Basingstoke 1894 Hampshire Sheet 18.08 by Alan Godfrey

This detailed map covers the town centre of Basingstoke, including the little parish of Eastrop. Basingstoke today is largely a modern town, but this map shows that it was previously a substantial market town. Features on the map include the station, cemetery, South View (streets under development), cattle market, Market Place, Town Hall, Church Street, Wote Street, Winchester Street, London Street, Goldings Park, St Michael's church, St Mary's church Eastrop, canal, Basingstoke Wharf, Eastrop Farm, Basingstoke Mill, Upper Mill, Ructstall's Hill. The map extends east to the Workhouse. On the reverse we include extracts from an 1899 directory, listing private residents, carriers, councillors and Corporation officials.