Chandler's Ford
| Chandler's Ford | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Winchester Road and Brownhill Road, Chandler's Ford | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 50°59’2"N, 1°22’45"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 20,071 (2001) |
| Post town: | Eastleigh |
| Postcode: | SO53 |
| Dialling code: | 023 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Eastleigh |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Eastleigh / Romsey / Winchester |
| Website: | Community Website |
Chandler's Ford is a largely residential town in Hampshire. It had a population of 20,071 at the 2001 Census. Chandler's Ford lies on the old Winchester to Southampton road.
The town today is grown large, influenced by Southampton, and has grown into neighbouring Eastleigh, the two separated by the corridor of the M3 motorway. It has spread almost to the bounds of the Southampton conurbation.
Name
The town was originally known simply as The Ford[1] and historically Chandlersford[2]), which is thought to refer either to the ford of Monks Brook[3] on the Hursley Road (shown on the Hursley map of 1588 as "Charnells foord")[3] or on the Winchester-Southampton road.[1]
The prefix "Chandler's" prefix was added in the late 16th century,[1] from the Chaundler family, who have been known in the area from the 14th Century.[4]
Position
Chandler's Ford stands on the way between Winchester and Southampton, though now bypassed in particular by the M3 motorway. It is served by Chandler's Ford railway station, which was re-opened in May 2003 after having been closed since 1969.
History
Hiltonbury Farm (now a public house) appeared on a map of 1588 and may originally have been owned by the Hursley Park Estate in nearby Hursley. It was later sold to Cranbury Park Estate and stopped being a working farm in the late 1970s, when the surrounding area was developed. Other communities revolved around other farms in the area but Chandler's Ford was very sparsely populated until the 19th century.
In 1889, an iron church and some schools were constructed.[2] The civil parish of Chandlersford was created in 1897, from portions of North Stoneham, North Baddesley, and Ampfield, although the railway station remained in the North Baddesley parish.[2]
Chandler's Ford used to be a town with mainly housing estates, however there are now various developments of shops and schools that have been built in the area. In the 1920s, building took place in the King's Court, Merdon and Hiltingbury areas. Later, development in the Hursley Road area happened, followed by housing across the Hiltingbury, Scantabout, Peverells Road, Spring Hill and Oakmount areas. More recently, developments in North Millers Dale, South Millers Dale and the 'new town' of Valley Park to the West of Chandler's Ford have completed the mix of housing. Chandler's Ford is considered to be the development to the west of the M3 motorway and now forms the majority of the Eastleigh urban area.
Due to the way in which the town was developed, there is little identifiable 'town centre'. The main commercial centre is in Fryern, the area of the Halfway Inn (near the old tollhouse for Winchester to Southampton road), but other smaller shopping areas include the Central Precinct and the area around St Boniface Church (built 1904).
Sport
- Cricket:
- Compton and Chandler's Ford Cricket Club, which formed in 1995 when Chandler's Ford Cricket Club merged with Compton and Shawford CC.
Big Society
- Valley Park Community Association
- Chandler's Ford Community Association Community Centre, Hursley Rd, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh
- Hiltingbury Recreation Ground
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chandler's Ford) |
- Chandler's Ford Community Website
- Chandler's Ford Chameleon Theatre Company
- Hampshire County Council: Hiltingbury lakes
- Compton and Chandler's Ford CC Website
- Chandler's Ford Online: Local history
- The Eastleigh Photograph Archive
- John Keble 's Parishes John Keble's Parishes – A History of Hursley and Otterbourne. (1898) Edited by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Chandler's Ford News (on Eastleigh News website)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cox, Gordon Daubney (2005). Around Eastleigh, including Chandler's Ford, Bishopstoke and Botley. Salisbury: Francis Frith Collection. p. 72. ISBN 1-84589-029-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Page, William (1908). A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3. pp. 478–481.. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42034.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Currie, Christopher (Spring 2005). "Chandler's Ford, Hiltingbury Lake and the Hursley map of 1588". Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society Newsletter (43). http://www.fieldclub.hants.org.uk/publications/news43/lan43a.html. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ↑ Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-19-280074-4.
