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Wherwell
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Wherwell is a village on the River Test in Hampshire, England. The name may derive from its bubbling springs resulting in the Middle Ages place name “Hwerwyl” noted in AD 955, possibly meaning “kettle springs” or “cauldron springs.” Pronunciation of the name has ranged from “Hurrell” to “Wer-rel” to present-day “Wher-well.”
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Place details
- Locality
- Test Valley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 473
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wherwell
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wherwell - geograph.org.uk - 193057.jpg
- UK place.shire_district
- Test Valley
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wherwell
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Romsey and Southampton North
- UK place.population
- 473
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census including Cottonworth, Fullerton, South Harewood and Upper Enham)
- UK place.post_town
- ANDOVER
- UK place.postcode_district
- SP11
- UK place.postcode_area
- SP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01794
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU3891840929
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Test Valley
- Population
- 473
- Image
- Wherwell - geograph.org.uk - 193057.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01794
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- Commons category
- Wherwell
- OS grid reference
- SU3891840929
- P8168
- ostinato
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Encyclopedic overview
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Wherwell is a village on the River Test in Hampshire, England. The name may derive from its bubbling springs resulting in the Middle Ages place name “Hwerwyl” noted in AD 955, possibly meaning “kettle springs” or “cauldron springs.” Pronunciation of the name has ranged from “Hurrell” to “Wer-rel” to present-day “Wher-well.”
Before the Dissolution, the parish of Wherwell was in the hands of an important abbey of Benedictine nuns, whose abbess was Lady of the Manor of an area much larger than the existing parish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wherwell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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