WATERLOOVILLE with STAKES formerly an extra-parochial village, was in 1858 constituted a parish, and named Waterloo. Waterlooville, during the summer, is filled with visitors from Portsmouth and Southsea, attracted thither by the purity of the air, which is particularly suitable for those who require a more bracing atmosphere and yet one that is adapted to weak chests. 

London Road, Waterlooville 1913		Oaklands Lodge, Stakes Hill Road Waterlooville
Stakes Post Office, Stakes Hill Road Waterlooville
The above Photographs by C. H. T Marshall  from the Steve Pethybridge Collection. Kindly donated by Steve Pethybridge

The village abounds in lodging houses, and is 3 miles north from the Cosham station of the South Western railway, 62 by road from London, 4 north-west from Havant, 7 from Portsmouth, in the Southern division of the county. Finch Dean hundred, Catherington union, Portsmouth county court district, Winchester diocese and archdeaconry, and Havant rural deanery, situate near the forest of Bere. 

Copse Lane Stakes Hill Photographs by C. H. T Marshall  from the Steve Pethybridge Collection. Kindly contributed by Steve Pethybridge

The church of St. George is in a mixed style, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles, with a small square tower containing 1 bell. 

The register dates from 1836. . It is expected a school will be opened during the present year (1875). 

At Stakes is a school, supported by John Deverell, esq., and subscriptions; also a large Government Industrial school. 

The population in 1871 was 283.