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| Whitehill includes the military camps of
both Longmoor and Bordon and these form one of the most important
military establishments in the south of England. It was at Longmoor Camp
that officers and men were trained in the skill of operating a railway
and the Longmoor Military Railway which sadly closed in 1969 had an
extensive mileage of line which was regularly used for both goods and
military passenger traffic, as the line connected with the British Rail
network at Bordon and also at Liss. Whitehill is a fairly new village though there is evidence to show that settlements were here during the Stone Age and at Hogmoor Enclosure in 1867 the biggest hoard of Roman relics ever to be found in Great Britain were unearthed here. Since then more Roman 'treasures' have been uncovered in the neighbourhood, and it is said that the Roman road from Aldershot ran through Blackmoor and the edge of Whitehill to the fort at Portchester. Bordon camp was constructed in 1902 and the railway ran from here to Longmoor through Whitehill and a cargo of sheds were being transported on wagons when one fell off and was used as the police station. The very first person recorded to be born in Whitehill was Alice Whitehill Lemon who was born in a small flint and stone house that was built in 1866. Gradually over the years more and more was added to the village, the Whitehill Working Men's Club in 1902,the first Whitehill Petty Sessions on 3rd Jul 1905, 1928 Whitehill Parish Council was formed, in the 1970s the village hall was built next to the Working Men's Club and houses have sprung up to meet the growing demand of people wanting to live here,
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