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Ibsley
Ibsley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the town of Ringwood. In 1931 the parish had a population of 228. Overview The village of Ibsley lies to the east of the River Avon on the main road between Ringwood and Fordingbridge, and has some picturesque thatched cottages.Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest) Page 103 To the southeast is a series of lakes known collectively as Blashford Lakes, which have been created as the result of sand and gravel extraction since the 1950s.Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Gorley
South Gorley is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately south-west of the hamlet. The hamlet sits on the western boundary of the New Forest National Park, about south of North Gorley. The River Avon lies just to the west. History The name Gorley means "triangular wood/clearing". In 1086 Osbern the Falconer held the manor of Gorley from the King. The part which became South Gorley was for most of its history included in and followed the descent of Ibsley, in particular that part of Ibsley which John atte Bere had owned in the 14th century. South Gorley was, unlike North Gorley, in the parish of Ibsley, and it is now part of the civil 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 paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 "Ellingham" and Harbridge and Ibsley. The main geographical features of the area are the A338 road (connecting Poole and Bournemouth with Salisbury) and the Hampshire Avon. The nearest towns are Ringwood and Fordingbridge. Populated places in the parish include: * Ellingham *Furze Hill Furze Hill (or Furzehill) is a hamlet situated in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 3.1 miles (5.2&nb ... * Harbridge * Highwood * Ibsley * Linford * Linwood * Mockbeggar * Moyles Court School * Poulner * Rockford * Shobley * Somerley * South Gorley * Turmer References External links Ellingham, Harbridge an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbridge And Ibsley
Harbridge is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, in the New Forest district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is located some four kilometres north of Ringwood and a similar distance south of Fordingbridge, in southwest Hampshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 276. Overview The village of Harbridge is at the edge of the low meadow land to the west of the River Avon. To the south lies Somerley, home of the Earls of Normanton. History The name Harbridge probably means "Hearda's bridge". In the Domesday Book of 1086, Bernard the Chamberlain held Harbridge from the King. Before 1066 it had been held by Ulveva. Harbridge is a referred to as a manor by the early 15th century. In the early 19th century the manor passed to the Earl of Normanton, and like nearby Ibsley and Ellingham became part of his estate of Somerley. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Ibsley to form " Harbridge and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellingham, Hampshire
Ellingham is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, in the New Forest District, New Forest district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is near Ringwood, Hampshire, Ringwood, west of the New Forest National Park. Ellingham is most famous for the story of Alice Lisle, who was executed by the infamous Judge Jeffreys in 1685, on the charge of harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion. In 1961 the parish had a population of 595. Overview Ellingham is a small village near Ringwood, Hampshire, Ringwood in Hampshire. It contains the hamlet of Rockford, Hampshire, Rockford, and Moyles Court School, Moyles Court, 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 Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockford, Hampshire
Rockford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, on the western edge of the New Forest National Park. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south from the hamlet. Overview Rockford is a hamlet close to the village of Ellingham. It is separated from Ellingham by a series of lakes known collectively as Blashford Lakes, which have been created as the result of sand and gravel extraction since the 1950s. The hamlet has one pub known as ''The Alice Lisle''. Close to Moyles Court, next to the lane leading to Linwood, stands the Moyles Court Oak, one of the largest trees in the New Forest, and which could be older than the famous Knightwood Oak. The lanes about the hamlet harbour the suckering remnants of Goodyer's Elm, a rare and unusual tree discovered by John Goodyer in 1624, but decimated by Dutch elm disease in the late 20th century.Chatters, C. (2009). '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringwood, Hampshire
Ringwood is a market town in south-west Hampshire, England, on the River Avon, Hampshire, River Avon close to the New Forest, northeast of Bournemouth and southwest of Southampton. It was founded by the Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxons, and has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. History Ringwood is recorded in a charter of 961, in which Edgar the Peaceful, King Edgar gave 22 Hide (unit), hides of land in ''Rimecuda'' to Abingdon Abbey. The name is also recorded in the 10th century as ''Runcwuda'' and ''Rimucwuda''. The second element ''wuda'' means a 'wood'; ''rimuc'' may be derived from ''rima'' meaning 'border' or 'rim', hence "border wood". The name may refer to Ringwood's position on the fringe of Ringwood Forest, or on the border of Hampshire. William Camden in 1607 gave a much more fanciful derivation, claiming that the original name was Regne-wood, the ''Regni'' being an ancient people of Britain. In the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086, Ringwood (''Rincvede'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockbeggar, Hampshire
Mockbeggar is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 3 miles (5.6 km) south-west from the hamlet. It is in the civil 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 .... Villages in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Avon, Hampshire
The River Avon ( ) is in the south of England, rising in Wiltshire, flowing through that county's city of Salisbury and then west Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation of Dorset. It is sometimes known as the Salisbury Avon or the Hampshire Avon to distinguish it from other rivers of the same name in Great Britain. It is one of the rivers in British Isles, Britain in which the phenomenon of anchor ice has been observed. The Avon is thought to contain more species of fish than any other river in Britain. Long-farmed pastures and planted, arable fields line much of the valley; an indication of the wealth these brought to landowners is in ten large listed building, listed houses with statutorily recognised and protected parks. Many prehistoric sites and broader "landscapes" are found on either side of the river, the largest being the World Heritage Site zone of Stonehenge, Avebury and Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Forest National Park. The nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south-east from the House, just east of the River Avon. Somerley House is perched overlooking the Estate. The River Avon meanders through this vast 7,000 acre Somerley Estate, providing a wildlife rich environment for a diverse range of habitats including; parkland, water meadows and woodland. The Estate features a walled garden and an ancient woodland. The house is the home of the seventh Earl of Normanton. It was designed by English architect Samuel Wyatt in 1792–1795, and the house became the property of Lord Normanton's family in 1825. In 1850 a 90ft picture gallery was added to house the family's paintings and collections; today this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Forest District
New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Lyndhurst, although the largest town is Totton. The district also includes the towns of Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Milton and Ringwood. The district is named after and covers most of the New Forest National Park, which occupies much of the central part of the district. The main urban areas are around the periphery of the forest. The district has a coastline onto the Solent to the south and Southampton Water to the east. The neighbouring districts are Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, Wiltshire, Test Valley, Southampton and Eastleigh (across Southampton Water). The district also faces the Isle of Wight across the Solent. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of two former districts and most of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: *Lymington Municipal Borough * New Forest Rural District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furze Hill
Furze Hill (or Furzehill) is a hamlet situated in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 3.1 miles (5.2 km) north-west from the hamlet. Furze Hill is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hyde. It is situated on low ground on either side of Huckles Brook on the South Gorley to Ogdens road.Hyde Parish Village Design Statement , page 9 The houses are surrounded by fields and paddocks. Additional houses can be found at the southern edge of Gorley Common lining a narrow track to |
