Privett

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Coordinates: 51°02′17″N 1°02′16″W / 51.03803°N 1.03772°W

Privett
Privett Old Post Office
Privett Privett shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU675269
Civil parish	Froxfield
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places UK England Hampshire

Privett is a small village and conservation area in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Petersfield, just off the A272 road. Its principal feature is Holy Trinity Church, designed by Arthur Blomfield and built at the expense of local landowner, businessman and M.P. William Nicholson. Nicholson was also responsible for building in the village a number of residences for workers on his Basing Park estate.^[1]

History

A place called Pryfetesflōd (Privett's River), located in the Weald, is mentioned in the 755 AD entry of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (the story of Cynewulf and Cyneheard), as the place where Sigeberht of Wessex, previously a ruler of Hampshire, was driven off to.

The village was known as Pryvet in the 14th century and Pryvate in the 16th century.^[2] The parish of Holy Trinity is listed as being part of the parish and manor of West Meon in 1391, belonging to St. Swithun's Monastery, later granted to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester by Henry the Eighth.

Between 1903 and 1955 the village was served by Privett railway station on the Meon Valley Railway, which was situated half a mile (1 km) west of the village itself.

Governance

The village of Privett is part of the civil parish of Froxfield, Hampshire,^[3] to which it was added in 1932. It is part of the Froxfield and Steep ward of the East Hampshire District Council, which is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Petersfield, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of the village. Hampshire Bus provide a daily service to and from Alton College on school days.^[4]

Gallery

Holy Trinity Church
Tunnel under disused Meon Valley line
Basing Park lodge

References

↑ "Privett conservation area". 2008.
↑ 'Parishes: Privett', A History of the County of Hampshire 3. 1908. p. 336. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
↑ "Hampshire County Council’s HantsWeb - Froxfield". 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
↑ "201, 205, 207, 211 (Alton Rural services)". 20 April 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

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