Hartley Mauditt
| Hartley Mauditt | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 St Leonard's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU742361 |
| Location: | 51°7’11"N, 0°56’26"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Alton |
| Postcode: | GU34 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hampshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Hampshire |
Hartley Mauditt is an abandoned village in Hampshire, found a mile and a quarter south of the village of East Worldham, and two and a half miles south-east of Alton, just east of the B3006 road.
The village appears to have been uninhabited since the 18th century, except for a couple of scattered cottages. The one remaining building from the old village is the church; the 12th century, St Leonard's Church. Accom panying it are farms and a few cottages.
Notwithstanding the disappearance of the village, Hartley Mauditt is still an agricultural settlement of some 1,400 acres with several large farms. The remaining houses include a 17th-century thatched cottage, an old rectory, and the converted village school on the parish boundary adjoining West Worldham.[1]
History
Hartley Mauditt was first documented in the Domesday Book as "Herlege" (meaning hartland or woodland); "Hartley" signifies a pasture for deer. The manor had been granted to William de Maldoit (by corruption rendered Mauditt) by William the Conqueror.[2] Later, it was in the possession of John of Gaunt, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Crown, and then in 1603 to Nicholas Steward (1547-1633).[3]
In 1790, the 4th Baronet of Hartley Mauditt, Sir Simeon Henry Stuart, sold the manor to Henry Bilson-Legge whose son pulled down the manor house in 1798.[4] After the demolition of the house the village of Hartley Mauditt declined, and eventually left the church as one of the few remaining buildings in the site of the settlement.
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References
- ↑ Blank, Daniel (24 February 2022). "Tom Hardy and Peaky Blinders creator reportedly filming 'Great Expectations' at Hampshire 'abandoned village". Reach plc. https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/gallery/tom-hardy-peaky-blinders-creator-6711667.
- ↑ Moody, Henry (1846). Antiquarian and topographical sketches of Hampshire (Public domain ed.). pp. 110–. https://books.google.com/books?id=oiEHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA110. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ Driver, Leigh (25 September 2008). Lost Villages of England. New Holland Publishers. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-84773-218-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=CAIo-xXfClsC&pg=PA64. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ "The mysteries of Hartley Mauditt". 1 February 2013. http://www.hampshire-history.com/mysteries-of-hartley-mauditt/.
