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Boldre history
Early and mediaeval
Domesday Book contains a substantial entry on the Hundred of Boldre, where it is recorded as “Bouvre” This is probably a Norman corruption of “Bol Re” (a plank over a river) Church replaced an earlier one from the 13th century and a huge iron key is still used to unlock the doors.
Gilpin and the picturesque
Former residents include William Gilpin, who was the village parson and lived at Vicars Hill. He was famed for his wealth of knowledge about the New Forest. He is buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist beside an old maple tree.
Comyn’s New Forest
Rev. Comyn, brother of Lord Nelson’s chaplain, carried out a comprehensive census and register of the parish. He sought to track the growth of religious dissent of parishioners. The records have been of use to genealogy and socio-religious history.
Caroline Southey
Caroline Bowles, who in 1839 married Robert Southey, linked the village with literature. Another who linked the area with literature was Caroline Bowle, who married Robert Southey in 1839.
Hood Association
The Church commemorates HMS Hood because Hood’s final Admiral Lancelot Holland was a regular worshipper at the church. The Hood Association attended and promoted an Annual Boldre Service, no longer widely promulgated, but the largest public service of remembrance for the Hood.
Priest in Prison
After World War II notable vicar John Hayter served the parish. He spent much of the war as a padre in ill-treated, malnourished Changi Prison during the Japanese occupation of Singapore.
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