Test Valley Tapestry - finished in 1994 - on display at the
Council Offices, Andover. A print of the tapestry of
North Baddesley, Ampfield, and Chilworth is on display
at the Village Hall.
Photograph by Terry Jamieson
THE TEST VALLEY TAPESTRY
In 1983 Mayor Councillor Porter had the idea of having a Tapestry produced to depict the three villages of North Baddesley, Ampfield and Chilworth. Work began mainly being carried out by WI and similar organisations with materials supplied by the Council and it was finished in 1994.
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Showing - upper centre the Parish church of St. John the Baptist.
Top left - the chimney marks the chemical factory of Borden UK Ltd, established in 1947 which closed June 2001.
Below this is the Manor House which is built on the site of the Knights Hospitallers headquarters.
Top right is the white cottage, one of the few remaining houses of corrugated iron built after WWI.
Below the manor house is the Roman Catholic Church consecrated in 1975.
The large white building in the centre is Mansell, formerly the factory for Reema prefabricated buildings.
Below are a number of plants found in Emer Bog, a 60 acre reserve owned and managed by Hampshire Wildlife Trust and an area of Special Scientific Interest.
Opposite the RC church is the Bedes Lea public house.
Test Valley Tapestry - finished in 1994 - on display at the
Council Offices, Andover. A print of the tapestry of
North Baddesley, Ampfield, and Chilworth is on display
at the Village Hall.
Photograph by Terry Jamieson