Hampshire Treasures

Volume 3 ( Hart and Rushmoor)

Description and Date	Remarks	Grid Ref. and Punchcard No.
Cottage C.18	Canal Cottage, Crondall Road. Canal bailiff's cottage and store. Formerly the canal wharfinger's office and cottage. Home of the celebrated Mark Hicks who worked for the canal company for over 80 years. Cottage, bridge, flash and wharf form a very attractive group. Guinness Book of Records, 1970, p.167.	SU 792 517 2003 44
Cottages (4) C.20	Melrose and Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Sunnyside, The Street. Built on site of village pottery and C.18 cottage, once the home of David Harris of Hambledon Cricket Club circa 1870, - England's first demon bowler.	SU 794 524 2003 37
Building C.20	Pillbox. Sited in old sand pit on Hilly Burrow commanding Crondall Road. Constructed as part of the G.H.Q. line 1940, and built to house a field gun.	SU 795 516 2003 61
Tobacco Factory	Between 1911 and 1937 tobacco was grown on an estate at Redfields. It was cured and prepared in a wooden building near Church Crookham. Product sold under brand names Golden Queen and Blue Pryor. Approximate grid reference. Ref: Hampshire, Industrial Archaeology; A Guide, (Ellis).	SU 800 508 2003 67

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