Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.8877°N -1.1478°W |
Official Name: | Boarhunt |
Population: | 543 |
Shire District: | City of Winchester |
Shire County: | Hampshire |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Meon Valley |
Post Town: | Fareham |
Postcode Area: | PO |
Postcode District: | PO17 |
Dial Code: | 01329 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU600101 |
Boarhunt is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England, about 2miles north-east of Fareham. The name of the village is a corruption of burh funta, the funta, (stream) by the fort (burh).[1]
The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, when there were 27 households.[2] Hall House in Boarhunt was dismantled in 1970 and reconstructed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in West Sussex in 1981.[3]
The village church is dedicated to St Nicholas; it is almost completely Saxon in its structure with its font probably dating to the same period. The building has been dated as having been constructed in 1064.[4] Further work appears to have taken place in the 13th century. In 1577 a monument to Ralph Henslowe was added to the interior. A general restoration was carried out in 1853 at which point a bell-turret was added and the current furnishings were fitted.[5]