Mapledurwell
| Mapledurwell | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU687512 |
| Location: | 51°15’22"N, 1°-0’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 620 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hook |
| Postcode: | RG25 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Basingstoke and Deane |
Mapledurwell is a village in Hampshire, located south-east of Basingstoke and escaping the grip of that swollen town's townscape, separated from the town by Old Basing and the M4 motorway. The name 'Mapledurwell' means 'maple tree spring'.
The parish church, St Mary's. an ancient church constructed with elegant simplicity. It is of the 13th century, with additions form the 15th. It underwent a restoration in the 19th century. The church has a simple nave and chancel with a timber-framed western bell turret and a 19th century vestry to the south of the chancel.[1]
History
The Domesday Book records that in the time of Edward the Confessor the estate was held by Anschill from the King. From 1086, it became the sole Hampshire estate of Hugh de Port, covering the parishes of Newnham, Up Nately and Andwell.
The estate was forfeited by Adam de Port in 1172, and the King gave the manor to Alan Basset, it was transferred to Hugh de Despenser in 1306, who was hanged by Queen Isabel in 1326. Returned to the Despenser family in 1337, it remained in their possession for two centuries. In 1528, William Frost of Avington granted the manor to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, which remained the major land owner until 1839. This later long period of ownership resulted in the continuation of small tenant farm holdings, and hence the relatively late enclosure of the farmlands, and retention of an open land setting and older "twisty" road layout.
The present area of allotment land was awarded to the village under and Enclosure act of June 1863. The opening of the Basingstoke Canal from 1778, which ran through the northern half of Up Nately, and the expansion of the nearby brickworks brought many industrial jobs to the area.
Further reading
John Hare, Jean Morrin and Stan Wright The Victoria History of Hampshire: Mapledurwell Institute of Historical Research, 2012 ISBN 1905165897 ISBN 978-1905165896
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1092979: Church of St Mary (Grade II* listing)
