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Here are the answers to the Stockbridge to Romsey puzzle trail.

1.

Provide space to buy & sell.

The answer is 'Market Room', in Stockbridge High St.

2.

A bushy-tailed seamstress.

The answer is 'the squirrel' painted on the antique shop wall in Stockbridge High Street.

3.

Who lost in a 10-goal walkover?

The answer is 'the garage door'. See poem on the Fire Station wall.('10 goals to me & nil to the garage door' -Celia Warren).

4.

What is the drovers' first priority?

The answer is 'seasoned hay' See poem No 3 on the High Street (Alexandra Mason).

5.

Who is high class?

The answer is 'John Robinson', family butchers.

6.

What is John Hattatt's middle name?

The answer is 'Foote'. See inscription on Nether Wallop School House.

7.

In which century was Nether Wallop church built?

The answer is 'Eleventh'. See sign in the village.

8.

What leads to a peel of bells?

The answer is 'The Causeway', in Middle Wallop.

9.

What date goes with the letters 'W.R.' in Broughton?

The answer is '1926', on a garage building in the village.

10.

What was founded in 1655?

The answer is 'the Baptist Church', Broughton.

11.

What was built in Broughton in memory of C.H.Bompas?

The answer is 'the bus shelter'. See inscription in stone on the wall behind.

12.

Keep track while removing weeds.

The answer is 'the Tally-Ho Inn', Broughton.

13.

When did W.S.T. appear on the church?

The answer is '1924' (MCMXXIV). The initials are to the left of the church entrance, the date to the right.

14.

What does 'D.B.F.S.' stand for in Houghton?

The answer is 'Dairy Barn Farm Shop'.

15.

In Houghton, what bird blows with the wind?

The answer is 'a swan', on a windvane.

16.

On the road from Houghton to King's Somborne, if 'I.B.' is 28, what is 'T.'?

The answer is '16 miles'. (Inkpen Beacon, 28 m, Totton, 16 m. on the Test Way signpost).

17.

Who was King of Castile & Leon?

The answer is 'John of Gaunt'. See pub sign on the road to King's Somborne.

18.

What came before the railway in King's Somborne?

The answer is 'the canal'. See the informative parish map located on the wall of the Crown Inn.

19.

Were the folk trio named after them?

The answer is 'Sts. Peter, Paul & Mary', the name of the church on King's Somborne.

20.

Where do you find this?

(could be anywhere on the remainder of the route).

The answer is 'Mottisfont Abbey'.(see also the answer to question 22).

21.

On the road to Michelmersh, what trots in any direction.

The answer is 'a horse & cart weather vane' on a farm building.

22.

What goes with a tattered rod?

The answer is a 'Bear'. See the Bear & Ragged Staff public house when you join the A3057 (named after the coat of arms of the Barker-Mills family, who lived in Mottisfont Abbey nearby).

23.

Grade One - and a famous course.

The answer is 'St Andrews' church (grade 1 listed).

24.

In Mottisfont, what number is beneath the arrow?

The answer is '8'. See milestone in village centre.

25.

What should a man do at the end of the millenium in Timsbury?

The answer is 'go fishing'. On the Millenium village sign in Timsbury, a man is depectied doing just that.

How did you do?

1.	Provide space to buy & sell.	The answer is 'Market Room', in Stockbridge High St.
2.	A bushy-tailed seamstress.	The answer is 'the squirrel' painted on the antique shop wall in Stockbridge High Street.
3.	Who lost in a 10-goal walkover?	The answer is 'the garage door'. See poem on the Fire Station wall.('10 goals to me & nil to the garage door' -Celia Warren).
4.	What is the drovers' first priority?	The answer is 'seasoned hay' See poem No 3 on the High Street (Alexandra Mason).

5.	Who is high class?	The answer is 'John Robinson', family butchers.
6.	What is John Hattatt's middle name?	The answer is 'Foote'. See inscription on Nether Wallop School House.
7.	In which century was Nether Wallop church built?	The answer is 'Eleventh'. See sign in the village.
8.	What leads to a peel of bells?	The answer is 'The Causeway', in Middle Wallop.
9.	What date goes with the letters 'W.R.' in Broughton?	The answer is '1926', on a garage building in the village.
10.	What was founded in 1655?	The answer is 'the Baptist Church', Broughton.

11.	What was built in Broughton in memory of C.H.Bompas?	The answer is 'the bus shelter'. See inscription in stone on the wall behind.
12.	Keep track while removing weeds.	The answer is 'the Tally-Ho Inn', Broughton.
13.	When did W.S.T. appear on the church?	The answer is '1924' (MCMXXIV). The initials are to the left of the church entrance, the date to the right.
14.	What does 'D.B.F.S.' stand for in Houghton?	The answer is 'Dairy Barn Farm Shop'.
15.	In Houghton, what bird blows with the wind?	The answer is 'a swan', on a windvane.

16.	On the road from Houghton to King's Somborne, if 'I.B.' is 28, what is 'T.'?	The answer is '16 miles'. (Inkpen Beacon, 28 m, Totton, 16 m. on the Test Way signpost).
17.	Who was King of Castile & Leon?	The answer is 'John of Gaunt'. See pub sign on the road to King's Somborne.
18.	What came before the railway in King's Somborne?	The answer is 'the canal'. See the informative parish map located on the wall of the Crown Inn.
19.	Were the folk trio named after them?	The answer is 'Sts. Peter, Paul & Mary', the name of the church on King's Somborne.
20.	Where do you find this? (could be anywhere on the remainder of the route).	The answer is 'Mottisfont Abbey'.(see also the answer to question 22).

22.	What goes with a tattered rod?	The answer is a 'Bear'. See the Bear & Ragged Staff public house when you join the A3057 (named after the coat of arms of the Barker-Mills family, who lived in Mottisfont Abbey nearby).
23.	Grade One - and a famous course.	The answer is 'St Andrews' church (grade 1 listed).

24.	In Mottisfont, what number is beneath the arrow?	The answer is '8'. See milestone in village centre.
25.	What should a man do at the end of the millenium in Timsbury?	The answer is 'go fishing'. On the Millenium village sign in Timsbury, a man is depectied doing just that.