Hyde is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

New Forest The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featu ...

near Fordingbridge in

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, ...

, England.

Overview

The parish of Hyde is mostly within the boundary of the

National Park.Welcome to Hyde
Hyde Parish Council, retrieved 15 July 2011 It includes the hamlets of

Blissford Blissford is a hamlet (place), hamlet in the civil parish of Hyde, Hampshire, Hyde situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 2 miles (2.5 km) west from the vi ...

, Frogham, Furze Hill, Hungerford,

North Gorley North Gorley is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately north of the hamlet. Location The hamlet of North Gorley sits on the western boundary of the New Forest ...

, Ogdens, and Stuckton, as well as tracts of New Forest

heathland A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a coole ...

centred on the Latchmore Brook to the east. The parish has 383 occupied houses, an infant/junior school, a village hall, and two pubs.

History

Historically Hyde was a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

belonging to the parish of Fordingbridge. The

ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

of Hyde was formed in 1855 from part of the parish of Fordingbridge. The church of the Holy Ascension was built in 1855, and is of red brick with stone dressings and consists of chancel, nave, north vestry, south porch and western turret containing two bells.Victoria County History of Hampshire: Fordingbridge
/ref> Hyde primary school was built in 1885. The village of Hyde remained in the

of Fordingbridge, although from 1868 lands to the east of the village were part of a parish called Ashley Walk,Relationships / unit history of ASHLEY WALK
, A Vision of Britain through Time, retrieved 15 July 2011 which lasted until 1932 when Ashley Walk was incorporated into an enlarged Fordingbridge parish. The civil parish of Hyde was created in 1979. The former

Admiral of the Fleet An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to field marshal and marshal of the air force. An admiral of the fleet is typically senior to an admiral. It is also a generic ter ...

, Peter Hill-Norton, lived in Hyde in his retirement.T. A. Heathcote, (2002), ''British admirals of the fleet 1734-1995: a biographical dictionary'', page 116. Leo Cooper

References

External links

Hyde Parish Council website
{{authority control Villages in Hampshire Civil parishes in Hampshire New Forest District