A TIMELINE OF WATERLOOVILLE
By Tim Lambert
1711 A turnpike road is built through the forest between Purbrook and Horndean
1810 The forest is divided into plots and sold for building
1815 An inn called the Heroes of Waterloo stands by the road. The new settlement around the inn is called Waterloo (later it was called Waterlooville)
1831 St George's Church is consecrated
1836 Admiral Charles Napier buys a house and renames it Merchistoun Hall
1847 Gales Ales is founded in Horndean
1851 Waterlooville has a population of 195
1854 A Baptist Chapel is built in Chapel Road
1860 A Boys School opens in Horndean
c. 1867 An inn called the Spotted Cow is built
1869 Purbrook Industrial School opens
1880 All Saints Church is built
1881 Hulbert Road is built
1885 St Michael's Convent is built
1901 Waterlooville has a population of 609. The estate around Hart Plain House is sold for building.
1903 The Horndean Light Railway begins
1904 Waterlooville gains gas street light
1908 Wadham Brothers begin making coaches
1929 Butser Turf is founded
1932 Havant and Waterlooville Urban District Council is formed
1935 Horndean Light Railway closes
1936 The Curzon Cinema opens
1939 A fire station opens in Horndean
1951 Waterlooville has a population of 2,881. It begins to grow very rapidly. Cowplain and Horndean also grow rapidly.
1959 The Curzon Cinema closes
1962 A shopping arcade is built on the east side of London Road
1964 Plessey move to Waterlooville
1965-66 Wellington Arcade is built
1973 Waterlooville Library moves to a new building
1983 Waterlooville inner relief road is built
1985 London Road Shopping Centre is made a precinct
1991 A swimming pool opens
2000 Dukes Walk opens
2006 Horndean brewery closes