Chilworth, Hampshire
| Chilworth | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Chilworth old village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU408186 |
| Location: | 50°57’56"N, 1°25’10"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,204 (2011) |
| Post town: | Southampton |
| Postcode: | SO16 |
| Dialling code: | 023 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Test Valley |
Chilworth is a village in Hampshire, in the precious green gap between the swelling suburbs of Southampton to the south and Chandler's Ford to the north-east.
Good travel connections and restricted development have led to the village becoming particularly affluent.
The village is found about two miles south-west of Chandler's Ford town centre and four miles north of Southampton, if far closer to the edge of its townscape. North Baddesley is a mile north-west of Chilworth.
The village is listed as Celeworda in the Domesday Book, which appears to be from the Old English Ceorla weorð, meaning 'churls' place'.
The village is physically split into two parts: modern Chilworth running along the straight 'new' stretch of the Southampton to Romsey road, and old Chilworth built around the 'old' road.
Chilworth Old Village
Chilworth Old Village, at the west end, consists of former farm workers' thatched cottages interspersed with modern houses and bungalows built in the 1950s. The parish church, St Denys, stands at the edge of the Old Village. There was once a Saxon or Norman church here and the previous church is believed to have been built in the 12th century. It was rebuilt in 1820[1] and is noted for its old bells which date from about the year 1200.
Chilworth Old Village is designated a conservation area. Most of the buildings from the 16th century are situated in the Conservation Area: others are Manor Farm and the Beehives, the latter being the lodges to Chilworth Manor.
University of Southampton Science Park
Chilworth is the location of the University of Southampton Science Park (formerly the 'Chilworth Science Park'). Here is found the main satellite uplink earth station of Sky UK.. This facility uplinks signals (both Sky and some third party) to the Astra satellites at 28.2° east.
About the village
There is a small public house on the main road through the village called The Chilworth Arms (formerly The Clump). The original name of the pub, 'The Clump' comes from an old earthwork. Chilworth has a village hall and football field near the pub and there is a kennel and cattery in Chilworth Common, one of the local wooded areas. The thatched post office building was originally built as a kennel for the local hounds before being handed over to the village in 1900. Now both the Post Office and the convenience store are closed.
Since the early 1960s, there has been a Village Hall, situated on the edge of the Village Green behind what is now the Chilworth Arms. Administered by a charitable trust, the Hall is available to the residents of Chilworth and the immediately surrounding vicinity, for meetings, events and many other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of generating and improving a local community spirit.
Chilworth Manor
- Main article: Chilworth Manor, Hampshire
Chilworth Manor was once the mansion house of the Chilworth Estate.[2] John Willis Fleming rebuilt the house in 1904.
The Flemings sold Chilworth Manor in 1947 and after various changes of ownership, including several years as student accommodation for the University of Southampton, it became a hotel and conference centre.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chilworth, Hampshire) |
- Chilworth, Hampshire
- Southampton Science Park
- St Denys' Chilworth
- Map of the Manor of Chilworth in the County of Southampton belonging to Peter Serle Esq., 1755
- The Chilworth Arms
- {{brithist|42031 British History Online – Chilworth]
References
- ↑ St Denys, Chilworth
- ↑ Chilworth Manor House Willis Fleming Historical Trust