Lyndhurst in old pictures - the village centre

Here is a selection of old pictures showing Lyndhurst as it was in days-gone-by. Most, if not all, of the buildings seen in these charming images remain visible today, many little changed. Fashions, though, have inevitably been updated many times, horse drawn vehicles are now rarely seen in the village, traffic has very significantly increased and, consequently, commoners' ponies and other animals have been banished from the roadsides.

Lyndhurst - an early 20th century view

Lyndhurst High Street -
a colourful early view

Lyndhurst High Street again - from the days
when illumination was provided by gas lamps

Lyndhurst - a 1909 scene showing the High Street,
viewed from near the Stag Hotel

Lyndhurst - a later (1940s?) view of the High Street,
long before the introduction of the current one-way traffic system

Ponies not too many years ago wandered
beside the now very busy A337 Romsey Road

The A337 and ponies again, this time in
a view that also shows the Evergreens Hotel

Lyndhurst - donkeys near the Post Office in the days when
commoners' animals roamed the High Street