Transcription from the Latin of medieval pipe rolls which are

held in the Hampshire Record Office. These rolls are records

of the farming events of the land in Brightwell that was controlled by the Bishop of Winchester - who at that time was Lord of the Manor.

Archiving and preparing a CD of the 750 or so photographs of villagers and village events going back to the beginnings of photography

An analysis of the effects on the village and villagers of the 1811 Parliamentary Enclosure Act. This was the time at which th Anglo-Saxon field system was abandoned and the land in the parish enclosed by fences, hedges and ditches

A study of the charters of Brightwell and Sotwell parishes in Anglo-Saxon times. It is found that today’s parish boundary differs little from that given in these charters

The transcription and interpretation of wills made by prominent villagers from past times. These documents are able to tell us a lot about the property and the way of village life at the time. Illustrated here is the preamble to the will of the Revd. Michael Woodward.

Collection and archiving of present-day parish events for the study and enjoyment of future generations.

Cataloguing artefacts found in gardens and fields over the years, from Palaeolithic hand axes through Roman coins to Medieval seals. Also reporting on the several formal archaeological excavations in the parish.

Reports are planned on :-

Brightwell Charities

The Brookers of Brightwell

Maps of Brightwell

The Parish in 1860

The Stones of Brightwell

Artists of the Parish

Harry Watts  ‘History of Brightwell’

The Evolution of the Village Hall