13th March 2025 • The HERALD • Page 77 v READ THE HERALD ONLINE: www.herald-publishing.co.uk v VAUXTECH LOCAL GARAGE Tel: 023 8086 9496 Unit 5, New Forest Enterprise Centre, Totton, Southampton SO40 9LA LOCAL GARAGE EST 27 YEARS • Servicing & Repairs • MOT’s (arranged) • Brakes • Clutches • Tyres • Air Conditioning • Collection & Delivery Locally Friendly & Reliable Onsite Café Facilities All Makes & Models A process involving the removal of dents and small accident damage without the need for spraying • Convenient mobile service to your home or place of work • Repairs completed at a fraction of bodyshop costs • Repair costs may be less than your insurance excess • Dents completely removed or dramatically improved* • Over 30 years experience in the repair of bodywork (*If the paint is scratched or broken a ‘tidy up’ repair may be possible) Call Graham on 07789 888005 Dents out today, no need to spray! DENT DYNAMICS PAINTLESS DENT REMOVAL The Story of the Carter Stone riders struck their horses with riding crops. As they galloped up the hill at Gurnet elds Furzebrake, Carter’s horse stumbled. He was thrown violently from his ride, landing on his neck. Death was instantaneous. Other riders on the hunt quickly reached his lifeless body. In an attempt to revive him, they poured brandy into his mouth. But it was too late. His body lay lifeless on the cold ground. His head rolled about, his eyes were xed, and his lips were blue. An inquest into his death was conducted at the Swan Inn in Totton, now an Indian Takeaway. e verdict was ‘accidental death’. Carter’s funeral took place six days later, on 22nd January 1883. He was buried at St. Mary’s Church in Eling. Twenty riders of the Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry made up the funeral cortege and an estimated three to four hundred people were in attendance. Local traders marked their respect as shops in Totton were closed whilst his burial took place. In the days after his funeral, his wife Matilda placed a note in the Hampshire Independent. She expressed her sincere and grateful thanks to in the New Forest have changed. Special thanks to Peter Adams for his invaluable help in tracing Stephen’s story through ancestral records. where but given Carter’s connections to the Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry and New Forest Foxhounds, I assume it was men from those groups who nanced and placed the memorial in March 1883. If you search online for the Carter Stone, you will nd multiple references to Carter, including an entry on the New Forest National Park Authority’s Knowledge website. All online references I have read, name the man inscribed on the stone memorial as Samuel Carter. However, during my research I discovered this is wrong. His name wasn’t Samuel. His name was actually Stephen Carter. Next time you pass the Carter Stone, remember the man behind the inscription - Stephen Carter. His memorial stands as a reminder of a life lived in the saddle and of how times and attitudes Continued from page 76 all of those who were instrumental in erecting a stone on the spot where her lamented husband met his death. It doesn’t say who those people The Carter Stone
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