Sleaford in

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, England is a hamlet of Headley

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and the Northanger

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. It is in the

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of Whitehill It lies on the A325 and B3004 roads where they cross the small River Slea, a tributary of the

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. Since the road junction has been re-aligned, there are now three bridges across the river. Sleaford is at the edge of Broxhead Common, a part of the belt of heathland on the

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-Hampshire border from

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, which the

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found attractive for training. There are numerous military colleges, camps and training grounds in the region which extends in a zone southwards from

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, through

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and

Aldershot Aldershot ( ) is a town in the Rushmoor district, Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme north-east corner of the county, south-west of London. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Farnborough/Aldershot built-up are ...

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(near Sleaford), Woolmer and

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(). The last two were set up to train

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to run railways, a very important skill in the

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period.

References

External links

Map of Kingsley Civil Parish
Sleaford is in the East.
The Kingsley Parish Council website

Map of Headley Civil Parish
Sleaford is to the north-west.
A Headley web site.
on the Kingsley ''civil'' parish web site. Hamlets in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub