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Baughurst is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is located west of the town of Tadley, 6mi north of Basingstoke. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,473.The village is known for its feud with Tadley in the manufacture of besom brooms.HistoryA number of tumuli are in the parish, suggesting that a settlement may have been in the Baughurst area in the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman times. Portway, the Roman road between London and Dorchester via nearby Silchester, ran through the parish. The recorded history of Baughurst traces to Anglo Saxon Britain. In 885, the area was given to the Bishop of Winchester, and became part of Hurstbourne Priors near Andover. Baughurst was not mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086; it was probably still part of Hurstbourne Priors. During the late 13th century, a number of tithings within Baughurst were held by the Coudray family on behalf of Edward I.

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