Newsletter 85 – Spring 2026

Bookplate of Charles Cave
ContentsGeneral editor Dick Selwood  
Editor’s NotesDick Selwood
  
ArchaeologySection Editor, David Allen
Archaeology Section Annual ConferenceJan Bristow & Philippa Harrap
Recyling and Re-use: the thrifty pastPhilippa Harrap
WARG’s encounter with two ‘Hampshire Historians’ at Hinton AmptnerJane King
WARG’s 2025 excavations and SubaerialismTecher Jones
Two more Book Fittings from the College of St Elizabeth, WinchesterMark Stedman & Mike Brace
  
LandscapeSection Editor, Dawn Cansfield
Editorial: What is LandscapeDawn Cansfield
What is Landscape?Roy Birch
Reading the LandscapeDavid Chun
Book Review 
Field Trips
1: Conford Moor
2: Elizabeth Barlow and Woolmer Forest
3: Crondall
Michael Broderick
  
Local HistorySection Editor, Mark Page
Paul D A Harvey FBA (1930-2025)Mark Page
The History of Milford-on-Sea Through the Prism of The Celebrating Hampshire Historians ProjectBarry Jolly
Training Women’s Land Army ‘Land Girls’ in the Second World War: The Role of Hampshire County Farm Institute, SparsholtJohn K Lander
Andover History and Archaeology Society 
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies: Some Recent Additions to the ArchivesSarah Farley
Book Reviews 
  
Historic BuildingsSection Editor, Bill Fergie
Decoding the inconography of the St Cross Renaissance Frieze: why are dogs depicted.Nicholas Riall
The Little Barn at Grace’s FarmBill Fergie with Robin Greenwood
Report on Historical GraffitiKaren Wardley
  
In the BackSection Editor, Dick Selwood
‘A Highly Enjoyable Afternoon’: Field Club Outing to Christchurch in 1898Roger Ottewill
Hampshire Field Club Library at the Hartley Library, University of SouthamptonJenny Ruthven
After the Fire: Progress Update from King John’s HouseJade Poulton, Museum Manager
Pam Moore 1952 – 2025Dick Selwood, drawing heavily on the funeral eulogy
Book ReviewDave Allen
Celebrating Hampshire HistoriansBarry Shurlock & Dick Selwood

ISSN 0265-9190