Below is a collection of historic pictures taken in Bentworth. If you have any old photos you would like to share, please email tim@bentworthparishcouncil.org
The village green towards Medstead, early 1900s. The ‘Lords Waste’ footpath is on the right.
The Rectory (present day Mulberry House), early 1900s
St Mary’s Church, early 1900s
The Sun Inn, 1890s(?)
St Mary’s Church, 1920s
Bentworth and Lasham railway station, 1930s
St Mary’s Church, 1930s
Unknown location (possibly New Copse Farm), 1910
Bentworth Lodge, 1910
The village green, c.1905. King’s Poorhouse is seen in the foreground.
Telegraph office (now ‘The Old Post Office’), c.1905.
Bentworth Hall, c.1905
Snowdrifts at Sun Hill, 1927
Snowdrifts at Ham Corner, 1927
Bentworth and Lasham railway station, early 1910s
Flooding at Holt End Lane, 1925
Erection of the World War I Centopath, c.1919
Detail from the map of Wivelrod Farm, 1742. This is the earliest known map of Bentworth parish.
Tithe map of Bentworth village centre, 1840.
Swain’s Farmhouse just before its demolition in 1947. The foundations can still be found today in the field behind the church.
Drawing of St Mary’s Church as it appeared in c.1840. Artist unknown