Southrope is a hamlet in the

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Herriard Herriard is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Basingstoke, which lies north. The village is situated mainly on the A339 road between Alton, and Basingstoke. At the 200 ...

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. It has one pub, named the Fur and Feathers. The hamlet was once considered a part of the civil parish Bentworth, until the late 19th century. Its nearest town is

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, which lies approximately south-east from the hamlet. The hamlet's toponym derives from Old English ''Sūþrop'', meaning south village.

Governance

The hamlet is part of the

of Herriard and is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers

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of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a

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. At one time, Southrope came under the large parish of Bentworth until its decline in the mid-19th century. Although today, Herriard's parish borders the parish of Bentworth. Bentworth, Hampshire#Parish decline Bentworth Parish Decline

References

External links

''Hampshire Treasures'' Volume 2 (Basingstoke and Deane) Page 131 - Herriard
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