Stratfield Turgis is a small

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 ...

and

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in the north-east of the

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county of

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History

The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (

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feld) by the Roman road (

stræt) from

Silchester Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about south-west of Reading. Silchester is most notable for the archaeological site and Roman town of ...

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, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270.

Governance

The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the

of Stratfield Turgis, and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of

Basingstoke and Deane borough council Basingstoke ( ) is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is situated in south-central England and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon, at the far western edge of The North Downs. It is located north-east of Southa ...

. The borough council is a

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Hampshire County Council Hampshire County Council (HCC) is an English council that governs eleven of the thirteen districts geographically located within the ceremonial county of Hampshire. As one of twenty-four county councils in England, it acts as the upper tier of ...

. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the

Hartley Wespall Hartley Wespall is a civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It is near the larger village of Hook, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.1 km) south-west from the hamlet. St.Mary Church is flint with a Til ...

Geography

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between

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and

Basingstoke Basingstoke ( ) is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is situated in south-central England and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon, at the far western edge of The North Downs. It is located north-east of Southa ...

at . It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and

Turgis Green Turgis Green is a small hamlet in the English county of Hampshire. It is split between the civil parishes of Hartley Wespall and Stratfield Turgis. It contains six Grade II listed buildings and a Grade II listed milestone (on the A33). Govern ...

together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.

Sport and leisure

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club play at

Education

* Daneshill School is a preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13 years old. The school was founded in 1950 in

Sherborne St John Sherborne St John is a village and civil parish near Basingstoke in the English county of Hampshire. History The village was named in the Domesday book as ''Sireburne''. It became ''Shireburna'' (12th century), Schyreburne (13th century) and Sh ...

, under the name of St Salvator's. It moved to the Lutyens-designed Daneshill House in 1954, when it was renamed Daneshill School. In 1973 it moved to

Dogmersfield Park Dogmersfield Park or Dogmersfield House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, now being used as a hotel. It is located in Dogmersfield, a small village in Hampshire, England. The land was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Doccemer ...

, near Odiham; and in 1979 to "Bylands", Stratfield Turgis, its current home.

References

External links

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club

description and interior photo of listed C13 church
{{authority control Villages in Hampshire Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane