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8 unusual facts about Hambledon


Cheden Holt

Cheden Holt, situated on a hilltop about a mile from the rural village of Hambledon in Hampshire, was a home venue of the Hambledon Club.

Hambledon Club

The current Hambledon Cricket Club ground is nearer Hambledon village at Ridge Meadow, just off the road to Broadhalfpenny Down, about half a mile from the village.

The origin of the club, based near Hambledon in rural Hampshire, is unclear but it had certainly been founded by 1768.

Hampshire County Cricket Club

Marden is in Sussex, north of Chichester, and interestingly close to Hambledon, which is just across the county boundary in Hampshire.

Hampshire county cricket teams

Marden is in West Sussex, north of Chichester, and interestingly close to Hambledon, which is just across the county boundary in Hampshire.

Itchin Stoke Down

In the contemporary records, the venue's name is often shortened to "Stoke Down", which is incorrect, as is a popular notion that it is near Hambledon like the other two famous Hampshire venues of the time: Broadhalfpenny Down and Windmill Down.

Winchester Council election, 2003

20 were contested in the election with the election in Droxford, Soberton and Hambledon being a by-election after the previous Conservative councillor resigned.

Windmill Down

Windmill Down is a rural location near the town of Hambledon in Hampshire.


Æthelmær the Stout

Wulfheah is known to have been blinded after Eadric murdered his father, ealdorman Ælfhelm of York, while Wulfgeat was deprived of all his lands; it may be significant that, if correctly identified with the 'Ælmaer' in the will of Æthelstan Ætheling, Æthelmaer's estate at Hambledon also appears to have fallen into royal hands.

Baron Hamilton of Hameldon

Baron Hamilton of Hameldon, of Hambledon in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, held by the Duke of Hamilton from 1790 to 1799 and by the Duke of Argyll since 1799.

Billy Beldham

E. V. Lucas, The Hambledon Men, Phoenix House, 1954 (reprint of 1907 original)

Bruce Blunt

For Warlock he wrote a number of short song texts including the carol "Bethlehem Down" (1927) and the songs "The Fox", "The Frostbound Wood" (1929), "The First Mercy" and "The Cricketers of Hambledon" (1928).

Daubney

Hinton Daubney, small hamlet in Hampshire, England, located between Catherington and Hambledon

Edward Aburrow

Edward "Curry" Aburrow (1747–1835), English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club

Hambledon Church

The benefice of Hambledon Church was originally in the Diocese of Winchester but is now part of the Diocese of Guildford.

Hambledon Hill

Roger Mercer, Frances Healey: Hambledon Hill, Dorset, England. Excavation and survey of a Neolithic monument complex and its surrounding landscape. Volume 1.

Itchin Stoke Down

The game was pre-announced in the Hampshire Chronicle on Monday 18 May as "Hambledon Club v Hambledon Parish with Noah Mann".

Reynell

Reynell Cotton (1717–1779), President of the Hambledon Club in 1773 and 1774


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