Havant
"HAVANT, a parish, liberty, and market town, in the Fareham division of county Hants, 27 miles S.E. of Southampton, and 28 from Winchester. It is a station on the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and Guildford, Godalming, and New Portsmouth lines of railway. The town is situated on the old road from Southampton and Fareham to Chichester, and consists of one long street, intersected by another at right angles, called East, West, North, and South streets. It contains a savings-bank and a subscription news-room, with a book club. The population are mostly occupied in tanning, malting, brewing, and in the coal and flour trades; the manufacture of parchment is also carried on. There was formerly a very extensive fishery in Langston harbour, but now there are only oyster beds. A new quay was constructed in 1840 on the Portsmouth side of the bridge, which has greatly increased the trade in coal and timber."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Faith, West Street, Church of England
- St John the Baptist, London Road, Church of England, Purbrook
- St John, Manor Lodge Road, Church of England, Rowlands Castle
Church Records
- Leigh Park Baptist Church, Stockheath Road, Baptist
- St Wilfred, Padnell Road, Church of England, Cowplain
- St Clare, St Clare's Avenue, Warren Park, Church of England
- St Faith, West Street, Church of England
- St Francis, Riders Lane, Leigh Park, Church of England
- St Nicholas, High Street, Church of England, Langstone
- St John the Baptist, London Road, Church of England, Purbrook
- St John, Manor Lodge Road, Church of England, Rowlands Castle
- St Alban, Bartons Road, Church of England, West Leigh
- St Joseph, West Street, Roman Catholic
- St Michael and All Angels, Dunsbury Way, Leigh Park, Roman Catholic
- Havant URC, North Street, United Reformed Church
- Lovedean URC, Lovedean Village Hall, Lovedean Lane, United Reformed Church, Lovedean
- Rowlands Castle URC, The Green, United Reformed Church, Rowlands Castle
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