Ringwood Walk: Town Centre【4K】

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Located in the county of Hampshire, and around 20 miles west of Southampton, is the town of Ringwood.

Geographically, Ringwood is situated along the River Avon, and on the western fringe of the New Forest National Park. The first recorded reference dates from 961 AD when King Edgar gave 22 hides of land in 'Rimecuda' to Abingdon Abbey. The name derives from Old English: 'rimuc' and 'wudu', meaning 'edge of the wood', intuitively enough.

In 1226 a market charter was granted to Ringwood by Henry III. Industries in Ringwood have included brewing and glove-making.

In 1685 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth launched an ill-fated rebellion against King James II. Following the Battle of Sedgemoor of that year, Monmouth escaped from the battlefield and hid in a ditch under an ash tree near Ringwood. A local woman revealed his presence to those searching for him, and he was detained. Prior to being sent to the Tower of London, he was held in the house seen around the 17-minute mark. His beheading was botched and the job had to be finished with a knife.

In 1847 a railway station opened in Ringwood. It formed part of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, which was noted for skipping Bournemouth and stopping short of Weymouth, reflecting the smaller degree of significance of coastal towns in the first half of the 19th century, which was soon to change. In 1964 Ringwood station was closed to passengers, and later closed to freight in 1967 as part of the notorious Beeching cuts where over 2000 stations across the country were lost in a controversial move to promote road travel.

During the 1850s the Church of St Peter and St Paul was built on Market Place on the site of an older 13th century church.

Today the main form of public transport in Ringwood is bus. Direct services run to and from Bournemouth, Salisbury and Southampton.

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Filmed: 6th September 2022

Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Christchurch Road
4:52 Trinity United Church
5:06 Christchurch Road
7:55 Southampton Road
10:35 High Street
13:05 The Furlong
13:19 Market Place
15:00 Church of St Peter & St Paul
15:40 Market Place
16:14 West Street
17:05 House where Duke of Monmouth was held in 1685 prior to execution
17:21 West Street
18:44 Bickerley Millstream
18:59 West Street
19:58 River Avon
20:27 West Street