Bartley, Hampshire
| Bartley | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Bartley village hall, and former church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU306134 |
| Location: | 50°55’11"N, 1°33’55"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Southampton |
| Postcode: | SO40 |
| Dialling code: | 023 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | New Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
New Forest East |
Bartley is a village in Hampshire, within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park, seven miles west of Southampton, to the south of of Copythorne, to whose civil parish it is allocated, along with Cadnam to the west, and Woodlands to the south-east.
At the heart of Bartley is "The Tin Church", a Church of England church reading room built in 1900 from corrugated iron and painted green. It was used for church services until 1992. In 1992, a charitable trust bought the Tin Church and renovated it, so that it is now it is used as a village hall and community centre.
The village has a single shop, the 'Fourways Stores and Bartley Post Office', owned and run by the same family for over thirty years, a pub called "The Haywain" (featuring the eponymous painting by John Constable on the pub sign) and Bartley Junior School,[1] just north of the village centre.
There are a number of entrances to the New Forest in Bartley, with cattle grids to keep the horses and other grazing animals in the forest. Bartley has a stream running near it called Bartley Water.
History
The name of Bartley is Old English, from beorc leag meaning "birchwood meadow". In 1586 it is recorded as "Bartlie Regis", or "Barkley Kings" on a map of 1695.
Nearby Bartley Manor is an 18th-century house with a three-storey main block and two-storey wings. Bartley Lodge is also an 18th-century house which now operates as a hotel.
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