Dockenfield
Dockenfield | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Farnham | |
Postcode district | GU10 | |
Dialling code | 01252 | |
Police | Surrey | |
Fire | Surrey | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Dockenfield is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England. The parish is undulating, has a number of sources of the River Wey and borders the Alice Holt Forest. Dockenfield was historically part of Hampshire, being transferred to Surrey in 1895.
History
Dockenfield was one of the unnamed
Dockenfield formed part of the
In 1887 John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Dockenfield as a parish in North Hants. 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Farnham railway station covering 578 acres (234 ha) with a population of 209. This area remained constant from 1881 to 1961.[6]
In 1881, at the time of its census, 43% of men were employed in agriculture, 6% were employed in domestic or furnishing occupations; various other categories follow, ended by the smallest percentages 2% were in each of the categories of transport and communications, 2% were 'professionals'. 15% of men did not specify an occupation. At that time the greatest percentage of employment for women was unknown (27%) followed by domestic service or similar, however only 4% of women of the parish were in that category.[7] By the 2001 census, its area had fallen to 273 acres (110 ha).[1][8]
When elected parish and district councils were created in 1894, Dockenfield was included in the Farnham Rural District; the rest of the district apart from Dockenfield was in Surrey and the district had to be given special dispensation to allow it to straddle Surrey and Hampshire temporarily.[9] The anomaly was resolved with effect from 30 September 1895 when the parish of Dockenfield was transferred to Surrey.[10][11]
Geography
The west of the parish adjoins Alice Holt Forest, part of the South Downs National Park.[12]
The east of the parish is marked by the River Wey (south branch) middle of the parish forms a ridge crowned by two small knolls; all of the parish drains into this watercourse, but in the south of the parish the land slopes to the south, whereas in the north an east–west stream rising in the parish drains the main settled part of the village, which is in terms of its housing, a linear settlement with four settled cul-de-sacs.[12]
Landmarks
Dockenfield has no listed buildings or parks (public or private). The Church of the Good Shepherd, built 1910,[13] by the English architect William Curtis Green,[14] village hall and war memorial on The Street connect religious and secular occasions to the village's established community.[15]
Demography and housing
- Historic
The population in
The number of homes rose, following a slight decrease at the end of the
- Current
Output area | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes | shared between households[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Civil Parish) | 99 | 43 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.
Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Civil Parish) | 399 | 158 | 45.6% | 40.5% | 273 |
The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).
Governance
There are three tiers of local government covering Dockenfield, at parish, district (borough) and county level: Dockenfield Parish Council,
References
- ^ United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ Domesday Map Retrieved 29 October 2013
- ^ Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: volume 9 (1906)
- ^ St Mary's Church Archived 29 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dockenfield Tything / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ Area in acres Vision of Britain – the University of Portsmouth and others
- ^ 1881 Occupations Vision of Britain – the University of Portsmouth and others
- ^ Censuses: Quick Statistics: Population Density
- ^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. London. 1895. p. 278. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1895". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "The administrative boundaries of the county of Surrey" Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Surrey County Council
- ^ Ordnance surveywebsite
- ^ Parish Finder: Church of the Good Shepherd The Church of England
- ^ Worthington, Hubert. "Curtis Green, William (1875 – 1960)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 24 February 2020. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ OS Map with Listed Buildings and Parks marked Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dockenfield Parish Council". Retrieved 28 September 2023.