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Details are firming up ! At the November 4th Meeting (7.30 pm), Group Members will hold demonstrations of Genealogy, DNA and Surname distribution and Newspaper searching tools together with local history tools including Surveys from 1640 on, HER records, Graveyard records and the Search Engine of Chichester Records office. These…

Part of our updated approach has been to create a new contact list so we can keep our friends briefed about our activities. Data Protection rules have caused us to ask all wishing to join to give us express permision to hold contact details. If you would like to be…

It seems a long time ago that we unveiled our aim to re-shape the History Group to be more outgoing and involving. We have been working on it and we can now announce the bones of the plan for our first set of open meetings. Thank you for your patience.…

The very dry summer caused Roger Wilding to hunt for some-one with a photo drone to fly over sites of interest to him in the hope of revealing details of old foundations and similar. He was very lucky to find that the village has a professional photographer with drones (Brian…

The Group will have a Stand at the Parish Assembly on June 18 Do pop by. We have forms available for those wishing to add their details to our contact list, so they can be informed of our future (increased) public activities. Or just come for a History natter. Hope…

The Group has continued in much the same format since it’s inception in 1978 as a group of potential authors of booklets about Westbourne history. There have been occasional History exhibitions, all well received and latterly causing an influx of new members, but the Group struggled to find a method…

Peter Wilkinson, our Chairman for many years, has decided to step back from the role. We are honoured and delighted that he has accepted the position of President. Thus we hope to continue to benefit from his massive knowledge and experience. Peter was a founder member of the Group in…

The History Group’s Exhibition at Emsworth Museum (above the Fire Station) will close on Sunday September 5th.   The Exhibition can be seen on Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm and on Sunday 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Thus the weekend is a last opportunity for viewing if you have not managed it so far

Some 15 months later – the repeat of our Parish Hall History Exhibition is to take place at Emsworth Museum (above the Fire Station). Some new photos and material will be on display, in addition to the material that was well received in 2020. The Exhibition can be seen from…

A new page has been added to this site. It shows a massive piece of work done around 2000 to record the position and detail of each gravestone/tomb in the Churchyard. The full Index of names is included and the full set of Maps showing the position of each memorial…