Ewhurst, Hampshire

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Ewhurst
Hampshire

St Mary, Ewhurst
Location
Location: 51°18’25"N, 1°10’59"W
Data
Post town: Tadley
Postcode: RG26
Dialling code: 01256
Local Government
Council: Basingstoke and Deane
Parliamentary
constituency:
North West Hampshire

Ewhurst is a sparse hamlet in northern Hampshire, six mile north-west of Basingstoke. The nearest village of any size is Kingsclere three miles to the north-west, while a small village, Ramsdell sits a mile to the north-east. The A339 Basingstoke to Newbury road skirts the southern edge of the hamlet.

The village appears in a document of 1023 as "Ywyrstæ stigel", and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Werste": later, in 1242, it is recorded as "Ywhurst" in 1242.[1]

The parish church, St Mary, dates from 1682.

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References

  1. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 170 ISBN 0198691033