NETLEY ABBEY MATTERS!
INTRODUCTION
This is simply what the search engines call the "Homepage" for my website.
It tells you what new articles, photos etc have been added into the website recently.
Click on the highlighted phrase to take you to that page.
This website was last updated on 30/07/2025
At one end,
Ruins of a 13th century Cistercian Abbey; at the other, a Military Cemetery
tucked in the middle -
a Victorian Village and the ghosts of its former
Military Hospital!
Welcome to the Past Lives and Times of
NETLEY VILLAGE and HOSPITAL
Let the memories live on!
Hot off the Press!
Analysis of which website pages are looked at by my website visitors shows that the Netley Village page wasn't looked at all in the last 6 weeks so I've removed it. No point in clogging up the menu!
The most looked at pages are "Growth of the Village" and "Lost but not Forgotten".
Netley Military Hospital gets a "look" from time to time - which I get, if you've come on to the website just to check if a relative has been at Netley Hospital, that's the page which tells you
how to get in contact with me to ask! So, I've made it easier by moving the Contact form to the Netley Military Hospital page which has allowed me to remove Contact Me from the Menu (left).
I'm working through the website currently, updating the Contact Me link.
This Homepage will continue to let you know what new articles, photos etc have been
added where in the last 3 - 4 weeks. Simples.
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If you see the image below on any of the website pages, clicking on the highlighted word,
will return you to this Homepage to let you see what else is new so you can go exploring again!
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Netley Grange Farm as was
Read all about its history and past residents in "Lost but not Forgotten"
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Help needed!
One of my website contacts, Colin D is the current owner of the Yacht "Seran".
He is sure that the "Seran" was berthed in the local Netley/Southampton Water area in the
late 1920s into the 1930s and was involved with the Netley Regattas during that time but
as yet has not found any definite proof of this.
He is asking if anyone still in the area has perhaps old photos of past sightings of the Yacht in the local area? It was built in 1926 for its owner C C Regnart. Its Skipper was a local Netley man,
Captain Ben Chaplin. His story can be found in Shared Stories A - D.
If you think you can help Colin, please let me know and I'll forward the details to him.
Thank you.
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I've made a start on adding back on to Shared Stories A - D, the original info plus
new information, photos and articles I've recently received for Sergeant John Critchley
and one of his daughters, Ivy Louise.
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In May 2025 via this website, I heard from a lady in New Zealand who asked if I could put her in touch with Bob Miles as she had recently found out that she shares Bob's Great Grand-parents, "Topsy" aka William and Louisa Maria Miles.
Bob and I have now met up with Louise and her brother Edwin. She has promised
to give me some paragraphs on her side of the family so I can add their
details to the Miles Family on Shared Stories M - P.
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A member of the Summerfield Family has contacted me about their ancestor
who had a business in Netley Abbey Village and connections to the Crichton Family.
We're currently compiling the story to add to Shared Stories R - W.
Use the Search box below to check what's on the website! It should open a different tab
I thought it might be worthwhile to list here the iconic locations which are featured on the
Lost but not Forgotten page of this website.
Castle View and Abbey View, Abbey Hill
Abbey Cinema, Victoria Road
Netley Grange Farm, Grange Lane/Road
Netley Abbey Hotel aka The Lake House
Netley Cliff House, Victoria Road
HMS "Enchantress" - Royal Motor Yacht Floating Clubhouse
1908 London Olympic Games - Motor Boat Races in Southampton Water
Jubilee Hall, New Road
Oakhurst, Ingleside + Leigh Grange, Butt's Road
Hilton, Abbey Hill
Simla House, Station Road aka "Victoria Park Hotel" aka "Benfields House"
War Memorials
If you think there is another location within Netley Abbey that should be featured here,
let me know by clicking here and I'll look into it!
Here the names of Past Residents of Netley Abbey Village who currently feature in
Reverend John A Addison Robert Beck Chamberlayne Family Major L H Chatfield
William B Courtenay Crichton Family George Damen
Thomas Denman Downie Sisters Charles Durrant William Edginton
Gould Family Alexander Greaves Reginald C Hollis
(Sorry, can't find the first name of) Mr Lance Douglas McGibbon
Moore Family Abner Pearmain Pennington Family Bertram Ponsford
Rashleigh Sisters Gordon Rice Henry G Ross Sedgewick G Smallden
Tarrant Vanderplank Village + County Policemen
West Family Willoughby Winfield Family Annie Yorke
My Book -
"Unforgotten Lives at Netley Hospital"
If anyone out there would like to read my book, then I'm happy to email you a copy of its contents
- just the 136 pages including photos etc, ie no front/back covers - on receipt of proof that
you've donated £10.00 to Macmillan Nurses.
A screenshot of their receipt of the donation is all I need to see.
Alternatively, if you live near to Bitterne ... there's still an opportunity to read the actual book
- make an appointment with Sharon below to give your feet a treat!
Please note that whilst I am an independent researcher with no direct connection to any
of the Local History Societies, I share research with Julie Green and/or the
Royal Victoria Chapel Team at RVCP from time to time.
The contents and design of this website have been researched and created by me,
including finding the sources stated and as such are subject to copyright.
It's fine to share my research elsewhere but please do the right thing and credit this website
as one of your sources. Thank you.
The majority of the newspaper articles are courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive/FMP.
Sources are in black print, underlined, beneath the relevant article
If a word or phrase is in this colour, you should be able to click on it and it
will open on a new tab and let you return to the previous one when you're ready!
From Cistercian Abbey Ruins at one end, through Netley Abbey Village to the Royal Victoria Hospital ...
