Privett
| Privett | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Privett Old Post Office | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU675269 |
| Location: | 51°2’17"N, 1°2’16"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Petersfield |
| Postcode: | GU32 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hampshire |
Privett is a small village in Hampshire, five miles north-west of Petersfield in the east of the county, just off the A272 road.
In the heart of the village is its church, Holy Trinity Church, designed by Arthur Blomfield and built at the expense of local landowner, businessman and Member of Parliament William Nicholson. Nicholson was also responsible for building in the village a number of residences for workers on his Basing Park estate.
History
A place called Pryfetesflod ('Privett's River'), located in the Weald, is mentioned in the entry for 755 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: the entry records that Cynewulf deposed Sigeberht of Wessex nd drove him off into the Weald, where at Pryfetesflod Sigeberht was stabbed to death by a swain in revenge for Sigeberht's murder of the Ealdorman Cumbra.[1]
The village was known as Pryvet in the 14th century and Pryvate in the 16th century.[2] The parish of Holy Trinity is listed as being part of the parish and manor of West Meon in 1391, belonging to St Swithun's Monastery, later granted to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester by Henry VIII.
Between 1903 and 1955 the village was served by Privett railway station on the Meon Valley Railway, which stood half a mile west of the village itself.
Pictures
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Holy Trinity Church
Tunnel under disused Meon Valley line
Basing Park lodge
References
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Parker Chronicle (755)
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 3 p : Parishes: Privett (Victoria County History)
