Netley Marsh
| Netley Marsh | |
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 Netley Marsh | |
  Netley Marsh Location withinHampshire | |
| Population | 2,012[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU329131 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | SO40 |
| Dialling code | 023 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Netley Marshis a village andcivil parishinHampshire,close to the town ofTotton.It lies within theNew Forest District,and theNew Forest National Park.It is the supposed site of the battle between an invadingAnglo Saxonarmy, underCerdicand a British army under the probably fictitious kingNatanleodin the year 508.[2]
Overview
[edit]Netley Marsh lies to the west ofSouthampton.The village is on theA336 roadfromCadnamtoTotton.The parish is bounded byBartley Waterin the south, andRiver Blackwaterin the north. The village ofWoodlandsis in the south of the parish, and the hamlets ofHillstreetandOwer(chiefly inCopythorneparish) are to the north. TheM27 motorwayruns through this parish, taking roughly the route of theRoman roadfromNurslingtoCadnam.[3]
Since 1971, the village has been host to the annualNetley Marsh Steam and Craft Show,[4]a three-day event dedicated to demonstrations of steam-powered vehicles andtraction enginesheld in July of each year.
Netley Marsh is the base for the international development charityTools for Self Reliance,[5]which refurbishes and ships old tools and sewing machines to Africa.
History
[edit]Netley Marsh is often identified with the "Natanleaga" described in theAnglo-Saxon Chronicleunder the year 508, where it is reported that theAnglo-SaxonkingsCerdicandCynric"killed a certain British king namedNatanleod,and five-thousand men with him – after whom the land as far as Cerdic's ford[6]was namedNatanleaga".[7]Whatever the truth concerning the battle, it is unlikely that there was a king called Natanleod – he was probably invented to explain the place-name Natanleaga.[8]In fact the place-name is probably derived from theOld Englishelements *næt( "wet", a reconstructed cognate of Germannass) andlēah,meaning "wet wood".[8][9]The original meaning would have ceased to be apparent after the word *nætfell out of use.
Netley is next recorded as "Nateleg" in 1248.[8]The name "Netley Marsh" appears as such on maps from 1759.[8]The church, dedicated to Saint Matthew, was built around 1855, and consists of anaveandchancelwith abell turreton west side of the chancel.[10]
To the west of the village the Hampshire Reformatory School opened in 1855.[11]It was built for the purpose of reclaiming juvenile offenders, and had accommodation for 60 boys.[12]It was closed in 1908. Thecivil parishof Netley Marsh was one of the parishes formed from the ancient parish ofElingin 1894.[11]The village suffered some damage duringWorld War II,when one day in 1942 an enemy plane dropped bombs on the church and along Woodlands Road, causing the deaths of three people.[13]A stained glass window in the church that was destroyed during the war was replaced in 1954.[14]
Tatchbury
[edit]One mile north of Netley Marsh is the ancient site of Tatchbury. There is anIron AgeHill forthere calledTatchbury Mount.[15]It has been partly built over by the hospital buildings ofTatchbury Mount Hospitalbut the outline of the fort can still be seen.[15]
Next to the hill fort is the ancient manor of Tatchbury.[11]Its history dates from the 10th century when ahideand a half of land in Tatchbury[16]and Slackstead[17]was given toHyde Abbey(nearWinchester) on its foundation in 903 byEdward the Elder.[11]TheDomesday Bookrefers to another half hide being given to the Abbey sometime after 1066 by Edsi the Sheriff.[18]The abbot and convent evidently held the manor indemesnefrom the 12th to the 13th century, and a rent fromLitchfieldand Tatchbury was included in the estates of the Abbey at the time of theDissolution.[11]
Another estate in Tatchbury is recorded in the 13th century which may have been the nucleus of the later manor which was held in 1316 by Elias Baldet, and of which John Romsey diedseisedin 1494, holding it of the warden ofWinchester College.[11]The Oviatt family held the manor for much of the 17th and 18th century, before passing to the Wake family who held it until the late 19th century.[11]Tatchbury Manor House today is mostly a brick Victorian building, but which incorporates part of the old 13th century manor house.[3][10]
References
[edit]- ^"2001 Census Neighbourhood Statistics – Civil Parishes in the New Forest".neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.Retrieved10 October2011.
- ^Hampshire County CouncilArchived13 March 2012 at theWayback Machine
- ^ab"Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest) Page 249".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved2 November2011.
- ^Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Show
- ^Tools for Self Reliance
- ^Usually identified withNorth CharfordandSouth CharfordnearFordingbridge.
- ^Michael Swanton, (1996),Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,page 14, Ms. A, s.a. 508, modified after Frank Stenton, (1973),Anglo-Saxon England,page 20.
- ^abcd"Netley Marsh, Old Hampshire Gazetteer".Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2012.Retrieved2 November2011.
- ^Mills, A. D. (2003).A Dictionary of British Place-Names.Oxford University Press. p. 666.ISBN9780198527589.
- ^ab"Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest) Page 252".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved2 November2011.
- ^abcdefgVictoria County History of Hampshire: Eling
- ^William White, (1878),History, gazetteer and directory of the county of Hampshire,page 221
- ^Parish Plan 2010,page 13, Netley Marsh Parish
- ^O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018).The Buildings of England Hampshire: South.Yale University Press. pp. 410–411.ISBN9780300225037.
- ^ab"Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest) Page 251".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved2 November2011.
- ^"Tatchbury, Old Hampshire Gazetteer".Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2012.Retrieved2 November2011.
- ^"Upper Slackstead, Old Hampshire Gazetteer".Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2012.Retrieved2 November2011.
- ^Domesday Map – Tatchbury.Another entry in the Domesday Book refers to two hides which had been placed into the New Forest atTeocreberie– this may to refer toExburyrather than Tatchbury. Cf.Domesday Map – Exbury
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