Eastleigh - Hampshire
Eastleigh - Hampshire is a Town in the county of Hampshire.
Retail in Eastleigh - Hampshire
There are great places to visit near Eastleigh - Hampshire including some great cities, villages, lakes, towns, historic buildings, shopping centres and airports.
There are a number of cities near Eastleigh - Hampshire including Portsmouth, and Winchester.
Eastleigh - Hampshire's best nearby villages can be found at Southwick, Milford-on-Sea, and Hambledon.
Lakes to visit near Eastleigh - Hampshire include Southwick Park Lake.
The area around Eastleigh - Hampshire boasts some of the best towns including Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton.
Places near Eastleigh - Hampshire feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Fort Blockhouse.
The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay are some of Eastleigh - Hampshire best shopping centres to visit near Eastleigh - Hampshire.
Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport are great places to visit near Eastleigh - Hampshire if you like airports.
Eastleigh - Hampshire History
There are some historic monuments around Eastleigh - Hampshire:
Areas of Eastleigh - Hampshire
Like most towns and cities Eastleigh - Hampshire is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of Eastleigh - Hampshire.
Many of the areas of Eastleigh - Hampshire have their own character and places of interest.
Places to see near Eastleigh - Hampshire
History of Eastleigh - Hampshire
The Domesday Book of 1086 gives a more detailed account of the settlement, which is referred to as ‘Estleie’. In 1838 the London and South Western Railway Company (L&SWR) built a railway from Southampton to Winchester. It was decided to build a station near the little village of Barton. This railway station was originally named Bishopstoke Junction. In 1868 the villages of Barton and Eastley were combined into one parish. A parish church, the Church of the Resurrection, was built in the same year, at a cost of £2,300. A local noted author of many novels, Charlotte Yonge, donated £500 towards the building of the church. She was rewarded by being given the privilege to choose a name for the ‘new’ parish; either Barton or Eastly. She chose Eastly, but with a new modern spelling; Eastleigh. In 1891 the L&SWR Carriage and Wagon Works from Nine Elms in London were transferred to Eastleigh. This was followed by the Nine Elms Locomotive Works which were moved there in 1909. These railway works were closed in 2006 but have since reopened, albeit on a smaller scale. Eastleigh has seen a rapid and controlled expansion in residential, industrial and commercial development over recent years. The borough of Eastleigh was ranked the “9th best place to live in the UK 2006” by a Channel 4 programme.
