Most places have two histories, the actual and the mythical. Some myths become so well-established that they overshadow the history of a place.
Between about 1818 and 1832, the landscape of Brighton underwent a rapid transformation, much of it around the outer edge of the Georgian resort.
Basingstoke was enclosed by parliamentary enclosure in 1788. Basingstoke is a large parish of over 1,500 ha.
Dunster sat in a web of routes from Exmoor to the coast and between villages and hamlets but from the 18th century attempts were made to rationalis
A network of roads formerly connected Dunster with its hamlets, fields, woods and marshes as well as neighbouring villages.
