Upton Grey
Encyclopedia
Upton Grey is a village and civil parish
in Hampshire
, England
.
, the Chichester to Silchester Way
.
, lived at Herriard
House but also had a farm at Upton Grey. It was there that he kept his seventeen-year-old sex slave whom he had kidnapped in London. Eventually she was released when Puttenham's long suffering wife discovered her existence.
to refurbish it, keeping many of the original timbers. Today's Edwardian decoration encloses oak rooms, a 16th century staircase and original roof timbers. Newton's house was finished in 1907. Gertrude Jekyll
created a four and a half acre garden
around it.
of Upton Grey, and is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers ward
of Basingstoke and Deane borough council
. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district
of Hampshire County Council
.
, which lies to the north-west. There are various other villages located in all directions around the village, including:
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Roman times
The village is on the line of an ancient Roman roadRoman road
The Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate. The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km...
, the Chichester to Silchester Way
Chichester to Silchester Way
The Chichester to Silchester Way is a Roman Road between Chichester in South-East England, which as Noviomagus was capital of the Regnenses, and Silchester or Calleva Atrebatum, capital of the Atrebates. The road had been entirely lost and forgotten, leaving no Saxon place names as clues to its...
.
Norman times
The Grey derives from the years when the village was owned by the de Grey family and was used to differentiate the village from the many other Uptons.Elizabethan times
The Manor House dates from Elizabethan times when the Matthew family lived there. The famous Elizabethan poet, George PuttenhamGeorge Puttenham
George Puttenham was a sixteenth-century English writer, literary critic, and notorious rake. He is generally considered to be the author of the enormously influential handbook on poetry and rhetoric, The Arte of English Poesie ....
, lived at Herriard
Herriard
Herriard is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated between Alton, and Basingstoke. At the 2001 census it had a population of 247...
House but also had a farm at Upton Grey. It was there that he kept his seventeen-year-old sex slave whom he had kidnapped in London. Eventually she was released when Puttenham's long suffering wife discovered her existence.
Manor House
Charles Holme purchased several houses and a great deal of the surrounding land in Upton Grey. The Old Manor House, which he rented to tenants for the rest of his life, was in fragile condition. Holme then commissioned a local architect Ernest NewtonErnest Newton
Ernest Newton, FRIBA, ARA was an English architect and President of Royal Institute of British Architects.-Life:Newton was the son of an estate manager of Bickley, Kent. He was educated at Uppingham School. He married, in 1881, Antoinette Johanna Hoyack, of Rotterdam, and had three sons...
to refurbish it, keeping many of the original timbers. Today's Edwardian decoration encloses oak rooms, a 16th century staircase and original roof timbers. Newton's house was finished in 1907. Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll was an influential British garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and the USA and contributed over 1,000 articles to Country Life, The Garden and other magazines.-Early life:...
created a four and a half acre garden
Gertrude Jekyll's Garden, Upton Grey Manor House
Gertrude Jekyll's Garden is an early 20th century garden surrounding the Manor House at Upton Grey in the English county of HampshireGertrude Jekyll drew plans for a four and a half acre garden at the Manor House in Upton Grey in 1907. On this site she drew up one of her most picturesque gardens...
around it.
Governance
The village of Upton Grey is part of the civil parishCivil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Upton Grey, and is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers ward
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
of Basingstoke and Deane borough council
Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its primary settlement is Basingstoke. Other settlements include Bramley, Tadley, Kingsclere, Overton, Oakley, Whitchurch and the hamlet of Deane, some from Basingstoke....
. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
of Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council is the county council that governs the majority of the county of Hampshire in England. It provides the upper tier of local government, below which are district councils, and town and parish councils...
.
Geography
Upton Grey is located near to BasingstokeBasingstoke
Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading and northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of...
, which lies to the north-west. There are various other villages located in all directions around the village, including:
- South WarnboroughSouth WarnboroughSouth Warnborough is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. In the 2001 census, the population was 542.South Warnborough is approximately south of the village of Odiham and north of the town of Alton...
– to the east - GreywellGreywellGreywell is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England.Greywell village is a past winner of the Best Kept Village in Hampshire competition and a recent winner of Best Small Village in Hampshire. The Basingstoke Canal runs underneath part of the village through the 1.1 km long...
and OdihamOdihamOdiham is a historic village and large civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is twinned with Sourdeval in the Manche Department of France. The current population is 4,406. The parish contains an acreage of 7,354 acres with 50 acres of land covered with water. The nearest...
– to the north-east - HerriardHerriardHerriard is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated between Alton, and Basingstoke. At the 2001 census it had a population of 247...
– to the south - TunworthTunworthTunworth is a hamlet and civil parish in Hampshire.-Location:Tunworth is located in North East Hampshire. Tunworth is located approximately from Basingstoke, the nearest major town...
– to the west - Weston PatrickWeston PatrickWeston Patrick is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire. It lies four miles southeast from Basingstoke and covers an area of . Weston Patrick is divided from the neighbouring parish of Weston Corbett by the road leading to the village of Upton Grey.The former BBC Gardener's World...
- to the southwest
Village amenities
There are various amenities in the village. These include the Upton Grey Shop and Post Office, the Hoddington Arms public house, St Mary’s Church, a village hall, a duck pond, and a war memorial to the south of the church.External links
- Google Maps
- On-Line Parish Magazine
- Hampshire Treasures Volume 2 (Basingstoke and Deane) pages 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, and 328
- Conservation Area Appraisal: Upton Grey
- The Hoddington Arms