Static Image Name: | The Fur and Feathers - geograph.org.uk - 75097.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Fur and Feathers, Southrope |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Southrope |
Coordinates: | 51.2°N -1.0333°W |
Civil Parish: | Herriard |
Shire District: | Basingstoke and Deane |
Shire County: | Hampshire |
Region: | South East England |
Post Town: | ALTON |
Postcode Area: | GU |
Postcode District: | GU34 |
Dial Code: | 01420 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU6763644975 |
Southrope is a hamlet in the civil parish of Herriard, Hampshire. It has one pub, named the Fur and Feathers. The hamlet was once considered a part of the civil parish Bentworth, until the late 19th century. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies approximately south-east from the hamlet. The hamlet's toponym derives from Old English Sūþrop, meaning south village.[1]
The hamlet is part of the civil parish of Herriard[2] and is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[3] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.At one time, Southrope came under the large parish of Bentworth until its decline in the mid-19th century. Although today, Herriard's parish borders the parish of Bentworth.[4]