Emery Down
| Emery Down | |
|---|---|
 Emery Down | |
  Emery Down Location withinHampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU284087 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LYNDHURST |
| Postcode district | SO43 |
| Dialling code | 023 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Emery Downis a small village in theNew ForestNational Park inHampshire,England. Its nearest town isLyndhurst,which lies approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south-east from the village.
Overview
[edit]Emery Down is a small village clustered around a hilltop overlooking Swan Green andLyndhurst.[1]The village has oneinncalled The New Forest Inn.[2]Thered telephone boxin the village no longer has a phone, but is used as an Information Centre for local andNew Forestinformation, history, advice, as well as a book exchange and as a place to purchase fruit and vegetables. The telephone box has its own website.[3]
History
[edit]Emery Down is recorded as Emerichdon in 1376, and Emeryesdowne in 1490.[4]The "Emmory" family is recorded here in 1389.[4]The surname is of French origin.[4]
The homes of charcoal burners and agricultural labourers were in Silver Street in Emery Down.[5]Here was born, in 1840, the New Forest "snake catcher"Brusher Mills,who lived here until at least 1861.[6]
A major benefactor of Emery Down was AdmiralFrederick Moore Boultbee,who lived here between 1856 and his death in 1876.[7]Boultbee paid for the village church,Christ Church,which was designed byWilliam Butterfield,and built in 1864.[7]Boultbee lived with his niece Charlotte in a thatched cottage known as The Cottage, which before the 19th century had been an inn, The Running Horse.[7]After Charlotte's death in 1896, The Cottage became the vicarage, and is now a private home.[7]
Boultbee was also the benefactor for the village school, opened in 1865 and extended in 1885.[7]The school operated until 1950.[7]Boultbee also paid for the fivealms houses,known as Boultbee Cottages,[8]opposite the school.[7]Designed by William Butterfield, they were built in 1871 and occupied by elderly people of the parish.[8]
The New Forest Inn, formerly the New Inn, dates back to at least the first half of the 19th century.[7]The captain of theTitanic,Edward Smith,spent his final night on British shores at the pub before he set sail on the ship the next day.[9]
Sir Arthur Conan Doylestayed in Emery Down for a year from Easter 1889, while researching his novelThe White Companyand was frequently seen walking around the village.[9]
Northerwood House is a Grade II listed Regency mansion, attributed toJohn Nash.[10]The house was turned into flats in the 1970s.[11]
Emery Down’s village hall was constructed in the 1920s by Burnett & Sons.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ^"About Emery Down and Silver Street".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved3 November2011.
- ^The New Forest Inn
- ^"Emery Down Telephone Kiosk".Archived fromthe originalon 12 October 2018.Retrieved3 November2011.
- ^abcOld Hampshire Gazetteer - Emery Down
- ^Emery Down – a view from old maps,New Forest Explorers Guide
- ^Harry ‘Brusher’ Mills 1840 – 1905: New Forest snake catcherArchived2011-10-08 at theWayback Machine,Hampshire Biographies
- ^abcdefghEmery Down,New Forest Explorers Guide
- ^ab"Hampshire Treasures, Volume 5 (New Forest), Lyndhurst, page 213".Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2015.Retrieved3 November2011.
- ^abThe New Forest Inn, Emery down,Daily Echo
- ^"Northerwood House".Historic England.
- ^abO’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018).The Buildings of England Hampshire: South.Yale University Press. pp. 257–258.ISBN9780300225037.
External links
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- Emery Down Telephone KioskArchived12 October 2018 at theWayback Machine
- Emery Down,New Forest Explorers Guide
