Ewhurst, Hampshire

Human settlement in England

Baughurst

District

Basingstoke and Deane

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTadleyPostcode districtRG26Dialling code01256Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

North West Hampshire

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°18′25″N 1°10′59″W / 51.307°N 1.183°W / 51.307; -1.183

Ewhurst is a village in Hampshire, England, and 6.2 miles (10.0 km) northwest of Basingstoke. Its parish church dates from 1682.^[1] The village itself is much older, being referenced as "Ywyrstæ stigel" in 1023, appearing in the Domesday Book as "Werste", and later as "Ywhurst" in 1242.^[2]

Governance

The village 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.

References

^ Genealogical Society, Genealogical Gazetteer of England (1966)
^ E. Ekwall (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.). p. 170.
^ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.