Stratfield Turgis
Coordinates: 51°19′55″N 1°00′04″W / 51.3319°N 1.0010°W
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 The derelict All Saints' Church, Stratfield Turgis |
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 Stratfield Turgis
Stratfield Turgis shown within Hampshire |
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| OS grid reference | SU695598 |
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| District | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Basingstoke |
| Website | Stratfield Turgis Parish Meeting |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Stratfield Turgis is a small village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire.
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[edit] History
The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (Old English feld) by the Roman road (Old English stræt) from Silchester to London, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270.
[edit] Governance
The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis,[1] and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
[edit] Geography
Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at 51°20′N 1°0′W / 51.333°N 1°W. It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.
[edit] Sport and leisure
Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club play at Turgis Green.
[edit] References
- ^ "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire". 2008. http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/row/maps/1724.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/council/councillors/wardsinfo.htm. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
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