Ecchinswell

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51°19′59″N1°17′04″W / 51.33306°N 1.28444°W / 51.33306; -1.28444

Ecchinswell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green, [1] in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 295. [2]

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The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St. Lawrence and is a Victorian building, the original church of St. Lawrence had to be demolished after it fell into disrepair.

The Royal Oak inn at Ecchinswell, Hampshire, England. December 2024. Ecchinswell royal oak.jpg
The Royal Oak inn at Ecchinswell, Hampshire, England. December 2024.

The village also has an inn, "The Royal Oak" and some handsome thatched cottages.

Geography

Watership Down, location of Richard Adams' novel of the same name, is just south of Ecchinswell. Ladle Hill on Great Litchfield Down, also lies to the south. Part of the hill is a 10.37 hectares (25.6 acres) biological SSSI, first notified in 1978. The hill has a partially completed Iron Age hill fort on its summit, and the surrounding area is rich in Iron Age tumuli, enclosures, lynchets and field systems. Ladle Hill and Watership Down are easily accessed from the Wayfarer's Walk cross-county footpath that passes through the parish.

Governance

The village of Ecchinswell is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. [3] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form "Ecchinswell and Sydmonton". [4]

Literature

Nuthanger Farm at Ecchinswell features extensively in Richard Adams' Watership Down.

Notable people

Part of Ecchinswell's War Memorial. Part of Ecchinswell's 1914-1919 War Memorial.jpg
Part of Ecchinswell's War Memorial.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Population statistics Ecchinswell CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Relationships and changes Ecchinswell CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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