Dummer, Hampshire

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Dummer
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All Saints' Church, Dummer
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Dummer
Location within Hampshire
Population466 (2011 Census including Popham) [1]
OS grid reference SU583458
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  • Dummer
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BASINGSTOKE
Postcode district RG25
Dialling code 01256
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51°12′37″N1°09′40″W / 51.2102°N 1.1611°W / 51.2102; -1.1611

Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, England. It is 6 miles south-west of Basingstoke and near Junction 7 on the M3 motorway.

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In the 2001 census, it had a population of 643, with 127 dwellings, [2] reducing to a population of 466 in 201 households at the 2011 Census. [1]

History

The name of the village is derived from Dun (meaning hill) and Mer (lake or pond).[ citation needed ] The English surname 'Dummer' is thought to originate from here, as the Dummer family were lords of the manor between the 12th and 16th centuries.[ citation needed ]

All Saints Church is in the centre of the village. [3] The church is part of the Church of England benefice of Farleigh, Candover and Wield, served by the same Rector.

A public house, The Queen Inn, is north of the church on Down Street towards the M3. [4]

Also towards the M3 is the Dummer Golf Club, the course lying to the northeast of the village. [5]

On the other side of the M3 north of the A30 is the Dummer Garden Centre, [6] and a public house, The Sun Inn. A short distance south-west down the A30 is another public house and hotel, The Wheatsheaf. [7]

To the south-west of Dummer village by about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) is Dummer Down Farm. This is the site of the Dummer Cricket Centre which was founded by Major Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York. [8] The current owner, Andrew Ferguson, was a local councillor on Dummer Parish Council.

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Dummer, [9] which is part of the Oakley and North Waltham ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. [10] The borough council is a non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Hantsweb Team (2006). "Dummer". Hantsweb. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
  3. ↑ www.allsaintschurchdummer.hampshire.org.uk|
  4. ↑ "The Queen Inn". The Queen Inn.
  5. ↑ "Home :: Dummer Golf Club". www.dummergolfclub.com.
  6. ↑ "Error | Deloitte UK".
  7. ↑ "Hampshire - Pubs and Inns with a literary connection". www.homesteadbb.free-online.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Dummer Cricket Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire". Serious Cricket.
  9. ↑ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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