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Homewell Spring

Photograph at the Homewell Spring plaque

The Homewell Spring. The settlement here, almost certainly Roman, and possibly pre-Roman, depended on this spring. Havant was named after it, the name appearing on documents before the Norman conquest, and stemming from "Funta" - a spring. The unusual qualities of the water fostered the growth of the Havant parchment industry that operated near here until 1936.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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