Flint spearheads, arrowheads, scrapers, flakes and cores dating from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic times have been found.

An Irish decorated axe and two bracelets engraved with parallel lines and chevrons have been found, and there are plentiful Bronze Age features on the chalk hangers above the village and at Berry Grove, the Wylds and at Peacewood, Farther Common.

[citation needed] In the time of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066), the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, there was a mill in operation at Liss paying an annual rent.

The earliest written mention of Liss (as Lyss or Lis) may be that found in the 1086 Domesday book in the Hundred of Meonstoke.

[7][8] At the time of the Domesday Survey, the manor of Liss might have formed part of the original endowment of the Abbey of St. Mary at Winchester.

It would have been deeded by King Stephen, with the churches of Bentworth and Odiham for the master of the Choristers' School of Salisbury and the chancellor of the cathedral.

The Village Stocks were sited here, near an ancient oak which, now entirely hollow, remains in front of the current Spread Eagle Inn.

[citation needed] A traditional fair was held in May in the field between the Spread Eagle Inn and Church Street, opposite the glebe meadow where Liss Cricket Club now plays.

[citation needed] Serving the community, St Peter's Church, (West) Liss, was built in stone in the 13th century, replacing the earlier timber structure.

The existing Octagonal font, mullioned and transomed window in south aisle and indeed the distinctive weatherboard top stage of tower are later.

The monastic establishment at Lyss Place then passed into private ownership and was subsequently held variously by the Cole, Fitzpatrick, Taylor and Hawkshaw families.

[citation needed] Liss remained primarily an agricultural village in an open setting, but became known in the 19th century for the production of peppermint, an industry sponsored by the Money family of Stodham Park.

Clara Maria Burdett married into the Money-Coutts of Stodham Park (died 22 December 1899) and lived at the house.

Under the Inclosure Award the West Liss Recreation Ground, the four allotments sites "for the labouring poor of the parish" and a number of roads were created.

[citation needed] In light of the reducing role of the British military in the 1960s, it was decided by the Ministry of Defence to close the railway.

Local locomotive preservation groups, on hearing of its impending closure, became interested in acquiring the complete rail system to establish a unique transport museum.

The offer was accepted by the societies and a provisional lease was drawn up while planning permission was sought for developments at Liss.

Longmoor Military Railway closed down with a ceremonial last day of operation on 31 October 1969, though for another two years some locomotives and stock remained on site, and there were occasional movements.

[10] Immediately after World War II, local authority housing was built in East Liss under the William Beveridge programmes.

[citation needed] Newer, and smaller developments on brownfield sites have been necessitated by increasing population pressure, and government policy which continues.

Dependent on the wind direction, the sound from the road can be heard in East and West Liss and throughout the area, in the Hangars and Hill Brow.

It is assumed that the demographic profile has shifted from a largely rural base to accommodate commuters due to good road (A3) and railway (Portsmouth Direct Line) links to London.