Old Basing
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Old Basing is a village in the civil parish of Old Basing and Lychpit, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, just east of Basingstoke. It was called Basengum in the Anglo-Saxon
The Street, Old Basing
Entrance gate to the Basing House ruins, Old Basing.
Basing House
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Basing House was a Tudor palace and castle in the village of Old Basing in the English county of Hampshire. It once rivalled Hampton Court Palace in its size and opulence. Today only parts of the base
Old Basing
…The River Loddon, whose source is in Worting to the west of Basingstoke, flows through the village. Old Basing is perhaps best known for the ruins of Basing House which was built between 1532 and 1561 on the site of a Norman castle. It was the home of the Marquesses of Winchester for several generations before…
The siege of Basing House.
An 1836 painting by Charles Landseer depicting Parliamentarian troops plundering Basing House after capturing it