Hello Jason I don't know offhand about Bartley but there was certainly a gunpowder factory at Fritham, in the New Forest. MR 179/235140. Fritham is about five or six miles from Bartley, although up a rather steep hill. However, Bartley, at that time of late 1800's, could have extended quite a long way into the Forest. I hope to have more information for you tomorrow, as I will ask my mother who was brought up in Bartley and although 87 years of age, still has all her faculties. Colyn.

No there was no gunpowder factory in Bartley as I lived there as well but............... In a small glade near Eyeworth Lake was the Schultz Gunpowder Factory and this brought employment to Fritham, it was built to produce ammunition for sporting guns mainly and most of the inhabitants worked there, the Schultz company eventually took over the tin chapel and a new brick building was built in its place. The gunpowder factory closed a few year after 1912 and the the village went back to its carefree life again. SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the IOW and Hampshires Villages,Towns and Churches ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colyn Blundell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Gunpowder Factory Hello Jason I don't know offhand about Bartley but there was certainly a gunpowder factory at Fritham, in the New Forest. MR 179/235140. Fritham is about five or six miles from Bartley, although up a rather steep hill. However, Bartley, at that time of late 1800's, could have extended quite a long way into the Forest. I hope to have more information for you tomorrow, as I will ask my mother who was brought up in Bartley and although 87 years of age, still has all her faculties. Colyn. ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000727-0, 03/22/2007 Tested on: 3/23/2007 12:10:30 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com