Following consultation with EHDC relating to the name of the former Darcy House site (currently being marketed as Pemberley Place), the Parish Council agreed that other historical names of significance to the village should be celebrated and preserved in history, thus continuing the existing village traditions that gave us names such as Wolf's Lane and Alphonsus House.
The result is Clement Court - named to celebrate the life of Captain Clement RN who fought in the battle of Copenhagen and once lived at Alphonsus House, (pictured). This is particularly significant due to the proximity of Alphonsus House to the development.
Litter collection
Sunday, 03 June 2007 14:11
A big thank you from the organisers of the open gardens event, the parish council and EHDC to everyone who turned out for the litter collection event ahead of the open gardens, next weekend.
There were around 25-30 people involved ranging from local children through to a number of older members of the community. The initial team at 10:00 is shown below.
The Chawton Heritage Society has allowed their "memories, recollections and anecdotes of the people of Chawton" to be made public for the benefit of the village and as a way of preserving the village history.
The files in this area are encoded in MP3 format and you can listen to the recollections of the 1900's to the year 2000 by clicking on play button to the left of each player.
Note that there is about 10 hours of audio in this area. If you have a download manager, you may need to disable it to correctly listen to these files.
Tony Day's Introduction
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Robin Pink and Tom Pink
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Robert Knight
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Ken Grace
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Joyce Kemp
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Jack Colston
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Millicent Tripp and Cicely Gerlach
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David Whitaker
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Annie Charlton and Ruth Thomas
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Frank Benham
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Pam Watts and Maureen Pink
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Peter Gannon
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Ian and Meik McNaughton
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John Cleaver
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The files in this area are the copyright of the Chawton Heritage Society and we would like to thank Tony Day for his approval for publishing the files on this site and his work in preserving the village history.
If you would like to participate in other Chawton Heritage Society events or have other historical information, please contact Tony Day, his details are listed in the village contacts section
Chawton Open Gardens 9th & 10th June 2007
Monday, 02 April 2007 00:00
A unique opportunity to visit a wide variety of gardens in this historic village, including the newly restored gardens of Chawton House, once the home of Jane Austen’s brother, and the Jane Austen’s House Garden. In addition up to fifteen other charming and varied village gardens, large and small.
Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June, from 1pm - 5.30pm
Tickets may be purchased on the day at the village hall - £5 Adults - Accompanied Children Free
Following consultation with EHDC relating to the name of the former Darcy House site (currently being marketed as Pemberley Place), the Parish Council agreed that other historical names of significance to the village should be celebrated and preserved in history, thus continuing the existing village traditions that gave us names such as Wolf's Lane and Alphonsus House.
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The Chawton Heritage Society has allowed their "memories, recollections and anecdotes of the people of Chawton" to be made public for the benefit of the village and as a way of preserving the village history.
