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Hinton, Hampshire
Hinton is a dispersed settlement in the civil parish of Bransgore, in the English county of Hampshire. Hinton is centred on the main A35 road northeast of Christchurch and gives its name to both Hinton House and Hinton Admiral. For local government purposes it is in the civil parish of Bransgore and the district of the New Forest. It is served by the main-line Hinton Admiral railway station. East Close House is a house of historical significance and is listed in the English Heritage Register. The village was the seat of the 18th century Stewkley Baronetcy. See also * Hinton (place name) Hinton is a place name of Old English origin, and is a common English village name, particularly in Southern England. Village names often include a suffix, for example Hinton on the Green and Hinton-in-the-Hedges. The place-name is closely relat ... External links Hamlets in Hampshire New Forest {{Hampshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bransgore
Bransgore is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the New Forest District, Hampshire, England. The village developed in the 19th century when a church and a school were built. It is technically classified as an urban area, although in some respects it still has the picturesque character of a rural English village. Overview Bransgore is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the New Forest (district), New Forest District of Hampshire. The parish includes the village of Thorney Hill, and the hamlets of Neacroft, Godwinscroft, Beckley, Hampshire, Beckley, Hinton, Hampshire, Hinton, and Waterditch. At the time of the last national census of 2011, Bransgore had a total population of 4,238, with just over half being aged between 20 and 64. Bransgore now straddles the border of the newly created New Forest National Park, with the majority of the village being outside the park. Bransgore has a wide variety of shops including a post office, pharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Forest (district)
New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Lyndhurst, although the largest town is Totton. The district also includes the towns of Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Milton and Ringwood. The district is named after and covers most of the New Forest National Park, which occupies much of the central part of the district. The main urban areas are around the periphery of the forest. The district has a coastline onto the Solent to the south and Southampton Water to the east. The neighbouring districts are Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, Wiltshire, Test Valley, Southampton and Eastleigh (across Southampton Water). The district also faces the Isle of Wight across the Solent. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of two former districts and most of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: *Lymington Municipal Borough * New Forest Rural District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town. Other significant settlements within the county include Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Andover, Hampshire, Andover, Gosport, Fareham and Aldershot. The county has an area of and a population of 1,844,245, making it the Counties in England by population, 5th-most populous in England. The South Hampshire built-up area in the south-east of the county has a population of 855,569 and contains the cities of Southampton (269,781) and Portsmouth (208,100). In the north-east, the Farnborough, Hampshire, Farnborough/Aldershot Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area, conurbation extends into Berkshire and Surrey and has a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Forest West (UK Parliament Constituency)
New Forest West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Desmond Swayne, a Conservative. Constituency profile This constituency covers the part of the New Forest which is not covered by New Forest East, and southern coastal settlements just outside its boundaries. The largest settlements are Fordingbridge and Ringwood which are inland and coastal New Milton and Lymington. For all areas the relevant local authority has a higher than average proportion of retired people, and a lower than national average extent of social housing and rented housing. Housing types include far above average detached and semi-detached properties. Coast and forest are contained in this area. Boundaries 1997–2010: The District of New Forest wards of Barton, Bashley, Becton, Bransgore and Sopley, Downlands, Fordingbridge, Forest North West, Forest West, Hordle, Lymington Town, Milford, Milton, Pennington, Ringwood North, Ringwood South, and Sway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A35 Road
The A35 is a major road in southern England, connecting Honiton in Devon and Southampton in Hampshire. It is a trunk road for some of its length. Most of its route passes through Dorset and the New Forest. It originally connected Exeter and Southampton, the original A35 ran along what is now the A3052 road, A3052 joining the present road at Charmouth. Route Beginning in Honiton at the eastern junction with the A30 road, the A35 travels in a roughly south-easterly direction past Axminster, Charmouth and Bridport. After Bridport, there is a section of dual carriageway, before it reaches its bypass (road), bypass around Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. After Dorchester, there are approximately of dual carriageway, including the Puddletown bypass, until it reaches its roundabout with the A31 road at Bere Regis. Continuing roughly south-easterly still, it becomes dual carriageway again near Upton, Dorset, Upton, before returning to a single carriageway through Poole and Bournemouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch, Dorset
Christchurch () is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England. The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east. Part of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Hampshire, Christchurch was a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough within the administrative county of Dorset from 1974 until 2019, when it became part of the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority. Founded in the 7th century at the confluence of the rivers River Avon (Hampshire), Avon and River Stour, Dorset, Stour which flow into Christchurch Harbour, the town was originally named Twynham but became known as Christchurch following the construction of the Christchurch Priory, priory in 1094. The town developed into an important trading port, and was Burh, fortified in the 9th century. Further defences were added in the 12th century with the construction of a Christchurch Castle, castle, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton Admiral
Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family and located in the settlement of Hinton, near Bransgore in Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I Listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ... building. The walled gardens to the north of the house and the wall to the terrace in front of the gardens of the house are both Grade II listed. Heathfield Lodge, the former lodge building to Hinton Admiral on the Lyndhurst Road, is Grade II listed. The gardens are open to the public by arrangement. History The current house was built in 1720 for Sir Peter Mews but was remodelled after a fire in 1777. Additional alterations were made around 1905 by the landscape architect Harold Peto, who remodelled the interior in an early 18th-century style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Forest District
New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Lyndhurst, although the largest town is Totton. The district also includes the towns of Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Milton and Ringwood. The district is named after and covers most of the New Forest National Park, which occupies much of the central part of the district. The main urban areas are around the periphery of the forest. The district has a coastline onto the Solent to the south and Southampton Water to the east. The neighbouring districts are Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, Wiltshire, Test Valley, Southampton and Eastleigh (across Southampton Water). The district also faces the Isle of Wight across the Solent. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of two former districts and most of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: *Lymington Municipal Borough * New Forest Rural District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton Admiral Railway Station
Hinton Admiral railway station is a station serving the villages of Bransgore and Hinton and the seaside town of Highcliffe on the Hampshire/Dorset border in southern England. It is down the line from . The station is on the stretch of line opened in 1888 between Brockenhurst and Christchurch to provide a direct line from London to Bournemouth, bypassing the original "Castleman's Corkscrew" line via Ringwood and reducing that line to a backwater. There is no village as such named Hinton Admiral. The station was originally named Hinton after the nearby village, but shortly after being opened was renamed Hinton Admiral to share its name with Hinton Admiral House, the residence of Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick who owned the land on which the station was built. The station was host to a Southern Railway camping coach from 1938 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Southern Region from 1954 to 1960, the coach was replaced from 1961 to 1965 by a ''Pullm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Close House
East Close House in Hinton, Hampshire, near Christchurch, Dorset, is a building of historical significance and a grade II listed building on the English Heritage Register. A mansion house stood on the site by 1742, which may be that crudely illustrated on Taylor's Hampshire map of 1759. Many notable people resided here before its conversion to a hotel in the 1930s. It was announced in August 2018 that the hotel would close later in the year. William Hillman In May 1719 a wealthy apothecary and former mayor of Salisbury, William Hillman (1673–1741), purchased East Close Farm from the descendants of Henry Hastings (sportsman), Henry Hastings, together with other property valued in total at £4,110. The property appears to have been a part of the estate at North Hinton held by Christchurch Priory until its Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolution in 1539, following which the re-parcelling of land probably led to the creation of East Close, the first-known mention of which is in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewkley Baronets
The Stewkley (or Stukeley, or Stukely) Baronetcy, of Hinton in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Baronetage of England Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary .... It was created on 9 June 1627 for Hugh Stewkley. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1719. Stewkley baronets, of Hinton (1627) *Sir Hugh Stewkley, 1st Baronet ( – 1642) *Sir Hugh Stewkley, 2nd Baronet (died 1719) References * Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1627 establishments in England {{England-baronet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton (place Name)
Hinton is a place name of Old English origin, and is a common English village name, particularly in Southern England. Village names often include a suffix, for example Hinton on the Green and Hinton-in-the-Hedges. The place-name is closely related to other place-names that may derive from Old English ''hēah'' (or ''hēa'', ''hēan''), meaning "high" or "tall", such as Highham, Heaton, and Hampton. Etymology The place name ''Hinton'' is of Old English origin, and usually derives from either: # Old English ''hiwan'' (or ''higna'', ''hina''), meaning "members of a family, household or religious house",. "Such a manor was set aside for the support of the domestic servants of a religious or other household" or "farm of the monks or of the nuns". # Old English ''hēah'' (or ''hēan''), meaning "high, tall" or "exalted, important". The suffix is from Old English ''tūn'', meaning "an enclosed piece of ground" or "a village or town". Examples List of examples Sortable list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
