Lockerley

Village in England

Lockerley

District

Test Valley

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townROMSEYPostcode districtSO51Dialling code01794Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Romsey

WebsiteLockerley Parish Council

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°01′57″N 1°34′22″W / 51.032494°N 1.572837°W / 51.032494; -1.572837

Lockerley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England on the border with Wiltshire. The village lies on the southern bank of the River Dun about two miles upstream from its confluence with the River Test and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of West Dean which is just over the Wiltshire border. The parish has a population of around 827 people.^[1] The nearest town is Romsey, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the south-east and is about 13 miles from Salisbury.

The Wessex Main Line railway crosses the parish, the nearest stations being at Dunbridge and West Dean.

Facilities

In Lockerley there is a village shop, a garage, and a school, Lockerley C of E Primary School. The parish church of St John the Evangelist was built in 1890.^[3] There is also a Baptist chapel.

History

Lockerley Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just to the East of Lockerley.

The site of a Saxon chapel lies within the churchyard of St John the Evangelist.^[3]

Lockerley Hall was used to house soldiers during the First World War. In the Second World War, Lockerley was the site of a huge storehouse for the US Army prior to the Invasion of Europe, established in October 1943 and largely obsolete by October 1944 by which time supplies were being sent direct to France.^[4] The depot was just outside Dunbridge station and comprised 15 miles of sidings and 134 covered sheds.^[4]

Notable residents

Frederick Luke, recipient of the Victoria Cross

References

^ ^a ^b "Parish Headcounts, Area: Lockerley CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 362–363. ISBN 9780300225037.
^ ^a ^b Hampshire and D-Day. Martin Doughty. 1994. ISBN 1-85741-047-5. pp53