Boarhunt
Boarhunt (/ˈbɒrənt/) is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) north-east of Fareham. The name of the village is a corruption of burh funta, the funta, (stream) by the fort (burh).[1]
History
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The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086, when there were 27 households.[2] Hall House in Boarhunt was dismantled in 1970 and reconstructed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in West Sussex in 1981.[3]
Church
[edit]The village church is dedicated to St Nicholas; it is almost completely Saxon in its structure with its font probably dating to the same period.[4] The building has been dated as having been constructed in 1064.[5] Further work appears to have taken place in the 13th century.[4] In 1577 a monument to Ralph Henslowe was added to the interior.[4] A general restoration was carried out in 1853 at which point a bell-turret was added and the current furnishings were fitted.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Boarhunt Parish Council - Parish History".
- ^ "Open Domesday: Boarhunt". Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "HALL HOUSE FROM BOARHUNT". Weald & Downland Living Museum. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780300225037.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS". Historic England. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
[edit] Media related to Boarhunt at Wikimedia Commons