Contributor: Hembo Pagi

John Field of Middlesex, seedsman, (counterpart, 1 life in reversion)

‘description’:’John Field of Middlesex, seedsman, (counterpart, 1 life in reversion)’,’context’:’Morant of Brockenhurst. ESTATE. ADMINISTRATION. LEASES: RINGWOOD. Leases for 99 years or 3 lives. Lease 87: Tenement with 16a of land in Over Kingston.’,’held_by’:’Hampshire Archives and Local Studies’

LYHNF2018.11 Carving

‘accession_number’:”,’description’:’Carving of stylised figure, seated cross-legged with large ears, made from wood collected in the New Forest by Tom Charman c.1919-35′,’object_number’:’LYHNF2018.11′,’distinguishing_features’:”,’object_category’:’Craft’,’inscription_notes’:”,’related_object’:”,’title’:”,’period’:”,’date’:”,’number_of_parts’:’159′,’scientific_name’:”

Minstead Lodge

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Owned by the Prestons 1859-1895; Mrs Matthews Duncan (1839-1915), widow of James Matthews Duncan, Queen Victoria’s obstetrian, from 1898 to her death; two Earls of Northesk d. 1921 and 1924, forcing its sale to Lord Congleton to pay death duties.The following information came from a NFDC web page which I cannot find now.At one time successive members of the Preston family lived in Minstead Lodge followed by the Duncan Family. Dr Duncan was a physician to Queen Victoria. One of his daughters married John Compton, Rector of Minstead Church. The Congleton branch of the Parnell family then took over the house. The 7th Baron, Lord Congleton was a very active man with interests in both the matters of the Church and the Village. Tragically he was killed in a car accident in 1967. As he was unmarried, the house was sold for death duties. Mr and Mrs James Ward purchased it and lived there until the 1970’s when they sold it to Mr Tim.Selwood. Mr Selwood set up a charitable trust in memory of his brother. It was run as a non denominational Christian Community for residential retreats and conferences, and for people who were trying to begin their lives again.The use of the building was extended in 1986 when Martin Lennearts established the Minstead Training Project, which shared the building with the Christian Community. The Project expanded considerably and now uses all of the property.Minstead Training Project offers training in work, life and social skills to young people with learning difficulties. They are trained in horticulture, woodwork, literacy, numeracy, and catering. They live within a caring, Christian environment.

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Sold by the Earl of Northesk to settle estate duty in 1924; later used as a Christian study centre and as a halfway house for retarded school-leavers.

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STAMP 857213

‘description’:’A post-medieval cast lead alloy printing press stamp dating to period c. AD 1835-1900. The object has a rectangular (24.26×25.74 mm) shaped face with a handle (16.01×15.46 mm) of rectangular section that tapers the apex. The matrix is decorated with a bust of a man in a suit.

The edges of the stamp are damaged.

The object weighs 56.4g’

The Moving Finger Writes

‘accession_number’:”,’abstract’: ”,’author’: ‘Green, J. ‘,’series_title’: ”,’volume’: ”,’publisher’: ‘unpublished’,’place_of_publication’: ”,’isbn’: ”,’issn’: ”,’format’: ”,’class_number’: ‘N.920 GRE’,’Subject’: ”,’shelf_mark’: ‘FF11/48.5′,’year_of_publication’: ‘1995’,’creator’:’Green, J. ‘