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Just
a breif note on the Hogs Back.
The
Hogs Back, formed part of a long distance route from Marazion in
Cornwall to the Straits of Dover. This route was known as the Harrow Way.
At
some stage it was thought to be a railway track, probably used by
the Phoenicians around 1000BC used in all likleyhood for bringing Tin
from Cornwall.
The
Domesday Survey records the Normans as naming a feild nearby Les
Crates (The Crates) suggesting they also used this route.
In
1643 the Roundheads used this route to save Farnham from destruction
during the Civil war (1642-1649)
1829
Semaphore
station and house for the commanding officer built at the top of
Poyle Hill, forming part of a chain of stations between London and
Portsmouth. The Hogs Back Hotel now stand on the old Semaphore site
The
first known recording of the name Hogs Back is in 1823. It was first
known as Geldedon around 1190 & Guildowne around 1485 then Gill
Down until 1832 when the name Hogs Back came in to popular usage.
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