Stubbington Timeline
Key events from 1086 to present
Discover the key moments that shaped Stubbington. Explore the events that define our community.
1086
Stubbington Recorded in the Domesday Book
Stubbington appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as 'Stubintone', a small agricultural settlement held by Hugh de Port as part of his extensive Hamp...
c. 1120
Holy Rood Church Founded
A church dedicated to the Holy Rood (the Holy Cross) was established at Stubbington in the early twelfth century, serving the spiritual and social nee...
c. 1550
Stubbington as a Tudor Agricultural Settlement
By the mid-sixteenth century, Stubbington had settled into the pattern that would define it for centuries: a small, dispersed agricultural village of ...
c. 1810
Enclosure of Common Land
The enclosure of Stubbington's common land in the early nineteenth century transformed the village's agricultural landscape. Open fields and common gr...
1841
Stubbington Village School Founded
A village school was established in Stubbington in 1841, providing formal education for the children of the parish. The school was founded under the a...
1917
Naval Seaplane Station Established at Nearby Lee-on-the-Solent
The establishment of the Royal Naval Air Service seaplane training station at Lee-on-the-Solent in 1917 brought the military to Stubbington's doorstep...
1939-1945
Second World War and Daedalus Operations
The Second World War brought significant military activity to the Stubbington area. HMS Daedalus, the naval air station immediately to the south-east,...
1950s-1970s
Post-War Housing Expansion
The decades following the Second World War saw Stubbington transformed from a compact agricultural village into a much larger residential community. H...
c. 1970
Crofton Community Centre Established
The Crofton Community Centre was established on Crofton Lane to serve the growing residential population of northern Stubbington and the wider Crofton...
1990s-2020s
Bypass and Traffic Debates
Traffic through and around Stubbington has been a persistent local concern from the 1990s onward, as growing car ownership and commuter volumes put pr...
Annual, revived c. 2000s
Stubbington Fayre Tradition
The Stubbington Fayre is an annual summer event held on and around the village green, drawing residents from across the community for a day of stalls,...
2010s-present
Daedalus Regeneration and Local Impact
The regeneration of the former HMS Daedalus site, which lies to Stubbington's south-east, has brought significant change to the wider area. The naval ...