Printed Material

Electoral Registers

The annual printouts from 1962 to date are available on request at the Enquiry Desk.

Fleet & Crookham Directory

This publication, mostly by Wm. May, provides a brief description of the main features of both Fleet and Crookham and lists of residents/occupants. The listings are in two parts; a) by road, showing the trade carried out if commercial premises and b) alphabetical order of surname.

The library has the 1910, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1936, 1939 and 1950 editions. The directories are available on request at the Enquiry Desk.

Local History Group Newsletters

The Fleet & Crookham Local History Group Newsletter is published three times a year and in addition to reports on Group activities it also carries articles on the area's local history. The current issue and back numbers from 1986 will be found on top of the filing cabinet near the Local History shelves in the Reference Section. It is expected that an Index will be available for this by the end of 2001.

Local Newspapers

The current issues of Fleet News, Fleet Mail, Fleet Courier and Surrey-Hants Star are on the shelves in the Periodicals Section. Copies are kept for six months and these back issues are available on request at the Enquiry Desk. Additionally there are bound copies of the Fleet News for 1908, 1909, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917. These are in a unit alongside the map chest in the Reference Section.

Parish Magazines

The current issue of the All Saints Church (Fleet) Parish Magazine is on the rack in the Periodicals Section. Back issues from 1966 are available on request at the Enquiry Desk. There is no index for this publication.

The current issue of the Christ Church (Church Crookham) Parish Magazine is on the rack in the Periodicals Section. Back issues from 1985 are available on request at the Enquiry Desk. There is no index for this publication.

Basingstoke Canal News

This is published quarterly and contains articles on current happenings on the canal and in the Canal Society and items relating to the history of the canal. The current issue and back issues from Spring 1995 are on top of the filing cabinet alongside the Local History area in the Reference Section. There is no index for this publication.

Photographs

A small collection of photographs and postcards is held, mostly in black & white but some in colour. These pictures, which are not indexed, may be viewed on application to the Enquiry Desk.

Population Statistics

Extracts from the 1991 Census, in the form of summary statistics, are available for Hart District on application to the Enquiry Desk. There are no names or addresses in this information. Similar information is available on microfiche.

Town Plans

A small stock of plans produced by Chas. E Goad Ltd is held. These show the location of properties in Fleet town centre and their owners/occupiers. Plans for 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 are available on request at the Enquiry Desk.

Hampshire, the County Magazine

The current issue of this monthly magazine is on the rack in the seating area of the lending library. The index to the back issues shows there have been a number of articles relating to Fleet & Crookham and this Index and its updates are on the shelf in the Local History area of the Reference Section. Back issues of the magazine from 1963 are available on request at the Enquiry Desk.

Hart District Council Minutes

Copies of the Minutes of the current year's meetings are on the shelf on the back wall by the "WHICH" magazines of the Reference Section. Council Minutes for the past five years are available on request at the Enquiry Desk. [Note that Minutes of Fleet Urban District Council and Hartley Wintney Rural District Council - the HDC predecessors - are kept at the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester.]

Hart Structure Plan Documents

The Hart Local Plan 1996-2006, the Hart District (Replacement) Local Plan and the report of the Public Local Inquiry into Objections are all on the shelves on the back wall by the "WHICH" magazines in the Reference Section. Previous Local Plan documents are available on request at the Enquiry Desk.

Elvetham Heath Design Brief

The Design Brief (February 1999) and the Appendix containing the Plans and Drawings are on a shelf on the back wall by the "WHICH" magazines in the Reference Section.

Elvetham Heath Update

This occasional publication from the Elvetham Heath developers contains information on the latest happenings and plans for the estate. The current issue is on a shelf on the back wall by the "WHICH" magazines in the Reference Section. Back issues are available on request from the Enquiry Desk.

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