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The Great storm of 1703 was a destructive extratropical cyclone that struck central and southern England on 26 November 1703. High winds caused 2,000 chimney stacks to collapse in London and damaged the New Forest, which lost 4,000 oaks. Ships were blown hundreds of miles off-course, and over 1,000 sea men died on the Goodwin Sands alone. News bulletins of casualties and damage were sold all over England – a novelty at that time. The Church of England declared that the storm was God's vengeance for the sins of the nation. Daniel Defoe thought it was a divine punishment for poor performance against Catholic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Ramsdean is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Petersfield. The nearest railway station is Petersfield, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of the village. Actor Jude Law currently resides in Ramsdean with his children attending the nearby Bedales School in Petersfield.

Froxfield Green is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3.1 miles (4.9 km) west of Petersfield and lies just north of the A272 road. The nearest railway station is 2.7 miles (4.4 km) east of the village, at Petersfield.

Pidham Hill is a hill in the county of Hampshire, England. The summit elevation is 699 feet (213 m) AMSL. Pidham Hill is about 2 kilometres east-northeast of the village of East Meon in Hampshire, north of the road to Langrish. It is part of the East Hampshire Hangers of the Hampshire Downs and is located near to where the Hangers merge with the South Downs.

Bordean is a hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of East Meon. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of Langrish and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Petersfield, on the A272 road. The nearest railway station is Petersfield, 3.2 miles (5.2 km) east of the hamlet.

Stroud () is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) west of Petersfield, on the A272 road. The nearest railway station is Petersfield, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) east of the village.

High Cross is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in Froxfield and Privett parish, about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Petersfield, north of the A272 road. The nearest railway station is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south of the village, at Petersfield. St Peter's church was built in 1862. Today the parish is part of the Steep and Froxfield with Privett benefice, a group of four rural parishes.Amenities in the village include Froxfield village hall, Froxfield pre-school and primary school, and a shop with post office.

Froxfield and Privett is a civil parish in East Hampshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Petersfield. The settlements in the parish are the villages of Froxfield Green, Privett and High Cross, and several hamlets including Bailey Green, Filmore Hill, Stoner Hill and Warren Corner. The population of the parish taken at the 2021 census was 929.The parish is on high ground, rising to over 800 feet (240 m) above sea level in the north, and separated from Petersfield by the steep slope of Stoner Hill. The western boundary of the parish follows the A32 Gosport-Alton road, and in the southwest corner the boundary follows the A272 Winchester-Petersfield road.A civil parish named Froxfield was created in the 19th century, and had an area (before it was enlarged to include Privett) of 4,909 acres (1,987 ha). The Basing Park estate lies in the north-west.Privett was anciently part of West Meon manor, and its church a chapelry of the church at West Meon. In the 19th century it became a civil parish, with an area of about 1,279 acres (518 ha). In 1932, the parish was abolished to enlarge Froxfield parish; its population had been recorded as 172 in 1931.In the 2010s, the name of the parish changed from Froxfield to Froxfield and Privett. In May 2013, East Hampshire District Council approved the same change of name for the parish council.

East Hampshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Damian Hinds of the Conservative Party.Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be subject to major boundary changes. The town of Bordon will move to a majority Surrey constituency named Farnham and Bordon, to be first contested at the next general election.

Butser Hill is a hill and nature reserve in Hampshire, England. South-west of Petersfield, it is a 239.7-hectare (592-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a national nature reserve and a Special Area of Conservation. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site and an area of 84.8 hectares (210 acres) is Oxenbourne Down, which is designated a Local Nature Reserve. Part of it is a Scheduled Monument.It is a chalk hill and one of the highest points in Hampshire. It is also the highest point on the chalk ridge of the South Downs and the second highest point in the South Downs National Park after Blackdown in the Western Weald. Although only 271 metres (889 ft) high, it qualifies as one of England's Marilyns. It is located within the borders of the Queen Elizabeth Country Park. The name Butser comes from the Old English Bryttes Oran meaning Briht's slope. Oran or Ora is Old English for flat topped hill and/or steep slope.The flat summit is surrounded by a number of spurs. Iron Age ditches and banks divide the spurs from the summit although the purpose of these earthworks is unclear.There is evidence of lynchet farming on the southeast side of the hill. The age of the lynchets is unknown but Roman pottery has been brought to the surface by rabbit holes.There are aerial masts on the hill.The hill was purchased by Hampshire County Council in 1966. Prior to the purchase the summit was used for growing wheat but now the only farming activity is grazing. In December 2021 a £240,000 program was announced to restore grassland on the hill and improve trails.Butser Hill has a rich variety of flora and fauna located upon the hill. Butser Hill is in the top twenty Hampshire chalk grassland sites for its rich vascular flora, and is the richest chalk grassland site in Hampshire in terms of its bryophyte (125 species) and lichen (82 species) flora. As well as this, over 30 species of butterfly have been recorded, including populations of Duke of Burgundy and the Silver-spotted Skipper, making the area an important conservation area for many butterfly species. There is an annual Fell Run called the Butser Hill Challenge that involves running up and down the hill three times.

Woolbeding and Pound Commons is a 171.9-hectare (425-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Midhurst in West Sussex.The commons have areas of wet and dry heath, woodland, ponds and wet flushes. Invertebrates include a number of Red Data Book species, such as the bee Hylaeus gibbus, the Eumenes coarctatus and Psen bruxellensis wasps and the click-beetle Hylis olexai. The site also provides a habitat for three rare birds, woodlark, nightjar and Dartford warbler.The site is crossed by roads and footpaths.