Visit Neatham Places

Welcome to Visit Neatham Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Neatham

  

Neatham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Neatham

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Neatham history

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Roman period – Vindomis

The lost Roman settlement of Vindomis is believed to be at Neatham. Its strategic importance lay in its being at the crossing of important roads: one from Winchester towards London and the other from Chichester to Silchester. The population at this time is estimated at have been 2,500.

Saxon period – Neatham

Neatham became a Saxon settlement, called Neatham, indicating the presence of a cattle market. For several centuries, Neatham remained the chief place in the area and the focal point of Neatham Hundred.

Norman period

Neatham Hundred was recorded as belonging to the Crown at the time of the Domesday Book in 1085. After the founding of Waverley Abbey in 1128, King Steven made a gift of Neatham for the Abbey to establish a Grange and an Oratory. Eventually, Neatham was eclipsed by Alton and the area was renamed the Alton Hundred.

Tudor period

When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, Neatham went into lay hands. Neatham became part of the parish of Binsted.

Modern day

Neatham is now a hamlet with a Manor House, a Grange, a mill, and a dozen cottages. In the 1980s, Neatham elected to be joined to Holybourne. Today, the hamlet lies along the Alton bypass between Alton and Farnham.

You can visit Neatham places with Walkfo Neatham to hear history at Neatham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Neatham has 24 places to visit in our interactive Neatham map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Neatham, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Neatham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Neatham & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Neatham places in an interactive Neatham map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Neatham Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Neatham historic spots	Neatham tourist destinations	Neatham plaques	Neatham geographic features
Walkfo Neatham tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Neatham

  

Best Neatham places to visit

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Neatham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Neatham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Neatham’s information audio spots:

Curtis Museum The Curtis Museum was founded in 1865 by Dr William Curtis (1803–1881) Ownership of the museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust in 2014.

King John’s Hill King John’s Hill is a small multivallate hillfort, a fort with multiple defensive rings, and has been dated on ceramic evidence to approximately 100 BC. It was later reoccupied during the medieval period, with 13th–14th century AD building traces and pottery fragments.

Church of St Lawrence, Alton The Church of St Lawrence, Alton is an Anglican parish church in Alton, Hampshire. It is a Grade I listed building and is notable both for the range of its architecture and for being the site of the Battle of Alton during the English Civil War.

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