Southrope

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Coordinates: 51°12′00″N 1°02′00″W / 51.2000°N 1.0333°W / 51.2000; -1.0333
Southrope

The Fur and Feathers, Southrope
Southrope

 Southrope shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU6763644975
Civil parish Herriard
District Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county Hampshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ALTON
Postcode district GU34
Dialling code 01420
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
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Southrope is a hamlet in the civil parish of Herriard, Hampshire. It has one pub, named the Fur and Feathers. The hamlet was once considered a part of the civil parish of Shalden and Bentworth, until the late 19th century. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies approximately 5.8 miles (9.3 km) south-east from the hamlet.

Governance

The hamlet is part of the civil parish of Herriard[1] and is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. At one time, Southrope came under the large parish of Bentworth until its decline in the mid-19th century. Although today, Herriard's parish borders the parish of Bentworth.[3]

References

  1. "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire". 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
  2. "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
  3. Bentworth, Hampshire#Parish decline Bentworth Parish Decline

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