Catherington
| Catherington | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU695145 |
| Location: | 50°55’35"N, 1°-0’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | First argument to "number_format" must be a number. (3,900) |
| Post town: | Waterlooville |
| Postcode: | PO8 |
| Dialling code: | 023 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hampshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Hampshire |
Catherington is a village in Hampshire, a mile north-west of Horndean in the south-east of the county. The village is also close to Cowplain and Clanfield, about ten miles north of Portsmouth and eight miles south of Petersfield.
The village has a semi-rural character, with an approximate population of 3,900 estimated in 1998. It is a also conservation area.
The name of Catherington is reecorded as Cateringatune in 1015, and possibly means ‘farmstead of the people living by the hill called Cadeir’, or alternatively ‘Farmstead of Cat(t)or's family or followers'.[1]
Parish church
The village church, All Saints Church, is of the mid-12th century in origin.[2][3] The church was restored in 1883 by Edmund Ferrey (son of Benjamin Ferrey).[2]
The church contains a notable tomb monument to Sir Nicholas Hyde and his wife which occupies the east end of the north chapel. In the churchyard is the tomb of Admiral Sir Charles Napier and a monument to another Admiral, Sir Christopher Cradock, as well as the tomb of Edmund Kean, an actor who had a house in Horndean (some of his later family paid the restoration of the church in the late 19th century).[3]
The church has an early 14th century painting of the 'Weighing of souls' on the wall of the nave.[4]
History
The village stands at the top of a hill and is similar to its pre-19th century layout in a linear pattern, with buildings either side of Catherington Lane, the main road in the village The church in the village is the oldest building in Catherington and dates to the mid 12th century There are several listed buildings in the village. In 1838 there were three working farms in the village and many of the farm buildings still exist, including a listed Granary building erected in 1820 on the west side of Catherington Lane There are two Georgian era mansions in the village (St Catherines and Catherington House) The current vicarage was built in 1880, replacing an earlier building
About the village
Attached to the church is a hall, and there is a public house, The Farmer Inn. The Farmer public house was rebuilt in the 1920s following a fire
Culture and Community
The main community centre of Catherington is the Church Hall (used by the Scouts).
There is a pond in the village and there is a car park in the village for access to Catherington Down.
In 2021, the village held an inaugural craft fair.[5]
Media
The local newspapers and publications are:
- Meon Valley News (Free)
- Petersfield Herald
- The News
Outside links
- A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 3 pp 94-101: Parishes: Catherington (Victoria County History)
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Heritage List 1094569: Church of All Saints (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gwyffyn, PencerDD (1884). "Catherington Church". Musical World (London, England) 62 (4): 67. https://pmt-eu.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/gvehrt/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_7950109. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ↑ Tingle, Elizabeth; Booth, Phillip (2020). A Companion to Death, Burial, and Remembrance in Late Mediæval and Early Modern Europe, C. 1300–1700. Brill. p. 50. ISBN 9789004443433.
- ↑ "Hundreds of people turn out for Catherington craft fair - which could be the first of many". Portsmouth News. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/hundreds-of-people-turn-out-for-catherington-craft-fair-which-could-be-the-first-of-many-3256386.