by Krish | Aug 6, 2019 | Period Property Locations
By 1086, Havant was already a small village with a population of around 100 people. The town had two mills, which ground grain to flour to make bread for the villagers. Archeological digs in the 19th and 20th Centuries also uncovered evidence of Roman buildings. St...
by Krish | Jul 23, 2019 | Period Property Locations
The first records of Witney date from the Anglo-Saxon period in 969 AD. However, evidence has been found which suggests that there were also settlements nearby in the Iron Age and Roman period. The town grew around the banks of the river Windrush. In the Saxon period...
by Krish | Jul 10, 2019 | Period Property Locations
Worthing dates back to the stone age, with a mine at Church Hill in nearby Findon believed to be one of the earliest known mines in Britain. However, Worthing started growing to become the town that we recognise today in the late 18th Century. The growth of Worthing...
by Krish | Jun 26, 2019 | Period Property Locations
Camberley (GU15) is situated in Surrey on the border with Berkshire and Hampshire. Prior to the 19th Century, the area was part of Bagshot or Frimley Heath. An Iron Age fort, known as Caesar’s Camp, was located nearby, along the Roman road the Devil’s Highway....
by Krish | Jun 11, 2019 | Period Property Locations
Haywards Heath (RH16) is a large town, located 14 miles north of Brighton, in West Sussex. The first reference to the town dates to December 1642, when Haywards Heath is referenced in English Civil War records. The High Sheriff of Sussex was advancing with Royalist...
by Krish | May 29, 2019 | Period Property Locations
Prior to 1859, Crowthorne was just a small hamlet with a few properties. The main Roman Road that ran from Silchester, via Staines to London runs directly through what is now Crowthorne. It was on the junction of this road and the road between Sandhurst and Bracknell,...
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