Shirrell Heath

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Shirrell Heath
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Shirrell Heath
Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU5729514307
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Southampton
Postcode district SO32
Dialling code 01329
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50°55′31″N1°11′10″W / 50.9254°N 1.1862°W / 50.9254; -1.1862 Coordinates: 50°55′31″N1°11′10″W / 50.9254°N 1.1862°W / 50.9254; -1.1862

Shirrell Heath is a village and top of a modest escarpment of the South Downs National Park in south Hampshire, England. Shirrell Heath, and its neighbouring village, Waltham Chase are part of Shedfield parish. [1] It is in the civil parish of Shedfield.

The General Stores in the village was run for many years by the Tucker family. The Sub Post Office was run by the Misses Watson, and then passed to the Simpson family, and was open at least until the early 1990s [2]

The local Public House, called the Prince of Wales, was closed in 2012.

There is a Methodist chapel in the centre of the village.

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References

  1. Shedfield Parish boundary Retrieved on February 21, 2013
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)