Ewhurst, Hampshire
Coordinates: 51°18′25″N 1°10′59″W / 51.307°N 1.183°WEwhurst is a village in Hampshire, England, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Basingstoke. Its parish church dates from 1682.[1] The village itself is much older, being referenced as "Ywyrstæ stigel" in 1023, appearing in the Domesday Book as "Werste", and later as "Ywhurst" in 1242.[2]
Governance
The village is part of the civil parish of Baughurst[3] and is part of the Baughurst and Tadley North ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[4] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
References
- ↑ Genealogical Society, Genealogical Gazetteer of England (1966)
- ↑ E. Ekwall (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.). p. 170.
- ↑ "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ↑ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
External links
- Media related to Ewhurst, Hampshire at Wikimedia Commons
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