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Lockerley
Lockerley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England on the border with Wiltshire. The village lies on the southern bank of the River Dun about two miles upstream from its confluence with the River Test and about east of West Dean which is just over the Wiltshire border. The parish has a population of around 827 people. The nearest town is Romsey, about to the south-east and is about 13 miles from Salisbury. The parish church of St John is Victorian. There is also a Baptist chapel. The Wessex Main Line railway crosses the parish, the nearest stations being at Dunbridge and West Dean. Facilities In Lockerley there is a village shop, a garage, a school ( Lockerley C of E Primary School) and 2 churches (one baptist and one Victorian). History Lockerley Camp Iron Age hillfort lies just to the East of Lockerley. Lockerley Hall was used to house soldiers during the First World War. In the Second World War, Lockerley was the site of a huge storehouse for the US Army p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockerley C Of E Primary School
Lockerley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England on the border with Wiltshire. The village lies on the southern bank of the River Dun (River Test), River Dun about two miles upstream from its confluence with the River Test and about east of West Dean, Wiltshire, West Dean which is just over the Wiltshire border. The parish has a population of around 827 people. The nearest town is Romsey, about to the south-east and is about 13 miles from Salisbury. The parish church of St John is Victorian. There is also a Baptist chapel. The Wessex Main Line railway crosses the parish, the nearest stations being at Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station, Dunbridge and Dean railway station, West Dean. Facilities In Lockerley there is a village shop, a garage, a school (Lockerley C of E Primary School) and 2 churches (one baptist and one Victorian). History Lockerley Camp Iron Age hillfort lies just to the East of Lockerley. Lockerley Hall was used to house soldiers during the Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockerley Camp
Lockerley Camp is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Hampshire. Situated on a low gravel-capped plateau, it covers approximately 5 acres and is now much reduced by ploughing, for the majority of the site falls into farmland, although a small area to the north is within a small coppice and the earthworks are more discernible here.https://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol09/page079.html Hampshire Treasures website Location The site is located at , and lies to the east of the village of Lockerley, in the county of Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi .... Immediately to the north lies the River Dun. The site lies at a level of approximately 40m AOD. References __NOTOC__ {{Iron Age hillforts in England Iron Age sites in England Build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Luke
Frederick Luke VC (29 September 1895 – 12 March 1983) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was 18 years old, and a Driver in the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau, France, when a captain (Douglas Reynolds) of the same battery was trying to save two guns which had been recaptured, Driver Luke and another driver (Job Henry Charles Drain) volunteered to help and gave great assistance in the eventual saving of one of the guns. At the time they were under heavy fire from the enemy who were only away. He later achieved the rank of sergeant and served during World War II as a ground gunner with the Royal Air Force. Fred Luke was a guest of honour of 93 Le cateau Field Battery shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dun (River Test)
The River Dun is a tributary of the River Test in southern England, which flows for in a generally easterly direction through rural parts of Wiltshire and Hampshire. The river rises to the east of Salisbury near Clarendon Park, where it has been dammed to form a lake. It flows south towards West Grimstead, then turns east and crosses the county border into Hampshire as it passes between the villages of West Dean and East Dean. After passing north of Lockerley and Dunbridge, it joins the Test near Kimbridge.''Soulful Nature: A spiritual field guide'', Brian Draper, Howard Green, 2020 The Test ultimately drains into Southampton Water. The valley is followed by the Southampton to Salisbury railway and bore the route of the Salisbury and Southampton Canal The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was intended to be a 13-mile long canal in southern England from Redbridge, Hampshire, Redbridge, now a western suburb of Southampton at the head of Southampton Water, to Salisbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. Salisbury Cathedral was formerly north of the city at Old Sarum. The cathedral was relocated and a settlement grew up around it, which received a city charter in 1227 as . This continued to be its official name until 2009, when Salisbury City Council was established. Salisbury railway station is an interchange between the West of England Main Line and the Wessex Main Line. Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is northwest of Salisbury. Name The name ''Salisbury'', which is first recorded around the year 900 as ''Searoburg'' ( dative ''Searobyrig''), is a partial translation of the Roman Celtic name ''Sorbiodūnum''. The Brittonic suffix ''-dūnon'', meaning "fortress" (in reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Europe
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings. A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August. The decision to undertake a cross-channel invasion in 1944 was taken at the Trident Conference in Washington in May 1943. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, and General Bernard Montgomery was named commander of the 21st Army Group, which comprised all the land forces involved in the invasion. The coast of Normandy of northwestern France was chosen as the site of the invasion, with the Americans assigned to land at sectors code ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Railway Station
Dean railway station, also shown as Dean (Wilts), serves the village of West Dean in Wiltshire, England. The station is on the Wessex Main Line, from . Whilst the station building is in Wiltshire, the platforms straddle the county boundary with Hampshire. South Western Railway (SWR) operates a regular service between Salisbury and Southampton Central via Romsey. This runs hourly during the week, with a two-hourly service on Sundays, and uses two-car Class 158 units. As a result of the introduction of the SWR service, the number of Great Western Railway (GWR) trains between Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ... that stop at Dean was reduced. Since October 2011, there have been no GWR trains stopping at Dean, and from April 2020 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mottisfont & Dunbridge Railway Station
Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station serves the village of Dunbridge in Hampshire, England. It is on the Wessex Main Line, from . It is the closest station to Mottisfont Abbey and the village of Mottisfont, and was renamed Mottisfont & Dunbridge in 2006 to reflect this, having been previously known simply as Dunbridge. Mottisfont previously had a station of its own on the Andover to Romsey line, known as the Sprat and Winkle Line, but this closed on 7 September 1964 under the Beeching Axe. Since 9 December 2007, a new service has served Mottisfont & Dunbridge. It runs from Salisbury to Southampton Central, via Romsey. South Western Railway operates the service using two-car Class 158 units. In consequence, Mottisfont & Dunbridge now has a roughly hourly service, a great improvement over the previous frequency. As a result of this, Great Western Railway no longer serves the station, although it continued to manage the station, and the station still carried First Great We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wessex Main Line
The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at and the West of England Main Line at . Places served The places served are listed below. *Bristol Temple Meads * Keynsham * Oldfield Park * Bath Spa ** Great Western Main Line diverges to Chippenham, Swindon and London Paddington * Freshford *Avoncliff *Bradford-on-Avon *Trowbridge * Westbury **Heart of Wessex Line diverges to Weymouth *Dilton Marsh *Warminster *Salisbury *Dean * Mottisfont & Dunbridge * Romsey ** Eastleigh to Romsey Line diverges to Chandler's Ford and Eastleigh *Southampton Passenger services are currently operated by Great Western Railway Portsmouth - Cardiff services, supplemented by South Western Railway between Salisbury and Southampton, and by Great Western high-speed express services between Bristol and Bath. Some s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romsey
Romsey ( ) is a historic market town in the county of Hampshire, England. Romsey was home to the 17th-century philosopher and economist William Petty and the 19th-century British prime minister, Lord Palmerston, whose statue has stood in the town centre since 1857. The town was also home to the 20th-century naval officer and statesman Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who lived at Broadlands. Romsey Abbey, the largest parish church in Hampshire, dominates the centre of the town. Other notable buildings include a 13th-century hunting lodge, an 18th-century coaching inn and the 19th-century Corn Exchange. The town is situated northwest of Southampton, southwest of Winchester and southeast of Salisbury. It sits on the outskirts of the New Forest, just over northeast of its eastern edge. The population of Romsey was 14,768 at the 2011 Census. Romsey is one of the principal towns in the Test Valley Borough and lies on the River Test, which is known for fly fishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romsey (constituency)
Romsey was a seat of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1983–2010 which accordingly (as with all seats since 1950) elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is virtually tantamount to its replacement Romsey and Southampton North which takes in two typical-size local government wards of the United Kingdom named after and approximate to the Bassett and Swaythling parts of Southampton. Boundaries 1983–1997: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Abbey, Blackwater, Chilworth and Nursling, Cuppernham, Field, North Baddesley, Romsey Extra, and Tadburn, and the District of New Forest wards of Blackfield and Langley, Colbury, Dibden and Hythe North, Dibden Purlieu, Fawley Holbury, Hythe South, Marchwood, Netley Marsh, Totton Central, Totton North, and Totton South. 1997–2010: The Borough of Test Valley wards of Abbey, Blackwater, Chilworth and Nursling, Cuppernham, Dun Valley, Field, Harewood, Kings Somborne and Michelmersh, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
