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  The Tempest
  In 1686 a massive thunderstorm broke over Alton and caused great consternation in St. Lawrence Church where the Minister was in the middle of a service.

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  New - The Crimean War - some local connections
  That this conflict (1854-6) left a mark on the history of Hampshireand can still to be seen today in house, street and public house names.

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  New - Commodore Augustus Agar VC
  Captain Augustus Willington Shelton Agar had served in both World Wars in the Royal Navy, and had been awarded the Victoria Cross

Featured local history

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  The true story of "Sweet Fanny Adams"
  The origin of the expression 'Sweet Fanny Adams' - a tale of murder.

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  The Curtis Museum Story
  How the Victorian buildings at the top of Crown Hill became the Curtis Museum

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  A Visit to the Hop Garden
  Hand tinted lantern slides of the 1880s arranged by the Rev AE Wright for a lecture in November 1898.

• 15th century Saints Ring
• 17th century trade tokens
• A Visit to the Hop Garden
• Alton and the Great War
• Churches
• Commodore Augustus Agar VC
• Film and video of Alton
• Fire Brigade
• Hop growing in Alton
• Inns
• Iron Age stater die
• Lest We Forget - Alton's War Memorial
• Letter boxes
• Pest Houses and Hospitals
• Police Station
• Post Office
• Street numbering
• The Centre of the Universe
• The Crimean War - some local connections
• The street names
• The Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital and College
• The Coming of the Railways
• The Curtis Museum Story
• The Paper Mill
• The Centre of the Universe
• The true story of "Sweet Fanny Adams"
• What ever happened to Alton's Spitfire?
• William Curtis the Botanist