Ewhurst is a village in the

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Baughurst Baughurst is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is located west of the town of Tadley, north of Basingstoke. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 2,473. The village is known for its historical association with Tadley ...

, in the

Basingstoke and Deane Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous vil ...

district, in

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, England, and northwest of

Basingstoke Basingstoke ( ) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status in the United King ...

. Its parish church dates from 1682. The village itself is much older, being referenced as "Ywyrstæ stigel" in 1023, appearing 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 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

'' as "Werste", and later as "Ywhurst" in 1242.

Governance

The village is part of the Baughurst and Tadley North

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of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. The borough council is a

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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 47. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Baughurst.

References

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* Villages in Hampshire Former civil parishes in Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane {{Hampshire-geo-stub