Stratfield Turgis Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:All Saints', Stratfield Turgis - geograph.org.uk - 175431.jpg
Static Image Caption:The deconsecrated All Saints' Church, Stratfield Turgis
Coordinates:51.3319°N -1.001°W
Official Name:Stratfield Turgis
Civil Parish:Stratfield Turgis
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:SU695598
Website:Stratfield Turgis Parish Meeting

Stratfield Turgis is a small village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire.

History

The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land (Old English feld) by the Roman road (Old English stræt) from Silchester to London, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270.

Governance

The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis,[1] and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Hartley Wespall.

Geography

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at 51.3333°N -1°W. It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.

Sport and leisure

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club play at Turgis Green.

Education

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire . 2008 . 26 October 2010.
  2. 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 .