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Holy Ghost Chapel
On an eminence at the northern extremity of Basingstoke are the remains of the Holy Ghost Chapel, described by Camden as having been erected in the reign of Henry VIII, by Sir William (afterwards Lord) Sandys for the use of a fraternity of the same name. Mr. Carter, however, is of opinion that the architecture of the chapel is not of later date than the reign of Edward IV, although carvings appear to have been added and alterations made in that of Henry VIII. The fraternity was dissolved in the reign of Edward VI, and its possessions vested in the crown ; it was restored by Mary I and the possessions granted anew 'for the maintenance of a priest for the celebration of divine service, and for the instruction of the young men and boys of the town of Basingstoke.' The fraternity became extinct about the commencement of the seventeenth century, and the estate was seized by parliament, and the building dilapidated and school shut up during the civil wars ; Bishop Morley, however, procured the restoration of the estate, about 1670, for ecclesiastical purposes to which it is still applied.
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