Sandleheath
Sandleheath is a village and civil parish about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Fordingbridge in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England. It has a population of 663, increasing to 680 at the 2011 Census. It lies immediately north-east of the traditional tripoint between Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire.
History
Sandle Manor is an Elizabethan manor house that was extended in 1900 and 1936.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Aldhelm was designed by the architect Charles Ponting and constructed in 1907.
Economy and amenities
The village has a small area of common land at its centre, a village shop and post office and a small industrial estate. Sandleheath has a Sea Scout group which has a hall in the village. The village used to have two brickyards one of which provided the bricks for the now village hall.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Area selected: New Forest (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- ^ Sandleheath Sea Scouts
External links
Media related to Sandleheath at Wikimedia Commons