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| − | |name=Boarhunt
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| − | |county=Hampshire
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| − | |picture=The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Boarhunt - geograph.org.uk - 3907927.jpg
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| − | |picture caption=St Nicholas, Boarhunt
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| − | |os grid ref=SU604083
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| − | |latitude=50.87123294
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| − | |longitude=-1.14284835
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| − | |population=
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| − | |post town=Fareham
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| − | |postcode=PO17
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| − | |LG district=Winchester
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| − | |constituency=Winchester
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| − | '''Boarhunt''', also known locally as '''South Boarhunt''', is a tiny village in south-eastern [[Hampshire]]; a companion to [[North Boarhunt]], a larger village a mile to the north. Boarhunt stands on the north slope of [[Portsdown Hill|Ports Down]]: south of the village, on the ridge is a Palmerston fort, [[Fort Nelson]], and by it the [[Nelson Monument, Boarhunt|Nelson Monument]].
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| − | This is a tiny place now, the original village having practically disappeared, so that Boarhunt is classified as a 'deserted village'.<ref name=l/>
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| − | The village has a small church, St Nicholas, which is a late Saxon chucrh, dated to 1064. It is a Grade I listed building.<ref name=l>{{NHLE|1350613|Church of St Nicholas|grade=I}}</ref> It underwent a restoration in 1853.
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| − | The nearest town is [[Portchester]] to the south, over Portsdown, while the much larger town, [[Fareham]], is two miles south-west of the village.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[Category:Lost villages of Hampshire]]
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