Farleigh Wallop is a small 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
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, approximately south of
Basingstoke on the slopes of
Farleigh Hill (208 m). The parish includes about .
Since 1486, Farleigh Wallop has been the home of the Wallop family, including
John Wallop
Sir John Wallop, KG (c. 1490 – 13 July 1551) was an English soldier and diplomat who belonged to an old Hampshire family from the village of Farleigh Wallop.
Biography
Wallop, was son of Stephen Wallop by the daughter of Hugh Ashley.
Wal ...
,
Henry Wallop
Sir Henry Wallop (c. 1540 – 14 April 1599) was an English statesman.
Biography
Henry Wallop was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Wallop (d. 1566) of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire. Having inherited the estates of his father and of his uncle, Sir Joh ...
, and
Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth, whose seat,
Farleigh House
Farleigh House, or Farleigh Castle, sometimes called Farleigh New Castle, is a large English country house in the county of Somerset, formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate. Much of the stone to build it came from the nearby Farlei ...
, is in the village.
References
External links
"Parishes: Farleigh Wallop", A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 364-366, British History Online
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Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane
Villages in Hampshire