The annual local history exhibition will take place in the Village Hall (1pm to 4pm) on Saturday 14th June with lots of displays, photographs and information about life in the parish in years gone by. There will be a wide range of displays, copies of all the Heritage Bank books for sale and more ... […]
Another fascinating evening in the village hall A group of long-standing villagers will share their recollections about growing up in the parish. The event will give a flavour of different aspects of local life: around the home, at school, at work and at play. Life in the years after the Second World War was quite […]
Mike Attrill will join Doug Jones to describe aspects of our local railway history - providing more images and stories from Buriton’s past Mike’s father, Cedric, was the last signalman to work in the signal-box which stood alongside the railway line above the recreation ground until 1971. The talk will use pictures and stories from […]
Bygone Buriton event will host a special exhibition 80 years ago hundreds of allied troops were camped in and around the parish in the build up to the D-Day Landings and Operation Overlord. To mark this anniversary part of the annual ‘Bygone Buriton’ event will be devoted to a special exhibition explaining what local research […]
Dozens of old photographs showing farming around Buriton in years gone by will be followed by a look into the future. Until relatively recent times the population of the parish has always been mainly agricultural with most families working on the land. Although the numbers employed in agriculture declined, farming retained its significance in village […]
The annual local history exhibition will take place in the village hall between 1pm and 4pm on Saturday 30th September. Lots of displays, photographs and information about life in the parish in years gone by. There is to be a special focus on Buriton’s sports teams this year: cricket, football and tennis. If anyone has […]
A special illustrated 50th birthday talk in the village hall. Butser Ancient Farm is a unique experimental archaeology initiative which started in the parish of Buriton 50 years ago. It is now also a very significant and popular educational site - welcoming school groups and visitors from all over the country and beyond. This talk […]
The annual local history exhibition will be held in Buriton Village Hall with lots of displays, photographs and information about life in the parish in years gone by. There will, as in the past, be a wide range of fascinating displays of local interest, copies of all the Heritage Bank books for sale and much […]
An illustrated talk about fascinating history and natural history There is some fascinating history in the far east of the parish, in and around Ditcham Park House. And there is also some very special wildlife which has been attracting ecologists from around the world for over 100 years. This illustrated talk will explain the area’s […]
In study visits to Buriton in 2018 and 2019, Pam Bruce and the late Annabelle Hughes examined the history of a number of individual houses and formed a picture of how the village has developed over the centuries. Pam has experience of investigating, analysing and making written records of buildings. She believes that through examining […]
