Froyle is a 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 the

East Hampshire East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Petersfield. Other towns are Alton and Bordon. The district was originally to be known as the District Council of Petersfield. It comprised 42 sea ...

district of

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, England. It is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northeast of

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. The nearest railway station is 2 miles (3.3 km) east of the village, at Bentley. According to the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 644 people. The village is divided into Upper Froyle, centred around the Church and Manor House, and Lower Froyle which grew up around the farms."Froyle, 100 Years of Memories" Booth, Annette http://www.froyle.com/pdf/100_100.pdf Retrieved 26 August 2018.

History

Froyle is situated on the edge of The Downs above the

Pilgrims' Way The Pilgrims' Way (also Pilgrim's Way or Pilgrims Way) is the historical route supposedly taken by pilgrims from Winchester in Hampshire, England, to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury in Kent. This name, of comparatively recent coinage ...

that leads from Winchester to

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. It is most likely that, in the winter months, the actual route taken by Pilgrims passed through the village to avoid the wet conditions in the valley of the River Wey. There was a Church at "Froli" (mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

) in 1086. The entry for Froyle also states "Froyle, it was ever there...." and there are traces of habitation on the surrounding downs going back to the Iron Age. It is also known by some who live there as the 'village of the saints' because of the 19 statues of saints in niches on the front walls of houses and other buildings in Upper Froyle. They were bought by Sir Hubert Miller in the early 20th century from Italy.

Notable people

*Sir

John Jephson Sir John Jephson (died 6 May 1638) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625. He married into two prominent Anglo-Irish families, and spent much of his career in Ireland. Jephson was the seco ...

, MP and Irish Privy councillor (died 1638), Lord of the Manor of Froyle, and his son William Jephson (died 1658), politician and confidant of

Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three K ...

. * Rev. Sir Thomas Miller, 6th Baronet: he was both the

vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

and the

lord of the manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

of Froyle. His grandson, Sir Hubert Miller, said of him "My grandfather hunted hard to hounds and drank two bottles of port with his dinner. I wonder he wasn’t sick." It was also reported that on hot Sunday mornings Miller would smash the church windows with his walking stick to let air in, although this is thought likely to be apocryphal. * Sir Henry John Miller (1830-1918), emigrated to New Zealand and became

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of the

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References

External links

Froyle Parish Council

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Welcome to Froyle

Froyle Village Hall

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110605033753/http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol06/page149.html ''Hampshire Treasures'' Volume 6 (East Hampshire) Page 149 - Froyle
''Hampshire Treasures'' Volume 6 (East Hampshire) Page 150 - Froyle

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110112105831/http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol06/page152.html ''Hampshire Treasures'' Volume 6 (East Hampshire) Page 152 - Froyle
''Hampshire Treasures'' Volume 6 (East Hampshire) Page 153 - Froyle

* ttp://www.henandchicken.co.uk/ The Hen and Chicken
The Anchor Inn
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