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Business Est. 1857
British Association
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Armishaws Group
Petersfield Removals
Keeping families on the move since 1857. Contact our team today to get a free quote from Hampshire’s trusted removals experts.
Our Removals Service Includes…
Removals Coordinator
On hand to help you through to your completed move.
Mileage
There are no hidden costs. All our quotes include mileage.
Goods in Transit Cover
Restricted liability is provided as standard.*
Robe Cartons
Clothes travel in style in our robe cartons.
Covers & Blankets
Slot-on, padded covers protect white goods and furniture.
Carbon Footprint Offsetting
To offset carbon emissions we’re planting 2,000 trees.
Uniformed Crew
Our trained crews are DBS checked and carry photo ID.
Recycled Materials
We use recycled/recyclable materials where possible.
Biodegradable Mattress Bags
Mattress bags are used once, then recycled.
Carpet Runners
Floor protection is available for both locations.**
About Petersfield
Population
14,996 – 2021 UK Census
Local Authority
Local Schools
Nearest…
Train Station
Petersfield
Town centre
Airport
Southampton
25 miles – 44 minutes
Golf Course
Petersfield Pay & Play
1.5 miles – 5 minutes
Theatre
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
15 miles – 28 minutes
Museum
Petersfield Museum & Art Gallery
Town centre
Waste & Recycling
Petersfield Recycling Centre
1 mile – 4 minutes
Extra Services
Packing
Comprehensive expert packing services, from single room, specialist items to complete home contents packing.
Storage
Short and long-term containerised storage. We'll collect from your old home and deliver to your new property.
Packing Materials
Wardrobe cartons, boxes, packing materials, tape, paper wrap. Made from recycled and recyclable materials.
A Very Short History of Petersfield
1198
A charter is granted by King John, allowing a weekly market.
1415
King Henry V grants the town the right to collect and manage their own taxes for picage (feather plucking), stallage (market stalls), murage (building walls), pontage (repairing bridges) and pannage (allowing pigs to eat fallen nuts and acorns).
1568
An outbreak of the bubonic plague hits the town. Sadly it will not be the last.
1661
On the May 1, the famous diarist Samuel Pepys stays at the same Petersfield inn that recently welcomed King Charles II as a guest. Pepys wrote: “Up early and baited at Petersfield in the room which the king lay in lately at his being there. Here very merry and played with our wives at bowls”.
1672
Local merchant, Thomas Antroubs leaves money in his will to provide an alms-house for 12 poor men and women”.
1674
A smallpox outbreak claims a number of lives.
1722
Richard Churcher bequeaths money to provide a school for boys to learn skills to prepare them for life in the East India Company.
1836
A workhouse opens in Love Lane.
1852
Gas lighting is first introduced.
1884
A system of sewers and drains is built.
1933
The Petersfield Community Service Committee provides land, tools and seeds for the unemployed to grow food during the Great Depression.
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