Turgis Green
| Turgis Green | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU695592 |
| Location: | 51°19’39"N, 1°0’8"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hook |
| Postcode: | RG27 |
| Dialling code: | 01256 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Basingstoke |
Turgis Green is a small hamlet in Hampshire, between Hartley Wespall and Stratfield Turgis. It stands by on the northern section of the busy A33 road, which splits it north to south.
History
The hamlet is named for the Turgis family that owned land locally in the thirteenth century. Turgis Green was inclosed in 1866 as a result of the General Inclosure Act.[1]
Late in the eighteenth century it was proposed to dig a cut, a canal branch, from the Basingstoke Canal to Turgis Green but the proposal never came to fruition.[2]
Sport and leisure
The hamlet includes a cricket pitch, home of the Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club, and small children's playground.
Church
The Chuch of St Mary the Blessed Virgin (Church of England) stands about a mile from the hamlet and close to Hartley Wespall.
Outside links
- Stratfield Turgis Parish Meeting
- Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club
- The History of the Basingstoke Canal
- National Heritage List 1339496: Church of St Mary The Blessed Virgin (Grade I listing)
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 4 pp 63-65: Parishes: Stratfield Turgis (Victoria County History)
- ↑ "The History of the Basingstoke Canal". 1973. http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/row/maps/1724.pdf. Retrieved 1 January 2011.