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Blackfield, Hampshire

Village in England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Blackfield
static_image_name	Blackfield, play area - geograph.org.uk - 2621581.jpg
static_image_caption	Blackfield Recreation ground
civil_parish	Fawley
shire_district	New Forest
shire_county	Hampshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	New Forest East
post_town	SOUTHAMPTON
postcode_district	SO45
postcode_area	SO
dial_code	023
os_grid_reference	SU443023

Blackfield is a village in Hampshire, England. It is within the parish of Fawley, which is part of the ward of Fawley, Blackfield and Langley.

Schools

The local school is Blackfield Primary (previously divided into Blackfield Infants, and Blackfield Junior Schools). The catchment secondary school for Blackfield is New Forest Academy.

History

The name "Blackfields" was originally applied to an area of countryside near the village of Fawley, and there is still a Blackwell Common next to Blackfield. The name presumably derives from the soil colour, some of which is marshy and black. The settlement of Blackfield began in the late 19th century when, at first mud cottages, and then later, small red-brick houses were built in the area of moorland once known as Hugh's Common. It was close to the small village of Langley.

Sport and leisure

Blackfield has a Non-League football club Blackfield & Langley F.C., which plays at The Gang Warily Community & Recreation Centre.

In 2020, Hampshire County Council announced plans to close the village library.

Demographics

As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, Blackfield had a population of 5,848. The town is primarily Christians, with 2,748 people declaring their religion as Christianity.

Notes

References

[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0000722.htm Blackfield, Old Hampshire Gazetteer]
[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41973 Victoria County History, (1912), ''A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5'', Fawley]
"Plans agreed to save £1.76 million from Hampshire Libraries transform the service for the future".
"Blackfield (Hampshire, South East England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".

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