Littleton and Harestock is a

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consisting of the villages of Littleton and Harestock in the

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district of

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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 3,577. Littleton is slightly north-west of Harestock, and is roughly north-west of

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city centre. The parish is in size, and has around 2,800 electors.Littleton & Harestock Parish
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Notable buildings

Old houses

Littleton was originally a small hamlet outside Winchester and still retains half a dozen houses dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; home of them are Hampshire Hall houses. They are clustered around St Catherine's church, and include the old parsonage beside the church. Later development of housing began chiefly in the early twentieth century.

Old Memorial Hall

It was decided after the end of the

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to build a village hall in Littleton, which was to be dedicated to the residents of the village who had been killed during the war. The Memorial Hall was opened in October 1923 Littleton Millennium Memorial Hall
and remained the focus of the village for over 70 years. However, over this time the population of the village grew steadily, and in the 1990s it became clear that the hall could no longer meet the requirements of the residents. At a meeting in 1995 it was decided that a new hall would be built.

New Memorial Hall

The construction of the new hall began in July 1998 and the building was completed in February of the following year. The official opening took place on 15 May 1999, although the first event in the hall, a professional performance of ''

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'', occurred two months earlier.

Governance

Littleton and Harestock are part of the Wonston and Micheldever Ward which elects three councillors to

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, as well as the wider Winchester Downlands ward which elects a councillor to

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References

External links

Parish Council websiteLittleton & Harestock Community website