Northney is a village on north Hayling island in the borough of

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in the county of

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, England. It is on the north coast of the island, east of where the A3023 meets the shore of the island and north of North Hayling. Hayling Island marina is nearby.

History

The local

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, St Peter's is a mid 12th century

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church.St Peter's Church Guide. The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies. After the

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, the lands and properties of North Hayling were feued from the Bishop of Winchester to

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in Normandy. By 1140, the abbey had paid for St Peters church to be built for the local community. The church has three bells, cast around 1350. Princess Catherine Yurievskaya (1878-1959), a daughter of Alexander II of Russia, is buried in the graveyard of St Peters. In 1694, it was reported that 30 villagers subscribed three guineas each to fight

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in the Nine Years' War. North Hayling railway station was a railway station to the west of the village that opened in 1867 and closed in 1963."Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell,V./Smith,K (In association with Bell,A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984

HMS Northney

HMS Northney (HMS ''Northney I'', HMS ''Northney II'', HMS ''Northney III'' and HMS ''Northnney IV'') was a

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landing craft training base to the north of the village (Northney I was near the present-day marina). Northney I and Northney II were holiday camps requisitioned for use by the war department.

References

Populated coastal places in Hampshire Villages in Hampshire Hayling Island {{hampshire-geo-stub