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Froyle, or to be more accurate, Upper and Lower Froyle, is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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in the East Hampshire

East Hampshire

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district of Hampshire

Hampshire

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, England

England

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. It is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northeast of Alton

Alton, Hampshire

Alton is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of the English county of Hampshire. It had a population of 16,584 at the 1991 census and is administered by East Hampshire district council. It is located on the source of the River Wey and is the highest town in...

, just off the A31 road.

The nearest railway station is Bentley

Bentley (Hampshire) railway station

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, 2 miles (3.3 km) east of the village.

Froyle is situated on the edge of The Downs

The Downs

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above the Pilgrims' Way

Pilgrims' Way

The Pilgrims' Way is the historic route supposed to have been taken by pilgrims from Winchester in Hampshire, England, to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury in Kent...

that leads from Winchester

Winchester

Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...

to Canterbury

Canterbury

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. It is most likely that, in the winter months, the actual route taken by Pilgrims passed through the village to avoid the wet conditions in the valley of the River Wey. There was a Church at "Froli" (mentioned in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

) in 1086. The entry for Froyle also states "Froyle, it was ever there...." and there are traces of habitation on the surrounding downs going back to the Iron Age.

It is also known by some who live there as the 'village of the saints' because of the 19 statues of saints in niches on the front walls of houses and other buildings in Upper Froyle. They were bought by Sir Hubert Miller in the early 20th century from Italy.

Notable people

Rev. Sir Thomas Miller, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Miller, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Combe Miller, 6th Baronet , was an English clergyman and landowner.The second but eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Miller, 5th Baronet, Miller became a Church of England priest and Vicar of Froyle, Hampshire, in 1811. He was largely responsible for the rebuilding of the nave of the...

: he was both the vicar
Vicar
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and the lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor
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of Froyle. His grandson, Sir Hubert Miller, said of him "My grandfather hunted hard to hounds and drank two bottles of port with his dinner. I wonder he wasn’t sick." It was also reported that on hot Sunday mornings Miller would smash the church windows with his walking stick to let air in.
Sir Henry John Miller (1830-1918), emigrated to New Zealand and became Speaker
Speaker (politics)
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of the New Zealand Legislative Council
New Zealand Legislative Council
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.

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