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Martyr Worthy
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Martyr Worthy
Location within Hampshire
Population110  [1]
OS grid reference SU5153532925
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WINCHESTER
Postcode district SO21
Dialling code 01962
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51°05′36″N1°15′56″W / 51.093330°N 1.26548°W / 51.093330; -1.26548

Martyr Worthy is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Itchen Valley, [2] in the Winchester non-metropolitan district of Hampshire, England. It is part of the Worthys cluster of small villages. In 1931 the parish had a population of 350. [3] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form Itchen Valley. [4]

Martyr Worthy is located on the banks of the River Itchen to the northeast of the city of Winchester.

The place-name 'Martyr Worthy' is first attested in Episcopal Registers of 1243, where it appears as Wordia le Martre. 'Worthy' means 'enclosure', and Martyr Worthy is recorded as having been held by Henricus la Martre in 1201. 'Martre' may be Old French martre meaning martyr, or meaning marten and used as a nickname [5]

The village has a Church of England parish church – St Swithun's  – which is Grade II* listed. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Census data". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ↑ legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire – sheet 1315 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 10,000. Cartography by Ordnance Survey. Hampshire County Council. 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Population statistics Martyr Worthy AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Relationships and changes Martyr Worthy AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.536.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Swithun (1350471)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 7 March 2016.



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