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

NEW BOOK — Walks through History

HEADLEY history & information	Self-Publishing	Flora Thompson, of 'Lark Rise to Candleford'
Headley Theatre Club & Drama	Canadians in WW2	Fuller's Vale Wildlife Pond
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

NOTE— The Sir Robert Hunter Trail Sorry, this title is now sold out – but please contact me for further information
This booklet, published in conjunction with a historical walk which I led twice for the National Trust, introduced you to the scientists, writers, murderers and others who populated Hindhead in the past and was a guide to the short historical trail on Hindhead Common, a glorious expanse of National Trust property in south-west Surrey with views towards London.
However you may be interested in a related title A Balance of Trust which is still available and covers the history of the Haslemere/Hindhead area for the half-century between the arrival of the railway in 1859 and the arrival of the motor car at the start of the 20th century.

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/
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/
Woolmer Forest Heritage Society http://www.woolmerforest.org.uk
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/
Hampshire footpaths & rights of way http://www.hants.gov.uk/maps/paths/
East Hampshire District Council http://www.easthants.gov.uk/
Waverley Borough Council, Leisure & Accommodation http://www.waverley.gov.uk/leisure
The Queens Hotel, Selborne (David Paton) http://www.Queens-Selborne.co.uk
Hampshire Genealogical Society http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/
Hampshire Record Office http://www.hants.gov.uk/record-office/
Hantsphere (Hampshire heritage site) http://www.hantsphere.org.uk/
Hampshire Constabulary History Society http://www.hants.gov.uk/hchs
Hampshire Local History List http://www.bumstead.demon.co.uk/hantsdis/
West Surrey Family History Society http://www.wsfhs.org/
Surrey History Centre (incl. Headley Church records) http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistoryservice
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/
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.sndc.demon.co.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 (Ordnance Survey First Series, 1870s) http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
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/

Other Village & Local History Information

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 http://www.liphook.co.uk/
Haslemere http://www.haslemere.com/
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
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