Tangley
| Tangley | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 St Thomas of Canterbury, Tangley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU329526 |
| Location: | 51°16’20"N, 1°31’44"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 557 (2011) |
| Post town: | Andover |
| Postcode: | SP11 |
| Dialling code: | 01264 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Test Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Hampshire |
Tangley is a village in Hampshire, to the north of the old market town of Andover and the village of Charlton, Hampshire, in the north-west corner of the county, leaning against the border of Wiltshire, marked by the lane at the western edge of the village; Tangley Bottom is a barely separated hamlet along that lane.
The wider parish has just under 600 residents in three villages: Tangley, Wildhern and Hatherden and such hamlets as Charlton Down and Little Hatherden.
The houses are typical of the different kinds to be found in the area with the older ones being of flint and brick and chalk cob with thatched or tiled roofs.
A walk through the parish of Tangley takes one through woodland, downland and farmland. The villages are scattered over the chalklands south of the Hampshire downs, on high land which overlooks the Bourne valley to the north and the remains of Chute Forest to the west.
History
The name 'Tangley' is Old English. The earliest known reference, in 1174, calls it Tangelea, meaning a meadow or clearing (leah) on a tongue, or perhaps tongues, of land. It apppears as Tangelea in 1175.
In the sixteenth century the manor of Tangley was owned by the Reade family, whose most distinguished member was Sir Richard Reade (1511–1575), who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland in the 1540s.
Tangley has a War Memorial dedicated to those who gave their lives in the Great War of 1914–1918.
In February 2000, the manor house in Tangley was consumed in a devastating fire that killed owners, Michael Colvin MP and his wife.[1]
Church
The small Victorian church, St Thomas of Canterbury, is surrounded by its old graveyard with ancient yew trees.
About the village
Tangley was the last point for the drovers who walked their sheep over the downs to the Weyhill Fair in October each year. Tangley offered refreshments and lodging to the drovers, and their flocks in the form of five inns or beer houses, of which two remain – The Fox to the south and The Cricketer's in the centre of the village.
Tangley Parish Hall, which was rebuilt in 1959, is in neighbouring Wildhern. Around it is a four and a half acre site which is in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "MP feared dead in fire". BBC. 2000-02-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/654666.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-12.