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Basingstoke history
Early settlements
A Neolithic campsite of around 3000 BC beside a spring on the west of the town is the earliest known human settlement here. The Willis Museum has flint implements and axes from nearby fields that date back to Palæolithic times. The first recorded historical event in the area was the defeat of King Æthelred of Wessex by the Danes in 871.
Market town
Basingstoke is recorded as a weekly market site in the Domesday Book, in 1086, and has held a regular Wednesday market since 1214. During the Civil War, and the siege of Basing House between 1643 and 1645, the town played host to large numbers of Parliamentarians. St. Michael’s Church was damaged whilst being used as an explosive store and lead was stripped from the roof of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost.
Victorian history
Thomas Burberry and Alfred Milward opened their first shops in Basingstoke in 1856. Burberry became famous after he invented Gabardine. Milward founded the Milwards chain of shoe shops, which could be found on almost every high street until the 1980s. The town was described as ‘Barbarous’ by one London newspaper in 1882.
Recent history
A stick of German bombs did fall in the Church Square area on 16 August 1940. The same day bombs destroyed part of a row of houses in Burgess Road. Overall, 13 civilian lives were lost from enemy action during the war in the town. After the war, the town had a population of 25,000.
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