Literature
Edward Lear makes reference to Old Basing in his Book of Nonsense of 1846 (number 37):
"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."
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