![]() ![]() The raised grass to the right is part of St Faith's Church grounds, in the middle of town.Īrcheological digs in the 19th and 20th centuries uncovered evidence of Roman buildings – near St Faith's Church and in Langstone Avenue, along with neolithic and mesolithic remains. The old centre of the town was a small Celtic settlement before Roman times and the town's commerce, retired and commuter population swelled after World War II so as to be usually considered economically part of the Portsmouth conurbation. Housing and population more than doubled in the 20 years following World War II, a period of major conversion of land from agriculture and woodland to housing across the region following the incendiary bombing of Portsmouth and the Blitz. Its borough (population: 125,000 ) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Castle, the larger town of Waterlooville and Langstone Harbour. ![]() Havant ( / ˈ h æ v ə n t/ HAV-ənt) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. ![]()
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