Alton
Alton shown within Hampshire
Population	16,584
OS grid reference	SU716394
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GUILDFORD
Postcode district	GU34
Dialling code	01420
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	East Hampshire
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

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Alton is a small market town in Hampshire, England, to the southwest of Farnham. It had a population of 16,584 at the 1991 census, and is administered by East Hampshire district council. It also is home to Treloar College, the National Specialist college for Young Disabled People. The town is twinned with Pertuis, France [1] and Montecchio Maggiore, Italy. For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Farnham is a small town (pop. ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ... Pertuis is a commune of the Vaucluse département, in Occitania, southern France. ... Montecchio Maggiore is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. ...

Jane Austen lived at the nearby village of Chawton. A watercolour and pencil sketch of Jane Austen, believed to be drawn from life by her sister Cassandra (c. ... Chawton is a small village in Hampshire, England, near Alton. ...

History

Origins

A Roman road ran from Chichester to Silchester and there is evidence of a Roman posting station at Neatham near Alton, probably called Vindomis, and a ford across the River Wey. Centuries later, a Saxon settlement was established in the area and a large seventh century cemetery has been discovered during building excavations. It contained a selection of grave goods which included the Alton Buckle which is on display in the Curtis Museum, and is considered to be the finest piece of Anglo Saxon craftsmanship found in Hampshire. The buckle was found in the grave of a warrior, and has a silver-gilt body, set with garnets and glass.^[1] For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ... Silchester is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, UK. At the 2001 census it had a population of 918. ... A ford, with pedestrian footbridge, on a minor road near Weimar bei Kassel in Germany The ford at Brockenhurst, leading into the village centre, following heavy rain. ... The River Wey in Surrey is one of the Waterways in the United Kingdom and a tributary of the River Thames. ... For other uses, see Anglo-Saxon. ... In archaeology and anthropology grave goods are the items interred along with the body. ... The Curtis Museum in Alton, Hampshire, is one of the finest collections of local history in Hampshire, England. ... For other uses, see Anglo-Saxon. ...

The River Wey has its source in the town, and the name Alton comes from an Anglo-Saxon word "aewielltun" meaning "farmstead at the source of the river".^[2][3]

Battle against the Danes (1001)

Main article: First Battle of Alton

In 1001 Danish forces invaded England, plundering, ravaging and burning, and spreading terror and devastation. When they reached Alton, the men of Hampshire came together and fought against them. About 81 English were killed, including Ethelwerd the King's high-steward, Leofric of Whitchurch, Leofwin the King's high-steward, Wulfhere a bishop's thane, and Godwin of Worthy, Bishop Elfsy's son. Danish casualties were higher, but the Danes won the battle and fleeing Englishmen took refuge in Winchester.^[4][5] Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ...

Domesday Book (1086)

Alton is listed as having the most valuable recorded market in the Domesday Book under the name Aoltone in the 'Odingeton Hundred — Hantescire'^[1][6] A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...

Henry I

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The Treaty of Alton (1101)

Main article: Treaty of Alton

The Treaty of Alton was an agreement signed in 1101 between William the Conqueror's eldest son Robert, Duke of Normandy and his brother Henry I of England. Henry had seized the throne while his elder brother was away on the first crusade. Robert returned to claim the throne, landing in Portsmouth. The two brothers met in Alton and agreed terms which formed the Treaty of Alton. Part of the main street through Alton is called Normandy Street, probably reflecting this event. The Treaty of Alton was an agreement signed in 1101 between Henry I of England and his older brother Robert, Duke of Normandy in which Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England in exchange for a yearly stipend and other concessions. ... The Treaty of Alton was an agreement signed in 1101 between Henry I of England and his older brother Robert, Duke of Normandy in which Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England in exchange for a yearly stipend and other concessions. ... William I of England (c. ... Robert II (called Curthose for his short squat appearance) (c. ... Henry I (c. ... Combatants Christendom, Catholicism West European Christians, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Seljuks, Arabs and other Muslims The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of liberating the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims and freeing the Eastern Christians from Muslim... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...

Markets, fairs and the Royal Charter (1307)

The first recorded Saturday market in Alton was in 1288. It was much bigger than the current weekly market and established Alton as a significant market town. Blome wrote in 1673 of a 'market on Saturdays, which is very great for provisions, where also are sold good store of living cattle'.^[7] The Saturday market is also featured on Kitchin's map of Hampshire (1751) which marks the town as Alton Mt. Sat.^[8]

In 1307 King Edward II presented the town with a Charter giving it the right to hold an annual fair, mainly for cattle and toys. Mediaeval fairs were like markets but they were held once a year and attracted buyers and sellers from a wide area. Alton still has an annual fair, but it now takes the form of a fun fair.^[3] Edward II, (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... For other uses, see Fair (disambiguation). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... A travelling funfair has many attractions, including adult or thrill rides, childrens rides, and sideshows consisting of games of skill, strength, or luck. ...

Alton Westbrook Fair

According to William Curtis’ History of Alton (1896):-

‘Edward II granted the privilege of holding a fair at Alton to Edmund of Woodstock, who then held the manor.’

This was a direct quote from the History of Hampshire by T W Shore (1892). Unfortunately, Curtis added:-

‘A D 1307.

Edward II.

Privilege of holding a fair’

in the margin. It is this which has caused later confusion with people thinking that the grant of the fair was in 1307. In fact, it seem likely that William Curtis did not know the date of the grant/charter as the Calendars of Charter Rolls were not published until 1903-1927.

1307 was, in fact, the first year of Edward II’s reign but Edmund of Woodstock was not lord of the manor then. According to the Victoria County History (written after Curtis’ book):-

‘In 1273 Edward I granted the manor [of Alton Westbrook] to his mother, Queen Eleanor, who died in 1291, when it reverted to the Crown and was granted in 1299 as dower to his second wife, Margaret of France. On the death of Queen Margaret in 1317, it again came to the Crown, and Edward II gave it in 1319 to his brother Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent.’

As can see be seen, Queen Margaret held the manor until 1317 and so the fair could not have been granted to Edmund of Woodstock in 1307.

The correct date for the grant seems to be 22 November 1320 (according to the Charter Rolls, 14 Edward II, no.15). The grant was for a 9-day fair - the vigil [eve] and feast of Whitsuntide and seven days after.

Alton Eastbrook Fair

The two main manors in Alton - Alton Eastbrook and Alton Westbrook - had a fair each. That of Alton Eastbrook has no existing charter and may never have had one. It was originally held on St Lawrence’s Day and so its origins were, presumably, the patronal festival. The religious aspect would have ceased when the country was no longer Roman Catholic. This fair seems to have been held on Crown Close (which is in the manor of Alton Eastbrook) in the early 1800s. When this land was built upon, the fair moved and was held where ever the Westbrook fair was - the Market Place, various meadows and the Butts.

The date of the Eastbrook fair was changed to Michaelmas in the mid-1700s as it came at harvest time and the farmers were not happy about that. Some accounts for this fair for the early 1700s do survive and show that there was a cheese fair as well the usual list of travelling and local people with stalls and stands - people selling lace, gloves, books, gingerbread, bodices, sugar plums, toys [small items - not for children], soap and knives to name but a few. By the late 1800s, this fair was said to be mainly for horses, sheep and, occasionally, hops.

Alton Market

There is no existing charter for Alton Market. It was already in existence at the time of Domesday (c1086) and, hence, was probably functioning in Anglo-Saxon times. Despite what is written in various histories, it was probably always held in, what is now, Alton. (In the past, the true meaning of the Doomsday entries for the area were misunderstood.) It was the most valuable market listed in Doomsday - but Winchester, Southampton and London (and possibly other larger settlements) are missing.

Originally, Market Day was a Saturday. In September 1813, the monthly cattle market was changed to a Tuesday and the weekly market changed to the same day in early 1840. This caused the Church School to look for other premises as classes had been held in the Town Hall until then but the noise of the market made things difficult - hence the move of the school to near St Lawrence’s.

Foundation of Eggar's School (1640)

Eggar's School was founded in 1640 by John Eggar of Moungomeries as the Free Grammar School. It later became known as Eggar's Grammar School. It occupied a site in Anstey Road until it moved to a new site in Holybourne in 1969.^[9] Holybourne is a small village in Hampshire, England, near the town of Alton. ...

The Battle of Alton (1643)

Main article: Battle of Alton

A battle was fought in Alton during the English Civil War. A small Royalist force was quartered in the town when on 13 December 1643 they were surprised by a Parliamentary army of around 5,000 men. The Royalist cavalry fled, leaving Sir Richard Bolle and his infantry to fight. Outnumbered, the Royalists were forced into St Lawrence Church, where Bolle was killed along with many of his men. Over 700 Royalist soldiers were captured and bullet holes from the battle are still visible in the church today. The Battle of Alton took place on December 13, 1643, during the English Civil War. ... For other uses, see English Civil War (disambiguation). ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... The English parliament in front of the King, c. ... Not to be confused with Golgotha, which was called Calvary. ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I Infantry or footmen are very highly disciplined and trained soldiers who fight primarily with small arms(rifles), but are trained to use everything from their bare hands to missle systems in order to neutralize...

The plague (1665)

In 1665, Alton suffered an outbreak of bubonic plague, but soon recovered.^[10] Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. ...

Fanny Adams (1867)

Main article: Fanny Adams

The Victorian era also left its mark when, on Saturday, August 24, 1867 a young eight-year old girl Fanny Adams was murdered. Her assailant Frederick Baker, a local solicitor's clerk, was one of the last criminals to be executed in Winchester, and one of the original public notices advertising his forthcoming execution hangs in the Crown Public House. Fanny Adams' grave can still be seen in Alton cemetery. The brutal murder, so the story goes, coincided with the introduction of tinned meat in the Royal Navy, and the sailors who did not like the new food said the tins contained the remains of "Sweet Fanny Adams" or "Sweet F A", hence the expression which for over a century has meant "sweet nothing". Fanny Adams (April 1859-24 August 1867) was a young girl brutally murdered by a solicitors clerk named Frederick Baker in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. ... The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Fanny Adams (April 1859-24 August 1867) was a young girl brutally murdered by a solicitors clerk named Frederick Baker in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ...

More recent developments

Here are a few events in the past two hundred years:^[10]

• 1813 — new Town Hall was built
• 1844 — Alton gained a gas supply
• 1852 — rail connection to London
• 1856 — the Curtis Museum was founded
• 1862 — sewage works was built
• 1865 — rail connection to Winchester
• 1876 — waterworks was built
• 1874 — All Saints Church was consecrated
• 1880 — the Assembly Rooms were built
• 1901 — Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway opened
• 1908 — Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital was built
• 1927 — Alton gained electricity
• 1938 — Alton Convent School opened
• 1966 — St Mary's Roman Catholic Church was built
• 1972 — Alton by-pass was built
• 1972 — Alton Sports Centre opened
• 1974 — Alton Health Centre opened
• 1975 — Alton Community Centre opened
• 1978 — Alton College opened
• 1992 — Alton gains its own local radio station, Wey Valley Radio (now Delta FM)
• 2005 — Alton Maltings Centre, a renovated Maltings building, opens.

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Traditional industries in Alton

Hops

Brewing used to be one of Alton's main industries. Hops and barley were grown in the surrounding area (indeed, Fanny Adams's butchered remains were found in a hop field) and the barley would have been malted in the town. The maltings still stand in Lower Turk Street, though it is no longer used for that purpose. They belonged to Halls Brewery from 1841 and were still producing malt in 1949. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1733 KB) Summary en Description: Hop (Humulus Lupulus): Umbel Source: photographed it myself Author: LuckyStarr Location: Hallertau de Beschreibung: Hopfen (Humulus Lupulus): Dolde Quelle: selbst fotografiert Fotograf: LuckyStarr Ort: Hallertau Licensing File links The following pages link to this file... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1733 KB) Summary en Description: Hop (Humulus Lupulus): Umbel Source: photographed it myself Author: LuckyStarr Location: Hallertau de Beschreibung: Hopfen (Humulus Lupulus): Dolde Quelle: selbst fotografiert Fotograf: LuckyStarr Ort: Hallertau Licensing File links The following pages link to this file... A 16th century brewer A 21st century brewer This article concerns the production of alcoholic beverages. ... Hop umbel (branched floral structure resembling nested-inverted umbrellas) in a Hallertau hop yard Hops are a flower used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer, as well as in herbal medicine. ... For other uses, see Barley (disambiguation). ... MALT also means mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue. ... Maltings is a building that houses the process of converting barley into malt, for use in the brewing process. ...

There have been a number of breweries in Alton since 1763. Today, Coors Brewing Company (among the top ten largest brewers in the world) has a brewery in Alton which produces Carling, Grolsch and Worthington. The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world’s fifth-largest brewery companies, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. ... For other uses, see Carling (disambiguation). ... Grolsch is a Dutch brewery founded in 1615 by Willem Neerfeldt in Groenlo. ... Worthingtons is an English draught beer. ...

Alton was also famous in the 18th century for the manufacture of paper^[3] and of dress materials including ribbed druggets, shallons, silks and serges, bombazine and figured barragons.^[11][12] The Pearce family in Alton owned and operated the Timber and Saw Mills from the 1890s to 1939 which employed over 100 people and produced all the wooden tools used in the brewing industry in the town. Formerly, a drugget was a sort of cheap stuff, very thin and narrow, usually made of wool, or half wool and half silk or linen; it may have been corded or plain, and was usually plain. ... Binomial name Gaultheria shallon Pursh Salal (Gaultheria shallon, Ericaceae) is a leathery-leaved shrub native to western North America. ... For other uses of this word, see Silk (disambiguation). ... Serge is a type of twill fabric that has diagonal lines or ridges on both sides, made with a two-up, two-down weave. ... Bombazine, or bombasine, is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. ... Barragon is a light corded cotton for summer wear[1]. It was particularly popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ...

Alton today has thriving businesses in the retail and service sectors in the centre of the town, and over a hundred businesses in the four industrial areas of Mill Lane, Newman Lane, Caker Stream and Omega Park, ranging from light industrial to computer software production.^[13]

However, today, one of Alton's largest commercial employers is in the financial services sector. Lumbry Park, which used to be known as Lumbry Farm, is on the road from B3006 Alton to Selborne Road, and is occupied by Inter Group Insurance Services, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Inter Group employs over 170 people on this site, and specialises in travel insurance. The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: [1]) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, which together with NatWest, provides branch banking facilities in the United Kingdom. ... Travel insurance is insurance that is intended to cover medical expenses, financial and other losses incurred while traveling, either within ones own country, or internationally. ...

Famous people

• William de Alton, (c. 1330 – 1400) Dominican Friar, writer and theological philosopher during King Edward II's reign became famous for asserting that the Virgin Mary was polluted with original sin^[1]

Jane Austen

• Edmund Spenser (1552 – 1599), the Elizabethan poet and contemporary of William Shakespeare, lived in a well preserved Tudor cottage at 1 Amery Street in about 1590. A plaque on the house states that he "lived some time in these parts".^[11][1]
• John Pitts, biographical author, was born in Alton in 1560^[14]
• Bernard Montgomery, (1887 - 1976), British Field Marshal, World War II commander, 'Monty' lead Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, commander of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord until after the Battle of Normandy. Lived in Bentley near Alton in his retirement and died there in 1976 aged 88. He was interred in the nearby Holy Cross Churchyard, Binsted.
• John Murray, (1741 – 1815), born in Alton, a pioneering minister of the Universalist church in the United States.^[15]
• William Curtis (1746 – 1799), botanist, was born in Alton and served his apprenticeship as an apothecary before devoting the rest of his life to the study of British plants.^[1] He founded the Curtis Museum in Alton.
• Jane Austen (1775 – 1817), Georgian novelist, lived in Chawton just outside Alton from 1809 until her death, and wrote or revised six novels here^[1]
• Cardinal Newman (1801 – 1890), English Catholic, lived in Alton from 1816 to 1819.^[16]
• Ian Bone (1947 – ) anarchist, studied at Eggar's school in Alton
• Catherine McCormack {1972 – } actress, Her first notable role was as the character Murron in the multiple Academy Award-winning movie Braveheart, which also starred and was directed by Mel Gibson.
• James William 'Jimmy' Dickinson (25 April 1925 – 8 November 1982 in Alton, Hampshire) was an English football player. Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth F.C. (764). Only Swindon Town's John Trollope (770) has made more appearances for a single club. His performances earned him a call-up to the England national football team. He went on to win 48 caps for England, making him Portsmouth's most capped English player of all time. During his record 845 club appearances for Pompey and his 48 England caps he was never once booked or sent off, earning him the nickname Gentleman Jim. There is a pub in Alton named after him called The Gentleman Jim.
• Alison Goldfrapp (1968 – ) singer in band Goldfrapp.
• Emily Monk co–author Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers.^[17]

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Education in Alton

Alton is home to Treloar's, an independent educational establishment founded in 1907 by Sir William Purdie Treloar, Lord Mayor of London, to provide education for young people with physical disabilities [2]. Treloar's now runs Treloar College, a college of further education in Holybourne, and Treloar School in Upper Froyle about three miles away. Treloar's provides specialist facilities, therapy and medical care to enable pupils to achieve their academic potential and develop their confidence and independence. Former pupils include comedian and actor Spike Breakwell, actress Julie Fernandez, mouth and foot painting artist Tom Yendell, and actress and aspiring playwright Robyn Hunt. Former Lord Mayor of London John Stuttard during the parade on November 11, 2006 Michael Berry Savory, Lord Mayor 2004–2005 The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the Mayor of the City of London and head of the Corporation of London. ... Further education (often abbreviated FE) is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). ... Holybourne is a small village in Hampshire, England, near the town of Alton. ... Spike Breakwell (born Colin James Breakwell on June 13, 1968) is a British comedian. ... Model, Julie Fernandez poses for a shot in a wheelchair Julie Fernandez (born April 20, 1974) is a British actress, television presenter, model, comedian, writer, comedy writer, comedy actress, journalist, model, athlete, and television producer and extra, although she is best known as Brenda, her award-winning role on the...

The State secondary schools in Alton are Eggar's School [3] (formerly the Grammar School), and Amery Hill School [4]. Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... Amery Hill School is an 11-16 comprehensive secondary school set on a hill above the market town of Alton in Hampshire, England. ...

There is also an independent school, Alton Convent School which educates boys from 3 to 11 and girls from 3 to 18 [5].

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Performing arts in Alton

Alton Morris formed in 1979, and have been Morris Dancing both in UK and abroad. They often perform at Alton street events.[6] Minden Rose Garland Dance team are a Ladies` Morris Dance side formed a little later, in 1982. They perform displays of garland, stick and hankie dances.[7] Cotswold morris with handkerchiefs A morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied with music. ...

A number of local choirs includes Alton Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society, established in 1921, who perform two musical shows and one play each year in a wide variety of musical and dramatic styles.[8] Alton Community Choir sings unaccompanied Hampshire folk songs as well as some African, gospel, blues and calypso music. Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ...

Since January 1948, Holybourne Dramatic club has put on performances of plays and pantomimes in Holybourne Theatre.

Recreational facilities

Alton has the following facilities:

• Allen Gallery is Alton's art gallery and houses a large ceramics collection
• The Palace Cinema is in Normandy Street and shows a regular programme of films[9]
• Holybourne Theatre is on the site of a former Nissen hut that was converted into a theatre by German prisoners-of-war during World War II. Plays have been performed there since 1950, but the official opening was not until 1971.[10]
• Alton Maltings Centre was built in around 1850 and was used as a maltings until about 1970. It was renovated in 2004-5 and is now used by Harvest Church and is available for hire for events such as conferences, receptions, business meetings, etc[11]
• Alton Sports Centre is open to the public and includes a swimming pool, gym, indoor and outdoor courts, etc
• Curtis Museum was founded in 1856 by Dr William Curtis and houses one of the finest local history collections in Hampshire
• Town Gardens, with bandstand (built in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee of King George V), a children's playground, flower beds, trees and shrubs (4.5 acres)
• Anstey Park, a large open space with playing fields and a small children's playground (32 acres); the park is home to the town's rugby club.[12]
• King's Pond, with parking, a surfaced path all round, ducks and swans (11 acres)
• The Butts, 2 acres of common land now used for visiting circuses and fairs, and used in medieval and Tudor times for the weekly archery practice which all men were legally required to do (see archery butts)
• Flood meadows, about 15 acres close to the source of the River Wey through which rivulets weave and public footpaths give access through the diverse plant and animal life

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Places of worship

St Lawrence Church

• All Saints Anglican Church, Queens Road
• Alton Abbey (1895) in nearby Beech is a Benedictine monastery in the Church of England[13]
• Alton Baptist Church
• Alton Methodist Church, Drayman’s Way[14]
• Alton United Reformed Church, Normandy Street
• The Church of the Good Shepherd, Four Marks (Church of England) [15]
• Brethren's Meeting Room, Vicarage Hill
• Friends' Meeting House (Quaker) (1672)
• Harvest Church, Alton Maltings Centre, Maltings Close [16]
• Jubilee Church, Four Marks and Medstead [17]
• Kingdom Hall, Holybourne (Jehovah's Witnesses)
• St Andrew's Parish Church, Medstead [18]
• St Lawrence's Anglican Church (1070), Church Street[19]
• St Mary Catholic Church, Normandy Street
• The Butts Church, 56 Spenser Close [20]
• The Salvation Army, Amery Street
• Three Counties Church, Mount Pleasant Road

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Rail connections

Alton station is located on the National Rail network at the end of the Alton Line with a regular service to London Waterloo. Journey time is usually just over an hour, stopping at Bentley, Farnham, Aldershot, Ash Vale, Brookwood and Woking. Alton railway station is a railway station in Alton, Hampshire, England. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo A typical National Rail station sign showing the double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... The Alton Line is a line of railway stations in the south of England, stretching from Alton to Ash Vale, served by South West Trains passenger services. ... Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. ... Bentley is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. ... This article is about the English town. ... For other uses, see Aldershot (disambiguation). ... Ash Vale station is a junction of the London to Alton Railway and the Ascot to Guildford via Camberley line. ... Brookwood is a town (or village, as it likes to be known) in Surrey, located about 5 km west of Woking, in a semi-rural location. ... , See Woking (borough) for the administrative district. ...

Watercress Line

Alton railway station also serves as a terminal for the Mid Hants Railway commonly called 'The Watercress Line', a restored steam railway running between Alton and New Alresford, so called because it used to be used to transport fresh watercress to London. ImageMetadata File history File links Mid-hants-watercress-railway. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Mid-hants-watercress-railway. ... The Mid-Hants railway also known as the watercress line is based in Hampshire. ... Location within the British Isles Broad Street, Alresford New Alresford or simply Alresford (pronounced Allsford) is a small town in Hampshire, England. ... Species Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum L. Nasturtium microphyllum Boenn ex Rchb. ...

The origins of the Watercress Line date back to 1861, the year in which Parliament granted consent for what was then known as the 'Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway'. Four years later the Mid Hants Railway opened, and the train service continued until the line was closed in 1973. Then in 1977 the line was partially re-opened, in 1983 it was extended further, and in 1985 it was re-opened as far as Alton to connect with the mainline London service.^[18] Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin MP Speaker of the House of Lords Hélène Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist...

Alton used to be a fairly important railway junction. As well as the Mid-Hants Railway, from 1903 to 1955 the Meon Valley Railway ran from Alton down the Meon Valley to join the Eastleigh to Fareham line at Fareham. There was also a (now closed) line, the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, north to Basingstoke. former Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway Alton Butts Junction/Alton Line Mid Hants Railway to Winchester Farringdon Platform A32 East Tisted A32 (Hedge Corner) Privett Privett Tunnel A272 West Meon Tunnel West Meon Viaduct West Meon Droxford Mislingford Goods Depot A32 Wickham River Meon Eastleigh to Fareham Line Former Knowle... Map sources for River Meon at grid reference SU533024 The Meon river is in Hampshire in southern England. ... The Eastleigh-Fareham Line is the railway line from Eastleigh to Fareham in the United Kingdom. ... , The market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, England, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly in the centre of the South Hampshire conurbation. ... The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was a railway in Hampshire, UK first opened on 1 June 1909, enabled by an Order of the Light Railway Commission under the Light Railways Act of 1897. ... , Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, England. ...

Geography

Nearby Brockham Hill, situated 5.5 km (3.5 mi) northeast of Alton, rises to 225m (738 ft) above sea level.

References

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External links

• East Hampshire District Council
• Alton Community Centre (Alton Community Association)
• The River Wey and Wey Navigations Community Site — a non-commercial site of over 200,000 words all about the River Wey and includes information and images on Alton at the source of the river.