Harbridge is a small village and former

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 ...

, now in the 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 ...

, in the

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district, in the county of

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. It is located some four kilometres north of Ringwood and a similar distance south of

Fordingbridge Fordingbridge is a town and broader civil parish with a population of 6,200 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England. It is located near the Dorset and Wiltshire borders and on the edge of the New Forest. It is sou ...

, 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.Harbridge - Victoria County History of Hampshire
/ref> To the south lies Somerley, home of the Earls of Normanton.

History

The name Harbridge probably means "Hearda's bridge".Harbridge, Old Hampshire Gazetteer
/ref> In the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

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 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 popu ...

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 Ibsley". The church of All Saints consisting of chancel, nave, and west tower, was rebuilt in 1838. The tower retains its 15th-century masonry, but it was raised in the 19th century reconstruction.

Coade stone Coade stone or ''Lithodipyra'' or ''Lithodipra'' () is stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used for moulding neoclassical architecture, neoclassical statues, a ...

was used for various decorative elements during its reconstruction.

Notes

External links

Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley Parish Council
{{authority control Villages in Hampshire Former civil parishes in Hampshire New Forest District