Stratfield Turgis


Stratfield Turgis is a small village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire.

History

The name of Stratfield Turgis derives from its origins on open land by the Roman road from Silchester to London, and the Turgis family, who held the manor of the de Ports and St. Johns from as early as 1270.

Governance

The village of Stratfield Turgis is part of the civil parish of Stratfield Turgis, and is part of the Pamber and Silchester ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Hartley Wespall.

Geography

Stratfield Turgis is located on the main A33 between Reading and Basingstoke at. It comprises the hamlets of Spanish Green and Turgis Green together with Stratfield Turgis itself and surrounding outlying farms.

Sport and leisure

Stratfield Turgis & Hartley Wespall Cricket Club play at Turgis Green.

Education