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Description: | Wallington was the first fording place on the River Wallington which rises in the South Downs and meanders down to Fareham Creek. The finding of flint implements in the area shows evidence that a settlement possibly existed on the river banks around the lowest crossing point from prehistoric times. Up until recent times, the people of Wallington lived on Wallington Shore Road and North Wallington. There were two pubs in the village, the White Horse and the Fort Wallington Tavern, situated near the bridge over the River Wallington. The Tavern was later renamed the Cob and Pen. Fort Wallington, built as one of the Palmerston forts during the Napoleonic Wars is now an industrial estate. Much of it was demolished in the 1950's and 1960's.
References:
1. Emery, John. 1985. Fareham in old Picture postcards, p. 40.
2. James, Alice. 1991. Our beloved Fareham, p. 80. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | inn building White Horse River Wallington street Fort Wallington house fort public house Cob and Pen cottage creek Fort Wallington Tavern Wallington Shore Road Fareham Creek river | Temporal: | start=1983-06-01; end=1983-06-30; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine, Hampshire County Library | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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