St Mary Bourne Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Thatched Cottage and The George Inn, St Mary Bourne. - geograph.org.uk - 193067.jpg
Static Image Caption:Thatched Cottage and The George Inn
Official Name:St Mary Bourne
Coordinates:51.25°N -1.39°W
Civil Parish:St Mary Bourne
Population:1,298
Population Ref:(parish 2011 Census including Little Bourne, Little Down, Middle Wyke, Stoke and Wadwick)[1]
Shire District:Basingstoke and Deane
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Post Town:ANDOVER
Postcode District:SP11
Postcode Area:SP
Dial Code:01264
Os Grid Reference:SU422503

St Mary Bourne is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It lies on the valley of the Bourne Rivulet, a tributary of the River Test, northeast of Andover.

Governance

The civil parish of St Mary Bourne[2] is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[3] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. The ward includes Binley, and the hamlets of Swampton and Stoke further up the Bourne rivulet valley.

Geography

The village is in a rural area of downland, with a mixture of farms and woodlands nearby. The Bourne Rivulet flows through the centre of the village and has been known to flood.

Vitacress is an agriculture company headquartered in St Mary Bourne. The business, which was founded in the 1950s by Malcolm Isaac, is Europe's largest provider of watercress and also grows and packages washed rocket, spinach and other salad greens.

Landmarks

It has thatched houses and in the south part of the village is the flint and stone church of St Peter. The church is notable for its 12th-century Tournai font.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 22 December 2016. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire . 2008 . 26 October 2010.
  3. Web site: Basingstoke and Deane Wards info . 2010 . 26 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101024232035/http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/council/councillors/wardsinfo.htm . 24 October 2010 .