Adhurst (also known as Adhurst St Mary) is a
hamlet
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in
Hampshire
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,
United Kingdom
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. The settlement is within the
civil parish
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of
Steep, and is located approximately north-east of
Petersfield
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...
.
Lothian Bonham-Carter
Lothian George Bonham-Carter J.P. (29 September 1858 – 1 January 1927) was an English cricketer. Bonham-Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow roundarm bowler, but with which arm is unknown, but he was one of the last cricketers ...
of the
Bonham Carter family The Bonham-Carter family is a British family that has included several prominent people active in various spheres in the United Kingdom.
Antecedents
The Bonham-Carter family are the descendants of John Bonham-Carter (1788–1838), who was the firs ...
was born in the hamlet in 1858.
Villages in Hampshire
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