Hartley Wespall Explained

Country:England
Type:Village
Coordinates:51.3183°N -0.9995°W
Official Name:Hartley Wespall
Population:241
Population Ref:(2011 Census including Stratfield Turgis and Turgis Green)[1]
Shire District:Basingstoke and Deane
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:North East Hampshire
Post Town:HOOK
Postcode District:RG27
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:01256
Os Grid Reference:SU6981958165

Hartley Wespall is a civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It is near the larger village of Hook, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.1 km) south-west from the hamlet.

St.Mary Church is flint with a Tile hung North Tower. It was essentially reconstructed by Gilbert Scott in 1868–69. It still has, as noted by Pevsner “one tremendous original feature, the early C14 timbers of the West Wall.”[2] The fourteenth century church is Grade I listed.

John Keate, headmaster of Eton College from 1809 to 1834, was made rector here in 1824. He is buried in the church.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 19 December 2016. Office for Nationsl Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and The Isle of Wight, Nickolas Pevsner.
  3. Book: Mee . Arthur . The King's England, Hampshire with the Isle of Wight . 1967 . Hodder and Stoughton . London . 119.