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Headley's Past in Pictures
Hollywater and Standford
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The bridge at Hollywater, c.1906
We are looking east along Walldown Road to where it is crossed by Hollywater Road. The stream passing under the bridge joins the River Wey near Lindford. Upstream (to the right), it was called the Hollywater Stream; downstream the Deadwater Stream. |
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Hollywater Bridge, about 1906 |
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In 1929, most of Hollywater was transferred into the new parish of Whitehill. Hollywater Road then became the boundary with Headley.
The message on the back reads: "Do you know anyone on here? This is our bridge with Nellie and Grace and another little girl." It was Nellie and Grace Trussler. |
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The ford at Standford, 1901 |
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The ford at Standford, 1901
It is said that the Romans used this ford to cross the River Wey on their march from London to do battle in the west. More surely, the agricultural rioters came in the opposite direction on 23rd November 1830 during their march from Selborne to sack Headley Workhouse.
This ford still exists today, with stony bottom, and declared as 'unfit for vehicles.' The river is bridged for such traffic some fifty yards downstream. |
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View over Standford, 1908 |
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View over Standford, 1908
This view was taken from footpath No.32 which comes over from Headley Fields.
The road through the hamlet from Lindford to Liphook (now B3004) can be seen clearly, as can the mill pond for Standford Paper Mill which, at the time, stretched between the ford and the road bridge. |
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| The mill itself had been closed for several years by this time, although Bramshott Paper Mill just upstream was still in business.
Beyond can be seen the pub and houses around Standford Green. The buildings in the foreground lie along Tulls Lane. The ford is out of view to the left. |
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The 'Robin Hood & Little John' in Standford, prior to demolition in the late 1950s
This building stood nearer to the ford than does the current Robin Hood-on the site afterwards occupied by the bungalow Sherwood (now itself redeveloped) |
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‘Robin Hood & Little John’, late 1950s |
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The landlords are recorded in the Headley censuses and elsewhere as follows- 1861 & 71 William Sutton; 1881 David Frost; 1885 Walter Piggott; 1887 & 1903 George Brown. |
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Road through Standford, before 1912 |
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Road through Standford, before 1912
This card was posted in May 1912, but the picture is undated. The buildings to the right are Standford Farm and Eveley, renamed in 1936.
Standford's two water mills were on this side of the road, one just behind Standford Farm which manufactured paper until the late 1800s, and the other (see next picture) opposite Reynolds further downstream. |
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Ahead, the road to Liphook soon bears right to cross the River Wey over the bridge and pass Standford Green, while Tulls Lane continues straight on along the bank of the river. |
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Standford Corn Mill
This and the next picture (of Headley Mill) show a pair of mills which operated within a few hundred yards of each other. In fact there were four mills on the short stretch of river, little over a mile long, between Passfield and Lindford. |
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Standford Corn Mill, undated |
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This view, taken at an unknown date, is of Standford Corn Mill, clearly showing its exposed mill wheel. The wheel has since been removed and the mill building has become a private house, The Old Corn Mill. |
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Introduction
Hollywater and Standford
