Fleet and Crookham: A Pictorial History
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A01=Percy Vickery
A01=Peter Pimm
A01=Stan Knight
A01=Tony Wright
Author_Percy Vickery
Author_Peter Pimm
Author_Stan Knight
Author_Tony Wright
basingstoke canal
Category=NHD
Category=WQH
crokeham
Crookham
enclosure act of 1834
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Fleet
Hampshire
heathland
hundred of crondall
local history
london and south western railway
Phillimore
pond
royal military camp aldershot
tithing
Product details
- ISBN 9780850339260
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 185 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 14 Oct 1994
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Fleet and Crookham have their origins within the Hundred of Crondall as the tithing of Crokeham. The tithing included Fleet, known, as it still is, for its pond. They had the poorest soil, mainly open heathland. Because of this, the population was always sparse and even the construction of the Basingstoke Canal in the 18th century had little impact. It was not until the Enclosure Act of 1834 and the building of the London and South Western Railway that the population began to grow. The development of the Royal Military Camp at Aldershot was a third factor.
