Crampmoor is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Test Valley
Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, a ...
district of
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
, England. It is in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Romsey Extra
Romsey Extra is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Test Valley, Borough of Test Valley and the England, English county of Hampshire. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 3,276, although due to the ongoing 800 home Abbotswood, H ...
. Its nearest town is
Romsey, which lies approximately 2 miles (3.1 km) west from the village.
There was no local church in Crampmoor and church services were held in large room in James Feltham’s house at New Pond. In 1858 Caroline Rolfe of New Pond and her sister-in-law Jane Feltham, also of New Pond and Caroline Suckling of Highwood House, all equally donated the funds to build a combined St Swithun's church and school room which was completed in 1859.
External links
Old photographs of Crampmoor and Woodley: http://www.woodleynet.co.uk/old_woodley.htm
Villages in Hampshire
Test Valley
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