Place Name Buckingham, a historic market town in England, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period and is believed to have…
Place Name Brecon, a historic market and county town in Wales, was originally a Roman fort. It became a significant…
Place Name Berkshire, often called the Royal County, has a rich history deeply intertwined with the British monarchy; it is…
Place Name Takes its name from small village in the Test Valley, Hampshire. According to the Basingstoke and Deane Conservation…
Place Name Kingsclere, between Newbury and Basingstoke, was first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD872 as Cynig’s Clere, meaning…
Place Name Ibsley is a small hamlet in the New Forest, with the surrounding fertile lands supporting local agriculture for…
Place Name Horndean, near the South Downs, lies, like the Alton Estate itself, on the old London to Portsmouth road.…
Place Name Holybourne is a village on the outskirts of Alton. Its name is thought to derive from Haligburna, meaning…
Place Name So named after High Cross, a small hamlet located near Froxfield and Petersfield, in Hampshire. Many of its…
Place Name Takes its name from a coastal suburb of Christchurch now in Dorset but historically part of Hampshire. Its…