Stratfield Turgis is a village and

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in the

Basingstoke and Deane Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous vil ...

district, in the north-east of the county of

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, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Spanish Green. In 2021 the parish had a population of 91.

History

The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (

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feld) by the Roman road (

stræt) from

Silchester Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about south-west of Reading. Silchester is most notable for the archaeological site and Roman town of ...

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, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270.

Governance

The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis, and is part of the Pamber and Silchester

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

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Geography

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between

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and

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 ...

at . It comprises the hamlets of

Spanish Green Stratfield Turgis is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in the north-east of the county of Hampshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Spanish Green. In 2021 the parish had a population of 91. History T ...

and

Turgis Green Turgis Green is a hamlet in the English county of Hampshire. It is split between the civil parishes of Hartley Wespall and Stratfield Turgis. It contains six Grade II listed buildings and a Grade II listed milestone (on the A33). Governance ...

together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms. Entrance to Spanish Green - geograph

Sport and leisure

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club play at

Education

* Daneshill School is a preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13 years old. The school was founded in 1950 in

Sherborne St John Sherborne St John is a village and civil parish near Basingstoke in the English county of Hampshire. History The village was named in the Domesday Book as ''Sireburne''. It became ''Shireburna'' (12th century), Schyreburne (13th century) and S ...

, under the name of St Salvator's. It moved to the

Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials ...

-designed Daneshill House in 1954, when it was renamed Daneshill School. In 1973 it moved to

Dogmersfield Park Dogmersfield Park or Dogmersfield House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, now being used as a hotel. It is located in Dogmersfield, a small village in Hampshire, England. The land was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Doccemere ...

, near

Odiham Odiham () is a large historic village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is twinned with Sourdeval in the Manche Department of France. The 2011 population was 4,406. The parish in 1851 had an area of 7,354 acres ...

; and in 1979 to "Bylands", Stratfield Turgis, its current home.

References

External links

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club

description and interior photo of listed C13 church
{{authority control Villages in Hampshire Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane