Turmer is a small hamlet near Harbridge in

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, England. It lies within the

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Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley is a civil parish in the west of the English county of Hampshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,171. The civil parish was formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of the three titular village ...

. Turmer is unusual for a settlement in England. No paved roads reach the hamlet and traditional farming techniques, including

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, are still used there. The council describes it as "a village almost lost in time".New Forest District Council website
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and includes an 18th-century farm, a 19th-century school built by the

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and thatched cottages, all grouped around a pond. The

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passes through the hamlet.

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{{New Forest towns New Forest District Hamlets in Hampshire