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Later, I recall cycling through the valley south from there with schoolmates, and nding it profoundly muddy. I’m not sure where we thought we were going to; at any rate, we had to retreat, defeated. Perhaps the greatest mystery for me was how it got its name. Somewhere in my youth, I heard that it was named a er the Great War battle elds of Ypres in Belgium – though a glance back at history soon lays that idea to rest. In the 19th century censuses, it appears in several forms; Iper’s, Ipers and Ipper Bridge, and more besides. e 1810 Ordnance Survey map has it as Ipper Bridge, but in Isaac Taylor’s 1759 map, it is recorded as Heypers Bridge. Old maps, even the Ordnance Survey’s, are just as notorious for spelling oddities as parish records, so there’s probably not much to be uncovered there. “Eyper”, “Iper” and “Ipper” are all sparsely recorded as surnames in the 18th and 19th centuries, though, so perhaps that’s as good an explanation as any. e 1841 census shows several families living at “Ipersbridge”, including those of Richard Browning To confuse matters more, James Knapp appears in the 1843 Post O ce Directory, as “beer retailer and yeoman, King’s Arms, Ipper’s-lodge, Fawley”. at same year the Hampshire Advertiser reported: “CHARGE OF ROBBERY. - A waterman of Fawley named John Burnett charged an unfortunate woman named Mary Wright with robbing him of 5s 6d. He had treated the woman at the King’s Arms, and afterwards walked with her, when she contrived as he said to pick his pocket of 5s 6d, He gave her in charge, and on being searched two sixpences were found on her. There were three other women in company. Though there was no other evidence, the prisoner was committed to the sessions”. e King’s Arms was a beerhouse - with a licence issued by the Excise, as opposed to an alehouse, licensed by local magistrates - and by the late 19th century it was called Bridge House. It’s unclear when it became the Bridge Tavern. Looking further back in history, not far away on the heath lie several Bronze Age burial mounds, numerous tracks across the heathland, and the rather eerie Stonyford Pond. Perhaps we’ll visit these in more detail another time. (bricklayer), James Knapp, George Dredge (or possibly Drodge), Samuel White and James Perry - all agricultural labourers. In 1851, it was recorded as “an extraparochial place in the New Forest adjoining the Parish of Fawley”, with the families of John Hayward, Charles Bunday, James Cavell, Henry Etheridge, George Dredge and James Knapp there. The beerhouse at Iper’s Bridge, around 1910; photo by E. W. Mudge Remembering Fred e family of the late Fred Raybould, recently donated £180 to the Healthy Haven Garden. June Denham the sister of Fred, contacted the Healthy Haven volunteers again, as some relatives from Canada were over in England and they wanted to visit the garden. June Denham’s sister Irene married David McDermott, the son of Mr & Mrs McDermott who ran the Holbury Inn up to the 1980’s. It was David’s son Stephen and his wife Gail and their English cousins Iwan and Colm who went to visit the Healthy Haven garden, and made a generous donation of £50. is will go towards the three trees, one rose and a plaque the volunteers are buying to commemorate Fred. e trees and rose will be planted in the late Autumn. e Healthy Haven Garden volunteers are extremely grateful to the whole family of Fred Raybould for their generous donations and the volunteers look forward to seeing June and family again when the trees have been planted. Calling All Crafters! If you are handy with knitting needles or a crochet hook, Lepe Country Park are asking for your help to make this year’s poppy wave even bigger. ey would like poppies in any style that are at least 8cm wide. Once you’ve knitted or crocheted your poppies please drop them into the visitor services desk in e Lookout. Last year the poppy wave raised £476.80 and this year they are hoping to exceed that total! Can you help to make this year’s poppy wave even bigger?
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