Welcome to our history society. The Parish of Copythorne is within the New
Forest boundaries in Hampshire, Great Britain. After having a "Down Memory Lane"
photo exhibition in 2005, so many people asked when our group met, we decided to
start one. We now have evening meetings once a month held in Copythorne Parish
Hall. These have been very popular with about 50 residents attending each time.
We also have a yearly exhibition where we display photographs, maps and stories
of the parish.

Book One

Book two

Friday 2 November 2018

Our Avenue of Remembrance will be put up at Copythorne Church from Wednesday 7th November and will stay up until Wednesday 14th November, 2018



The 64th cross was placed at 11am on Monday 27th August in memory of
Frederick Mansbridge, Coldstream Guards





The 63rd cross was placed at 11am on Monday 27th August in memory of
Reginald Farmer, Grenadier Guards





The 62nd cross was placed at 11am on Thursday 23rd August in memory of
James Judd, Coldstream Guards





The 61st cross was placed at 11am on Wednesday 8th August in memory of
Roland Gear, The Tank Corps.



The 60th cross was placed at 11am on Tuesday 17th July in memory of
Ernest Kemp, Merchant Marine

The 59th cross was placed at 11am on Friday 25th May in memory of
Leslie Kemp, The Royal Berkshire Regiment

Thursday 17 May 2018



The 58th cross was laid at 11am on Thursday May 3rd in memory of
Harry Pritchard, Mercantile Marine



The 57th Cross was laid at 11am on 24th April in memory of
Samuel Frampton, Australian Infantry


The 56th cross was laid at 11am on Friday 30th March in memory of 
William Frampton, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry



The 55th Cross was laid at 11am on Thursday March 22nd in memory of 
Frederick Peckham, Gloucestershire  Hussars Regiment


   
   
The 54th Cross was laid at 11am on Wednesday March 21st in memory of 
Joe Loader, Wiltshire Regiment




The 53rd cross was laid at 11am on Wednesday March 21st in memory of
Harry Crockford, Wiltshire Regiment

















































The next four men were lost in February 1918 whilst serving on the Hospital Ship "Glenart Castle"

This ship was torpedoed in the Bristol Channel and there is a memorial on the cliffs at Hartland Point in North Devon in memory of all those who lost their lives.



The 52nd cross was placed at 11am on  Monday 26th February in memory of
 William Doe, Mercantile Marine        



  

The 51st cross was laid on Monday 26th February in memory of
Reginald Andrews, Mercantile Marine






The 50th cross was laid at 11am on Monday 26th February in memory of
Thomas Osman, Mercantile Marine





The 49th cross was laid at 11am on Monday 26th February in memory of
Charles Kilford, Mercantile Marine

Thursday 22 March 2018





Our new book will be on sale at our exhibition day on Saturday 24th March, the cost will be £5. This book tells of men from this Parish who served in World War One and were able to return. If you can't get to Copythorne Hall on Saturday, the book will be available from Clare Mills or Bartley Post Office. Most of the other books will also be on sale.

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Unfortunately we had to cancel our Exhibition Day due to the bad weather. It will now take place on
SATURDAY MARCH 24th.

It is held in Copythorne Parish Hall, SO40 2NZ and starts at 10 o'clock and finishes at 5 o 'clock

This year's theme is life in the parish during
 World War One and Two.

As usual there will be refreshments throughout the day
Entry £1                     Free car park

If you have any old photographs, please bring them along for us to copy.

Monday 12 February 2018





The 48th cross was placed at 11am on Wednesday January 10th, 2018
in memory of Walter Judd, Hampshire Regiment



The 47th cross was placed at 11am on Saturday 2nd December
in memory of William Wells M.M., Gloucester Territorial Regiment 



The 46th Cross was laid at 11am on Saturday 25th November in memory of
Claude White, Royal Flying Corps

Sunday 11 February 2018

OUR EXHIBITION DAY IS COMING UP!


IT IS ON SATURDAY MARCH 3RD 

IN 

COPYTHORNE PARISH HALL SO40 2NZ 

AND WILL START AT 10 O'CLOCK 


THIS YEAR THE DISPLAYS WILL BE

ABOUT LIFE IN THE

 PARISH DURING THE 1ST AND 2ND WORLD WARS

OUR LATEST BOOK WILL BE ON SALE

Refreshments are available throughout the day. 

ENTRY FEE £1.00