There are eleven surviving wills and ten inventories for this period. They reflect a farming community with sheep, cattle and crops.
Wills and inventories dating from 1541-1707 have been transcribed by the Wills Group of the New Victoria County of Hampshire project, based in Basi
Many retired master mariners were always designated Captain and no doubt spent their leisure hours down at the harbour reminiscing of their days at
Lutterworth is a small market town in south Leicestershire, bounded on the west by the Roman Watling Street, which is also the boundary between Lei
This is the story of the stupidity of George Pink, the bungling burglar of Basingstoke, and the dog that did not bark in the night.
Benjamin Lansdown was born in Trowbridge in 1819 and was the son of a woollen mill employee.
Transcriptions and analysis of all the censuses have been made by the New VCH Hampshire volunteer group based in Basingstoke.
In 1811 there were 40 families in 35 houses.
