There is only one surviving will with inventory for this period. The relationship, if any, between Denes, who died in 1572 and Robert Lyde (d.
Six wills and three inventories survive for this period. Newnham was a mixed farming village in this period and all worked on the land.
There are three surviving wills for this period which reveal a farming community.
Newnham is a small and pleasantly rural parish located in the north-east of Hampshire approximately 24 miles (37 km) to the north-east of Wincheste
The former site of the sheep fair on high ground in the south of the town was given by the Corporation in 1885 for the Board Schools to accommodate
Viewed from Churchill Way East, Mountbatten House in Basing View has been described as a large and elaborate chest of drawers, the drawers all open
The ruined chapels close to Basingstoke railway station are as much a landmark today as they were to Thomas Hardy.
Ellisfield is a village of just under 2,350 acres.
These wills and inventories reveal the economy of the town of Basingstoke where agriculture, crafts and shops offered goods to the townspeople and
