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Linkenholt
Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU365585
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Andover
Postcode district SP11
Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight
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Hampshire
51°19′12″N1°28′41″W / 51.320°N 1.478°W / 51.320; -1.478

Linkenholt is a village near Andover in Hampshire, England with about 40 inhabitants.[ citation needed ] [1] It is in the civil Parish of Faccombe. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Linchehou, when it was part of the land of the Abbey of St Peter of Gloucester. [2]

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The village is in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Linkenholt includes a 2,003-acre (811 ha) estate that has an Edwardian manor house, 21 cottages and houses, 1,500 acres (610 ha) of farmland, 450 acres (180 ha) of woodland, a village shop and a blacksmith's forge. The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter is not part of the estate.

The history of the Manor of Linkenholt traces back beyond Domesday Book of 1086. From the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–66) until after the Dissolution in the mid-1500s, the Manor of Linkenholt was granted by successive monarchs to the abbot and convent of St Peter, Gloucester. [3]

In 1629, the estate was bought by Emanuel Badd [4] for 2,000 pounds and was sold in 1680 to Amsterdam merchant Robert Styles [5] for 12,000 pounds. The estate remained in the same family until the early 19th century. Roland Dudley bought it in the 1920s. [6]

Herbert Blagrave bought the estate in 1964 and it passed to the trustees of the Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust on his death in 1981. The trustees sold the estate for an estimated £25 million in May 2009 to Swedish businessman Stefan Persson. [7] [8] All of the buildings in the village are rented to tenants. [9]

Geography

Linkenholt has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the north west of the village, called Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Picture-perfect English village for sale". msnbc.com. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Williams, Ann; Martin, G.H. (2003). Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin Books. pp. 102, 1371. ISBN   978-0-14-143994-5.
  3. ↑ "The land area under nature protection has more than doubled". doi:10.1787/888933279776.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "Linkenholt estate for sale - Country Life". Country Life. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Linkenholt estate for sale - Country Life". Country Life. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Picture-perfect English village for sale". msnbc.com. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Denyer, Lucy; Davies, Helen (24 May 2009). "Fashion boss buys village off the peg". The Times . Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  8. ↑ Pearse, Damien (25 May 2009). "H&M billionaire Stefan Persson buys Hampshire village for £25m". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  9. ↑ "Inside Britain's privately owned villages". Country Life. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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