Stratfield Turgis

Stratfield Turgis
  • Stratford Turgis

The deconsecrated All Saints' Church, Stratfield Turgis
Stratfield Turgis
Stratfield Turgis shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU695598
Civil parish
  • Stratfield Turgis
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOOK
Postcode district RG27
Dialling code 01256
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Stratfield Turgis Parish Meeting

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

History

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.

Governance

The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis,[1] and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Hartley Wespall.

Geography

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at 51°20′N 1°0′W / 51.333°N 1.000°W / 51.333; -1.000. It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.

Sport and leisure

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

References

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