Buriton
| Buriton | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Petersfield | |
| Postcode district | GU31 | |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | |
| Ambulance | South Central | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Buriton (/ˈbɛrɪtən/) is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is located 2 miles (3.3 km) south of Petersfield.
History
About a mile north-west of Buriton was the extensive manor of West Mapledurham, formerly the property of the Bilson and Legge families, and later the Gibbons and Bonham-Carters.
The local landowners until recent times, the Bonham-Carters, owned land surrounding Buriton and neighbouring villages where they often reared game for local shoots. The Legge family were gamekeepers for the Bonham-Carters for many years.[2] Other forms of employment in the past have been in the local lime kilns which closed in 1920.[3] Hop-picking was another form of employment in the past.[4]
Notable in St Mary's church are the medieval
Geography
Buriton lies at the foot of the South Downs escarpment, just east of the A3 road. One kilometre to the south rises the tree-covered hill of Head Down (205 m), one of the highest points of the South Downs and flanked on either side by two other high points, War Down (244 m) and Oakham Hill (202 m).
The nearest railway station is 2 miles (3.3 km) north of the village, at Petersfield.
The village has two tennis courts, two pubs - The Five Bells and The Nest Hotel & Restaurant, a village hall, a large village pond with ducks and fish, a car park and the Church of St. Mary. There is no shop in the village. The village has its own school, "Buriton Primary School", with about 80 pupils from the village and nearby.
The main roads of Buriton are called High Street and Petersfield Road.
It is a rural, peaceful place, with the possible exception of the main railway line, the
It formerly marked the Western end of the South Downs Way, which has now been extended to Winchester but several paths still join the village to the Way, and it retains its popularity with walkers. The Sussex Border Path also passes through South Harting which is close by. Buriton also lies adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Country Park and since 2011 it has been within the South Downs National Park.
Notable people
References
- ^ Information sheet no. 5, Buriton Heritage Bank.
- ^ Information sheet no. 5, Buriton Heritage Bank.
- ^ Information sheet no. 1, Buriton Heritage Bank.
- ^ Information sheet no. 3, Buriton Heritage Bank.
- ^ The Kings England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Ed Arthur Mee, 1st Pub.1939. Hodder and Stoughton.
- ^ Hampshire Churches, Margaret Green, Winton publications, 1976. Page160.
- ^ Buriton Heritage Bank, Buriton In Living Memory; Godfrey Croughton, et al., Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations (Salisbury: Oakwood Press, 1982), p. 142.
External links
Media related to Buriton at Wikimedia Commons
- W. H. Hudson literary walk
- Brief History
- 'Parishes: Buriton', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 85–93.
- Buriton Heritage Bank, community local history project
