Hurstbourne Tarrant

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Hurstbourne Tarrant
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Hurstbourne Tarrant
Location within Hampshire
Population864 (2011 Census including Pill Heath) [1]
OS grid reference SU3837253292
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Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Andover
Postcode district SP11
Dialling code 01264
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51°16′39″N1°27′05″W / 51.277490°N 1.451262°W / 51.277490; -1.451262

Hurstbourne Tarrant is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. [2] [3] It lies to the north of the county in the Test Valley.

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History

The Tarrant part of the name originates from 1226, when the village was given to the Cistercian Tarrant nunnery. The civil parish includes the village of Ibthorpe. [3]

During the Second World War, Hurstbourne Tarrant was the decoy site for RAF Andover, the headquarters of RAF Maintenance Command. This was one of four airfields in Hampshire to be given a decoy site in 1940, to deceive enemy aircraft into attacking a spurious target. The decoy site at Hurstbourne Tarrant was a type 'K' decoy site with fake aircraft and buildings. From September 1940, fake machine gun posts were added to Hurstbourne Tarrant. [4]

Uphusband near Andover by John Nixon (1755-1818), showing The George and Dragon, a coaching inn John Nixon - Uphusband near Andover - 10682.jpg
Uphusband near Andover by John Nixon (1755–1818), showing The George and Dragon, a coaching inn

William Cobbett declared Hurstbourne Tarrent and its location as worth going miles to see with beauty at every turn. [5] He referred to it in his book Rural Rides (1830; but serialised from 1822) as Uphusband.

Hurstbourne House

Hurstbourne House is a grade II listed late 17th-century country house at the edge of the village. It was renovated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is home to the Sharpe family. The original central range was built in two storeys, and has 19th-century three-storey cross-wings at each end. The walls are stucco rendered and the roof tiled. The frontage has three bays, the central one recessed. [6]

Notable residents

The American Victorian/Edwardian artist Anna Lea Merritt lived in the village before her death in 1930. [7]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN   9780319228845.
  3. 1 2 "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Official UK National Monument Record webpage on Hurstbourne Tarrant decoy site (1465311)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ↑ The Kings England Hampshire and I.O.W., Arthur Mee., Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (1950). ASIN:B000S3760G
  6. ↑ "Hurstbourne House, Hurstbourne Tarrant". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Anna Lea Merritt". nmwa.org. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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