Longrun with its former farmstead is well known to dog walkers, runners, young people and others but the millpond is hidden and nearly dry and all
In 1902 Church of England services were held at St Michael’s Church and at two mission rooms: the Reading Road Mission Room serving the east of the
The first Post Office in Basingstoke was run by Robert Cottle, Chief Magistrate, from 1808.
The arrangements for fire-fighting in the town before the creation of Basingstoke Volunteer Fire Brigade are unclear.