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Hurstbourne Tarrant

Village and civil parish in Hampshire, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in Hampshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Hurstbourne Tarrant
static_image_name	The George and Dragon - geograph.org.uk - 99906.jpg
static_image_caption	The George and Dragon
population	864
population_ref	(2011 Census including Pill Heath)
shire_district	Test Valley
shire_county	Hampshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	North West Hampshire
post_town	Andover
postcode_district	SP11
postcode_area	SP
dial_code	01264
os_grid_reference	SU3837253292

Hurstbourne Tarrant is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies to the north of the county in the Test Valley.

History

The Tarrant part of the name originates from 1226, when the village was given to the Cistercian Tarrant nunnery. The civil parish includes the village of Ibthorpe.

During the Second World War, Hurstbourne Tarrant was the decoy site for RAF Andover, the headquarters of RAF Maintenance Command. This was one of four airfields in Hampshire to be given a decoy site in 1940, to deceive enemy aircraft into attacking a spurious target. The decoy site at Hurstbourne Tarrant was a type 'K' decoy site with fake aircraft and buildings. From September 1940, fake machine gun posts were added to Hurstbourne Tarrant.

John Nixon]] (1755–1818), showing The George and Dragon, a coaching inn

William Cobbett declared Hurstbourne Tarrent and its location as worth going miles to see with beauty at every turn. He referred to it in his book Rural Rides (1830; but serialised from 1822) as Uphusband.

Hurstbourne House

Hurstbourne House is a grade II listed late 17th-century country house at the edge of the village. It was renovated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is home to the Sharpe family. The original central range was built in two storeys, and has 19th-century three-storey cross-wings at each end. The walls are stucco rendered and the roof tiled. The frontage has three bays, the central one recessed.

Notable residents

The American Victorian/Edwardian artist Anna Lea Merritt lived in the village before her death in 1930.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
(2013). "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 ''Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey)''". Ordnance Survey.
"Ordnance Survey Election Maps". Ordnance Survey.
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The Kings England Hampshire and I.O.W., Arthur Mee., Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (1950). ASIN:B000S3760G
"Hurstbourne House, Hurstbourne Tarrant". British Listed Buildings.
. ["Anna Lea Merritt"](https://nmwa.org/art/artists/anna-lea-merritt/). *National Museum of Women in the Arts*.

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