A Buriton Timeline

An at-a-glance guide to notable local events.

An illustrated timeline spanning the period from 7000 BC to the start if the 21st century.

With answers to so many questions:

• when was the present church built?
• when did Samuel Pepys ride past Butser Hill?
• which road became one of the first Turnpikes in the country?
• when was the church struck by lightening with parts destroyed by fire?
• when did the famous historian, Edward Gibbon, live at Buriton Manor?
• when was the current school built?
• when was the railway line built?
• until when was the church tower completely covered in ivy?
• when was the Roman villa at Holt Down excavated?
• when did the village receive mains electricity?
• when were the Buriton lime works closed?
• when did the village first get a mains water supply?
• when was the Methodist Chapel in the High Street demolished?
• when did hop-growing finish?
• when was the Queen Elizabeth Country Park opened?
• when was a gas supply provided to the village?
• when was the new village hall opened?
• when did the village shop close down?

And many, many more …