Edwardian Guide
Tuesday the 6th March 2008 saw the launch of the first of the Whitehill and Bordon Town Partnerships Town Trails leaflets.
The project plans to create a series of guides to walks/cycle rides in and around the Town of Bordon and Whitehill. The series will consist of a set of written guides linked to a series of guided walks look at the Town`s Edwardian history, its literary connections and unique environment.
Leaflets are available from the Library, the Community Centre Pinehill Road and from EHDC information points.
Download a copy of the guide (PDF 240KB)
A Literary Walk in Whitehill and Bordon
This walk is based on three classic books, a Natural History of Selborne, Rural Rides & Hampshire Days. It was written by By Michael F Wearing of the Deadwater Valley Trust.
The Natural History of Selborne 1789 written by the Rev Gilbert White for many years the curate at Selborne where he was born in 1720 and where he died in 1793. This one book was the forerunner of the many natural history books that adorn our shelves today and which sparked our enthusiasm for nature as reflected in our insatiable appetite for wildlife films.
William Cobbett was born in Farnham in 1763 and died in Normandy, the Surrey village just a short way from Farnham, in 1835. Remembered for his "Rural Rides" first published in 1830, he was an important figure in British history. A self taught farm boy he became a major reformer. A soldier who became both a farmer and a journalist who published his own news papers both here and in the USA. He spent a two year prison sentence before, eventually late in his life becoming a member of parliament.
William Henry Hudson was born near Buenos Aires in 1841. Inspired by White`s Natural History of Selborne he came to England in 1874. His "Hampshire Days" was published in 1903. He died in London in 1921 and was buried close to his wife in Worthing`s Broadwater Cemetery. His campaigning work opposing the plume trade, which brought such birds as the Great Crested Grebe close to extinction in Britain, led to the formation of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
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