Bramdean and Hinton Ampner is a

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 ...

in the

English county The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purpo ...

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, ...

, forming part of the area administered as the

City of Winchester Winchester (), or the City of Winchester, is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Hampshire, England. The district is named after its main settlement of Winchester, which ...

. Its main settlements are the villages of

Bramdean Bramdean is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is a linear settlement located along the busy A272 trunk road which was widened ...

and

Hinton Ampner Hinton Ampner is a village and country house estate with gardens and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, in the City of Winchester, Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is near New Alres ...

. In 2011 it had a population of 629.

Wolfhanger

Wolfhanger is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

in Bramdean and Hinton Ampner situated approximately northeast of

. Wolfhanger was predominantly formed in 1937, following the development of a poultry farm. Three cottages had already existed here, which date from the 1830s and stand prominently on a junction known as Woodland Gate. This junction is also known as Hells Bottom, as it is believed that this area was the location of the

gibbet Gibbeting is the use of a gallows-type structure from which the dead or dying bodies of criminals were hanged on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. Occasionally, the gibbet () was also used as a method of public ex ...

for the former parishes of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner. The name of Wolfhanger is derived from a nearby field of the same name, said to be where the last

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...

in Hampshire was killed. The name existed in the late 18th century when the name of Wolfhanger Wood was recorded. In the 1960s, Wolfhanger became the home of writer and newsreader Terence Carroll.Diary of a Fox Hunting Man
Retrieved 21 March 2025.

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Civil parishes in Winchester {{Hampshire-geo-stub