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Petersfield Corn Exchange |
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Brief Description: Petersfield Corn Exchange and the first Co-op building |
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Subject Date: 1920s |
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Creator: Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; 1970s-1980s |
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Owner: Hampshire Library and Information Service |
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Contributor: Hampshire Library and Information Service |
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Full Description: The Corn Exchange, built in 1866, replaced four cottages where the south side of the High Street meets the Square. It was an open hall, ninety feet long and thirty-four feet wide, divided into individual stalls for corn exchange. Corn markets were held on alternate Wednesdays.
The hall was used for meetings, concerts, plays and even circuses. In the 1880s it was the headquarters of the 3rd Hampshire Volunteers. In 1873 when St Peters Church was being restores, some services were held in the hall.
In the early 1930s it was converted into shops with rooms above.
Copy, probably of a postcard, attributed to Derek Dine |
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Place: Petersfield, East Hampshire, Hampshire |
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Subject: square, street, High Street, corn exchange |
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Name Subject: Portsea Island Mutual Co-operative Society |
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Content Type: Photograph |
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Location: Petersfield Library |
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Unique ID: hs-hl-hs5776-i-00-000.jpg |
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IPR: Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council |
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