forest http://www.aliceholt.org/
Bordon current events http://www.GU35.info/
Bordon current events http://www.mybordon.co.uk/
Grayshott history http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/grayshot.htm
Grayshott current events http://www.grayshott.com/
Grayshott Archives http://www.grayshott-archive.org.uk/index.html
Kingsley Parish Council http://www.hants.gov.uk/kingsley/
Liphook Heritage Centre http://www.liphookheritage.org.uk/
Liphook http://www.liphook.co.uk/
Haslemere http://www.haslemere.com/
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Event http://www.haslemere.com/conandoyle/
Beacon Hill http://www.beaconhillinformer.com/
History of Thursley Society http://www.historyofthursley.co.uk/HOTS/Welcome.html
Upper and Lower Froyle http://www.froyle.com/
Bentley & Binsted http://www.bentleyvillage.com/
Elstead (Surrey) http://www.elstead.org.uk/
Liss http://www.go.to/liss/
Odiham http://www.netlists.net/odiham-society/
Headley, Surrey http://www.headleysurrey.org.uk/
Headley, Hampshire near Kinsclere e-mail Barbara Mallyon
One-Place Study website http://www.one-place-studies.org/
Bygone Times http://www.bygonetimes.org.uk/
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