Building Bedhampton; A history of the life and development of a village
Nigel Gossop SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Regions:
- Hampshire, West Sussex, Dorset
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Retired
- Fee:
- Paid: £70.00 plus travel at 45p per mile
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 25th June 2026
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The village of Bedhampton is home to the Bedhampton Historical Collection, a privately owned collection of material and ephemera, recording and plotting the development history of the village’s buildings and people The talk is illustrated using maps, drawings, photographs and paintings and will cover buildings that have been victims of the march of time, landed estates and surviving buildings that reflect an elegant bygone era, smuggling tales with stories of people and families who have made their mark across more than five hundred years.
Views: 5 | Enquiries: 0About Nigel Gossop
I have been a book collector, researcher and keen writer for more than forty years. In 2009 I founded 'The Westerman Yarns', a collective of like minded people who research, promote and encourage interest in the lives and works of children’s adventure writers. I have worked in music, the arts and event management; a specialist topic that I taught at a further education college for ten years until I embarked on my misspent retirement when I threw myself into researching more about many of the topics that I never found the time to explore, whilst holding down a ‘proper job’. During my time as a local authority arts officer I worked on several literature festivals that developed and expanded my interest in literary research, and fired my enthusiasm for learning about the lives and works of ‘forgotten’ and lesser known authors. More recently I have conducted research into the history of the area where I live, in particular, the diverse history of the north of Portsmouth and Portsdown Hill. I hope that you find something to interest your audience in my diverse list of talks. If you want to know more or have any questions, please email me.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Nigel Gossop
- Ripping Yarns and the Tale of the Forgotten Author: The Percy F. Westerman Story
- One for the Boys and Something for the Girls
- Once Upon a Time: a look inside the stories I have grown-up with
- John Keats and The Eve of St Agnes
- Life is a Lottery: The story of Mary Russell Mitford
- Valerie Bacon's War
- Mothballs with a Whiff of Whisky: The story of William Gordon Stables
- The Rise and Fall of the Portsmouth to Arundel Navigation
- Untangling Christmas or a Load of Old Baubles
- People, Places and Stories of ‘Crooked Cosham’
- Portsdown Hill; a literary view
- Portsdown Hill; a stroll through time - the Cosham edition
- Portsdown Hill: a stroll through time - the Bedhampton, Farlington and Drayton edition
- The Life and Lost England of Helen Allingham
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