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The Trained Bands "withdrew all their forces to Basingstoke, where they stayed and refreshed their men about three or four days in respect of the extremity of hard service and cold weather, which their foot forces had undergone and endured before the house". [44] On Monday, 13 November 1643, "in the morning, in regard of the bad success of the ...
The property was painted by Paul Sandby in 1764. [7] After the death of Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton in 1794, the house became a family seat of the related Barons Bolton. Lord Curzon was a tenant from 1906 until his death in 1925. [8] [9] The estate was sold in 1936 to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose.
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Basingstoke is recorded as a weekly market site in the Domesday Book, in 1086, and has held a regular Wednesday market since 1214. [10] During the Civil War, and the siege of Basing House between 1643 and 1645, the town played host to large numbers of Parliamentarians.
The area was built with mansionettes as part of the rapid expansion of Basingstoke. [vague] The new estate did not age well. The area became increasingly run-down and proved hard to let. [citation needed] In 1997, a group called the Oakridge Central Regeneration group was set up to have the estate redeveloped.
Rooksdown is the name of the locality and is shown as Rooks Down in the Ogilby strip maps of 1675. [1] It is also the name of the old Roman road that passes through the Parish, and of the now demolished Rooksdown Hospital, originally Rooksdown House (the Private annexe of Park Prewett Hospital), which once occupied the north west corner of the parish [2] at the junction of Kingsclere Road and ...
Hill House Ashford Hill with Headley: Concrete-framed building: 1970–72: 19 December 2012 1402215 ... St Thomas House (chapel) Basingstoke: Chapel: c.1880: 6 ...
In its final form, Basing House comprised two linked houses. The "Old House" replaced the keep of an older ringwork castle, [3] so was located within a defensive ring of earthworks and walls, whilst the slightly later "New House" was located outside the defences. A bridge and gateway linked the two across and through the defences, a link that ...