The village of Waterlooville began
in 1815. After 1810 the forest of Bere was divided into plots
and sold for building. By 1815 there were 5 buildings by the
side of the road that ran through it.
One of these was an Inn called the Heroes of Waterloo, after
the battle that had just been fought by Wellington. The new
settlement was called Waterloo after the Inn.
