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In 1825, Francis Giles submitted plans to
build "The Kennet and
Basingstoke Canal" including the intention to
create 4 reservoirs around Church Crookham, at the following locations
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1) The Verne.
Construction was begun, in so much as an
embankment was created, and is now known as Basingbourne Park. The
reservoir was to be 6-7 meters deep. A water
route was also put in place, entering the Canal near the Coxheath
Road bridge. This area, which today is a housing estate, and can still
be remembered by some elders to have been a natural sump, regularly
flooding and with it's own spring. |
