23 Facts About Haslemere

Haslemere is thought to have originated as a planned town in the 12th century and was awarded a market charter in 1221.

Haslemere became an Urban District in 1913, but under the Local Government Act 1972, its status was reduced to a civil parish with a town council.

Civil parish of Haslemere is in the borough of Waverley in south west Surrey, close to the borders with both Hampshire and West Sussex.

In 1839, many administrative responsibilities were transferred to the Hambledon Rural District Council and in 1863, the civil parish of Haslemere was created, although local elections did not take place until the following year.

The Haslemere UDC was reduced to a town council and the reformed body readopted the town hall as its main meeting place.

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Railway line through Haslemere was authorised by parliament in July 1853 and was built by the civil engineer, Thomas Brassey.

Market charter for Haslemere was granted in 1221 and a license to hold an annual fair followed in 1397.

At the start of the First World War, Haslemere had a population of around 4000, of whom roughly 200 served in the armed forces during the conflict.

Haslemere is twinned with Bernay in France and Horb am Neckar in Germany.

Haslemere Town Well was dug c and there was a second well, known as Pilewell, in Lower Street.

The piped water supply to Haslemere began in the 1880s, when a series of pumping stations was installed to deliver water to standpipes in the town from springs on the lower slopes of Blackdown.

The first sewage treatment works in Haslemere was established in Foundry Road in 1898 and a second works followed to the west of Shottermill off Critchmore Lane in 1911.

Construction of the railway line through Haslemere began in 1853 and, by the summer of 1855, around 200 navvies were lodging in the town.

Haslemere died at the police station around three hours later.

Haslemere's death is commemorated by a blue plaque on the wall of the Town Hall.

The principal route through Haslemere is the A286, which connects the town with Godalming and Grayswood and with Midhurst .

Haslemere is linked by a number of bus routes to surrounding towns and villages in south west Surrey, West Sussex and east Hampshire.

Haslemere is the western terminus of the Greensand Way, a long-distance footpath that runs for 108 miles along the Greensand Ridge to Hamstreet in Kent.

In 1869 a School Board was established in Haslemere, which commissioned the construction of a new building adjacent to the parish church.

The Haslemere campus is a Grade II*-listed former country house, built in 1901, which was the International Education Centre for Olivetti in the early 1970s.

Haslemere Players is an amateur dramatics society and musical theatre group, based in the town.

Haslemere Hall, on Bridge Road, is a theatre, cinema and music venue.

Haslemere Educational Museum was founded in 1888 by the surgeon, Jonathan Hutchinson, who was an amateur collector of biological, geological and anthropological specimens.