Worting, Hampshire
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Not to be confused with Worthing.
Coordinates: 51°15′43″N 1°08′11″W / 51.261979°N 1.136435°WWorting | |
Worting Worting shown within Hampshire | |
OS grid reference | SU6035251778 |
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District | Basingstoke and Deane |
Shire county | Hampshire |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BASINGSTOKE |
Postcode district | RG22 5 |
Dialling code | 01256 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Basingstoke |
Worting is a parish in the hundred of Chutely, county Hants, 2 miles W. of Basingstoke. The village is situated near the line of the London and South-Western railway. The surface is undulating, and the soil chalky. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £280. The church, dedicated to Thomas a Becket, has been recently rebuilt. There is a National school, and almshouses for two poor families. The Rev. L. B. Wither is lord of the manor." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
The area is bounded to the south by Hatch Warren and the Worting Junction.[1] To the east is the district of Brighton Hill and the Cranbourne area.
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