A GUIDE TO SOURCES OF

INFORMATION

ON

 BASINGSTOKE’S HISTORY

 

 

 

 

Compiled by

 

BOB & BARBARA APPLIN

 

 

 

Version 1.2

1st March 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Barbara & Bob Applin 2010

 

 

Amendments

 

13/02/10  Marnel Park & Merton Rise (Popley) Excavation report added. See Wright et al.

15/02/10  Monk Sherborne ‘villa’ excavation report added. See Teague.

22/02/10  Note re  Hampshire Observer and Basingstoke News added, p4

                Proc HFC references to early 20th c archaeological finds added, p13

27/02/10  B/stoke Heritage Soc. Milestones Survey Noted, p14

                Reference to The Friends of Willis Museum Newsletter expanded, p5

                Reference to the Hantsphere web site expanded to include the Hampshire Archaeology and

                Historic Buildings Record, p5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Abbreviations

BAHS Basingstoke Archaeological & Historical Society

HA&LS  Hampshire Archives & Local Studies

HBG Hants & Berks Gazette, later The Basingstoke Gazette and now The Gazette

HCC Hampshire County Council

HCMAS Hampshire County Museums and Archives Service

HFC Hampshire Field Club

HRO Hampshire Archives and Local Studies at the Hampshire Record Office

J Journal

L&SWR London & South-Western Railway

TMoB  The Making of Basingstoke

 

 

Introduction

 

This bibliography of publications on Basingstoke’s history and guide to other sources of information arose out of our editing of Eric Stokes’s The Making of Basingstoke (TMoB), published by BAHS in 2008. That book traces the history and development of Basingstoke from prehistory to the present day, and is recommended to anyone interested in Basingstoke’s history.

 

The bibliography is an extensive, but not totally comprehensive, list of books and reports on local topics of historical and related relevance. Some minor booklets in the Local Studies collection of Basingstoke Library, that do not add additional information to that contained in the references cited, have been omitted. It has been created to extend the usefulness of TMoB to anyone interested in Basingstoke’s history. Deliberately, no references to the Civil War sieges at Basing House have been included (other than Godwin) – we could trace nothing that refers to the effect on Basingstoke. An earlier compendium of references by Margaret Willoughy (sic), Bibliography of Basingstoke, 1973, contains 162 references, including 25 to Basing House; a copy is in the Local Studies section of Basingstoke Library.

 

We have deliberately not extended the guide to sources to include national sources, for example The National Archives on-line catalogue, as we feel anyone researching to that degree of detail will already be fully aware of their potential.

 

A .pdf version of this document is available on request. We would be pleased to receive notice of omissions, corrections, suggestions for additions etc for future updates. Please contact us at bandbapplin@btinternet.com

 

This document will be updated as further publications are noted or information gathered. The most up-to-date version will be published on the BAHS web-site www.bahsoc.org.uk

 

Sources of Information

The Local Studies Section of Basingstoke Library.

 

The Local Studies Section has an extensive collection of local documents, maps, books and booklets, including most of those referenced below.  The Library’s Local Studies catalogue is available on-line at  www3.hants.gov.uk/library  - click on the on-line catalogue link and search using ‘Basingstoke’ (over 600 entries will be produced). The Hants & Berks Gazette (fore-runner of The Gazette) and The Gazette are available on microfilm in the Library. For many years, until his death in 2002, the local amateur historian Arthur Attwood contributed a weekly article to The Gazette. Since then Robert Brown has done the same until 2009. The Monday edition of the paper has a regular feature by Richard Garfield, Memories on Monday. The Basingstoke Library also holds copies of the Basingstoke Review published between 1958 and 1966 and Expanding Basingstoke bulletins 1967 – 1974 (also available in the Resources Room at the Willis Museum). A short-lived Basingstoke Mail was published between 1973 & 1976. Hampshire - The County Magazine, Hampshire Life and The Hampshire Chronicle have occasional articles on Basingstoke and its surrounding area; the Basingstoke Library displays the current issues of these journals. The Basingstoke Observer published as a free-sheet and the short-lived (2007/8) Basingstoke Independent are noted here for completeness.

 

Other newspapers

 

Prior to the establishment of The Hants & Berks Gazette in 1878, the main newspapers covering local news were The Hampshire Chronicle, published in Winchester, and The Reading Mercury, published in Reading; microfilm copies of these are not yet available on-line but are available for consultation in the respective town libraries. A short-lived Basingstoke Standard was published in competition to the Hants & Berks Gazette in the 1880s; copies from issue no.30 (January 6, 1882) are held in the British Library’s newspaper collection at Colindale. From February 1903 to 1916 Warren & Son of 18 Wote St published the Hampshire Observer & Basingstoke News.

 

The Resources Room at The Willis Museum

 

This has an extensive collection of Basingstoke documents, including an unpublished manuscript copy of a history of Eastrop parish (which contains errors) and  transcripts of diaries, notes and scrap books of Samuel Attwood, George Woodman, George Willis and others, as well as maps and a large collection of photographs. It also has several notes on the derivation of Basingstoke street names and Arthur Attwood’s collection of photographs; these are currently (March 2010) being catalogued. A more extensive collection of photographs and a collection of 19th century Basingstoke traders’ billheads are held at the Hampshire County Museum & Archives Service (HCMAS) headquarters at Chilcomb House, Winchester. HCMAS also has a fine collection of maps of Hampshire, many of which may be viewed on the Portsmouth University web-site www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz. HCMAS can be contacted at www3.hants.gov.uk, and follow the links. Normally an appointment should be made to visit Chilcomb House.

 

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies (HA&LS) at the Hampshire Record Office (HRO) in Winchester

 

HRO holds the originals of many of the Borough and Church records from the earlier centuries, as well as documents relevant to Basingstoke from private sources, including estate and other maps. Many of the documents were transcribed (and in some cases translated from the Latin) by  Baigent & Millard  in the late 19th  century  for  their  A History of the Ancient Town and Manor of Basingstoke (held in Basingstoke Library and the Willis Museum). Serious students are recommended to consult this book, which was one of the major sources of information for TMoB used by Eric Stokes, particularly for some of his early chapters. The HRO’s catalogue can be accessed on-line at http:/www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/catalog.htm. A search using ‘Basingstoke’ will produce over 13,500 references, whilst, for example, ‘Basingstoke Corporation’ will refine this to 250 references. The documents referenced under the Finding codes 8M62, 10M57, 23M72, 46M74 and  148M71, in particular the last reference, contain a wealth of information. HA&LS has produced an on-line resource, Access Hampshire Heritage, to provide access to typical archive sources for the history of a neighbourhood at www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/ahh.htm

 

Each of these collections (Library, Museum and HRO) should be searched thoroughly as they are the major sources of information and are continually updated. For example, the HRO  has been given the collection of documents that Arthur Attwood had gathered over many years and which he used as the basis of his weekly Basingstoke Gazette articles mentioned above: HRO 50A07.

 

 

Other searchable sources

 

The Newsletters of BAHS and the Friends of the Willis Museum regularly contain articles on Basingstoke topics. An index to the Friends of the Willis Museum’s newsletter is available in the Resources Room at the Willis Museum. Selected items from the Friends’ Newsletter have been posted on their web site, www.friendsofwillis.hampshire.org.uk.

 

 

The HFC journal, Hampshire Studies (until 1994 The Proceedings of The Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society: Proc HFC) and The HFC Newsletter carry occasional articles on the archaeology and history of the Basingstoke area. A complete run of Proc HFC and Hampshire Studies is held by Southampton University’s Hartley Library. See King, Anthony  in the alphabetical listing for cumulative indices of volumes 21 to 60 (1958 - 2005). HCMAS headquarters at Chilcomb House, Winchester also holds a set (some of the earlier volumes appear incomplete) with an index to volumes 1-20.

 

All building developments have to have a PPG16 Archaeological Assessment prepared and the County Archaeologist can require investigations to be made prior to work starting and/or a watching brief kept during any ground disturbance. Reports of these operations are deposited with the County Archaeologist. Reports on the major excavations are published in Hampshire Studies or other archaeological journals. The County Archaeologist should be consulted (www.hants.gov.uk/environment/historic-environment) for the references to the reports on the more recent archaeological work, for instance at Beggarwood Lane, Rooksdown, Park Prewett and Old Kempshott Lane.

 

The Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading has the Wallis & Steevens archive and some information on other Basingstoke companies associated with agriculture.

 

The Thornycroft Basingstoke factory technical archive is held by HCMAS at its Chilcomb House headquarters at Winchester; there are no staff records in this archive but Wessex Film & Sound Archive at HRO has taped interviews with former Thornycroft workers. The Thornycroft Society also holds records of the Basingstoke factory’s activities.  The Lansing Bagnall photographic archive is held by HCMAS at Milestones Museum, Basingstoke.

 

The Basingstoke entry in Hampshire Treasures, noted in the document list, published in 1979, contains, amongst other data, a comprehensive listing of the then-known archaeological sites and reported finds and a list of ‘Buildings, Monuments and Engineering Works’ that were considered worthy of recording. Each entry gives an Ordnance Survey Grid Reference, where known, and a brief description of the subject.

 

The Victoria County History, Hampshire, vol IV, 1911, (available in Basingstoke Library) has a major section on Basingstoke in the chapter for the Basingstoke Hundred; it draws heavily on the information in Baigent & Millard’s A History of the Ancient Town and Manor of Basingstoke and provides an authoritative summary of the history of Basingstoke as understood in the first decade of the 20th century. It is currently being revised. During the revision, the input documents and data will be placed on the VCH web site, www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk, as they become available.

 

A website at www.hantsphere.org.uk, run by Hants Library and Information Service, gives sources of Hampshire information and photographs. A search using ‘Basingstoke’ will produce over 200 images and over 900 text entries – many not on Basingstoke itself, but on the surrounding area and many not of relevance to a student of the history of Basingstoke. It is nevertheless a worthwhile source to interrogate. This site also has the Hampshire Archaeological and Historic Buildings Atlas, provided by the Hants County Council’s Archaeology and Historic Building Record. This contains articles, including site distribution maps, on prehistoric and medieval sites in Hampshire, many of which are in the Basingstoke area. It is a valuable introductory source of information for those interested in the archaeology of the area. Contact details for further information are given.

 

An additional website, www.visionofbritain.org.uk, has information on Basingstoke between 1801 and 2001, including maps, historical description and statistical trends from the censuses; however it is a commercial site and some information has to be paid for.

 

The Basingstoke Talking History project (a joint BAHS and Willis Museum project) is recording recollections of residents, covering the inter-war period to the recent past. A particularly important series of interviews with medical professionals covers the evolution of medical practice before and since the introduction of the NHS and up to the present day. This ongoing collection, with synopses and transcriptions of the interviews, is available for consultation in the Willis Museum’s Resources Room. The master recordings are deposited with the Wessex Film and Sound Archive at  HRO.

 

An internet search using Basingstoke history” will produce, apart from various societies’ and official sites, sites posted by individuals containing summaries of Basingstoke’s history. The information carried by these personal sites is often copied from the Wikipedia site, http://wikipedia.org.uk/wiki/basingstoke#history  The detail and quality of these extracts is variable and the information should be verified for accuracy before being repeated.

 

The national census input data for the 1841 to 1911 censuses are available on-line from several commercial sources, eg Ancestry (1841 – 1901) and FindMyPast (1841 – 1911) which allow a restricted amount of free use. Copies of theses censuses (to 1901) may be consulted at HRO and may be copied for a per page fee. The Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s web-site www.basingstoke.gov.uk  has a detailed analysis of the 2001census for the Borough, broken down by electoral ward.

 

Portsmouth University has digitised the majority of the early maps of Hampshire from the late 16th  century onwards. Basingstoke is shown, not always accurately, in relation the surrounding towns. The maps can be viewed at www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz

 

We are pleased to acknowledge the assistance of Derek and Wendy Spruce; Barry Meehan  (Hants Library Service), Joy Needham (ex Hants Library Service), Malcolm Parker (ex Willis Museum), Bob Clarke and Robert Brown in the preparation of this bibliography.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Where a publication is undated but the year of publication is known from other sources, this is noted in brackets (----).  A * preceding an entry indicates a document referred to in the text of TMoB. A few of these references do not apply to Basingstoke directly but have been retained in this version of the bibliography for completeness.

 

(Ed) indicates that the entry is an edited collection of work.

 

We make no claims for the quality or accuracy of the material cited.

 

* Allen, M J  et  al  Food for the Living: A Reassessment of a Bronze Age Barrow at Buckskin,

     Basingstoke, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 61, 1995,  pp 157 - 189.

Applebaum, Shimon  Distribution of the Romano-British Population in the Basingstoke

           Area, Proc HFC 18, 1953, pp 119 – 138.

Applin, Barbara (Ed)  Past Pieces, extracts from the Newsletter,  BAHS, 1992.

Applin, Barbara  Roundabout Basingstoke, BAHS, 1999.

  Applin, Barbara (Ed) Taking The Pulse of Basingstoke, BAHS, 2005.

    Applin, Barbara (Ed) Happy Christmas, Basingstoke! BAHS, 2009. A compilation of recollections

            of Christmases past from Basingstoke Talking History interviews and other sources.

Attwood, Arthur  The Illustrated History of Basingstoke, The Breedon Books Publishing Co

           Ltd,  2004.

Attwood, Arthur  Around Basingstoke, Basingstoke Gazette, (1981).

Attwood, Arthur  100 Years of Basingstoke – A pictorial look at the past and present, Basingstoke

            Gazette, 1985 (28pp).

Attwood, Arthur  History of Basingstoke, Basingstoke Gazette, 1980 (24pp).

                              These last two entries are in newspaper format.

Attwood, Arthur  Basingstoke- Arthur Attwood’s Look into the Past,  Basingstoke Gazette.

 Attwood, Arthur  St  Michael’s Church, Basingstoke – A short history, (1984 & 1995).

Attwood, Arthur  Collected papers, HRO, 50A07.

Attwood, Arthur & Boshier, Ron  Picture Basingstoke, Basingstoke Gazette, (mid 1980s).

    * Attwood, Samuel  Diary, Transcript held at Willis Museum, original in HRO, 8M62/27.

 * Backhouse, Robert (Ed)  John Wesley’s Journal, Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. Abridged 

             P L Parker, introduction  H P Hughes, appreciation of the Journal  A.Birrell. See also

             Idle, both include notes on Wesley’s visits to Basingstoke and the surrounding area.

* Baigent, FW & Millard, JE  A History of the Ancient Town and Manor of Basingstoke,

          C J Jacob, 1889.

Baldwin, Nick  The Illustrated History of Thornycroft Trucks and Buses, Haynes Publishing

          Group, 1989.

* Barty-King, Hugh  The AA – A History of the first 75 years of the Automobile Association,

          AA, 1960.

Bigg-Wither, R F History of the Foundation and of the chief incidents in the gradual

          establishment of St. Thomas’ Home, Basingstoke: The Winchester Diocesan

          Penitentiary for Friendless and Fallen Women, with a chapter concerning the

          penitents. CJ Jacob, no date.

Birmingham, Peter & Pearce, John  Venture Limited – The Story of Basingstoke’s Own

          Bus Company. No publisher noted, 1995.

Bloomfield, Ena  The School on Crossborough Hill 1908-1968. No publisher /date.

Boshier, R  Boshier’s Basingstoke – 40 years on, Basingstoke Gazette, undated. Photos.

*Brown, Jonathan  Market Towns and Downland in Hampshire 1780-1914, Southern

         History, 28, 2006, pp 74-93.

Brown, R  Basingstoke A Walk through Time, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, 1985.                          

Brown, R  A Chronicle of Basingstoke.  No publisher and date noted, last entry 1988.

         Library ref  RH942.271

Brown, R  Basingstoke’s Pictorial Past, Milestone Publications, 1987.

Brown, R  Basingstoke A Pictorial History, 1935-65, Phillimore, 1994.

Brown, R  Basingstoke in old picture postcards, European Library, 1991.

Brown, R  Basingstoke in old picture postcards, volume 2, European Library, 1997.

Brown, R  Basingstoke in the 1960s, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1999.

* Burrows   Basingstoke, Hants, an Ancient Town with Modern Amenities: an Official Guide,

         Basingstoke Borough Council, 1932.

* Butler, Brendan (Ed)  The Dream Fulfilled, Basingstoke Town Development 1961- 1978,

         Basingstoke Development Group, undated.

*  Carpenter Turner, Barbara  A History of Hampshire, Phillimore, 1976.

    Chandler, Samuel (Publisher) The History of the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke, 1819.

    Charlick, Reginald  Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra. No publisher and date noted.

    Clark, G G  The Architectural Development of Basingstoke. Report of a talk to Basingstoke

         Rotary  Club, HBG, 1930.   

  Clements, K  Two Feeble Women – The Early History of the Salvation Army in Basingstoke.

                No publisher noted (early 1980s). Extensive coverage of the 1880s Basingstoke riots written from the Salvation Army viewpoint.

Coe, D & Newman, R  Excavation of an early Iron Age Building & Romano-British enclosure on Brighton Hill South, Hampshire, Proc HFC  48, 1993, pp 5-26.

Coghlan, H H  The Old Way from Basingstoke to Salisbury Plain, Transactions of  Newbury Field

Club, VII, 1936, No 3.

   Cooke, G A  A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Hants, Sherwood, various

              editions from 1819.

Cottle, Robert (Publisher) The report of the public charities belonging to the Town of

         Basingstoke, “Ordered  by the House of Commons, 18th May, 1826”, Basingstoke, 1844.

Crocker, Glenys  The History of the Basingstoke Canal, The Surrey and Hampshire Canal

          Society, 1973. Very brief, Vine – (see below) is a comprehensive history.

    Cusheon, Laurie, Basingstoke Town Bowling Club, Basingstoke Town Bowling Club, 1996.

* Defoe, Daniel  Tours Through England and Wales, quoted in The Agricultural Revolution

         1760-1880, Chambers & Mingay, Batsford, 1966.

Dean, Martin, Robertson, Kevin &  Simmonds, Roger  The Basingstoke and Alton Light

          Railway, Crusader Press, 1998.

* Driver, Abraham & William  General View of the Agriculture of the County of Hants,

         London, 1794.

*  Dunning, J H  Economic Planning and Town Expansion, Workers’ Educational

         Association,  Southampton, 1963.

Dutton, Gerry (Ed) Tithe Award for the Parish of Basingstoke, 2003. A copy is held in the

         Local Studies Section of Basingstoke Library.

 * Dyer, Alan & Palliser D M (Ed) The Diocesan Population Returns for 1563 and 1603, OUP

           for The British Academy, 2005.

    Edwards, Bob  Historic rural settlement in Basingstoke & Deane and Test Valley: an

         Archaeological & Historical survey, Bournemouth University, no date.

Ellaway, J R,  Willis, G W Field Notes of Archaeological Discoveries in the Basingstoke District,  1920, Proc HFC, 9, 1927, pp 284-7.

* Ellaway, J R,  Willis, G W & Rainbow,  H  Field Notes of Archaeological Discoveries in

          the Basingstoke District, 1922 & 1923 Proc HFC, 9, 1927, pp 385-7.

Ellaway, J R & Willis, G W Field Notes,  Proc HFC, 12,  1934.

   Evans, T  Basingstoke Past & Present, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1997 ( photos).

 

Fasham, P J  & Coe, D  Brighton Hill South (Hatch Warren):An Iron Age farmstead and

          deserted medieval village in Hampshire, Wessex Archaeology, Report No 7, 1995.

Felgate, M & Applin, B  Going Down Church Street to the Felgate Bookshop, BAHS, 1998.

Franks, Michael  The Clerk of Basingstoke - A life of Walter de Merton, Alden Press, 2003.

Franks, Michael  The Basingstoke Admiral- A life of Sir James Lancaster,  The Hobnob

         Press, 2006.

* Freeman, M D  John Joice & Son, Coachbuilder, Basingstoke – Note in Transport History,

         Nov 1972, pp 284-292.

Garraway, Norman and Raynbird, Peter Basingstoke Football League Centenary, 100 years of History, Basingstoke and District Football League, 2003.

Gibson, Catronia  The Iron Age and Roman site of Viables Two (Jays Close), Basingstoke.

         Hampshire Studies, 59, 2004, pp 1-30.           

    Godwin, G N  The Civil War in Hampshire, 1904; Facsimile edition,  Lawrence Oxley, 1973.

Gould, Mervyn   Basingstoke Entertained, Mercia Cinema Society, 2007. A history of

         cinema in Basingstoke.

Grant, Moira  The Small Towns of North Hampshire 1660 – c 1800. Part 1: Economy.

         Hampshire Studies, 62, 2007, pp 193-201, Part 2 : Population  growth  Hampshire Studies, 64,

         2009, pp 182- 199.      

Griffith, Edward C  Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway 1901-1936, Basingstoke, 1947.

Grufferty, Fr Tom  Holy Ghost Church Basingstoke. No publisher noted, 1992. A history of the Roman Catholic church in Sherborne Road.

 * Hadfield, Charles  The Canal Age, David & Charles, 1968.

Hall-Torrance, M & Weaver, S D G  The Excavation of a Saxon Settlement at Riverdene,

         Basingstoke, Hampshire Studies, 58, 2003, pp 63-105.

     Hare, John   Church-building and Urban Prosperity on the Eve of the Reformation,

         Hampshire Studies, 62, 2007, pp 181-192. Includes discussion of the wool trade and the

         16th c rebuilding of St Michael’s, Basingstoke

Harrison, B R S and Bichard, P M Basingstoke and North Hants Cricket Club 1865 – 1965, No

          publisher noted (1965).

Hawker, Anne  Voices of Basingstoke 1400 - 1600, BAHS, 1983.

Hawker, Anne  The Story of Basingstoke, Local Heritage Books,  1984. Revised Edition HCMAS &

            BAHS, 1999.

Hawkes, C F  Old Roads in Central Hampshire, Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club, 9, part 3, 1925.

          * Hinde L,   A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, for the Testimoney of a Good

                         Conscience, from the time of their first being  distinguished by that name, in the year 1650 to

                         Time of the Act, commonly  called the Act of  Toleration, etc., London, 1753.

* Hinton, David,  The Place of Basing in Mid-Saxon History, Proc HFC, 42, 1986, pp 162-164.

* Holmes, Charles  History of St John’s School. No publisher noted, 1967.

* Hounsell, Dan & Murray, John  Viables 3, Jay’s Close, Basingstoke, Hampshire, An

          Archaeological Excavation - 2001, Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, Report 859, 2002.

Howell, Lucy & Durden, Theresa   Further Excavation of an Iron Age Enclosure at

          Danebury Road, Hatch Warren, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1995. Hampshire  Studies, 60, 2005, pp 39-63.

   Houston, Sheila  Basingstoke Silver Band 1898 – 1998. No publisher or date noted.

 * Hughes, Elizabeth & White, Philippa (Ed) The Hampshire Hearth Tax Assessments, 1665,

                Hampshire Records Series No 11, HRO, 1991.

 * Hughes, Michael  The Small Towns of Hampshire, Hants County Council, 1972.

Hutchins, Eric The Basingstoke Terriers (Territorial Army), published by the Author, 1990.

 *   Idle, Christopher  (abridged by), The Journal of John Wesley, Lion, 1986. See also Backhouse.

  * Jebens, H Dieter  Basingstoke Canal - the case for restoration, Surrey & Hampshire Canal

         Society, 1968.

Jebens, H Dieter  & Cansdale, Roger  Basingstoke Canal, Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2007.

         A collection of photographs.

Jefferson, Joseph  Sketch of the History of the Holy Ghost Chapel at Basingstoke in

         Hampshire, Basingstoke, 1808.

John, J R  Fairfields Schools Basingstoke 1888-1979, published by the Author, 1980.

Kelly, Arthur  Chapel of the Holy Ghost and St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, 1911.

King, Anthony  A classified Author and Title Index to Proceedings 21-40 (1958 - 1984)

    and to other Field Club publications issued during the period. Proc HFC, 44, 1988, pp

          137-151.Volumes 41 - 50 (1985 - 1995),  Hampshire  Studies, 52, 1997, pp179-192.

          Volumes 51 - 60 (1986 - 2005), Hampshire Studies, 60, 2005, pp 242-253.

Knight, Brian E The History of Basingstoke Golf Club 1907 – 2007, No publisher noted (2007).

Lefaye, D G  Selbourne Priory and the Vicarage of Basingstoke, Hampshire Studies,

         Vol 46, 1990, pp 91-99.

* Livingstone, Margaret  A Case study of four Hampshire Villages, Hampshire Council of

          Community Service, 1975.

* Loggon, Samuel  The History of the Brotherhood or Guild of the Holy Ghost in the Chapel

         of  the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke, 1742.

    Luffrum, J & Williams, H  The House in Mary Ann’s Garden known as the Shrubbery, No          publisher noted, 1995.

Macfarlane, Eric  The Making of a Maverick, Pen Press Publications, 2007. Eric Macfarlane was

the first Principal of Queen Mary’s College, this autobiography contains chapters on the establishment of the college.

May, Lieut-Colonel John  Cricket in North Hants, Warton and Son, 1906.

McKenzie, Barbara (Ed), Historical  Miscellany of Basingstoke, The Crosby Press, 1972.

          A collection of articles on historical topics by a WEA Study Group not, as claimed, by

         George Willis.

* Millard, James Elwin  The book of the accounts of the Wardens of the Fraternity of the

          Holy Ghost in Basingstoke AD1557 – AD1654, C J Jacob, 1882.

* Millard, James Elwin  A Short Account of Basingstoke, Basing and the Neighbourhood,

          C J Jacob, (1880s).

* Millett, M  & James, Simon  Excavations at Cowdery’s Down, Basingstoke 1978-81,

         Archaeological Journal, 140, 1983, pp 151-279.

* Millett, M & Russell, D  An Iron Age Burial from Viables Farm, Basingstoke,

         Archaeological Journal, 139, 1982, pp 69-90.

* Millett, M & Russell, D  Excavations at  Viables Farm, Basingstoke, 1974-6,  Proc HFC, 40, 

            1984, pp 151-279.

* Millett, M  & Schadla-Hall, T  Rescue excavations on a Bronze Age and Romano-British

         site at Daneshill, Basingstoke, 1980-1, Proc HFC, 47, 1992, pp 83-105.

 * Mogg, Cliff  Doughnuts Galore, Basingstoke’s London Overspill Days – the people’s story,

          published by the Author, 1997.

 * Moutray  Read, D H  Highways & Byways in Hampshire, Macmillan,1908.

 * Mudie, Robert,  Hampshire, its past and present, Laurence Oxley, 1974.  Facsimile of the

         1838 edition.

 * Munby, Julian  Domesday, Hampshire, Phillimore, 1982.

* Oliver, M  Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Oakridge,

         Basingstoke 1965-6, Proc HFC, 48, 1993,  pp 55-94.

Oliver, M  Church Cottage, Basingstoke: Historical Notes, St Michael’s Church Cottage

         Management Committee, 2007.

* Oliver, M & Applin, B Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British  Settlement at

         Ructstall’s Hill, Basingstoke, Hants 1972-5,  Proc HFC, 35, 1978, pp 41-92.

Osbourne, Keith  Hampshire Hogsheads. The Lost Breweries of the County, Vol 1, North

         Hampshire, Hampshire Hogsheads, 1996.

* Parker, Malcolm  Images of England, Basingstoke, Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2007.

Parker, Malcolm   Mrs Blunden, Willis Museum, 2007. A collection of contemporary

         accounts.

Parker, Malcolm  The Pedestrian Feats and Humorous Adventures of the late Mr Charles

         Spiers, Willis Museum, 2007. Accounts originally published in 1871, now with a

         modern preface.

Pitcher, Anne  A Pictorial Record of Basingstoke 1689 – 1966, published by the Author,

         1966. The author has also written numerous booklets on local  topics; a full listing is in the

         Basingstoke Library Catalogue.

     Pugh, Steven  Fairs & Markets of Basingstoke, published by the Author, no date but after

          2002.

Ray, F  The Mays of Basingstoke, Simpkin and Co, 1904.

Roberts, Len  Historical Guide to Basingstoke. No publisher and date noted.

* Robertson-Mackay, R  The Defences of the Iron Age Hillfort at Winklebury, Basingstoke,

         Hants, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 43, 1977, pp 131 et seq.

* Roe, D  Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, Council for British

            Archaeology Research Report No 8, p75, CBA, 1968.

Rolt, L T C  Lansing Bagnall, The first twenty-one years at  Basingstoke, Lansing Bagnall

            Ltd, 1970.

Saunders, Arthur W  Basingstoke in the 19th century, (a series of four articles) Hants &

            Berks Gazette, December 1940.

Shennan, S J & Schadla-Hall, R T (Eds) The Archaeology of Hampshire, HFC monograph

          No 1, 1981.

* Shore, T W  A History of Hampshire, London, 1892.

   Smith, Dilys  Park Prewett Hospital, The History 1898-1984, D W Smith, 1986.

* Smith, K  The Excavation of Winklebury Camp, Basingstoke, Hants, Proceedings of the

           Prehistoric Society, 43, 1977, pp 30-138.

* Smith, Nigel (Ed) Journal of the Travels and Sufferings of George Fox, Penguin, London, 1998.

Smith, R A  1907/08 Notes, Proc Soc Antiquaries, London, 22, 1908,  pp 63-86.

Spruce, Derek J   Basingstoke 1780 – 1860 Aspects of the Development of a North

         Hampshire  Market Town. MSc Dissertation, 1977. A copy is in the Reference 

         Section of Basingstoke Library.

Stanley, Diana  Within Living Memory, Charles Skipper & East Ltd, 1968.

* Stevens, Joseph  The Farm Labourer at home and in the field. A short  account of the

         North Hampshire labourer in his cottage, wages, and in his schooling; with a

          review of the emigration question, strikes, etc. Wyman, 1874.

Stoodley, Nick (ed)  A Review of Archaeology in Hampshire 1980-2000, HFC, HCC &

          Hampshire Archaeological Committee, 2002.

*  Stokes, E G  Basingstoke - Expanding Town, WEA, 1980.

    Stokes, E G  Introductory article Why Queen Mary’s?  In Various views at  Ten. Some

          recollections of the first 10 years, QMC, 1982.

Stokes, E G  The Things They Say About Basingstoke. Published by the Author, 1990 & 

         revised edition 1997.

Stokes, E G  & Crossman, R  C  Queen Mary’s School 1556 – 1972.  (Published by the

         Authors, 1973)

Teague, Steve  Manor Farm, Monk Sherborne, Hampshire: Archaeological Investigations in 1996

          Hampshire Studies, 60, 2005, pp 64-135. Although strictly not Basingstoke, this report of the

          excavation of a minor villa site nearby gives an indication of what type of  building may

          have been present at Oakridge VII, (see Oliver, M above) and at the ‘villa’ found when the

          May St (Newtown) area of Basingstoke was being developed in the 1880s. It also contains

          detailed information on the Anglo-Saxon buckle and belt fitting found during the excavation

          and now on display at the Willis Museum.

Timmins, Gordon  Basingstoke, a town history., Published by the Author, 2006.

Townsin, Alan   Thornycroft, Ian Allan Publishing, 2001.

Twelvetrees, Richard  Thornycroft Road Transport Golden Jubilee, John I Thornycroft &

       Co, Ltd, 1946.

* Vancouver, Charles, General View of the Agriculture of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight,

         Sherwood, Nealy & Jones, 1813.

* Vaughn, Tom  Viables Two (V2), Jay’s Close, Basingstoke, Hampshire. An archaeological

         excavation -1999, Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust Report No 582, 2000.

* Vine, P A L London’s Lost Route to Basingstoke, David & Charles, 1968  &  Alan Sutton

         Publishing, revised 2nd Ed, 1994.

Whitehead, R A,  Wallis and Steevens – A History, The Road Locomotive Society, 1983.

Willis, G W Bronze Age Burials found at Basingstoke  & Two Roman sites near

         Basingstoke, Proc HFC, 18, 1953.

  * Willis, G W  Basingstoke town guide, No publisher and date noted (1950s).

 Willoughy (sic), Margaret Bibliography of Basingstoke, 1973. 162 references including 25 to

         Basing House. In the Local Studies section of Basingstoke Library.

 * Winbolt, S E  Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Pelican, 1949.

Winbolt, S E  Roman Sites on the Harroway in the Basingstoke area,   Proc HFC, 15, 1943.

 

 *  Whiteman, Anne (Ed) The Compton Census of 1676: A Critical Edition, OUP for The

           British Academy, 1986.

Woodman, George  Reminiscences of Basingstoke, Hants & Berks Gazette,  6th March, 1926.

Wren, Derek  Dear  Mr Willis, Fisher Miller Publishing, 1997.

Wright, James  Powell, Andrew B & Barclay, Alistair Excavation of Prehistoric and Romano-

         British Sites at Marnel Park and Merton Rise (Popley), Basingstoke, 2004-8. Wessex

         Archaeology, 2009

 

 

Other Documentary Sources

 

The Basingstoke Library holds copies of the histories of several  local companies established in Basingstoke and the surrounding area.

 

 * Account book of the Guild of the Holy Ghost   HRO 46M74/PZ89

* Basingstoke High School for Girls- A Brief History 1908 – 1968. No Author or publisher

         noted, 1968. The Local Studies Section has a collection of the 1960s School Magazine.

Basingstoke 1968. A look forwards and a look back, Basingstoke Lion’s Club, Basingstoke,

         1968.

Basingstoke Town Trail, Basingstoke Heritage Society, Basingstoke, 2006.

Basingstoke Directory Entries 1784 – 1935. A  compendium of photocopies in the Local Studies

         Section of Basingstoke Library. Some of these directories are available in book form, all are on

         microfilm.

Bear, William E Royal Commission on Labour. The Agricultural Labourer. Report by Mr William E Bear (Assistant Commissioner) upon the Poor Law Union of Basingstoke, 1892.

           HRO 72A07/2

* Churchwardens' Accounts 1646; 1731, 1737.  HRO, No catalogue reference has been found .

Church Street Methodist Church, Basingstoke: Valedictory Service, closing 17th October

         1965, and History of the Church, Basingstoke, 1965. In the Reference Section of

             Basingstoke Library.

  Confirmation of the Guild of the Holy Ghost at Basingstoke by Charles I, Article in Wiltshire

             Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 23(67), 1887, pp 62-64.

* Corporation Accounts, 1832-3, HRO, No catalogue reference has been found .

     Ellaway, J R, HBG, 24/9/ & 1/10 1937, A verbatim report of a public lecture on Basingstoke’s

               history.

* Journal of the House of Commons, 1737.

London Street Congregational Church, 1800 – 1850, Triple Jubilee Celebrations. Library Ref  RH

         285. 842271

London Street [Basingstoke] United Reformed Church Souvenir Booklet, 2000, Basingstoke,

            2000  (celebrating 200 years).

                            Both in the Local Studies Section of Basingstoke Library.

* Notice of share issue Southampton and London Railway, 23rd January 1832.

   Official Guide to Basingstoke, Basingstoke (& Deane) Borough Councils, Numerous editions from

            1958.

* Ordnance Survey (1886 Revision), Sheet No 78, Basingstoke, Reprint of the 1st Edition, David

            & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1980. Various early editions of OS maps at varying scales are held

            by HCMS at Chilcomb House and at  HRO. The OS has re-published at 1:50000 scale their 1810

            - 1817, 1897 – 1900 and 1919 maps to match the modern OS Landranger  map 185. A reprint of

            the 1894 6” map of Basingstoke is also available. The Basingstoke Library also  has a selection

            of OS maps.

   Overseers’ Accounts  HRO 46M74A/PO1 (1668-1701), PO2 (1701-1735).

   Basingstoke Improvements HRO 76M86/20.

   Basingstoke Pavement Commission Minute Books HRO 148M71/1/5/7/1&2.

Queen Mary’s School 1556-1956, Queen Mary’s School, Basingstoke, 1956.

* Rules, Orders and Bye-laws for the (Basingstoke ) Markets, HRO 23M72/BO17.

* Survey of Basingstoke for the Duke of Bolton, 1762, HRO 23M72P1. A series of maps showing the Town and its open fields and a gazetteer

   The Basingstoke Electricity Undertaking, J Inst Municipal Engineers,  24th Oct 1922, pp 352 -355.

   The Milwards Story: Milwards Centenary 1857-1957, Milwards, 1957.

* The St Michael’s Parish Magazine,  1865, 1867,  HRO 46M74/PZ1-87 (Bound copies 1865-1939).

   Survey of milestone sites within the Borough of Basingstoke & Deane, Basingstoke Heritage Society,

   Basingstoke Library ref 388.312.

 

* Transcript of parish registers 1807-1812, HRO. No reference. In a box file containing Baptisms –

   photocopy of 1798-1812; Marriages, indexed – photocopy of 1807- 1812, and typescript compiled by

   the Society of Genealogists.

 * Vestry Minutes HRO 46M74A/PV1 (1797-1841).

  * Victoria County History – Hampshire, Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 4, Constable, 1911.

.

Various early County directories and Railway guides have entries for Basingstoke that give a brief description of the town at the time of publication (they were not always revised between editions). The County  directories list the Borough officers, leading citizens, and traders. These are very useful for studying the changing pattern of trading.

See Basingstoke Directory Entries 1784 – 1935, noted above. The following list may duplicate some of  the entries in that document.

 

   Black, Adam and Charles (Publisher) Black’s Guide to Hampshire, Various editions from 1861.

   Directory of Hampshire, 1915.

   Freeling, Arthur The London and Southampton Railway Companion, Norris, 1839.

  Guide to the L&SWR, L&SWR, 1845.

Directory of Basingstoke and neighbourhood, Kelly’s Directories, Numerous editions to 1974.

   Measom, George The Official Guide to the London and South-Western Railway, Griffin (1864).

   Murray, John ( Publisher) A Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Various editions from 1858.

* Paterson’s Roads, 18th ed, London, 1826.

* Pigot's Hampshire Directory, London, 1824.

* Pigot's Hampshire Directory of Wagon and Coach Services, London, 1824.

Railway Directory, 1839.

   The Universal British Directory 1793 – 1798, Basingstoke entry Vol 2, Pt 1, pp315- 319. Facsimile

            Text Edition, King’s Lynn, 1993

* White's Directory & Gazetteer, 1859, 1878.

  Wylde, James (publisher) The London and Southampton Railway Guide, 1839.

 

   HCMS has a print of the Basingstoke (Whistler’s) windmill at Norn Hill. A photocopy is reproduced in Hampshire Windmills, HCC, undated. Library ref RH621.453094227.

 

   Burial urns were reportedly found at the corner of Worting Rd and Buckskin Lane during road widening. These were reported in Proc HFC  XII Pt 2, 1932, p88 and mentioned in Proc HFC  XV Pt 3, 1943, p241 and Proc HFC  XVIII Pt 2, 1953, p135.

 

   During the construction of Park Prewett Hospital at the beginning of the 20th c pottery was found dating to 180 – 250 AD. This was on display at the hospital, but was broken during WWII. Some was restored; the current whereabouts of the restored pieces has not been checked. The finds were reported in Proc HFC  VIII Pt 3, 1918, p252 and mentioned in Proc HFC IX Pt 2, 1922, p287, Proc HFC  XV Pt 3, 1943, p242 and Proc HFC  XVIII Pt 2, 1953, p137. They tie in with the Iron Age/Romano-British settlements found during the recent development of the Park Prewett site.

 

   The information in these last two paragraphs will be refined when the references can be checked.

 

           

 

 

Video, DVD and photographic

 

* The story of Basingstoke from earliest times to 1964, The Regional Centre, Queen Mary’s College.

   A video copy of a slide/tape show produced by Derek Wren and narrated by John Arlott. This was revised and updated in October 2008 in DVD format. Available at the Willis Museum or from BAHS or on loan at Basingstoke library.

 

* Beneath Basingstoke, BAHS, 1994.  A chronological history of the archaeology of Basingstoke and its immediate surrounding area from prehistory to the Saxon period, particularly highlighting the discoveries unearthed during the 1960s to1980s housing developments. This video was transferred to DVD during 2008. Available from BAHS or on loan at Basingstoke library.

.

   A Day in Tudor Basingstoke, BAHS, 2002.  A video of the live performance of a historical entertainment in Church Cottage based on Basingstoke’s 16th century archives. Available from BAHS or on loan at Basingstoke library.

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The Wessex Film and Sound Archive at the HRO has compiled a video collection of films dealing with Basingstoke topics; this is available on loan at Basingstoke Library.

 

The HRO’s Hampshire Photographic Project has digitised over 10,000 Hampshire photographs, including many from the Basingstoke area; these are available for viewing on the internet.

 

On-line catalogues to both of the above are at  http:/www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/catalog.htm

 

Robert Brown has  extensive collections of photographs of Basingstoke and Basingstoke events taken over the last 50+ years and of information used as source material for his books and articles. He is preparing a list of his articles published in The Basingstoke Standard (March 1984 – July 1987), Hampshire - The County  Magazine, The Gazette (1998-2009), The Reading Evening Post (1977 - 1978), The Southern Evening Echo (1961 – 1985). A copy of the list will be given to Basingstoke Library and the Willis Museum. He has contributed photographs and articles to nine books since 1963 in addition to his books noted in the bibliography. He may be contacted at 43 Doswell Way, Basingstoke, RG21 5HH.

 

 

 

Acts of Parliament

 

An Act for making a navigable canal from the town of Basingstoke to communicate with the River Wey in the parish of Chertsey, County of Surrey, and to the south-west side of the turnpike road in the parish of Turgiss, County of Southampton. 18 Geo.III, 15.5.1778. HRO 8M72/134.

 

An Act for Dividing, Allotting and Inclosing, the Open and Common Fields, Common Downs, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, Wastelands and other Commonable Places within the Parish of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, 26 Geo.III, 1786. HRO 148M71/1/4/6.

 

An Act for paving the footpaths and crosspaths, and lighting, watching, cleansing, widening and otherwise improving the streets, lanes and other public passages and places in the Town of Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, 55 Geo.III,  23.3.1815.

 

An Act for enlarging the Market Place in the Town of Basingstoke, 10 Geo. IV, 14.5.1829.  HRO 148M71/1/5/3

 

CHARTERS

 

Charter, Henry III, 1256. (Documents arising from, HRO 148M71/1/1/1).

Charter, King John.          

Charter, Richard II.

Charter re-founding the Holy Ghost Guild, February 1557.   HRO 148M71/5/3/2. 

Charter of James I, 1622.      HRO 148M71/1/1/2.

Charter of Charles I, 1641.   HRO 148M71/1/1/3.

Charter of Charles II,            HRO 148M71/1/1/4.

                       

REPORTS

 

Ballard, Dr   The Sanitary Condition of Basingstoke, 1871. Medical Department of the Local

          Government Board, December, 1871. Copy in the Resources Room of the Willis

             Museum.

 

Farrar, Dr  Report 1905. Report to the Borough Council on the typhoid outbreak.

             HRO 148M71/1/5/32/2 & 15.

 

Webb, Dr  Reports 1891, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1903,  1905. Medical Officer’s annual reports to

         the Borough Council. HRO  148M71/1/5/32/15.

 

Basingstoke - A Social Study, Workers’ Educational Association, 1962.

 

Basingstoke – Town Development – description of the scheme. Basingstoke Town

            Development Committee, Aug, 1962.

 

The Social Implications of a Town Development Scheme, Basingstoke WEA Study Group on

    Town Development, 1963.

Draft proposals for Second Review Town Map, Hampshire County Council, May, 1972.

 

   Planned Growth outside London,  Greater London Council, 1975.

 

Basingstoke - Further Growth, Hampshire County Council. Undated.

 

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Local Plan, July, 1992.

 

Borough Information Digest – A yearly compendium of information compiled by

          Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council. Copies held by Basingstoke Library.

 

Companies in Basingstoke & Deane, 1986, B&DBC. Not comprehensive

 

Annual Report of the Mechanics' Institute, 1857, 1904-5. Minute Book  HRO 148M71/1/13; 

         Records 1854-1929 HRO 180M88.

 

Hampshire Treasures, Vol 2, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire County Council, 1979.

 

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 22, 1907.

 

Records of  Basingstoke manorial courts are held at HRO.  Finding reference 148M71/1/2 will access

          the detailed list.

 

Report of the Commissioners for Municipal Corporation Boundaries, 1837. HRO H/CX1/8.

 

Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations,1835.

 

Basingstoke Disturbances. Return containing copies of the correspondence which passed between the Home Office and the Local Authorities of Basingstoke, or other places, with reference to the Suppression of Disturbances. Ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, 27 March 1882.

 

The Salvation Army in Basingstoke – Reports on the proceedings before the magistrates on

         May 3rd and 4th  1881, HBG 7/5/1881.

 

 

In Preparation

 

Applin, Barbara (Ed)  The CO-OP in Basingstoke (working title), BAHS. A compilation of recollections of the CO-OP in Basingstoke from Basingstoke Talking History interviews and other sources.

 

Brown, R  Basingstoke in the 1960s, Sutton Publishing Ltd. Revised edition in preparation.

 

Clarke, Bob  The Basingstoke Riots: Massagainians v  The Salvation Army 1881 - 1883 An in-depth account of the civil disturbances in Basingstoke between the town’s brewers and the Salvation Army in the early 1880s.

 

A less detailed account, by Bob Applin, based largely on Arthur Attwood’s account in his The Illustrated History of Basingstoke, but with some additional information and commentary is available on the Friends of the Willis Museum web site www.friendsofwillis.hampshire.org.uk.

 

Oliver, Mary & Reavell, Debbie  A Guide to St Michael’s Church.

Willoughby, Rupert  Basingstoke and its Contribution to World Culture (working title).

        Forthcoming.