Stratfield Turgis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Contents

[edit] Location

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at 51°20′N, 1°0′W. It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.

[edit] Name

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.

[edit] Sport and leisure

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

[edit] External links