The Society

The Bramley Historical Research Society, formed in 2008, aims to record information about the historical, social, architectural and physical development of the village of Bramley in Hampshire, and to make it easily available via this web site.

This web-based record is produced from the work of professional historians, enthusiastic amateurs, residents past and present, in fact, by anyone who has something to tell us about Bramley's past. Everyone is warmly invited to make contact with the society, whether or not they have a special interest or skill. There are numerous aspects of Bramley's past that need researching: to give one example, little is currently recorded about the lives of the hundreds of refugees from eastern Europe who came to live in the army camp after the Second World War, lives that will remain unrecorded forever if something is not done soon. Click on the 'Contact us' page if you would like to get involved. We look forward to hearing from you.

Latest research published on the site

- The Camp was defended during World War 2 by a number of anti-aircraft batteries and a bomb decoy system. Click on the 'More about the Military Camp' tab on right of the 'Bramley Military Camp' page

- How did Ringshall Gardens, Strawberry Fields and Tottenham Close get their names? See the Road Names section.

- 23 men of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps based at Bramley Camp between 1945 and 1981 were killed whilst on bomb disposal duties. Their names on now on the 'Bramley Roll of Honour' page. The roads on the new German Road development are named after some of these men.

Did you know....?

During the Second World War the Reverend Greenstreet organised nightly cocoa and cribbage evenings for soldiers at the old village hall which was situated in The Street overlooking what is now Clift Meadow. The soldiers dubbed it 'The Silver Slipper' in honour it is said of a notorious West End nightclub with that name.