East Tytherley

East Tytherley
East Tytherley
	East Tytherley Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU2935028787
District	Test Valley;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Andover
Postcode district	SP11
Dialling code	01264
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°03′28″N 1°34′57″W / 51.057683°N 1.582593°W

East Tytherley is a small village in Hampshire, England.^[1]^[2]

The name Tytherley comes from Old English and means thin or tender wood.^[3]

The village was given to Queen Philippa by her husband Edward III in 1335. When the Black Death spread through London she moved her court to the village.

In more recent history William Fothergill Cooke invented the first commercial electrical telegraph whilst living in the village.

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 472. ISBN 9780199609086.

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