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The Wellesley Arms was once a stop for coaches from London to Exeter. It closed c1840 when the railway reached Basingstoke.

Source: David Fisher

Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsony, brother of Lady Caroline Lamb, died suddenly here, on January 11th 1837. H was distinguished in the Peninsular war and at Waterloo where received several serious wounds.

James Molloy (May 2021)

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