Martyr Worthy

Martyr Worthy
Martyr Worthy
	War memorial in the village
	Martyr Worthy Location within Hampshire
Population	110
OS grid reference	SU5153532925
Civil parish	Itchen Valley;
District	Winchester;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINCHESTER
Postcode district	SO21
Dialling code	01962
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Winchester;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°05′36″N 1°15′56″W / 51.093330°N 1.26548°W

Martyr Worthy is a small village in the English county of Hampshire. It is part of the Worthys cluster of small villages.

Martyr Worthy is located on the banks of the River Itchen to the northeast of the city of Winchester.

The place-name 'Martyr Worthy' is first attested in Episcopal Registers of 1243, where it appears as Wordia le Martre. 'Worthy' means 'enclosure', and Martyr Worthy is recorded as having been held by Henricus la Martre in 1201. 'Martre' may be Old French martre meaning martyr, or meaning marten and used as a nickname^[2]

The village has a Church of England parish church – St Swithun's – which is Grade II* listed.^[3]

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Itchen Valley^[4] and is part of the City of Winchester non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

References

^ "Census data". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.536.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Swithun (1350471)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire – sheet 1315 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 10,000. Cartography by Ordnance Survey. Hampshire County Council. 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

External links

History and descriptions
GENUKI page
Stained Glass Windows at St. Swithun, Martyr Worthy, Hampshire
Map sources for Martyr Worthy

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[1] "Census data". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2010.

[2] Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.536.

[Listing-3] Historic England. "Church of St Swithun (1350471)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[4] legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire – sheet 1315 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 10,000. Cartography by Ordnance Survey. Hampshire County Council. 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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