Hartley Wespall

Hartley Wespall is a civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It is near the larger village of Hook, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.1 km) south-west from the hamlet.

Hartley Wespall
Village
Hartley Wespall
Location within Hampshire
Population241 (2011 Census including Stratfield Turgis and Turgis Green)[1]
OS grid referenceSU6981958165
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHOOK
Postcode districtRG27
Dialling code01256
PoliceHampshire
FireHampshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
St Mary's church with exposed timber framing visible on the west wall

St.Mary Church is flint with a Tile hung North Tower. It was essentially reconstructed by Gilbert Scott in 1868–69. It still has, as noted by Pevsner “one tremendous original feature, the early C14 timbers of the West Wall.”[2] The fourteenth century church is Grade I listed.[3]

John Keate, headmaster of Eton College from 1809 to 1834, was made rector here in 1824. He is buried in the church.[4]

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for Nationsl Statistics. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and The Isle of Wight, Nickolas Pevsner. ISBN 0 14 071032 9
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin (1339496)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. Mee, Arthur (1967). The King's England, Hampshire with the Isle of Wight. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 119.


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