Image courtesy of Steve Liddle Basing House, home of John Paulet, the fifth Marquess of Winchester, was known as Loyalty House for the fierce commitment of the Marquess to the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. As the House guarded the main road from London to the west country (now

Saturday and Sunday 5th& 6th August 2023 A Very Uncivil War After nearly a decade of a destructive civil war between the Monarchy and his Parliament, King Charles I has been executed but still his Royalist supporters fight on until the bitter end The date is early September 1651, Lady Abigail Parkington and her