Wolverton, Hampshire

Wolverton
Wolverton
Wolverton shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU553585
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TADLEY
Postcode district	RG26
Dialling code	01635

Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central

EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire

Wolverton is a village in north Hampshire, England. It is within the civil parish of Baughurst,^[1] (where the 2011 Census population was located) and located approximately 7 miles (11 km) from both Newbury and Basingstoke.

History

Named in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ulvretune,^[2] Wolverton has a royal history. Circa 885, King Alfred gave the area – along with neighbouring Baughurst – to the Diocese of Winchester.^[3]

Pipe Rolls identify the existence of a royal household in the village as early as the 12th century, and that Eleanor of Aquitaine resided there in 1165 while her husband – Henry II – was in Normandy.^[4] The manor of Wolverton remained in royal ownership through the reigns of King John and Henry III, until possession was gained by the family of Peter Fitz Herbert some time after 1217.^[4]

In 1837, Sir Peter Pole sold the manor to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington,^[4] and it remained part of the Wellington estate until 1943.^[5] The present-day Wolverton House is a late-Georgian manor house, near to St Catherine's Church.^[6]

References

↑ "Area: Baughurst CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
↑ "Wolverton, Hampshire". 49r Great Domesday Book. The National Archives. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
↑ "Baughurst History". Baughurst Parish Council. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
1 2 3 Page, William (1911). "Parishes: Wolverton". A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4. British History Online. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
↑ "The National Archives - Wellington". Retrieved 2013-03-16.
↑ Chevallier, Hugh (2008-09-13). "Wolverton House". Geograph. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England
	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch
	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bradley Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Sherfield Park Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence
	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common
	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables

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