Ellingham is a small village and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley is a civil parish in the New Forest district, in the west of the county of Hampshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,171.
The civil parish was formed on 1 April 1979 from "El ...
, in the
New Forest
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district, in the county of
Hampshire
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, England. It is near
Ringwood, west of the
New Forest
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National Park. Ellingham is most famous for the story of
Alice Lisle
Alice, Lady Lisle (September 16172 September 1685), commonly known as Alicia Lisle or Dame Alice Lyle, was a landed lady of the English county of Hampshire, who was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at t ...
, who was executed by the infamous
Judge Jeffreys
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in 1685, on the charge of harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the
Monmouth Rebellion
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. In 1961 the parish had a population of 595.
Overview
Ellingham is a small village near
Ringwood in
Hampshire
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. It contains the hamlet of
Rockford, and
Moyles Court
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, the large house which is now a school. The village and surrounding countryside are a large tourist attraction in the summer months. Much of the area around Ellingham was once farmland and woodland, but since the 1950s sand and gravel extraction has created a series of lakes known collectively as Blashford Lakes. These lakes now separate Ellingham church from the rest of the former parish around Rockford and Moyles Court. Alice Lisle has an inn named after her in Rockford.
History
The name Ellingham may mean "Æthelingas' estate".
[Ellingham, Old Hampshire Gazetteer](_blank)
/ref> In the Domesday Book
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of 1086, Cola the Huntsman held Ellingham from the King. In 1160 William de Solers was holding the manor and granted Ellingham church, and lands in Ellingham, to the Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
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History
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.[Ellingham - Victoria County History of Hampshire](_blank)
/ref> William de Punchardon held the manor in the reign of Richard I
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, and it descended, like Faccombe
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, with the Punchardons until 1499. It then passed by descent into the Okeden family who held it until the middle of the 17th century.
William Beconshaw died seised of the manor in 1634–5. His son, Sir White Beconshaw, died in 1638, and it passed to his two daughters, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Tipping and Alice Lisle
Alice, Lady Lisle (September 16172 September 1685), commonly known as Alicia Lisle or Dame Alice Lyle, was a landed lady of the English county of Hampshire, who was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at t ...
wife of John Lisle
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. In 1658 a final settlement by which Ellingham passed to the Lisles was ratified by William Okeden. John Lisle was assassinated while in exile in Switzerland
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in 1664, for his part in the execution of Charles I
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. Alice Lisle, who lived in the Elizabethan house of Moyles Court, was one of the victims of the infamous Judge Jeffreys
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (15 May 1645 – 18 April 1689), also known as "the Hanging Judge", was a Welsh judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor (and serving as L ...
.[Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley](_blank)
, www3.hants.gov.uk Charged with harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion
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at the Battle of Sedgemoor
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, she was executed in 1685.
Ellingham remained in the Lisle family until the death of Charles Lisle, who died unmarried in 1818. His nephew Edward Hayles Taylor, who took the name of Lisle in 1822, sold the manor soon afterwards to the Earl of Normanton
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, whose family seat was (and still is) at nearby Somerley
Somerley is a large Georgian Grade II* listed English country house that is situated in the civil parish of Ellingham and Harbridge with Ibsley in the New Forest district in Hampshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west of the New Fores ...
.
On 1 April 1979 the parish was abolished and merged with Harbridge & Ibsley to form "Ellingham, Harbridge & Ibsley".
Moyles Court
Moyles Court was the house of the manor of Rockford. Rockford is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was held by Hugh of St Quentin, but by the 13th century it had passed to the Moels family and Rockford stayed in that family until the death of John de Moels in 1337. In the 17th century Rockford passed, like Ellingham, to the Lisle family. Moyles Court (named after the 13th-century family) in Rockford became their chief residence. Alice Lisle continued to live at Moyles Court after her husband's assassination until her own notorious trial and execution in 1685. In the 19th century Moyles Court was sold to the Earl of Normanton with Ellingham.
Moyles Court is now used as a school – Moyles Court School. The 18th-Century building which has become "The Alice Lisle Inn" was formerly the village school for Rockford.
Ellingham church
Ellingham church was built in the 13th century.[Saint Mary's Church](_blank)
- Pastscape It is thought that there was an earlier, probably Saxon, church on the site.
It is described in early charters as the church of St Mary or as the church of All Saints with the chapel of St Mary. It was added to in the 15th century, and the red-brick west wall was rebuilt in 1746. The church was restored
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1869-90 by Thomas Graham Jackson
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. It has a large blue sundial located over the porch of the church. The tomb of Alice Lisle can be found in the church.
Ellingham Priory
Ellingham Priory was founded by William de Soleres in 1160.[The Priory of Ellingham - Victoria County History of Hampshire](_blank)
/ref> It was a cell to the Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. It is situated in the Cotentin Peninsula near Valognes. Its population was 2,099 in 2018.
History
The Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte ...
in Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
. Ellingham church formed part of the grant of William de Solers to Ellingham Priory. The priory was dissolved in 1414 and sold to Eton College
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in 1462.[Ellingham Priory](_blank)
- Pastscape All that remains of the priory is the church.
Notes
External links
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley Parish Council
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Villages in Hampshire
Former civil parishes in Hampshire
New Forest District