Inhurst

Inhurst

Inhurst Farm
Inhurst
 Inhurst shown within Hampshire
Civil parishBaughurst
DistrictBasingstoke and Deane
Shire countyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Tadley
Postcode district RG26
Dialling code 0118
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentBasingstoke
Websitehttp://www.baughurst-pc.gov.uk/
List of places
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Coordinates: 51°20′54″N 1°10′30″W / 51.3483°N 1.1750°W / 51.3483; -1.1750Inhurst is a hamlet in Hampshire, England.

History

Inhurst House was established as a school in the 1960s but closed in July, 1999[1] when it merged with Cheam School. It was bought and renovated by Bewley Homes and is now their head office.[2]

Governance

The hamlet of Inhurst is part of the civil parish of Baughurst[3] and is part of the Baughurst and Tadley North ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[4] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

Notable residents

Inhurst House was the home of Frederick Stokes, the first captain of the England national rugby union team, who played for and captained the team in the first three rugby internationals, all between England and Scotland. He was also the youngest ever president of the Rugby Football Union.

References

  1. "Inhurst House School". Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. "Baughurst & Wolverton Village Design Statement" (PDF). April 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  4. "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

External links

Media related to Inhurst at Wikimedia Commons


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