Michelmersh
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Michelmersh
Hampshire Miclamersce (985). ‘Large marsh’. OE micel + mersc.
| Micheldever, Michaelstow, Michaelston-le-Pit | |
| Mickfield, Mickle Trafford, Mickleby |
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Michelmersh
Coordinates: 51°02′00″N 1°30′29″W / 51.03323°N 1.50794°W
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 St Mary's Church, Michelmersh |
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 Michelmersh
Michelmersh shown within Hampshire |
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| Population | 735 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU346261 |
| Civil parish | Michelmersh & Timsbury |
| District | Test Valley |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROMSEY |
| Postcode district | SO51 |
| Dialling code | 01794 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Romsey |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Michelmersh is a small, scattered village in Hampshire, England some three miles north of Romsey.
It forms a civil parish with Timsbury that forms part of the Test Valley district. The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath crosses the parish, passing through the churchyard of the 12th century St Mary's Church.
The parish is located to the east of the River Test on the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin, with chalk in the north overlain by clays and sands of the Lambeth Group to the south.[2] 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'.[3]
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Church Road, Michelmersh
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Michelmersh brickworks
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Casbrook Common
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References
- ^ "Parish Headcounts, Area: Michelmersh CP (includes Timsbury)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795165&c=Michelmersh&d=16&e=15&g=452828&i=1001x1003x1004&k=Stockbridge&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1204207656421&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ British Geological Survey, 2002, England & Wales Sheet 299: Winchester, 1:50,000 Geology Series, Keyworth, Nottingham:British Geological Survey, ISBN 0-7518-3340-1
- ^ Mills, A.D: A Dictionary of English Place-Names, page 229. Oxford University Press, 1991.
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