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Michelmersh

Village and parish in Hampshire, England

Summary

Village and parish in Hampshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Michelmersh
static_image_name	St Marys Church Michelmersh.jpg
static_image_width	200
static_image_caption	St Mary's Church, Michelmersh
population	735
population_ref
881 (2011 Census including Kimbridge)
shire_district	Test Valley
shire_county	Hampshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Romsey and Southampton North
civil_parish	Michelmersh and Timsbury
post_town	ROMSEY
postcode_area	SO
postcode_district	SO51
dial_code	01794
os_grid_reference	SU346261

881 (2011 Census including Kimbridge)

Michelmersh is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Michelmersh and Timsbury, in the Test Valley district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is 3 miles (3 mi) north of Romsey.

The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath crosses the parish, passing through the churchyard of the 12th century St Mary's Church. The Georgian former rectory, Michelmersh Court, is Grade II* listed and was for many years the home of Sir David and Lady Carina Frost.

The parish is located to the east of the River Test on the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin, with chalk in the north. To the south and east of the village this is overlain by Palaeocene sands and clays of the Lambeth Group. At the southern are younger deposits of Eocene age, sloping from a ridge of the Nursling sands into a valley of London Clay. It has a brick and tile works, and extensive former sand pits on Casbrook Common, now used as a landfill site.

The name Michelmersh is derived from the Old English micel + mersc, meaning ' large marsh'.

Civil parish

On 1 April 1932 the parish of Timsbury was merged with Michelmersh, on 19 November 2003 the merged parish was renamed "Michelmersh & Timsbury". In 1931 the parish of Michelmersh (prior to the merge) had a population of 1101.

Church

Parts of the church date to the 12th century with extensions added in the 13th century.

The font dates from around the 14th century although it appears to have been modified at some point after 1822.

In popular culture

Michelmersh is known for being one of the main locations for the filming of the 1980s British TV series Worzel Gummidge. Other locations include nearby villages of Stockbridge, King's Somborne and Braishfield.

Notable people with a connection to Michelmersh

Mary Watson, one of the first two women to study chemistry at the University of Oxford

Gallery

File:Church Road Michelmersh.jpg|Church Road, Michelmersh File:Michelmersh brickworks.jpg|Michelmersh brickworks File:Casbrook Common1.jpg|Casbrook Common

References

(2001). "Parish Headcounts, Area: Michelmersh CP (includes Timsbury)". [[Office for National Statistics]].
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for Natgional Statistics.
[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-140934-michelmersh-court-michelmersh-and-timsbu British Listed Buildings: Michelmersh Court]
"For sale: the stunning Hampshire home of Sir David Frost". Daily Telegraph.
British Geological Survey, 2002, ''England & Wales Sheet 299: Winchester'', 1:50,000 Geology Series, Keyworth, Nottingham:British Geological Survey, {{ISBN. 0-7518-3340-1
"Michelmersh Brick and Tile Company".
Mills, A.D: ''A Dictionary of English Place-Names'', page 229. Oxford University Press, 1991.
"Romsey Registration District". UKBMD.
"Population statistics Michelmersh AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
(2018). "The Buildings of England Hampshire: South". Yale University Press.
(3 March 2016). "Worzel Gummidge (TV)".

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