Wills and inventories survive for Basingstoke in Hampshire Record Office (HRO) and The National Archives (TNA).
William White, an apothecary (pharmacist) made his own potions and remedies to sell to the people of Basingstoke and the surrounding villages.
The sale of books belonging to David Davies at his death provides an insight into the life and interests of a nineteenth-century rural clergyman.
Five wills and ten inventories survive for this period.
Four wills and five inventories survive for this period. They represent prominent families in the parish.
There are eight surviving wills but only two of these have inventories.
Methodism was late in coming to Cliddesden.
From Mote Hall to Museum
There was a new initiative to prevent the spread of infectious diseases from dirty conditions following the Diseases Prevention Act of 1855; the li
Standing on a hill above the marshy valley of the Loddon, Basing House has long been the site of human habitation. I
