Moundsmere
| Moundsmere | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Bridleway to Moundsmere Farm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU630430 |
| Location: | 51°10’58"N, 1°5’58"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Basingstoke |
| Postcode: | RG25 2 |
| Dialling code: | 01256 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Basingstoke |
Moundsmere is a hamlet in Hampshire, a mile and half north-east of Preston Candover, three miles north-west of the village of Bentworth and lies six miles from Basingstoke.
At one time, Moundsmere came under the large parish of Bentworth until its decline in the mid-19th century.
History
Moundsmere became part of the dower first of Anne of Cleves and then of Catherine Howard. On the death of Catherine Howard, Henry VIII granted it to Winchester College in part exchange for certain other manors. The college used a manor in Moundsmere as a site of retreat from epidemics.[1]
The current Moundsmere Manor was built in 1908-9 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for Wilfred Buckley, a highly successful businessman returning to Britain from America, on the site he identified following a lengthy search for the perfect position.
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References
- ↑ Giddings, Tim (May 2020). "A plague on all the houses: an epidemiological history of Win Coll" (in en). The Trusty Servant 129: 4. https://view.joomag.com/nov-2019-no128-may-2020-no129/0425763001588337437.