Dibden Purlieu () is a

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 ...

situated on the edge of the

New Forest The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, fea ...

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. The village merges with the nearby town of

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a village in Canada 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 ...

Hythe and Dibden Hythe () is a town near Southampton, Hampshire, England. It is located by the shore of Southampton Water, and has a ferry service connecting it to Southampton. Hythe has a small shopping area, a pier, and a marina for yachts. History The name ...

. The approximate population is around 4000 people. The regular Bluestar bus services provide Purlieu's quickest link with the city of

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

. Dibden Purlieu is twinned with

Mauves-sur-Loire Mauves-sur-Loire (, literally ''Mauves on Loire''; br, Malvid) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population International relations Mauves-sur-Loire is twinned with Hythe in England. See also *Communes of ...

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History

Dibden Purlieu was in the parish of

Dibden Dibden is a small village in Hampshire, England, which dates from the Middle Ages. It is dominated by the nearby settlements of Hythe and Dibden Purlieu. It is in the civil parish of Hythe and Dibden. It lies on the eastern edge of the New ...

, referred to in the

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of 1086 as Deepdene, "dene" being an

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons happened wit ...

word for valley.

Purlieu Purlieu is a term used of the outlying parts of a place or district. It was a term of the old Forest law, and meant, as defined by John Manwood, ''Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest'' (1598, 4th ed. 1717), The owner of freelands in the purlieu ...

is a Norman-French word meaning "the outskirts of a forest" – a place free from forest laws. In this particular case Dibden Purlieu was land removed from the

in the 14th century when the forest boundaries were established by perambulations about 1300.Dibden Purlieu, Old Hampshire Gazetteer
/ref> In practice the king retained or claimed, certain rights in the area, and the activities of the royal foresters in enforcing forest law there were a matter of great resentment. Up to the 1950s Dibden Purlieu was a small settlement next to the village of Dibden, but the expansion of

Fawley Refinery Fawley Refinery is an oil refinery located at Fawley, Hampshire, England. The refinery is owned by Esso Petroleum Company Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, which acquired the site in 1925. Situated on Southampton Water, it was ...

lead to a demand for more houses for workers, and Hythe and Dibden Purlieu were allowed to expand into a small town. In 1983 the parish was renamed, and Dibden Purlieu is now part of the parish of Hythe and Dibden.What is the Parish Council
, Hythe and Dibden Parish Council

Notable residents

Richard Eurich Richard Ernst Eurich, OBE, RA (14 March 1903 – 6 June 1992) was an English painter who worked as a war artist to the Admiralty in the Second World War and was also known for his panoramic seascapes and narrative paintings. These were ...

RA OBE was the war artist to the

Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong *Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings * Admiralty, Traf ...

from 1941. *

Ron Lane Ron Lane (died 1976) was a woodcarver who lived in the New Forest region of Hampshire, England. Ron Lane was a resident of Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire.British Pathe (1969). Wood Sculptor', Canister: UN 4462 A; Film ID: 3318.20; Sort number ...

was a wood sculptor of

wildlife Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted ...

.British Pathe (1969).
Wood Sculptor
', Canister: UN 4462 A; Film ID: 3318.20; Sort number: UN 4462 A; Tape: *PM3318*. *

Damian Shirazi Damian Cyrus Shirazi (born 23 March 1986) is a Welsh-born English educator and former cricketer. Shirazi was born at Neath, but grew up in England at Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire. He played his early club cricket for BAT Sports and had been o ...

(born 1983), cricketer, grew up in the village

Schools

Dibden Purlieu has two large

secondary schools A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

;

Noadswood School Noadswood School is an academy school and specialist Sports College in Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire, England. It provides state funded education for children from ages 11 to 16. Background Noadswood School serves Dibden Purlieu and Hythe on the ...

and

Applemore College Applemore College is a secondary school in Hampshire, England, situated in the village of Dibden Purlieu on the edge of the New Forest. It offers education to over 600 students between the ages of 11 and 16 and has specialist subject status for ...

. Totton College also has a small campus in the village specialising in adult education services. Primary education is now provided at several schools in the village. Wildground, was the first in Armitage Avenue. The junior school opened on this site in 1962, with the infants' premises following two years later. Prior to that, the school had occupied temporary accommodation in Lunedale Road, which later included use of the adjacent Women's Institute Hall. The village had further primary's schools added with the opening in the late 60s of the separate Orchard Infant and Orchard Junior schools on Water Lane, adjacent to Noadswood School.

References

External links

Hythe and Dibden Parish CouncilWildground Infant SchoolWildground Junior School
{{authority control New Forest Villages in Hampshire