civil parish of Old Basing and Lychpit which in turn is part of the Basing ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. The Basing ward elects three councillors to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and is part of the Basingstoke constituency in elections to Parliament. The current Member of Parliament for Basingstoke is Maria Miller (Conservative) and the current councillors are Onnalee Cubitt (Independent), Stephen Marks (Conservative) and Sven Godesen (Conservative). Education Old Basing provides both an infant school and a junior school. The junior school, named St Mary's, is aided by the Church of England. A new primary school has recently opened in nearby Lychpit. There are a variety of secondary schools in the Basingstoke area. Sport Old Basing Rovers F.C., founded in 2017, is the local football team and successor to the original Basing Rovers football team founded in 1886 and dissolved in the 1990s. The Recreation Ground in Old Basing is used for a variety of sporting events as well as the Old Basing Carnival. There are rugby union and football pitches which overlap a cricket ground in addition to five tennis courts, an archery area and a lawn bowling green. Literature Edward Lear makes reference to Old Basing in his Book of Nonsense: There was an Old Person of Basing, Whose presence of mind was amazing; He purchased a steed, Which he rode at full speed, And escaped from the people of Basing. People William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, buried at St. Mary's Church John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, buried at St. Mary's Church Elizabeth Paulet, buried at St. Mary's Church William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester, buried at St. Mary's Church Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, buried at St. Mary's Church William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, buried at St. Mary's Church Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, buried at St. Mary's Church Notes References External links Old Basing parish council Britannia: History of St. Mary's Church, Old Basing Villages in Hampshire