Local trusts were obliged to erect milestones on turnpike roads by law in 1773.
Basingstoke made headlines in the national and provincial press in 1907 when the vicar of Basingstoke, Revd Boustead, sent an intemperate letter to
At the time of her death, Isabella Raynbird was praised as somebody who ‘took a keen interest in everything for the good of the parish in which she
In the years leading up to the First World War the impact of the campaign for women’s suffrage was as evident in Basingstoke as in every other part
The National Register of 1939[1] shows the occupations of Dummer residents (population 360 ) to consist largely of those associate
During the 19th century there were a number of incidents of popular disturbances in Basingstoke, including the riots in connection with the Salvati
The creeks and marshes along the Essex coast contain large areas of salt marsh. These were used as land to graze sheep in summer, but were often f
The Minehead port area, which stretched from the Devon boundary to Shurton Barrs near Stogursey, was full of small creeks and landing places where
Minehead harbour belonged to the Luttrells and was run by harbourmas
Standing on a hill above the marshy valley of the Loddon, Basing House has long been the site of human habitation. I
