Whiteparish - 100 Years of an English Village as told by the people of the village

This book, written by founder members of the Whiteparish Historical and Environmental Association Eric Chase, Don and Janette Munro, contains a wealth of history of the village in the 100 years between 1900 and 2000. It collects together the memories of many older people of the village and is well illustrated with photographs.

Whiteparish
100 years of an English village
as told by the people of the village
Researched and compiled by Eric Chase, Janette and Don Munro
ISBN No 0-9537744-0-6
Baskerville Press
Published in 2000 to mark the Millenium
184 pages

Contents list

Chapter 1 - Introduction to the History of Whiteparish 1900-2000
Chapter 2 - Natural History of Whiteparish, a review of the past century
Chapter 3 - The Parish Council
Chapter 4 - Memories collected over two years of older village folk

4a - The late Len Cobern 1911 - 1999
4b - Mrs Hankey
4c - Mrs Hayes
4d - Mr Jack Woodford
4e - Mrs Vera Fortune and Mrs 'Beth Noyce

Chapter 5 - Farming over the century
Chapter 6 - Farming memories collected over the past two years

6a - Bill Angel (Home Farm)
6b - Mr and Mrs Stride (Goldens Farm)
6c - Mr and Miss Andrews (Cottage Farm)

Chapter 7 - Places of worship in Whiteparish
Chapter 8 - Vicars and the Vicarage
Chapter 9 - Extracts from Whiteparish and Landford Church Monthly 1900 to 1910

Chapter 10 - Extracts from the magazine for the Rural Deanery of Alderbury 1912 - 1915
Chapter 11 - The Coming of the Motor Car, extracts from the memories of Whiteparish 1904 - 1915 by Charles Russell Metcalfe (see the page on his father Charles Frederic Metcalfe for the full account)
Chapter 12 - An unusual incident recorded by Charles Russell Metcalfe (link to full account above, see chapter 11)
Chapter 13 - Whiteparish School
Chapter 14 - a letter from a boy aged 14 around 1917
Chapter 15 - Notes from a primary schoolboy 1999
Chapter 16 - My tennage life in Whiteparish in 1999
Chapter 17 - Whiteparish an active village
Chapter 18 - Celebrations of Coronations and Jubilees
Chapter 19 - Whiteparish at war

Chapter 20 - The late Terry Sharman's memories
Chapter 21 - Mrs Portnall's recollections of village life in 1920s and 1930s
Chapter 22 - Personal memories of Mrs Portnall, 1920s - 1940s
Chapter 23 - Mrs Barbara McRory's memories
Chapter 24 - Mrs Iris McPhail's memories
Chapter 25 - The Memorial Ground story
Chapter 26 - Mrs Evelyn and Mr Ben McCrows' memories
Chapter 27 - Health through the century with recollections by Dr. Daphne and Dr. John Baston
Chapter 28 - Recollections of Nursing and Midwifery over 40 years by Mrs Joan Witchell
Chapter 29 - Mrs Veronica Iles's memories, 1955 - 1965

Chapter 30 - Mrs Ann Organ's memories, 1960 onwards
Chapter 31 - Charities
Chapter 32 - Some buildings in Whieparish, past and present
Chapter 33 - Whiteparish Businesses
Chapter 34 - Firsts and Lasts, and other interesting events
Chapter 35 - Whiteparish living up to its name/li>
Chapter 36 - Modern Housing Developments

Errata

This book was very carefully checked by the authors and contains very few errors. This section lists any that have slipped through into publication.

Page 130: "...ran his surgery from the newly built 'Ashmore House...' should read 'Alderstone House'. See Alderstone House and Ashmore House for more detail.