| Stroud & Langrish | ||||||||||||||||||
| The parish of Langrish was formed in 1894 and
included the tithings of Bordean, Langrish, Ramsdean and part of Stroud
Common and these were all in the Parish of East Meon. It was in 1932
that part of the civil Parish was transferred to Petersfield urban
district. Langrish a sub-manor was dependent upon the manor of East Meon and was in the possession of John Langrish in 1419 and it stayed in his family up to the 17th century when the Longs bought it, then in 1719 it was sold to Thomas Ridge of Portsmouth but in 1764 his son Thomas was declared a bankrupt and the estate was auctioned off to William Joliffe of Petersfield in 1771 The Borndean tithing is on high ground and there has been lime workings here for many years and in 1649 a William Musgrave was fined the sum of sixpence for emptying the lime pits and throwing his skins into the water, thus offending his neighbours.. Ramsdean once had a pond but in the early part of the 1930s it was filled in and it is now known as Ramsdean Green. Stroud Common was low lying and here was found clay for making bricks and tiles and also for clay pipes and John Robynnet was awarded a licence in 1571 to dig clay on some waste land to make bricks and the industry was carried on into the 20th century. Stroud sits astride the A272 Petersfield to Winchester road and has about 150 dwellings, during the 16th century however there were only three or four farmhouses here. The village pub the Seven Stars faces the village green and the shop and post office closed down years ago. There is a WWI tin hut which was a part of a prisoner of war camp for Italians held here in the second World War which recently served as a venue for parties. A small church was built on the Steep to Stroud road in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1867 and a Methodiest church was built and this closed in 1946 and now it has been converted into a private house
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