Below is a list of the collections in our archive. You can search the archive to find records by date, or use the advanced search which allows you to search by collection, subject, format and decade.
Collection created and amassed by Ropley Village archivist, Tim Day (ROP/001)
Collection of documents, photographs and research outputs for the Stapley Lane and Parkstone Road Project Also many photos of the pram races from 2001 - present (ROP/002)
Archives and information belonging or researched to Manni Kirchner, containing images of finds, scans of maps, documents and uploads of personal papers written about Ropley/East Hampshire area. (ROP/003)
100 years of local postcards and documents, held by local philanthropist Roger Mudd. (ROP/004)
Single Archive Items are any contributions to the online archive that come from single sources or contributors. (ROP/005)
Collection of photographs of views of Ropley from the early 1990's (ROP/006)
A collection of archives used for research and the posts and articles that were written by Hilary Oldham. (ROP/007)
The gravestone project was started in 2019 to photograph all the memorials in Ropley churchyard. A transcription survey was done in the 1980s and this has been published by the Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS). The church also has a similar list created by an earlier vicar in the 1990s. These two documents have been used ... (ROP/008)
Various archive copied from the Hampshire Records Office in Winchester, Hampshire (ROP/009)
Archives copied from the Winchester College. Given with permission (ROP/010)
Local Historian, Dr Chris Heal, has donated various studies and transcriptions to the archive. He is the author of The Four Marks Murders, Ropley's Legacy and soon to be published - The Winchester Tales (ROP/011)
Archives related to the centre of Ropley and reseach about Reverend Samuel Maddock & Ropley vicarage in 19th century. (ROP/012)
Collection of documents, photographs and newspaper articles donated by Sue Sansom (ROP/013)
Summary of the findings and a series of document representing the output from the initial village centre research project carried out in 2020/21 by Stephen Broadbent and Karen Jones (ROP/017)
Collection of various archives donated by Brian Lawes. Many items connected to the local railway. (ROP/021)
Various documents related to the history of Ropley (ROP/022)
Various records and maps mainly with reference to the Stapley Lane and Parkstone Road Project (ROP/023)
This is a catalogue record that refers to all contributions of Pram Race archives from a variety of people and due to the high level of archives that had minimal information attached - eg dates and names, it was deemed sensible to group them all to cloud storage, accessed via a link, rather than individually ... (ROP/024)
A collection of documents concerning the history of Greenways, Gascoigne Lane Ropley. Originally 3 Boer War Army bungalows stood on the plot of the present house. (ROP/025)
A Collection of various documents donated by the Coffee Rooms Chairman, Alan Parsonson relating to the history of the Coffee Rooms and the original owner, Marianna Hagen (ROP/026)
Archives donated by The Hampshire Hunt and British Horse Society. Generally relating to the Hampshire Hunt and Kennels history based in Ropley since the 18th century. (ROP/027)
Collection of newspaper article about various events or prominent people in the Ropley area. Also a contact sheet for photos from the 1980 pram race. (ROP/028)
Photographs of a flint axe head and a 6cm diameter cannon ball. Items donated by Humphrey Carr though given to him by Mr Smaridge who lived at Ropley Manor (ROP/029)
Images and descriptions of gravestones from West Tisted Graveyard (ROP/032)
Various photographs donated by local collector, Bill Tigg. (ROP/033)
A collection of photographs , slides and documents donated by Rodney Skinner. Local collector and villager (ROP/034)
A collection of photographs and postcard donated by Roy Wyeth, a Ropley villager ancestors of families Wyeth and Budd (ROP/036)
Roy Gentry is a collector of images from the local history with various about Ropley and the it's locality. The archive has been lent images about Ropley Horticultural Christmas Party 1989. (ROP/038)
