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- The earliest record of the name Grayshott is in 1185, as the wasto bosci de Grauesseta, meaning ‘ the woodland waste of Grayshott’, owned by the Bishop of Winchester. However, it’s likely that Grayshott was occupied long before this date, probably by Saxon farmers and perhaps as a lookout community to keep watch over the surrounding lowlands.
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History. The earliest reference to Grayshott found by Jack Hayden Smith, a Grayshott inhabitant and local historian, is in Winchester Bishopric records as Gravesetta (1185) and Graveschete (1200). In 1533 it was called Graveshotte, and the named changed to its current spelling probably in the 18th century.
Grayshott’s Timeline – From Mammoths to the Millennium. 110,000 – 10,000 BC The glaciers didn’t reach Grayshott during the last Ice Age. Nevertheless for tens of thousands of years the climate was arctic, the land bound by permafrost and vegetation limited to tough grass and moss.
It’s a very long history because the land upon which Grayshott stands was formed over a hundred million years ago in the Cretaceous Period. The climate was warmer then, sea levels were higher and Grayshott was under a shallow lagoon.
Grayshott village in Hampshire, England, has a long and varied history. The objective of Grayshott Heritage is to research, preserve and promote Grayshott’s history, for interest, reflection, discussion and study. Our web site gives you a taste of the village’s past, and our own activities.
You can find extensive information on the history of Grayshott at the Grayshott Heritage website. Records show that there was a sparse settlement here from the 12th Century but it was not until...
The Grayshott village archive contains records relating to the activities of Grayshott residents and organisations from the middle of the 19th Century to the present day. The archive holds documents, photographs, audio-visual material and artefacts and these are listed on the group’s website at Grayshott Heritage.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Grayshott like this: Greyshott, school, on E. border of Hants, 4 miles NW. of Haslemere sta. Grayshott through time. Grayshott is now part of East Hampshire district.
