Littleton and Harestock
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Littleton and Harestock | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | WINCHESTER | |
Postcode district | SO | |
Dialling code | 01962 | |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | https://lhpc.org.uk/ | |
Littleton and Harestock is a civil parish consisting of the villages of Littleton and Harestock in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 3,577.[1]
Littleton is slightly north-west of Harestock, and is roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Winchester city centre. The parish is 1,300 acres (5.3 km2) in size, and has around 2,800 electors.[2]
Notable buildings
Old houses
Littleton was originally a small hamlet outside Winchester and still retains half a dozen houses dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; some of them are Hampshire Hall houses. They are clustered around St Catherine's church, and include the old parsonage beside the church. Later development of housing began chiefly in the early twentieth century.
Old Memorial Hall
It was decided after the end of the
New Memorial Hall
The construction of the new hall began in July 1998 and the building was completed in February of the following year. The official opening took place on 15 May 1999,[2] although the first event in the hall, a professional performance of Macbeth, occurred two months earlier.
Governance
Littleton and Harestock are part of the Wonston and Micheldever Ward which elects three councillors to
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ a b Littleton & Harestock Parish
- ^ a b Littleton Millennium Memorial Hall Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Further reading
- Littleton Local History Group, Littleton 1900–2000; The Growth of the Village (2009)