Tiptoe, Hampshire

Tiptoe
Tiptoe
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LYMINGTON
Postcode district	SO41 6
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	New Forest West;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 50°46′44″N 1°38′17″W / 50.779°N 1.638°W

Tiptoe is a small village in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England.^[1] It lies mostly within the civil parish of Hordle^[2] and partly within the civil parish of Sway.^[3] It is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Sway village, and about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the town of New Milton.

Tiptoe had just under 100 residents in 2007.

daughter church of All Saints’ at Hordle.^[7] The Tiptoe Stores and Post Office closed in 2008,^[8] despite a campaign to save it.^[9] Just outside the village lies the Plough Inn, the premises of which date from about 1630.^[10]

History

The name of the village derives from a surname of French origin recorded in the 13th century as "Typetot".[11] A member of the "Tibetot" family is known to have held land in the Barton area in the early 14th century.^[12]

Tiptoe achieved some notoriety in the 1880s when

Second Coming of Christ would soon occur and that she would live forever. She died at the Tiptoe farm on 18 September 1886.^[14]

A school was built at Tiptoe at the beginning of the 20th century as a replacement for an earlier school in nearby

Wootton which burned down in 1914.^[15]

St Andrew's Hall on Sway Road, Tiptoe, is a corrugated iron building dating from around 1870.[16] It was initially a chapel at Netley Hospital.^[16] It was brought to Tiptoe as a chapel of ease for Hordle Parish Church and is now used as a hall.^[16]

References

^ New Forest National Park map
^ Map of the Civil Parish of Hordle
^ Page detailing a map of the Civil Parish of Sway
^ "NEW FOREST AREA PPG17 Assessment: Open Space, Sport and Recreation. Parish Profile: HORDLE" (PDF). New Forest District Council. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011 – via Internet Archive.
^ NEW FOREST AREA PPG17 Assessment: Open Space, Sport and Recreation. Parish Profile: HORDLE
^ Tiptoe Primary School
^ All Saints, Hordle with St. Andrew, Tiptoe
^ Final move to save post offices fails Southern Daily Echo, 27 March 2008
^ Post office protesters' long march Southern Daily Echo, 20 November 2007
^ Peter Long, (2004), The Hidden Places of England, page 252
^ Old Hampshire Gazetteer
^ A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 23
^ A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 40
^ Frederic Boase (editor), (1892), Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of Persons who have Died since the Years 1850, Volume 1
^ A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, pages 38 and 78
^ ^a ^b ^c Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest), page 159

[1] New Forest National Park map

[2] Map of the Civil Parish of Hordle

[3] Page detailing a map of the Civil Parish of Sway

[4] "NEW FOREST AREA PPG17 Assessment: Open Space, Sport and Recreation. Parish Profile: HORDLE" (PDF). New Forest District Council. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011 – via Internet Archive.

[ppg17-5] NEW FOREST AREA PPG17 Assessment: Open Space, Sport and Recreation. Parish Profile: HORDLE

[6] Tiptoe Primary School

[7] All Saints, Hordle with St. Andrew, Tiptoe

[8] Final move to save post offices fails Southern Daily Echo, 27 March 2008

[9] Post office protesters' long march Southern Daily Echo, 20 November 2007

[10] Peter Long, (2004), The Hidden Places of England, page 252

[11] Old Hampshire Gazetteer

[12] A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 23

[13] A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 40

[14] Frederic Boase (editor), (1892), Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of Persons who have Died since the Years 1850, Volume 1

[15] A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, pages 38 and 78

[hantstreas159-16] Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest), page 159

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