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Bentworth
Bentworth is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The nearest town is Alton, which lies about east of the village. The parish covers an area of and at its highest point is King's Hill, above sea level. According to the 2011 census, Bentworth had a population of 553. It lies on the edge of the East Hampshire Hangers. The village has a long history, as shown by the number and range of its heritage-listed buildings. Bronze Age and Roman remains have been found in the area and there is evidence of an Anglo-Saxon church in the village. The manor of Bentworth was not named in the Domesday Survey of 1086, but it was part of the Odiham Hundred. Land ownership of the village was passed by several English kings until the late Elizabethan era. During the Second World War, Bentworth Hall was requisitioned as an outstation for the Royal Navy and nearby Thedden Grange was used as a prisoner of war camp. The parish contains several manors i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentworth Hall
Bentworth Hall is a country house in the parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England. It is about south of Bentworth village centre and northwest of Alton, the nearest town. Before the 1830s, the building called Bentworth Hall or Bentworth Manor House is now re-named Hall Place. It was built in the early 14th century and is a Grade II listed building. It lies south of the village green. The current Bentworth Hall is surrounded by woodland that was planted during building which started in 1832, after Roger Staples Horman-Fisher purchased the Bentworth Manor estate. 1832 – Building the new Bentworth Hall In 1832, the Bentworth Hall estate of about 500 acres was sold at Garraway's Coffee House in the City of London by the Fitzherbert family. The Fitzherberts were relatives of Maria Fitzherbert, the illegal wife of the Prince Regent, later George IV (illegal because although George married Maria Fitzherbert, she was a Roman Catholic and banned by Act of Parliament from marrying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hall Place (Bentworth)
Hall Place (alternatively Hall Farm; formerly Bentworth Manor House or Bentworth Hall) is a manor house in the civil parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England. It is about southwest of St Mary's Church, Bentworth, St Mary's Church and northwest of Alton, Hampshire, Alton, the nearest town. Built in the early 14th century, it is a Grade II listed building, Grade II listed medieval hall house, known by various names through the centuries. It is from the current Bentworth Hall that was built in 1832. History In the 1086 Domesday Survey that was ordered by the first Norman king, William the Conqueror, Bentworth is listed as a parish in the Domesday entry for the Odiham Hundred, Hundred of Odiham. Soon after Domesday, Bentworth became an independent manor in its own right. In about 1111 it was given by Henry I of England, King Henry I "Beauclerc", the youngest son of William the Conqueror, together with four other English manors, to the diocese of Rouen and Geoffrey IV, Count of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Church, Bentworth
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church situated in the centre of the village of Bentworth, within the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The church lies immediately east of Bentworth's primary school and north-east of the Star Inn on the main road through the village. Parts of the church date from the 11th century and it is a Grade II* listed building. History There is evidence to suggest that a Saxon church was located here and was rebuilt. The present church has a chancel (the space around the altar for the clergy and choir) that is by , with a north vestry by . The nave roof and chancel arch probably date from the late 12th century and the chancel itself was built in about 1260 together with the lower part of the tower. However, in 1608 the church suffered a "fire happening by lightning from heaven" and some of the earlier structure was damaged. The present church has flint walls with stone dressings and stepped buttresses, a plinth, and corbelled tracer ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Grange
Gaston Grange is a large country manor situated in the hamlet of Holt End in the large parish of Bentworth, Hampshire. It is about southwest of the centre of Bentworth and about west of Alton, its nearest town. The manor lies west of the Bentworth-Medstead road towards Upper Wield, south of Gaston Wood. History The manor estate area was formerly part of the Bentworth Hall estate until the 1950s. In the late 19th century, Emma Gordon-Ives owned Bentworth Hall and in 1890 her son Colonel Gordon Maynard Gordon-Ives built Gaston Grange east of the current Bentworth Hall. In 1914, his son Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gordon lived in Gaston Grange. He served in the First World War and was also a politician dealing with Northern Ireland matters, dying in July 1923. After his death, the Bentworth Hall Estate was offered for sale by Messrs John D Wood & Co. and at this time consisted of . The house once had a grand ballroom which was removed in the 1920s. The white painted house has m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentworth And Lasham Railway Station
Bentworth and Lasham railway station in Hampshire, England was on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway between the villages of Bentworth to the south and Lasham to the north. History The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway opened on 1 June 1901, and ''Bentworth and Lasham'' station opened the same day. It was designed by John Wallis Titt, and a wind engine A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some par ... supplied the station buildings and cottages with power. Towards the end of the First World War, the station and railway were closed on 1 January 1917 because it was on a minor line; the rails were taken up for re-use elsewhere. Following the war, permission was sought to abandon the line because it had been unprofitable, but this was refused by Parliament; instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hundred Of Odiham
The Hundred of Odiham was a Hundred (a geographical sub-division of the area of a County) of Great Britain in the county of Hampshire. It contained the parishes of; Bentworth, Dogmersfield, Elvetham, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Lasham, Liss, Odiham, Rotherwick, Shalden, Sherfield on Loddon, Weston Patrick, and Winchfield. At the time of the Domesday Survey the parishes contained in the modern hundred of Odiham were included in the two hundreds of Odiham and 'Hefedele'. The former comprised the villages of Lasham and Shalden and half a hide which had been taken from Preston Candover, and the latter included Odiham, Winchfield, Elvetham, Dogmersfield, and Bartley Heath (then "Berchelei") But for the manors of Bentworth, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Liss Turney, Rotherwick, Sherfield on Loddon, and Weston Patrick, there are no entries in the Domesday Survey Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics And Paralympics Gold Post Boxes
To commemorate British gold medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, various post boxes in the home towns of the medal winners around the United Kingdom, plus one each on Sark and the Isle of Man, were repainted gold. It marked the first occasion in modern times that the colour of post boxes in the United Kingdom had been changed from their traditional red. Originally intended to be a temporary measure, due to the positive public response it was later decided the colour change would become a permanent tribute, with boxes additionally receiving their own special plaques. Organisers and timeline The project was organised by Royal Mail Group Communications in-house team, Eulogy and Blonde. Outside the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man Post and Guernsey Post also decided to emulate the Royal Mail scheme when athletes from their territories won gold (one each). The project was launched on 24 July by painting the box at Westminster Abbey, whilst the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkham House
Burkham House is a large country manor situated in the hamlet of Burkham in the parish of Bentworth, Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi .... It is about south of the centre of Bentworth and about northwest of Alton, its nearest town History The manor itself returns dated 1316. John Daleron held 'Brocham'. In 1590 Robert Hunt acquired the Bentworth Hall from Henry Lord Windsor, and this included the Burkham area. Later, Robert Magewick purchased Burkham for £160. and George Magewick (1647–1736) was described as the owner of Burkham Farm in 1684. In 1748 James Magewick Battin held the manor and was made owner during a 1778 Survey of Hampshire. References {{Bentworth Parish Country houses in Hampshire East Hampshire District Manor houses in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wivelrod Manor
Wivelrod Manor is a country manor situated in the hamlet of Wivelrod in the parish of Bentworth, Hampshire. It is about south of the centre of Bentworth and about southeast of Alton, its nearest town. The manor neighbours the nearby Alton Abbey Alton Abbey is an Anglican Benedictine monastery (founded in 1895) in the village of Beech, near Alton, Hampshire, England. The abbey is not far from one of Hampshire's highest points, King's Hill (218 m). The community was founded by the Re .... In the 18th century Wivelrod Manor was part of the Bentworth Hall estate until 1832 when the estate was bought by Roger Staples Fisher. References {{Bentworth Parish Country houses in Hampshire East Hampshire District Manor houses in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Hill, Hampshire
King's Hill is one of the highest points in the county of Hampshire, England. It is part of the Hampshire Downs and reaches above sea level. Its prominence of 46 metres qualifies it as one of England's TuMPs. King's Hill is situated in the parish of Bentworth. It lies on the Abbey Road between the villages of Medstead and Beech. To the northeast is Alton Abbey. Chawton Park Wood lies to the south of the open hilltop.Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was ... 1:50,000 ''Landranger'' series. References Hills of Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basingstoke And Alton Light Railway
The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was opened in 1901, by the London and South Western Railway. It was the first English railway authorised under Light Railway legislation. It ran through unpromising, lightly populated terrain, and was probably built only to exclude competitors from building a line in the area. It had steep gradients and a line speed limit of 20 mph, later raised to 25 mph. It never attracted much business and the hoped-for through traffic never materialised. When the War Office demanded recovered track for laying in France, during the First World War, the LSWR closed the line and lifted the track, in 1917. After the war, local pressure mounted to reinstate the railway; this was resisted by the Southern Railway, which had taken over from the LSWR. The SR had no wish to spend considerable sums to reopen a railway that had lost money and had no positive prospects. A House of Lords Committee effectively forced the SR to resume operation, which it did in 1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
