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Farleigh Wallop is a small village and 
Farleigh House is an 18th-century country mansion in the centre of the village. It is the country seat of the Earl of Portsmouth, and has been in the Wallop family hands since the 15th century. An earlier mansion on the same site burned down in the 17th century and the present building replaced it. In 2024, it offers a location for corporate events, private events, and is a filming location.
The 
"Parishes: Farleigh Wallop", A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 364-366, British History Online
{{authority control Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane Villages in Hampshire
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 Hampshire
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, England, approximately south 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 ...
on the slopes of Farleigh Hill (208 m). The parish includes about .
Since 1486, Farleigh Wallop has been the home of the Wallop family, including John Wallop, Henry Wallop, and Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth
Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth (16 May 1898 – 28 September 1984), styled Viscount Lymington from 1925 until 1943, was a British landowner, writer on agricultural topics, and pro-Axis fascist politician.
Early life
Gerard was bo ...
, whose seat, Farleigh House
Farleigh House, or Farleigh Castle, sometimes called Farleigh New Castle, is a large English country house in the county of Somerset, formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate. Much of the stone to build it came from the nearby Farlei ...
, is in the village. In the 1930s, Farleigh Wallop was the centre of the English Array group.
Farleigh House is an 18th-century country mansion in the centre of the village. It is the country seat of the Earl of Portsmouth, and has been in the Wallop family hands since the 15th century. An earlier mansion on the same site burned down in the 17th century and the present building replaced it. In 2024, it offers a location for corporate events, private events, and is a filming location.
The Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...
is Saint Andrew's, which stands alone in a field somewhat away from the present village. It is thought that the homes that once were beside the church were destroyed in the English Civil War
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Cavaliers, Royalists and Roundhead, Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of th ...
. The church was entirely rebuilt both around 1733 and also around 1871, with the tower, dating from 1873, having three bells. The church has memorials to members of the Wallop family.
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External links
"Parishes: Farleigh Wallop", A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 364-366, British History Online
{{authority control Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane Villages in Hampshire