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Description: | No 15 High Street stands on the site of part of the Crowne Inn, a large building with stables and outbuildings behind, which also included the sites of nos 11 and 13.
By 1700 John Mountain had a soap-making business in number 15. In 1761 a coach maker, John Poynter bought no 15 for £320. From 1780 to 1796 part of the house was let to a curate of Buriton, Rev. William Ralf; eight of his children were born here. At the end of the century the property was owned by Thomas Booker, husband of Joan Poynter, meal man, baker and grocer. The business was carried on by his son and grandson until 1818, when the property again changed hands, this time for £1000.
Early in the 20th century one room was used by the council as an office where employees took their timesheets. In 1923 Mr Townshend was the officer in charge of Customs and Excise and Old Age Pensions.
In 1926 Mr E.J. Baker, presumably the proprietor of E.J. Baker, Butcher in no. 13, conveyed the freehold to Dr Hugh Jeffries, who stayed there until 1952. The Affleck-Graves family came to live there and Mrs Affleck-Graves opened The Spice of Life health food shop. It is now (2004) The Little Store.
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Petersfield Area Historical Society,1984. Petersfield Monographs no. 2. High Street Petersfield X100549284 | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | O.W. Wilmot | Subjects: | 15 High Street building house High Street | Temporal: | start=1959-01-01; end=1969-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | O.W. Wilmot | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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