Hayling Island

1819

The oysters were actively farmed between as early as 1819 until the 1970s.

1826

Hayling Island is an island off the south coast of England, in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, east of Portsmouth. ==History== An Iron Age shrine in the north of Hayling Island was later developed into a Roman temple in the 1st century BC and was first recorded in Richard Scott's Topographical and Historical Account of Hayling Island, published in 1826.

1867

It opened on 17 July 1867, coinciding with the local races.

1897

The site was excavated between 1897 and 1907 and again from 1976 to 1978.

1904

The west window of St Mary's Church, Hayling Island was installed to his memory Maurice Wilks, a British automotive and aeronautical engineer was born at Eastoke, Hayling Island on 19 August 1904.

1907

The site was excavated between 1897 and 1907 and again from 1976 to 1978.

1911

Founded in 1911, Seacourt Tennis club is one of only a handful in the UK where it is possible to play every recognised racquet sport.

1944

Mary's graveyard. The island was the location of a mock invasion during the military Exercise Fabius in May 1944, rehearsing the preparations for D-Day. In 1982, British courts recognised prior art by Peter Chilvers, who as a young boy on Hayling Island assembled his first board combined with a sail, in 1958.

1958

Mary's graveyard. The island was the location of a mock invasion during the military Exercise Fabius in May 1944, rehearsing the preparations for D-Day. In 1982, British courts recognised prior art by Peter Chilvers, who as a young boy on Hayling Island assembled his first board combined with a sail, in 1958.

1959

He died with the sinking of the Titanic. Martin White (1779–1846), Hydrologist responsible for maritime mapping of areas including Jersey, English Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Sea Princess Catherine Yurievskaya, the youngest daughter of Alexander II of Russia, lived on Hayling Island for many years and was buried at St Peter's church in 1959. Robert Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, was a British Commodore of the Royal Navy, inherited Deene Park in Northamptonshire.

1963

Services ended on 3 November 1963, and the bridge was demolished in 1966.

1966

Services ended on 3 November 1963, and the bridge was demolished in 1966.

1970

The oysters were actively farmed between as early as 1819 until the 1970s.

1976

The site was excavated between 1897 and 1907 and again from 1976 to 1978.

1978

The site was excavated between 1897 and 1907 and again from 1976 to 1978.

1982

Mary's graveyard. The island was the location of a mock invasion during the military Exercise Fabius in May 1944, rehearsing the preparations for D-Day. In 1982, British courts recognised prior art by Peter Chilvers, who as a young boy on Hayling Island assembled his first board combined with a sail, in 1958.

1986

This event, run entirely by local unpaid volunteers, was started in 1986 by local cyclist Peter McQuade and has been run every year since.

1996

Although large sections of the walls have since collapsed into the harbour, much of shape and scale of the beds can still be seen today. In 1996, the oyster beds on the north west coast of Hayling Island were restored by the Havant Borough Council, creating a wildlife haven which has become an important seabird breeding site.

2009

The case, Chilvers, Hayling, and a replica of Chilvers' original board were featured on an episode of the BBC's The One Show in 2009. On 20 October 2013, at least one hundred properties on the island were damaged when it was hit by a tornado.

2013

The case, Chilvers, Hayling, and a replica of Chilvers' original board were featured on an episode of the BBC's The One Show in 2009. On 20 October 2013, at least one hundred properties on the island were damaged when it was hit by a tornado.

2015

The ferry service ceased when the company running the ferry went into administration in March 2015.

2016

It was reopened in August 2016 by Baker Trayte Marine Ltd. During the ferry's closure, the only public connection between Hayling Island and the mainland was the single carriageway road linking Northney to Langstone Havant.

Peter's Church, Northney The Hayling Ferry (Ferry reopened August 2016 after a year out of service) The Kench, near Ferry Point The RNLI Lifeboat station at Sandy Point ==See also== List of places of worship in the Borough of Havant ==References== Islands of Hampshire Populated coastal places in Hampshire Beaches of Hampshire Borough of Havant

2018

A railway gatehouse, located opposite Mill Lane, was burned down on 15 November 2018; no other building is believed to survive. A tourist attraction – the East Hayling Light Railway – is a gauge railway which runs for just over from Beachlands Station to Eastoke Corner with aspirations to extend the route to Ferry Point within the next few years. The nearest railway station to Hayling Island is Havant, just on to the mainland off Hayling Island.

Up to 2018, over £1,700,000 had been collected for more than 500 good causes.




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