Six wills and two inventories survive for this period, held in the Hampshire Record Office (HRO) and The National Archives (TNA).
Material from 16 testators in this period includes 12 wills and 15 inventories made by three yeomen, five husbandmen, two blacksmiths, a widow, a c
For a small parish Norton Fitzwarren had several public houses, partly owing to the fact that two main roads crossed the parish.
For this decade a selection of 18 probate records comprising 12 wills, 12 inventories and one renunciation have been chosen from the available mate
Probate records for 29 Old Basing residents survive for this period comprising 18 wills, 23 inventories, one court paper and two sets of accounts.
The National Register of 1939[1] shows the occupations of Dummer residents (population 360 ) to consist largely of those associate
Five wills and seven inventories survive for this period.
Wallis and Steevens was a family business, founded in Basingstoke in 1856 to sell agricultural machinery in the rural hinterland.
Ten wills and 12 inventories survive for this period including several husbandmen and yeomen and some of the prominent families in the parish refle
Thornycroft, the commercial vehicle manufacturer, was the biggest employer in Basingstoke for much of the 20th century.
