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Basingstoke’s Milestones Museum of Living History has reopened its doors today (May 21) after several months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Before welcoming customers back, the staff have worked hard to get the museum on the Leisure Park ready. A message on the museum website reads: “We’ve dusted down our costumes, polished up our vehicles and swept the streets ready to give you a warm and safe welcome back! “Come and discover life in Hampshire past and visit our all new Mr Simpson’s Teddy Bear Museum, home to an incredible collection of more than 260 teddy bea...

Herts Ad Property team High Street, Rickmansworth. Picture: DANNY LOO - Credit: Picture: DANNY LOO About five miles west of Watford, just inside the M25, lies Rickmansworth - a bustling town that proudly boasts its own Tube station.  The Grand Union Canal, Rickmansworth. Picture: Karyn Haddon - Credit: Archant Arranged mostly to the north of the Grand Union canal and the River Colne, Rickmansworth regularly crops up on 'most expensive places to live' lists.  Naturally, living in such a high end enclave doesn't come cheap: according to Rightmove, the overall average price of a property in...

Here we reveal the top five scariest places in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane.  From the stately home attacked by Oliver Cromwell to a former hospital allegedly haunted by its patients of old, there are certainly plenty of sites to make you quiver with terror. If you have reported any paranormal activity in these areas, we'd love to hear from you. Email newsdesk@basingstokegazette.co.uk.  1. The Holy Ghost Ruins – the graveyard in South View is the burial place of Mrs Blunden, who was buried alive in 1674. Schoolchildren walking through the graveyard heard her cries. She had appa...

For this week’s Flashback, we have delved into the archives to unearth this column from The Gazette’s late historian, Arthur Attwood MBE. First published in February 2002, Arthur took a look at the fascinating origins of Old Basing and pondered on what the future might hold for the town. BASINGSTOKE and Salisbury have much in common. Just as Old Sarum was the forerunner of Salisbury, so too was Old Basing the forerunner of Basingstoke. People at Old Basing have a just right to be proud of the fact that their settlement is much older than Basingstoke and does in fact have more signs of...

The theme of the competition is the Battle of Basing House, which occurred in 1645. Basing House, formerly the largest private house in Tudor England, is a local and nationally important historic site. The house was besieged and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War. It was the last Royalist stronghold in the south east and a key site in the battle between King and Parliament. Basing House is now managed by Hampshire Cultural Trust, a heritage and arts charity. The Mayor, Cllr Diane Taylor, is inviting students from schools and sixth form colleges across the boro...