Category: Village History

The Pillhill Brook

A Chalk stream Headwater of the River Test For centuries the fields either side of the Pillhill Brook, once called the River Anna have provided the parish with its best cattle grazing land. Around 1850 the grazing potential was enhanced by the construction of a water meadow system in the western half of the parish. …

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Deed of Grant of Easement

Wessex Electricity Company map

Village Hall Trust dated 31st May 1954

Transfer of Licence of Eagle Pub in 1946

Reinstalling street lighting in Abbotts Ann after the second world war

Purchase of Village Phone Box 24th February 2009

Notice declaring deposit of plans to be of no effect dated 27th November 1975

Herbert Redman (Painter) paying 2 shillings a month from September 1892

Appointment of a new Parish Clerk in 1956