Turgis Green is a small

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in the

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county of

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

. It is split between the

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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 ...

and

Stratfield Turgis Stratfield Turgis is a small village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. History The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (Old English feld) by the Roman road (Old English stræt) fro ...

. It contains six Grade II listed buildings and a Grade II listed milestone (on the A33).

Governance

The hamlet of Turgis Green lies on the border of the civil parishes of Stratfield Turgis and Hartley Wespall with several houses in either parish. It is part of the Pamber and Silchester

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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 Southam ...

. The borough council is a

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Transportation

The hamlet is situated on the northern section of the busy

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, which splits it north to south. It is not served by any public transport.

History

The hamlet is named for the Turgis family that owned land locally in the thirteenth century. Turgis Green was inclosed in 1866 as a result of the General Inclosure Act, which permitted landlords to enclose open fields and common land and deny local people their historic rights to graze on these area, as well as wood gathering and water rights. Late in the eighteenth century it was proposed to build a cut (canal branch) from the

Basingstoke Canal The Basingstoke Canal is an English canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation. From Basingstoke, the canal passes through or near Greywell, North Warnborough, Odiham, Dogm ...

to Turgis Green but the proposal never came to fruition.

Sport and leisure

The hamlet includes a

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, home of the Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club, and small

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Religious Sites

Turgis Green is served by the church of St. Mary the Blessed Virgin, about a mile from the hamlet and close to the hamlet of

External links

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club

British Listed Buildings: St. Mary the Blessed Virgin, Hartley Wespall

References

Villages in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub