Dummer, Hampshire

DistrictShire countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBASINGSTOKEPostcode districtRG25Dialling code01256PoliceHampshire and Isle of WightFireHampshire and Isle of WightAmbulanceSouth Central UK Parliament 51°12′37″N 1°09′40″W / 51.2102°N 1.1611°W / 51.2102; -1.1611

Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, England. It is 6 miles south-west of Basingstoke and near Junction 7 on the M3 motorway.

In the 2001 census, it had a population of 643, with 127 dwellings,^[2] reducing to a population of 466 in 201 households at the 2011 Census.^[1]

History

The name of the village is derived from Dun (meaning hill) and Mer (lake or pond).^{[citation needed]} The English surname 'Dummer' is thought to originate from here, as the Dummer family were lords of the manor between the 12th and 16th centuries.^{[citation needed]}

All Saints Church is in the centre of the village.^[3] The church is part of the Church of England benefice of Farleigh, Candover and Wield, served by the same Rector.

A public house, The Queen Inn, is north of the church on Down Street towards the M3.^[4]

Also towards the M3 is the Dummer Golf Club, the course lying to the northeast of the village.^[5]

On the other side of the M3 north of the A30 is the Dummer Garden Centre,^[6] and a public house, The Sun Inn. A short distance south-west down the A30 is another public house and hotel, The Wheatsheaf.^[7]

To the south-west of Dummer village by about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) is Dummer Down Farm. This is the site of the Dummer Cricket Centre which was founded by Major Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York.^[8] The current owner, Andrew Ferguson, was a local councillor on Dummer Parish Council.

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Dummer,^[9] which is part of the Oakley and North Waltham ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.^[10] The borough council is a non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

Location

• Position: grid reference SU583458
• Nearby towns and cities: Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Newbury, Winchester
• Nearby villages: Axford, Cliddesden, Farleigh Wallop, Hook, Kingsclere, Micheldever Station, North Waltham, Oakley, Old Basing, Overton, Popham, Steventon, Whitchurch.

Notable people

• The Dummer family
• Sarah, Duchess of York
• Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst KBE CB AFC DL RAF, first Commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force
• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
• Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York
• Susan Barrantes, mother of Sarah, Duchess of York
• Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
• Marian Montagu Douglas Scott, paternal grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York
• Charles Rycroft, psychologist

References

External links

• Dummer parish council
• Amateur Football Club Dummer