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Welcome to the community website for Whitehill and Bordon
The website is owned and managed by Whitehill Town Council
Whitehill is situated in the County of Hampshire in Southern England approximately halfway between Portsmouth and London. The A325 Petersfield to Farnham Road, linking the M3 and A3M, runs through the town providing easy access to Portsmouth ferries, Heathrow and rail links to London. Historically the area around Whitehill is a magnificent patchwork of the ancient and modern. During the early Bronze Age, around 2,000 BC the area was one of the most densely populated in England. This has lead to the discovery of many Burial Mounds, some of national importance, in the area. The Romans left their mark on the area not only with a road, which can still be seen on Ordance survey maps, built to link the two important Roman towns of Chichester and Silchester and passing through Blackmoor, but also in a number of important "finds" of Roman coins. The largest and most important find being recorded in the last century when 29,802 were found in the area. After the Norman conquest large areas of land were enclosed creating Woolmer Forest covering Whitehill and the surrounding land. It was here that William the Conqueror would hunt deer, giving rise to the deer emblem that we see on today's Parish crest. Much later, in 1826, a turnpike road was cut through the forest linking the growing towns of Farnham and Petersfield. Followed some 30 years later by another turnpike road linking Liphook and Greatham. Travellers would pay to travel on these roads and as often happens a 'stopping post' grew in this area. This settlement became known as Whitehill. Whitehill and Bordon continued to grow throughout the years. Bordon's importance as a military area began in 1863 when the War Office purchased 1,600 acres for training land. Whitehill's growth came about by the increasing importance of hop growing in the area. The 70's and 80's saw large growth in the housing market and modern estates developed linking two villages, creating today's Whitehill and Bordon community. Whitehill has been twinned with Conde Sur Vire, in Normandy since 1980. The twinning is actively promoted by the Conde Link Association.
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