Stenigot
The distinctive name 'Stenigot' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Stangehou. This is thought to be a variant of the Old English Stāninga-hōh, meaning 'the spur of a hill' (hōh) of 'the people at a stone' (Stāninga).
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and is a Grade II listed building dating from 1892. Built of red brick and limestone, with a 15th-century octagonal font. There is a monument to Sir John Guevara, died 1607, of white, grey and orange streaked alabaster and a black marble inscription plaque to Francis Velles de Guevara, died 1592.
The village is probably best known for RAF Stenigot, a Chain Home radar station during the Second World War and later as a NATO ACE High station, with four tropospheric scatter parabolic dishes, three of which now removed for their scrap value.
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RAF Stenigot - abandoned tropospheric scatter dishes, now removed
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RAF Stenigot - 364 feet (111 m) Chain Home radar tower
References
- ^ "Stenigot". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 441.
- ^ Historic England. "St Nicholas, Stenigot (1063700)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Stenigot (1309703)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Stenigot (1309788)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 August 2011.