Nately Scures is a small village and former

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, now in the parish of Newnham in the

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district of

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, England. Its nearest large village is

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, which lies approximately north-east from the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 288.

Governance

The village of Nately Scures is part of the

of Newnham and is part of the Basing

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. The borough council is a

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Religious sites

St. Swithun's was built of flint and rubble around 1175. It is considered to be the best largely unspoilt example of a Norman single-cell apsidal church in England.

Etymology

''Hampshire Notes and Queries, Repr. from the Winchester Observer'' gives the name as meaning 'cattle field'. It is derived from the Anglo Saxon ''neat'' ('cattle' or 'beast'). Scures is from Anglo Saxon ''scua'' ('wood' or 'shade'). It is seen as Netlescures in 1413.http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/H5/CP40no609/aCP40no609fronts/IMG_0154.htm ; 6th entry, parson, as defendant

References

{{authority control Villages in Hampshire Former civil parishes in Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane