The name Fritham may be derived from Old English meaning a cultivated plot (hamm) in scrub on the edge of a forest (fyrhth).[2]
The oldest feature in Fritham is a Bronze AgeBowl barrow, known as The Butt, which lies just east of the village, although it has been partially damaged on top by a brick structure.[3]
Fritham is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[4] It was once thought that the Domesday settlement of Truham (or Trucham) may have been Fritham,[5] but this is now thought unlikely as Truham was within Boldre Hundred.[4] The first mention of Fritham appears early in the 13th century,[2] when Geoffrey de Baddesley held land in Baddesley and Fritham. Fritham remained attached to the manor of South Baddesley in the parish of Boldre at least until 1429.[5]
The Royal Oak - a thatched cottage with red-brick additions - is one of the oldest pubs in the New Forest, dating back to the 17th century.[6] Fritham Lodge, dating from 1671, may have been one of Charles II hunting lodges.[7] A school and chapel opened in Fritham in 1861.[5]
From the 1860s until the 1920s Fritham was home to the Schultze gunpowder factory.[8] The factory specialised in smokeless powder for sporting guns.[8] Established in 1865, it was at one time the largest nitro-compound gunpowder factory in the world, with sixty separate buildings and a staff of one hundred.[9] It supplied three-quarters of the world's annual consumption of gunpowder for sporting purposes and often sent 100-ton consignments to the Americas loading road vans and special railway trucks for the docks at Southampton.[9] Little now remains of the factory except for the superintendent's and gatekeeper's houses.[10]Eyeworth Pond, near Fritham, was specially created by the factory as a reservoir to hold water needed during the manufacturing process.[10]
In 1904 the village gained a church in the form of Fritham Free Church.[11]
Four young men from Fritham went down with the Titanic in 1912: Lewis Hickman (aged 32), Leonard Mark Hickman (aged 24), Stanley George Hickman (aged 21), and Ambrose Hood (aged 21).[12]
^ abNorman Henderson, (2007), A Walk Around the New Forest: In Thirty-Five Circular Walks, pages 87-8. Frances Lincoln
^ abKenneth Hudson, (1968), The industrial archaeology of southern England: Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, and Gloucestershire east of the Severn, page 35
^ abEyeworth Pond, Fritham, and the Schultze Gunpowder Factory
^O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 284. ISBN9780300225037.
^The Royal Oak, Fritham 26 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Lymington.org
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fritham, small, village, hampshire, england, lies, north, forest, near, wiltshire, border, civil, parish, bramshaw, location, within, hampshireos, grid, referencesu239141districtnew, forestshire, countyhampshireregionsouth, eastcountryenglandsovereign, stateun. Fritham is a small village in Hampshire England It lies in the north of the New Forest near the Wiltshire border It is in the civil parish of Bramshaw 1 FrithamFrithamFrithamLocation within HampshireOS grid referenceSU239141DistrictNew ForestShire countyHampshireRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townLYNDHURSTPostcode districtSO43Dialling code023PoliceHampshire and Isle of WightFireHampshire and Isle of WightAmbulanceSouth CentralUK ParliamentNew Forest EastList of places UK England Hampshire 50 55 32 N 1 39 40 W 50 925558 N 1 6611920 W 50 925558 1 6611920History editThe name Fritham may be derived from Old English meaning a cultivated plot hamm in scrub on the edge of a forest fyrhth 2 The oldest feature in Fritham is a Bronze Age Bowl barrow known as The Butt which lies just east of the village although it has been partially damaged on top by a brick structure 3 Fritham is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 4 It was once thought that the Domesday settlement of Truham or Trucham may have been Fritham 5 but this is now thought unlikely as Truham was within Boldre Hundred 4 The first mention of Fritham appears early in the 13th century 2 when Geoffrey de Baddesley held land in Baddesley and Fritham Fritham remained attached to the manor of South Baddesley in the parish of Boldre at least until 1429 5 The Royal Oak a thatched cottage with red brick additions is one of the oldest pubs in the New Forest dating back to the 17th century 6 Fritham Lodge dating from 1671 may have been one of Charles II hunting lodges 7 A school and chapel opened in Fritham in 1861 5 nbsp Eyeworth Pond From the 1860s until the 1920s Fritham was home to the Schultze gunpowder factory 8 The factory specialised in smokeless powder for sporting guns 8 Established in 1865 it was at one time the largest nitro compound gunpowder factory in the world with sixty separate buildings and a staff of one hundred 9 It supplied three quarters of the world s annual consumption of gunpowder for sporting purposes and often sent 100 ton consignments to the Americas loading road vans and special railway trucks for the docks at Southampton 9 Little now remains of the factory except for the superintendent s and gatekeeper s houses 10 Eyeworth Pond near Fritham was specially created by the factory as a reservoir to hold water needed during the manufacturing process 10 In 1904 the village gained a church in the form of Fritham Free Church 11 Four young men from Fritham went down with the Titanic in 1912 Lewis Hickman aged 32 Leonard Mark Hickman aged 24 Stanley George Hickman aged 21 and Ambrose Hood aged 21 12 The Ham class minesweeper HMS Fritham launched in 1953 was named after the village Notes edit Bramshaw Parish Council Archived 2011 10 03 at the Wayback Machine a b Old Hampshire Gazetteer Fritham Hampshire Treasures Bramshaw page 21 Archived 2011 06 05 at the Wayback Machine a b Througham Truham Archived 2015 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Pastscape a b c Victoria County History 1912 A History of the County of Hampshire Volume 5 Pages 623 626 Hampshire pub guide The Royal Oak Fritham The Telegraph 03 Mar 2011 Fritham Lodge Bramshaw British Listed Buildings a b Norman Henderson 2007 A Walk Around the New Forest In Thirty Five Circular Walks pages 87 8 Frances Lincoln a b Kenneth Hudson 1968 The industrial archaeology of southern England Hampshire Wiltshire Dorset Somerset and Gloucestershire east of the Severn page 35 a b Eyeworth Pond Fritham and the Schultze Gunpowder Factory O Brien Charles Bailey Bruce Pevsner Nikolaus Lloyd David W 2018 The Buildings of England Hampshire South Yale University Press p 284 ISBN 9780300225037 The Royal Oak Fritham Archived 26 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Lymington orgExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fritham Eyeworth Pond Fritham and the Schultze Gunpowder Factory New Forest Explorers Guide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fritham amp oldid 1181437398, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
