Welcome to the Droxford Heritage Archive. Here you will find material related to Droxford's history, covering the period from Norman times to modern day. Explore below the videos, photographs and historical treatises, many created, written or sourced by local residents. Documents can be sorted in a number of different ways and there is a useful word-search facility.
Most documents are available as PDFs, so if you click on the download link and open the file, you can then perform a keyword search within the document by pressing 'Ctrl' and 'F' on your keyboard at the same time and then typing any keywords into the text box that appears in the top right of the viewer window.
| Document title | Author | Date range | Category | Format | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studwell – Letter Sept 1927 Jim Bower from Anglo American | September 1927 | Heritage | |||
| Studwell – Letter Sept 1926 from Dick Barry to Graham Bower | September 1926 | Heritage | |||
| 2023 Review and Evaluation of FODC 5 Year Strategic Plan | June Kershaw | November -December 2023 | - | ||
| Studwell Letter March 1917 Jim Bower to Graham Bower | March 1917 | Heritage | |||
| Church annexe | July to Sept 2018 | Heritage | |||
| King Edward I takes an army into Scotland in A.D. 1296 | Gordon Hope | January 23 1296 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell – Lieut James Bower Killed January 1880 source Attrill | January 1880 | Heritage | |||
| Studwell Lodge, Droxford | Gordon Hope | August 2016 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell Letter April 1947 enquiry re genealogy | April 1947 | Heritage | |||
| St Swithun’s Day Service | Michael Collins | 852 - 1946 | Heritage | ||
| Church annexe arch | 8 - 9 May 2018 | Heritage | |||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford | Michael Collins | 681 - 2015 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Leaflet Guide | Michael Collins | 681 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Plan guide | Michael Collins | 681 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Leaflet St Mary & All Saints Church | Michael Collins | 681 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford – Statement of Significance | Michael Collins | 681 - 1977 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford – Statement of Significance | Michael Collins | 681 - 1969 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford | Michael Collins | 681 - 1952 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Timeline | Michael Collins | 681 - 1946 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Leaflet | Michael Collins | 681 - 1935 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church East Window | Michael Collins | 681 - 1900 | Heritage | ||
| St. Mary & All Saints, Droxford (A Guide) | Gordon Hope | 494 - 1969 | Heritage | ||
| Church Restoration | 3 October 2016 | Heritage | |||
| St Mary and All Saints’ Church | Ivor Coleman | 27 March 2017 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell – Letter 26 June 1923 Graham Bower to The Star | 26 June 1923 | Heritage | |||
| Excerpts from Droxford’s History up to the Armada | Gordon Hope | 25 July 2019 | Heritage | ||
| Church Restoration | 23 May 2016 | Heritage | |||
| Studwell Lodge | Gordon Hope | 23 March 2015 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Rector List | Michael Collins | 2019 | Heritage | ||
| Gordon Hope’s (GH’s) Record of Families and Residences in Droxford | Gordon Hope | 2017 | Heritage, Maps | ||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford – Statement of Significance | Michael Collins | 2016 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary and All Saints Church, Droxford – Ground Penetrating Radar, Earth Resistance and Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report | 2016 | Heritage | |||
| Extract paper on Soberton (British History) | 2016 | Heritage | |||
| St Mary and All Saint’s Church, Droxford Wall paintings in the north chapel | Peter Martindale | 2015 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints Church, Droxford – Report of Archaeological Advisor on the opening of a Vault on the South side of the Graveyard on 25 November 2015 | Michael Chandler | 2015 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints Church, Droxford – Report of Archaeological Advisor on the Excavations carried out at the North Door week commencing 16 April 2012 | 2012 | Heritage | |||
| Jim Foley – Rector | Michael Collins | 2003 - 2009 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford and East Meon Church Comparisons | Michael Collins | 1990+ | Heritage | ||
| David Henley – Rector | Michael Collins | 1987 - 2003 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Historical Sources | Michael Collins | 1980 - 2015 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints Church, Droxford – Report of Archaeological Advisor on the opening of the Crypt in the North Chapel on 24 February 2015 | Michael Chandler | 1973 - 2015 | Heritage | ||
| Re-opening of the Crypt in the North Chapel, Droxford Church 24 February 2015 | Michael Chandler | 1971 - 2015 | Heritage | ||
| Thomas G. Strangeways – Rector | Michael Collins | 1965 - 1969 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford documents held by Hartley Library, Southampton University | Stuart Attrill | 1965 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell – Droxford in the 1960’s Charles Skipwith | 1960's | Heritage | |||
| D-Day Map showing bomb sites to the South of Droxford | 1945+ | Heritage, Maps | |||
| Studwell – Press report Miss Maud Bower Memorial Shelter 1934 | 1934 | Heritage | |||
| Cannon Leonard S. Etheridge R.D – Rector | Michael Collins | 1926 - 1946 | Heritage | ||
| Canon Jacob Stephenson Rector | Michael Collins | 1910 - 1926 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church in 1903 | Michael Collins | 1903 | Heritage | ||
| Canon John Vaughan – Rector | Michael Collins | 1902 - 1910 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to Droxford from various documents A.D. 1900 to 1935 | Gordon Hope | 1900 - 1935 | Heritage | ||
| Graham Bower Gunnery Lieut | 1896 | Heritage | |||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford – Stained Glass | Michael Collins | 1886 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell Lodge – 1881 census | 1881 | Heritage | |||
| Stephen Bridge – Rector | Michael Collins | 1868 - r.1886 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Variations in Church History | Michael Collins | 1868 - 1886 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints Droxford Stained Glass | Michael Collins | 1868 - 1947 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Nineteenth & 20th Century | Michael Collins | 1847 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints – The Pews | Michael Collins | 1847 - 1952 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell Archive | 1841 - 1963 | Heritage | |||
| J.A. Griffith Colpoys – Rector | Michael Collins | 1831 - 1868 | Heritage | ||
| The Honorable Henry Keppel | 1809 - 1847 | Heritage | |||
| Droxford Church Rector | Michael Collins | 1801 - 1945 | Heritage | ||
| William Garnier – Rector | Michael Collins | 1801 - 1831 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to Droxford from various documents A.D. 1800 to 1900 | Gordon Hope | 1800 - 1900 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford – Hampshire Directory 1792 (poss 1798) | Gordon Hope | 1792 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Vestry | Michael Collins | 1790 - present | Heritage | ||
| Dr. James Chelsum – Rector | Michael Collins | 1782 - 1801 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Rectors | Michael Collins | 1701 - 1934 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church – North Chapel Vault | Gordon Hope | 1701 - 1785 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to Droxford from various documents A.D. 1700 to 1800 | Gordon Hope | 1700 - 1800 | Heritage | ||
| Villages of the Meon Valley | Michael Collins | 1683 - 2010 | Heritage | ||
| Molendinis and De Drokenesfords | Gordon Hope | 1673 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church & Trail | Michael Collins | 1664 - 1691 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to DROXFORD from various documents A.D. 1600 to 1700 | Gordon Hope | 1600 - 1700 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Enigmas | Michael Collins | 1599 - 1908 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell Lodge – copyholders | 1556 - 1843 | Heritage | |||
| Extracts relating to Droxford from various documents A.D. 1500 to 1600 | Gordon Hope | 1500 - 1600 | Heritage | ||
| Some Rectors of Droxford | Gordon Hope | 1418 - 1945 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to Droxford from various documents A.D. 1400 to 1500 | Gordon Hope | 1400 - 1500 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Manor Account | Gordon Hope | 1348 - 1349 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to Droxford from various documents A.D. 1335 to 1400 | Gordon Hope | 1335 - 1400 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts from “The Lay Subsidy of 1334” (ed. Robin E. Glasscock, O.U.P. 1975). | Gordon Hope | 1334 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Lady Chapel Flip-book | Michael Collins | 1316 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| From the Register of Bishop John de Drokenesford | Gordon Hope | 1315 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Lady Chapel Poster | Michael Collins | 1300 - 2000 | Heritage | ||
| Studwell Bower family tree | 1298 - 1925 | Heritage | |||
| King Edward I overcomes William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk | Gordon Hope | 1298 | Heritage | ||
| King Edward I returns from Flanders In early A.D. 1298 | Gordon Hope | 1298 | Heritage | ||
| De Moels Family Tree circa 1087 to 1462 – Gordon Hope | 1295 - 1391 | Heritage | |||
| Droxford – A Hampshire Village, its History and its Church | Gordon Hope | 1288 - 1946 | Heritage | ||
| The Final Settlement | Gordon Hope | 1284 - 1963 | Heritage | ||
| Post. 1284 – From Register of Bishop of Winchester (Latin) – John De Pontissara | Gordon Hope | 1284 | Heritage | ||
| The King’s Wardrobe | Gordon Hope | 1272 - 1307 | Heritage | ||
| The Life of John De Drokenesford | Gordon Hope | 1267 - 1330 | Heritage | ||
| John De Drokenesford – His life in brief | Gordon Hope | 1265 - 1329 | Heritage | ||
| Entries relating to (a) Droxford Village and (b) Midlington in the 1259/60 Custumal of the Hundred of South (i.e. Bishops) Waltham | Gordon Hope | 1259 - 1260 | Heritage | ||
| Annotated Church Notes | Michael Collins | 1250 - 1935 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Notes | Michael Collins | 1250 - 1935 | Heritage | ||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford A Village Church | Michael Collins | 1231 - 2015 | Heritage | ||
| All Rectors | Michael Collins | 1231 - 2015 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Rectors | Michael Collins | 1231 - 1969 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Rectors – Heritage | Michael Collins | 1231 - 1946 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Rectors Flip-Books | Michael Collins | 1231 - 1945 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Rectors (notes) | Michael Collins | 1231 - 1926 | Heritage | ||
| Extracts relating to DROXFORD from various documents A.D. 1231 to 1327 | Gordon Hope | 1231 - 1327 | Heritage | ||
| Pipe Roll – Bishop of Winchester – A.D. 1210/11 – Manor of Waltham | Gordon Hope | 1210/11 | Heritage | ||
| Pipe Roll – Bishop of Winchester – A.D. 1208/09. – Manor of Waltham | Gordon Hope | 1208/09 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Displays | Michael Collins | 1200 - 1938 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Chronology | Michael Collins | 1200 - 1600 | Heritage | ||
| Droxford Church Architectural points of interest | Michael Collins | 1150 - 1882 | Heritage | ||
| Church of St. Mary & All Saints Droxford | 1150 | Heritage | |||
| Studwell – Jim Bower | 11 December 1880 | Heritage | |||
| St Mary & All Saints, Droxford, Hampshire – Graffiti | Michael Collins | Heritage | |||
| Droxford Church Victorian Layout | Michael Collins | Heritage, Maps | |||
| Bishop Neville Lovett – Not a Rector but retired to Droxford | Michael Collins | Heritage | |||
| Studwell Uncle Sandy to Jim re possible family connections | Heritage | ||||
| Droxford Fair Church Film | - |
