Grateley is a village, parish[2] and civil parish in the north west of Hampshire, England.
| Grateley | |
|---|---|
 The Plough Inn | |
  Grateley Location within Hampshire | |
| Population | 645 (2011 Census including Palestine, Hampshire)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU2774441883 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Andover |
| Postcode district | SP11 |
| Dialling code | 01264 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Name
editThe name is derived from the Old English grēat lēah, meaning 'great wood or clearing'.[3]
Geography
editThe village is divided into two distinct settlements, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) apart: the old village and a newer settlement built around the railway station on the West of England Main Line.[4] The hamlet of Palestine adjoins the railway station settlement, although it is located in the civil parish of Over Wallop.[5]
Pre-history
editGrateley lies just to the south of the prehistoric hill fort of Quarley Hill. The parish covers 1,551 acres (6.28 km2) with 616 people[6] living in 250 dwellings.
History
editKing Æthelstan issued his first official law code in Grateley in about 930 AD.[7] Recorded in the early 12th century Quadripartitus text,[8] which referred to a ‘great assembly at Grateley’ (magna synodo apud Greateleyam). The legestaive assembly and construct of the Grateley law code acted as a manifestation of the peripatetic nature of Anglo-Saxon kingship.[9]
In the 20th century Grateley was one of many ammunition dumps during the World Wars.[10]
Amenities and economy
editThe village has one pub, a thirteenth-century church dedicated to St Leonard, a primary school, a school for children with Asperger syndrome, a railway station, a small business park, a golf driving range, and is surrounded by farmland with ancient footpaths and droveways.
The economic history of Grateley is agricultural, but less than 10% of the village population now rely upon agriculture as an occupation.[citation needed]
Notes
edit- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "GENUKI: Grateley". Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Grateley, Hampshire". Key to English Place Names. University of Nottingham.
- ^ "Introduction". Grateley Parish Council. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ Map of Grateley, Hampshire (Map). Cartography by Ordnance Survey. streetmap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics (Test Valley Borough)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Lavelle, Ryan (2005). "Why Grateley? Reflections on Anglo-Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape" (PDF). Hampshire Studies: Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society. 60: 154–69.
- ^ name="foo" Lavelle, Ryan (2005). "Why Grateley? Reflections on Anglo-Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape" (PDF). Hampshire Studies: Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society. 60: 154–69.
- ^ Lavelle, Ryan (2005). "Why Grateley? Reflections on Anglo-Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape" (PDF). Hampshire Studies: Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society. 60: 154–69.
- ^ "History - Part twelve". Grateley Parish Council. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
Later, Grateley, like many areas within reach of the south coast ports, became a munitions store for part of the invasion force involved in Operation Overlord.
External links
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