Nether Wallop is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England, northwest of Stockbridge, and southwest of

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. Nether Wallop is the easternmost of the three villages collectively known as The Wallops, the other two being Over Wallop and Middle Wallop. The name "Wallop" derives from the

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words and ''hop'', which taken together roughly mean "the valley of springing water". The village was the site of the Battle of Guoloph that took place around 440 CE. The element "Wallop" is first attested 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 as "Wallope", while Nether Wallop is first attested as "Wollop inferior" in Episcopal Registers . Nether Wallop contains many old thatched cottages, and has been featured in books and TV programmes as one of the prettiest villages in England. In particular, Dane Cottage in Five Bells Lane was used as

Miss Marple Miss Jane Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Miss Marple lives in the village of St Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterised as an elderly spinster, she is one ...

's home in the village of St. Mary Mead for the BBC TV adaptations of the

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novels. The house and many of the surrounding lanes within the village were used as the setting and are commonly seen throughout many of the Miss Marple films. Sir Richard Reade (1511–1575),

Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, commonly known as the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was the highest ranking judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 until the end of 1800, it was also the hi ...

, was a native of Nether Wallop, where his family were Lords of the Manor for several generations. The conductor

Leopold Stokowski Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British-born American conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra. H ...

died at his home in Nether Wallop on 13 September 1977. The church of St Andrew is partly

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, and fragments of frescoes dating to that period have been discovered.Richard Gem and Pamela Tudor-Craig in ''Anglo-Saxon England
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Youtube - 1984 LWT documentary chronicling the First International Nether Wallop Arts Festival.
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