Twyford, Hampshire

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Twyford is a village in Hampshire, England, approximately three miles south of Winchester and near the M3 motorway and Twyford Down. The village lies on the River Itchen, which passes through nearby watermeadows, and has been important economically for its residents. The name "Twyford" means "two fords" and from medieval times, the river supported a very large number of water mills for grinding corn.

Twyford is a thriving modern village of around 1,000 residents and includes a village school, Twyford St. Mary's Primary School, a doctor's surgery and pharmacy, an excellent grocer's shop and Post Office, as well as numerous other small businesses.

The village benefits greatly from two parks, as well as many footpaths and large areas of water meadow which are held in trust or otherwise protected from building development.

Twyford School is a preparatory school in the centre of the village, which had the distinction of expelling the poet Alexander Pope in the early 1700s for lampooning a master in verse.

Twyford St Mary's Parish Church was designed by Alfred Waterhouse the renowned Victorian architect who designed London's Natural History Museum.

[edit] Transport Network

The B3335 runs south–north (and vise-versa), and is within easy access to the M3 Motorway Junction 11.
The B3335 is called the High Street for the most of its route through the village.
There is a cross-roads in the centre of the village with the B3335 and two other roads.
- The east turn-off — Finches Road — passes becomes Shawford Road which runs through to the nearby village of Shawford before joining the main road from Winchester to Otterbourne.
  - The shooting of 'One Foot in the Grave's' Victor Meldrew's death was filmed at Shawford under the railway bridge.
- The west turn-off — Hazeley Road — travels past the (water) pumping station, to Hazeley Down and on towards Morestead and Owslebury.