The Hampshire Family Historian | Vol.48 No.3 | December 2021

News from the Hampshire Archives/Feedback

1958-1985, 1989-2002 (81M86) Pictorial records

It may be that sailors were moved around the fleet to fill gaps resulting from casualties in the battle. The romantic in me would like to think that Henry Harding and Moses Skeats were friends and Henry took Moses to his (Henry's) home where Moses met Henry's sister Elizabeth and nature took its course. I have not tied Henry to Bramdean nor found his siblings. As Henry was a Royal Marine perhaps the Royal Marines Historical Society can assist with his home area. Roger Bedford (Member #11448) papers, cuttings and ephemera relating to the lives of activities of former boys (1885)-2019 (74A11add uncatalogued) Postal collection comprising: letters, mostly sent in Hampshire, collected for their post marks and franks, 1707-c1960s; postcards of Alton and the surrounding areas, mounted on card with annotations, c1900-1979, also postcards of Ringwood, Cadnam, Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight, 1906- 1920s; notes about Post Offices in the Alton area and cuttings and notes about postal history (62A21) Please see the next journal for the latest acquisitions of the Wessex Film and Sound Archive. Contact details: Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hants SO23 8TH Telephone: (01962) 846154; Email: archives.enquiries@hants.gov.uk www.hants.gov.uk/archives

In the June 2021 HGS Journal, which came to hand, Peter Wakeham has an interest in the surname Harding. In 1813, Moses Skeats (or, variously, Keats, Skeates, or Skates as he relied on a scribe) married Elizabeth Harding of Bramdean. They settled in Bramdean and raised their family there. Henry Harding, a Royal Marine Private, was on HMS Victory at Trafalgar. I have seen a list that shows Moses Skeats on HMS Victory at Trafalgar but that is not corroborated in the official crew list. Feedback on Searchers St Peter’s Athletic Football Club, Winchester, photograph of St Peter's Athletic Football Club at the end of 1936/1937 season, with cutting from Hampshire Chronicle about the photo, c1977, list of individuals on the photo and brief record of some of the team's other achievements (70A21) Maps and Plans Map of Basingstoke town centre, featuring public buildings/undertakings, 1851 (45A21) Plan of Lower Farm/lands being dispersed in the tything of Oxenbourn, East Meon, property of Thomas Bonham, esq, nd c1820s (47A21) Other records Training Ship Mercury, includes Management Committee minute books 1909-1949, 1960- 1969, roll books for boys joining 1887-1968, staff register, 1908-1928, TS Mercury magazines, c1888-2019, published history covering period 1885-1968 and photographs,

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