East Tytherley is a small village in Hampshire, England.[1][2]
| East Tytherley | |
|---|---|
  East Tytherley Location within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU2935028787 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode district | SP5 |
| Dialling code | 01264 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
The name Tytherley comes from Old English and means thin or tender wood.[3]
The village was given to Queen Philippa by her husband Edward III in 1335. When the Black Death spread through London she moved her court to the village.[4]
The village church is St Peter’s.[5] It is largely dates from the 13th cenurty with a heavy restoration between 1862 and 1863.[5] A Tower on the north side was completed in 1898[5]
In more recent history William Fothergill Cooke invented the first commercial electrical telegraph whilst living in the village.[citation needed]
See also
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edit- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 472. ISBN 9780199609086.
- ^ "Hampshire Yews – History of the Queenwood Site" (PDF). www.ancient-yew.org. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b c O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 250–251. ISBN 9780300225037.
External links
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