Search the wallhanging imagesCurrently displaying all 290 wallhanging images. Enter a search term or click on a filter. Search term Filter by Category Activities (43)Airfield (10)Animals (35)Birds (27)Butterflies (13)Fish, Amphibians & Reptiles (5)Houses (47)Insects (6)Key events (8)Landmarks (32)Plants (26)Symbols (34) Sort by: TitleRelevance PAGE: < Prev45678910111213Next > Telephone Box The old red telephone kiosk stands on the Green opposite the Abbot's Mitre. It was installed in 1930 and modernised in 1954 with the existing housing (the K6 model.) It is still in working order. Test Cottage, Village Street This lovely house is approximately 300 years old, although the original four-roomed cottage was enlarged in the Victorian era. In 1877 the Schoolmaster's cottage in the Churchyard was demolished and the Schoolmaster and his wife moved to Test Cottage with the school boarders. The house was extended in the 1970's and '80's and the coach house converted to a garage. An ancient yew tree stands in the garden. Test Valley Farm Asparagus, the young shoots of a plant of the lily family, is a delicacy grown on the farm at the end of Little Drove Road. Test image Excerpt goes here Testcombe, Coley Lane Grade II listed Testcombe House lies on the outskirts of Chilbolton at Testcombe. Early records show the name derives from Titecumbe, later Titcombe (14th century.) The house was built in 1893 in Tudor style and was described as a "Fishing Box." The estate included a coach house with stabling for five horses, a gardener's cottage and a row of six cottages for estate workers (Room Cottages.) Testway Signpost The signpost near the Coach House on Coley Lane points the way to Inkpen Beacon and Totton. The Bungalow, now Test Haven, and Old Inn, The Common. A double panel Test Haven was built in the Edwardian era as a storehouse for the New Inn on the Common Chilbolton's only public house was originally on the common and known as the New Inn, The Cockatrice Long ago, a mythical beast known as the Cockatrice terrorised the village of Wherwell! The Common Chilbolton Common, forty-eight acres of water meadow in the flood plain of the Test, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (S.S.S.I.) and an Environmentally Sensitive Area (E.S.A.) The Covered Wagon After the First World War ended, many returning soldiers were unemployed. The Compton family came to Chilbolton in a brewer's dray and settled in the village. Since by law, "travellers" could'nt set up permanent camp sites in their wagons, they built small homesteads to live in and erected wooden sheds to cover the treasured wagons. The Dakota In September 1944, 442 Troop Carrier Group of the U.S. Army Air Force arrived in Chilbolton with four squadrons of C-47 Dakotas. The Fete The annual Church Fete is a popular event attracting people from the local community and other villages. The venue of the Fete changes each year and in 1998 it was held in Mrs. Leonard's beautiful gardens at Watch Cottage. The Grindstone To commemorate King George V's Coronation in 1911, the publican of the New Inn on the Common presented the grindstone to the people of the village. It was mounted in an oak frame and stood under the elm tree outside the (old) Village Hall until 1937. It now stands next to the telephone kiosk on Abbots Green. The Hare Larger than the rabbit with longer ears and legs, hares inhabit the fields, the Common and the Downs. The Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane earned a fearsome reputation as a fighter aircraft in World War II. A Hurricane was the first R.A.F. fighter to shoot down an enemy aircraft on the Western Front, and Hurricanes claimed more victories than any other British fighter aircraft during the Battle of Britain, in 1940 The Laurels (The Old Bakery) This Edwardian double fronted house was originally the village bakery. Mr. Goodland the baker delivered his bread and cakes to customers in Chilbolton and surrounding villages until 1947. The Laurels was one of the first houses on Station Road. The Manor A Grade II listed building, the Manor has an 18th century front section and an early 19th century rear section. It has sash windows and a Victorian canopied porch with cast iron trellis supports. The Manor Gardens Pearl's husband, Horace, was the gardener at the Manor for many years before his retirement. The Mayfly The River Test, flowing over its chalk bed through the rich valleys of the local countryside, is a fisherman's dream. Great quantities of trout swim the river and anglers are drawn to the area to fish the waters. Trout rise to the mayfly, a short-lived insect with two pairs of transparent wings. The Old Cottage, The Common Originally two cottages built of lime-washed brick and plaster in the 17th century, Honor's pretty thatched cottage stands on Chilbolton Common overlooking the natural and ever changing beauty of the landscape. The cottage is Grade II listed. The Old School A Grade II listed flint building erected in 1843, this was Chilbolton's first purpose built school. It was closed in 1931 and the children transferred to the County Primary School at Wherwell. The Men's Club moved from the old Village Hall (Chilbolton Club House) to the empty school building. The Pines Built in the 1930's, The Pines is a pretty bungalow on the corner of Station Road and Little Drove Road. The Spitfire In World War II the R.A.F.'s most legendary single-seater fighter aircraft was the Supermarine Spitfire. First flown as a prototype in 1936, the Spitfire remained in service for longer than most WWII aircraft, its last operational flight being a photo-reconnaissance mission in Malaya, in 1954. The Swift The Supermarine Swift was the R.A.F.'s first single-seater, swept wing, interceptor jet fighter. The Prototype, WJ960, flew for the first time in 1951, and in 1954 the Swift entered service. PAGE: < Prev45678910111213Next >