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Discover ANDOVER Andover's first mention in history is in 950 when King Edred is recorded as having built a royal hunting lodge there. In 962 King Edgar called a meeting of the Saxon 'parliament' (the Witenagemot) at his hunting lodge near Andover. Of more importance was the baptism, in 994 of a Viking king named Olaf ...

Discover BASINGSTOKE Often mistaken for a new town, Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the 1960s to accommodate part of the London 'overspill'. Basingstoke market was mentioned in the Domesday Book and Basingstoke remained a small market town until the 1950s. It still has a regular market, but is now bigger than a market town ...

Discover BROCKENHURST The earliest signs of habitation in Brockenhurst date back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age: the area is dotted with burial mounds - called tumuli. Beyond that, few signs remain of other habitation during the next 3,000 years, when the Saxon period was brought to an end by the events of 1066 ...

Discover FAREHAM Fareham traditionally relied on its clay soil for industry, producing bricks, tiles and chimney pots. This past is commemorated through place names such as Kiln Road. The most famous example of a building constructed of Fareham red bricks is probably the Royal Albert Hall, London ...

Discover FLEET Fleet is unusual for a town of its size in that it is not on a major trunk road. This is because it developed after the construction of the London and South Western Railway, which opened in 1840. Many people came down from London to skate on Fleet Pond during the winter, and the town grew as a market town ...

Discover HAVANT Much of Havant was destroyed by fire in 1760, leaving only the church and the adjacent late 16th or early 17th century cottages. The cottages are now known collectively as The Old House at Home, and are now used as a pub. It is claimed that the two main beams in the lounge bar were recovered from the Spanish Armada ...

Discover LYNDHURST Alice Liddell, the inspiration for Alice in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, lived in and around Lyndhurst after her marriage to Reginald Hargreaves, and is buried in the graveyard of the church of St. Michael & All Angels, Lyndhurst. The church itself is a major landmark, being built of many different colours of brick ...

Discover PORTSMOUTH A significant naval port for centuries, Portsmouth is home to the world's oldest dry dock still in use and home to many famous ships, which includes Nelson's famous flagship HMS Victory. Portsmouth remains a major dockyard and base for the Royal Navy. The Spinnaker Tower is a recent addition to the city's skyline ...

Discover ROMSEY Romsey lies on the River Test, which is famous for fly fishing, predominantly trout. A large Norman abbey dominates the centre of the town. Romsey was home of the late Lord Mountbatten of Burma, the 19th century British prime minister Lord Palmerston, and the 17th century philosopher and economist William Petty ...

Discover SOUTHAMPTON Southampton is noted for being the home of the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more recently a number of the largest cruise liners in the world. Archaeological finds suggest there have been settlements in Southampton since the stone age. The Romans established a settlement here shortly after their invasion of Britain in AD 43 ...

Discover WINCHESTER Winchester's Cathedral, the longest cathedral in Europe, was originally built in 1079. It contains much fine architecture spanning the 11th to the 16th century and is the place of interment of numerous Bishops of Winchester, Anglo-Saxon monarchs and later such as King Canute, as well as Jane Austen ...

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