By Tim Lambert
Early Hayling Island
6th Century The Saxons land in Southeast Hampshire
1086 The population of Hayling Island is about 300. Hayling has a salt pan.
12th Century St Peters Church is built
13th Century St Marys Church is built
1777 Hayling Manor House is built
1801 Hayling Island has a population of 578
1824 A wooden bridge is built across the channel to Langstone
1826 Norfolk hotel is built
1848 The Rose in June pub opens
1865 Hayling Island gains a lifeboat
1867 A railway opens from Hayling Island to Havant
1883 A golf course opens on Hayling Island
1898 All of Hayling island has a piped water supply
Modern Hayling Island
1901 Hayling Island has a population of over 1,600
1931 An amusement park opens on Hayling Island
1950 Hayling Island has a population of over 5,500
1956 A new Hayling Bridge is built
1962 Hayling County Secondary School opens
1963 The railway to Havant closes
1966 A new library opens
1967 Mengham Infants School opens
1975 St Andrews Church is built
1981 An amusement park opens
1995 Hayling gains a new lifeboat station
1997 Station Theatre opens
2003 East Hayling Light Railway opens
