BASING
"BASING, (or Old Basing), a parish and considerable village in the hundred,
division, Union, and County Court district of Basingstoke, in the county of
Southampton, 2 miles to the N.E. of Basingstoke, and 44 miles from London
by the South Western railway, which, as well as the Berks and Hants
railway, passes through the parish. It is situated on the river Loddon and
the Basingstoke canal. This place was the scene of the victory gained by
the Danes, in 871, over Ethelred I. and Alfred. At the Norman Conquest it
was the head of the numerous lordships given by the Conqueror to Hugh de
Port, from whom the Paulets are descended. Basing Caste was rebuilt by Sir
William Paulet, treasurer of the household to Henry VIII., and first
Marquis of Winchester, who had the honour of receiving Queen Elizabeth
there in 1560. The queen was again a guest at the castle in 1601. "
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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