Nately Scures
Nately Scures | |
St. Swithun's Church, Nately Scures |
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Nately Scures |
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OS grid reference | SU712533 |
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Civil parish | Newnham |
District | Basingstoke and Deane |
Shire county | Hampshire |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HOOK |
Postcode district | GU34 |
Dialling code | 01420 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Basingstoke |
Website | Newnham, Nately Scures and Water End parish council |
Coordinates: 51°16′27″N 0°58′52″W / 51.2742°N 0.9812°W
Nately Scures is a small village in the civil parish of Newnham in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest large village is Hook, which lies approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-east from the village.
Governance
The village of Nately Scures is part of the civil parish of Newnham[1] and is part of the Basing ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
Religious sites
St. Swithun's was built of flint and rubble around 1175. It is considered to be the best largely unspoilt example of a Norman single-cell apsidal church in England.
Etymology
Hampshire Notes and Queries, Repr. from the Winchester Observer gives the name as meaning 'cattle field'. It is derived from the Anglo Saxon neat ('cattle' or 'beast' -- being a corruption of ne witan, or 'not to know'). Scures is from Anglo Saxon scua ('wood' or 'shade').[3]
References
- ↑ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ Hampshire Notes and Queries, Repr. from the Winchester Observer & County News [afterw.] Hampshire Observer & Winchester News. 1883-01-01.