Stratfield Turgis

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Stratfield Turgis
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The deconsecrated All Saints' Church, Stratfield Turgis
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Stratfield Turgis
Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU695598
Civil parish
  • Stratfield Turgis
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOOK
Postcode district RG27
Dialling code 01256
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance South Central
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Website Stratfield Turgis Parish Meeting
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England
Hampshire
51°19′55″N1°00′04″W / 51.3319°N 1.0010°W / 51.3319; -1.0010 Coordinates: 51°19′55″N1°00′04″W / 51.3319°N 1.0010°W / 51.3319; -1.0010

Stratfield Turgis is a small village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire.

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History

The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (Old English feld) by the Roman road (Old English stræt) from Silchester to London, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270.

Governance

The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis, [1] and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. [2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Hartley Wespall.

Geography

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at 51°20′N1°0′W / 51.333°N 1.000°W / 51.333; -1.000 . It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.

Sport and leisure

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club play at Turgis Green.

Education

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References

  1. "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  2. "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.