Map of Farringdon made in 1747, including modern day Four Marks. The map was made for the purpose of visualising the enclosing of Farringdon common in the 1740s. Note the map is oriented with west to the north, turn the map 90 degrees left to have north at the top. (ROP/003/012)
The Tithe map of Ropley Parish was created in 1839. This map is a vital record for not only research into Ropley of the 1800s but also of centuries previous. It is the most high resolution map of Ropley listing individual hedgerows and road sides. Each item is numbered and corresponds to the Awards which ... (ROP/009/005)
1953 Re-enactment of Red Rover Horse Drawn Stage Coach Service - Letter from Watney Combe Reid & Co to Mrs J Morgan of Elimore House, Ropley which refers to a photograph of the Red Rover Coach being accompanied by the Hampshire Hunt (HH). (ROP/013/004)
Black and white photograph of Alresford Fair 1905 -1915 looking down Broad Street. Picture shows people, stalls and swing-boats. (ROP/001/019/001)
Black and white photograph of 'Minnow' Hobbs, his mother and dog outside their home in North Street in the 1920s. Bicycle leaning against wall. The house is now called Turnpike Cottage. (ROP/001/016/047)
Black and white photograph of Archbishop's Cottage, Laurel Cottage and Pondside Cottage, Lyeway Lane, Ropley. Woman and girl and boy standing outside. (ROP/001/005/133)
Black and white photograph of Hall Place, Petersfield Road, Ropley. Girl and small dog standing in garden. Written on back - source - F Allen (ROP/001/019/007)
Black and white photograph of Little Barton, The Dene, Petersfield Road, Ropley Child standing outside cottage (ROP/001/005/128)
Black and white photograph of Malt Stores, Church Street, Ropley. Malt stores on LHS. Two people standing in street (ROP/001/005/134)
Black and white photograph of Meadowside. Miss Hagen in her donkey cart tended by her gardener/handyman - Mr Gaiger circa 1925 (ROP/001/005/065)
Document approximately A3 in size, typewritten with a photocopied map insert and bound with green ribbon. This Conveyance dated 2nd November 1970 relates to the sale of the Methodist Church and the land on which it stands for the sum of £3,800. The Vendors listed are Clifford Sutcliffe, John Kennedy Sanderson, William James Wearing, Horace ... (ROP/001/017/002/021)
Death Certificate for Walter Markwell. Walter Markwell was a trustee of the Methodist Church. When the church and land were sold, proof of his death was required. (ROP/001/017/002/032)
Document listing the names, addresses and occupations of trustees of Ropley Methodist Church. Dates range from 21st January 1957 to 24th February 1957 Elsie Jane Chatfield, John Kennedy Saunders, William James Weaving, Horace Edmund Merrick, Walter Markwell, Louise Caroline Leach, Edward James Alsford, Herbert Arthur Ganfield, John James Underwood (ROP/001/017/002/014)
Greetings card of St Peters Church with inside inscription: With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from From Mary Fairbairn & Ellyn (ROP/001/017/003/015)
Document on blue foolscap paper dated 18th May 1858, signed by Thomas Powell and witnessed by Mary Forder, The document is addressed to the trustees of "Primitive Methodist Chapel and premises situated in Parchment Street, Winchester". The trustees are named as Henry James Allen, John Fry, Benjamin Joseph Forder, Benjamin Forder, Michael Osmond, William Prior, ... (ROP/001/017/002/005)
Black and white photograph of the Marriage of Diana Stuart Smith of Hall Place to Major George Evans, Joint Master of the Hampshire Hunt at Ropley church. Hampshire Telegraph 26 April 1929 'Hundreds of people from all over the countryside attended the wedding of the Joint Master of the Hampshire Hunt, Mr George Patrick Elyston Evans ... (ROP/001/016/031)
Handwritten letter dated 23 March 1921 to Mr Ridley from W King who wishes to resign as a Trustee. (ROP/001/017/002/012)
This foolscap document dated 9th and 10th September 1971 is a list of questions from the Purchaser's solicitor to the Vendors of the Methodist Chapel (E J Gilligan Esq and Anor). One of the questions asks for proof of the deaths of Elsie Jane Chatfield and Walter Markwell (Trustees). Death certificates are also in the ... (ROP/001/017/002/024)
Five documents regarding the retirement of Trustees of Methodist Property in Ropley - Methodist Chapel, schoolroom and land. William Budd, 20th February 1957 R Wilkes, 24th February 1957 Mrs Edith Stace, 24th February 1957 A R Sutcliffe, 3rd March 1957 Marion M Sutcliffe, 3rd March 1957 (ROP/001/017/002/020)
Letter handwritten on foolscap paper and dated October 27th 1921 An incident in connection with the extinction of the debt on Ropley Church has come to my knowledge today which I think well worth recording. A niece of Miss A Read’s – Miss Read is the person who did all the hard work in raising the money to ... (ROP/001/017/002/010)
Handwritten letter on headed paper: Primitive Methodist Connexion, 20 Smith Street, London ,E and dated June 27 1879 The General Committee to Rev G Hunter Dear Brethren Minutes "That the letter from the Rev G Hunter be received and he be informed that in each case when a mortgage is paid off a deed of release must be ... (ROP/001/017/002/007)
Letter on notepaper with heading 61 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and dated 17th November 1872 The Rev Geo Hunter 23 Parchment Street Winchester Enc Dear Sir Re Geo Harding deed Ropley Chapel Loan We are in receipt of your letter with PO Order for three guineas, our charges herein for which we are obliged. We enclose the Promissory Note with the other documents shewn ... (ROP/001/017/002/009)
Handwritten letter dated 22 March 1929 to Mr Ridley from Percy M Abbott who wishes to resign as a Trustee. (ROP/001/017/002/013)
Document dated 26th July 1949 which is a declaration that the trustees of Ropley Methodist Church (Formerly Primitive Methodist) situate at Ropley adopting the New Model Deed pursuant to Section 17 of the Methodist Union Act 1929. The deed is signed by Arthur Robert Sutcliffe and Marion Millborough Sutcliffe and witnessed by G H McCormick, Minister ... (ROP/001/017/002/019)
