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

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

Useful links

In and around Headley

Headley-Village site – further information on local current events www.headley-village.com
Headley Parish Council www.headleyparish.com/
The Headley Society www.headley-village.com/society/
Headley Theatre Club www.headley-village.com/drama/
Headley Village Hall www.headley-village.com/hall/
All Saints' Church, Headley www.allsaintsheadley.org.uk/
St Francis Church, Headley Down Community Church www.stfrancisheadleydown.com/
Grayshott Stagers www.grayshottstagers.co.uk
Haslemere Museum www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/
Curtis Museum, Alton https://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/curtis-museum
Rural Life Centre, Tilford www.rural-life.org.uk
The Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon www.phoenixarts.co.uk/
Millennium Hall, Liphook https://liphookmc.co.uk/
Liphook Heritage Centre www.liphookheritage.org.uk/
River Wey Trust www.riverweytrust.org.uk/
Liphook Ramblers liphookramblers.wordpress.com/
Ludshott Photographic Club www.ludshottpc.org.uk/
Headley Monthly Sunday "Long Walks for Health" www.headley-village.com/walks/
Headley Down Nature Reserve www.headleydownnaturereserve.org.uk/
Friends of Ludshott Common https://www.ludshottntcommittee.com/friends-of-ludshott
Woolmer Forest Heritage Society www.woolmerforest.org.uk
Woolmer Forest Lions www.woolmerforestlions.org.uk
Maps: overlay a selection of old map types on a more up to date version – link here
Lidar images of the local area – link here
Maps: Mapometer gives distances of planned walks – https://gb.mapometer.com/
Other local Drama Groups
Other Local Villages

Elsewhere

Hampshire County Council Hantsweb http://www.hants.gov.uk/
Hampshire County Library Catalogue https://www.gov.uk/search-library-catalogue/hampshire
Hampshire footpaths & rights of way https://row.hants.gov.uk/standardmap.aspx/
East Hampshire District Council http://www.easthants.gov.uk/
Waverley Borough Council, Leisure & Accommodation http://www.waverley.gov.uk/leisure
Hampshire Genealogical Society http://www.hgs-familyhistory.com/
Hampshire Record Office https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/archives
Hampshire Archives Trust www.hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk
Hampshire Constabulary History Society http://hampshireconstabularyhistory.org.uk/
Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society http://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/
Hampshire Mills Group http://www.hampshiremills.org/
Liss Archaeology https://www.lissarchaeology.uk/
Butser Ancient Farm http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/
West Surrey Family History Society https://wsfhs.co.uk/pages/index.php
Surrey History Centre (incl. Headley Church records) http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistoryservice
Surrey Industrial History Group http://www.sihg.org.uk/index.html
West Sussex Record Office https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-community/history-and-heritage/west-sussex-record-office/
National Archives (aka Public Record Office, Kew) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Photo restoration service and photograph retouching (based in Bordon) http://www.image-restore.co.uk
Welcome to Portsmouth http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/
West Ham United FC (my g-g-f was a founder) http://www.whufc.com/
Alliance of Literary Societies and links to UK authors http://www.allianceofliterarysocieties.org.uk/
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
Old maps of Hampshire https://www.oldhampshiremapped.org.uk/
British History On-line http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
A vision of Britain through time http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
Historic England (Listed Buildings) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/
Hampshire Historical Environment Records https://maps.hants.gov.uk/historicenvironment/

For sophisticated music at your event, try my daughter Sarah at http://sarahgrose.wix.com/sophisticatedsax or http://www.entertainment-nation.co.uk/artists/sarah-plays-saxophone.html or listen to her on clarinet or on the saxophone
And for mosaic statement pieces, try my daughter Emma at http://www.mosaicmalarky.co.uk/

Other Village & Local History Information

A3D Project http://a3dhindhead.tumblr.com/ – for information about the sculpture on Hindhead Common
Hampshire Local Studies collections (on a Slough History website!
http://www.sloughhistoryonline.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=slough&f=generic_theme.htm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&t=sl-sl-victorian1&%3dtheme_record_id=hs-hs-headley_introduction&s=9H8nX1XWnU0 )
Grayshott current events http://www.grayshott.com/
Grayshott Heritage http://www.grayshottheritage.com
Liphook http://www.liphook.co.uk/
Haslemere http://www.haslemere.com/
History of Thursley Society https://www.facebook.com/ThursleyHistorySociety/
Upper and Lower Froyle http://www.froyle.com/
Headley, Surrey http://www.headleysurrey.org.uk/
One-Place Study website http://www.one-place-studies.org/
British Association for Local History https://www.balh.org.uk/

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