Preserving our village environment
OUR LATEST MEETING!
Friday 26th May at 7.30pm
Carolyn Hargreaves, who is a bat carer for the Hampshire Bat Group, gave a very informative and interesting presentation on caring for rescue bats as well as lots of factual knowledge about bats and other wildlife. Carolyn talked about native bats, their lifecycle, where they live and what they eat. Premium baby milk is fed to the pups on three-hourly feeds. We were very privileged to see three bats which accompanied the speaker. Carolyn’s expertise as an A&E Consultant provided the experience and skills to care for these rescued bats.
We had an amazing evening, meeting old and new friends and working together in small groups to answer Edna Goodman’s quiz on Denmead. Do you know which is the oldest house in Denmead? This QR link will tell you more. Apologies but we don’t have a photograph. If you have one, with permission, please pass it on for our Old Denmead Photos. Thank you to everyone who joined us last night, it was lovely to see you all.
OUR NEXT GET TOGETHER IS A WALK!
A early reminder that Mark Seaman will be leading a 2 hour walk over three miles on the Stansted Estate on Thursday 6th July at 10am. Please meet at the information board, just inside the Estate entrance on Finchdean Road, Rowlands Castle. Parking and lunch is available at the Castle Inn, but you need to register your car details with the staff, please.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KING CHARLES III & QUEEN CAMILLA ON THEIR CORONATIONS
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A few photos from the Denmead Coronation Village Party
SETTING UP AND READY TO GO AT 12.30!
Which competition did you try?
Checking competition entries
Lining up for a turn …
What treasure did you find in the sand?
THE TIME CAPSULE TO BE OPENED IN 50 YEARS TIME!
How deep will it go?
Steady now …
Neil adding a spadeful to bury the time capsule
COMPETITION RESULTS:
WINDOW:
Barnards restaurant (they currently have the trophy) and Denmead Eyecare. They have both been presented with a certificate.
SCARECROW:
Colwyn, Hambledon Road
TREASURE HUNT:
Samantha Crewe
WELL DONE EVERYBODY!
Nearly time to pack up after such a wet and windy but eventful day. Thank you to everyone who purchased merchandise, took part in the competitions or stopped to say, “HELLO!” We gave away nearly 100 mini packets of Haribo, so we had lots of children turning up which was wonderful. I think the adults had a few, too!
Are you in our Easter slideshow below?
Didn’t they do well?
MANY THANKS TO DARREN & STAFF AT DENMEAD CO-OP FOR DONATING THE EGG AND LOTS OF GOODIES FOR REFRESHMENTS ON THE DAY. YOU ARE AMAZING!
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Discover Denmead and the Village Association!
Explore Denmead’s Past
Denmead began as an isolated Saxon settlement in the Forest of Bere. It was originally called Denu Mead, meaning in small valley or meadow.
Some building date from the 15th century along with a few timber framed homes from the 17th.
Local place names such as Worlds End, Anmore, Kidmore, Furzeley Corner, Anthill and Barn Green hasten back to the days when they were tiny hamlets before joining up to become more of a village.
By 19th century the village was growing and included a windmill.
Please take a dander down Denmead way via our slideshow below and see how stunning our village is.
OUR 50th YEAR!
Come and join us to celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2023. We have a few events planned – details later.
Discover Our Village …
Pompey sailors encouraged the cockfighting for which Denmead was famous, but it was later disbanded due to local disapproval, although it was suspected that some carried on in secret locations.
The Old School building now hosts the Community Centre. All Saints Church cost £2000 to build in 1880.
After the war, particularly in the 1960s, Denmead witnessed rapid growth and many homes were built.
By 1973 a new school was opened to educate the local children as demand exceeded that available at School Lane.
DID YOU KNOW?
Creech Woods had a POW camp for Germans captured in Normandy during WWII. Please check out our book below!
Experience What the DVA has to offer villagers
Since the 1970s many housing estates and small developments have expanded Denmead.
Over the years concern grew about retaining the village’s identity and there was a need to restrict too much development allowing Denmead to ‘grow’ into Waterlooville.
The Denmead Village Association was therefore established in 1973 to represent the villagers’ interest in planning, architecture, preservation of green and built up areas in the parish of Denmead. Also to liaise with appropriate statutory authorities in order to maintain Denmead’s village identity; and to defend the “Denmead Gap”.
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Many thanks to Tony Jones and Graham May for the use of their village photographs.
Denmead Village Association 