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Summer Outing - Alresford 2017

An explanation for each image is given in the centre of the page. Photograph 1 is in the top left corner. To match the remainder, follow clockwise from number 1.

View from Recreation centre Part of the Millenium Trail The Old Fire Station
St Mary the Virgin Church, Old Alresford
  1. View from Alresford Recreation Centre, our venue for the morning talks.
  2. Part of the Millennium Trail which takes you alongside the River Alre, otherwise known as the River Arle!
  3. The Old Fire Station at the bottom of Broad Street – designed by William Hunt and built in 1882, it was in use until 1940.
  4. An old house on Mill Hill, which was once an industrial area where the tanneries were located.
  5. St John the Baptist, the Parish Church of New Alresford – a grade 2* listed Building.
  6. Graves of French soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, in the grounds of St John’s Church.
  7. Sign on toilet block near to New Alresford railway station recalling the part played in the Portland Spy Ring.
  8. St Mary the Virgin Church, Old Alresford – the Mothers’ Union was founded here by Mary Sumner.
An old house on Mill Hill
Sign about 'Portland Spy Ring' Graves of French Soldiers St John the Baptist Church, New Alresford
Contact
Any questions about the Local History Section? Then email local-history@hantsfieldclub.org.uk.