This building at the top of Sarum Hill, Basingstoke, was erected in July 1883 by Colonel John May of May’s Brewery as a Drill Hall for K Company, 1
Founded in 1841, the aims of the Institute were to instruct members in science and useful knowledge by the means of lectures, conversation and read
Sir Richard Aldworth (d.1646) left money to the Corporation of Basingstoke to educate ten boys of good and religious poor men of the town and to af
At the time of its opening in October 1888, the location of this relatively remote chapel was described as ‘a perfect little paradise.’ Although it
St Mary's Church
Basingstoke Inns, Beerhouses and associated businesses in the 1851 census.
This is part of ongoing study of Basingstoke Union and Workhouse.
The riots against the Salvation Army in Basingstoke in the early 1880s gave rise to questions in the House of Commons, led to the publication of a
On census night, 30th March 1851, there were 4,262 residents, (2,113 male and 2,149 female), of whom just over half, 2,198, were born within 1 mile
Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory in 1775.