Images Dated 2006 March

Mr A.W. (Jack) Pearce of Lymington, Hampshire is out to beat the world horse ploughing

Mr A.W. (Jack) Pearce of Lymington, Hampshire is out to beat the world horse ploughing record of 263 firsts and 100 cups. He is 64 and in fifty years he has won 231 first prizes and championships which includes 74 cups. At the moment he is competing in everty horse ploughing match he can find. Picture shows Jack Pearce having a very welcome drink during one of his successful matches. 16th October 1957

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Bramshill Park in Hampshire by Garnet Wolseley by courtesy of Lord Brocket Bramshill

Bramshill Park in Hampshire
by Garnet Wolseley
by courtesy of Lord Brocket
Bramshill House has been the location of the Police Staff College, Bramshill since 1960. Previously it had been the home of Lord Brocket, and of the exiled King Michael I of Romania. The house stands in 269 acres of land, and is a Jacobean mansion. Reference to Bramshill (Bromeselle) can be traced back to Saxon times. In 1605, Edward Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, bought the property from Sir Stephen Thornhurst of Agnes Court, Kent, and demolished a large part of the building and began to build the present house. This was completed in 1612. In 1699 it passed to Sir John Cope. The famous Bramhill ghost is thought to be a member of Sir John Cope's family, and is associated with the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough.
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