Froxfield and Privett

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.

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.

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.

Basing Park was a country house in Privett, Hampshire, notable for being the family home of the Nicholson family. The 1878 'White's Directory of Hampshire' described it as a "large and commodious structure, in the Grecian style, commanding extensive views".The first building on the site was recorded in 1567, whilst being under the ownership of John Love. It was later extended by subsequent owners, one of whom, employed the architect Sydney Smirke for alterations and extensions. It is believed that three of the original four lodge houses had been built to the designs of Smirke. In the early 1835 the house and estate were acquired by Joseph Martineau, who, by the mid 19th century, along with his gardeners, had designed a well known garden encompassing the mansion, these were as follows; pinetum containing many different species of evergreen trees and shrubs, rose and rock garden, walled kitchen garden, and an arboretum. The lawns stretched down from the mansion to join a ha-ha, constructed of flint and brick which separated the lawns from the park. In 1833 the garden was featured in Prosser's "Select Illustrations of Hampshire", where a detailed view of the house was included. He described the house as being like a Grecian Temple. It was acquired in 1863 by the distiller William Nicholson. Nicholson set about improving the estate he loved so much, he kept the gardens largely unaltered, but extended the mansion upwards, which subsequently gave it a much more institutionalised look. By the time of his death in 1909, the estate covered a massive 8446 acres, stretching from Petersfield to Bramdean. A notable feature of the Nicholson estate is the church, designed by Arthur Blomfield and built between 1876–78, it has the tallest spire in all of Hampshire. During the Second World War the house was requisitioned by the War Office. Eventually leading to the demolition of the house in 1962 by Petersfield contractor John Digby Lovell. By 1964, a substantial house had been erected on the site of the old house, built to the designs of Claud Phillimore, this new house was coated in a rough render, with plain slate roof. Its design was similar to that of the original mansion, with a distinctive central bow bay window. The new house did not incorporate any of the original material, although as previously stated, its position was largely the same, and commanded extensive views over the surrounding countryside. In the 1970s, the gardens were redesigned by Otho Nicholson, of the nearby Coles Farm, who had previously owned the estate for a brief period in the 1940s, he was the son of William Nicholson (d.1909). In current times, the grounds surrounding the house have been largely unaltered since the 1970s. Only a small section of the original 800 acre parkland remains, located to the immediate east, south and west of the house. The mansion is accessed via a sunken lane to the southwest. The previous three driveways have since been abandoned, but many of the original trees that bordered them remain, including a substantial lime avenue which was planted in 1913, and a substantial avenue lined with monkey puzzle and cedar trees. In recent years, a line of beech trees have been planted alongside the lane at Basing Dean, and to the immediate south of the mansion, a line of copper beeches have been planted.

Langrish is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is next to the civil parish of Stroud and is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Petersfield, on the A272 road.

Colemore is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Colemore and Priors Dean, in the East Hampshire district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is in the Hampshire Downs about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Petersfield. In 1931 the parish had a population of 72. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Priors Dean to form "Colemore and Priors Dean".Colemore is a largely abandoned village. There were houses southwest of the parish church and southeast of manor farm. The land where they stood is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.Manor Farmhouse is an early 17th-century brick house, altered in the middle of the 19th century.The earliest parts of the former Church of England parish church of St Peter ad Vincula ("St Peter in Chains") are 11th-century. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.The brothers John Greaves (1602–52, mathematician), Edward Greaves (1608–80, physician) and Thomas Greaves (1612–76, orientalist) were all sons of a rector of the parish and born in the village. A later orientalist, Richard Pococke (1704–65), was also the son of a rector of the parish.

The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Colemore, Hampshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Colemore is located some 6 miles (10 km) south of Alton to the east of the A32 road.

The Church of the Holy Trinity, Privett, is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Froxfield, Hampshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Privett is a small village, conservation area and former civil parish, now in the parish of Froxfield and Privett, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Petersfield, just off the A272 road. Its principal feature is Holy Trinity Church, designed by Arthur Blomfield and built at the expense of local landowner, businessman and M.P. William Nicholson. Nicholson was also responsible for building in the village a number of residences for workers on his Basing Park estate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 172.

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.

At 249 metres (817 ft), Wheatham Hill is one of the highest hills in the county of Hampshire, England. It is part of the North Hampshire Downs. Much of the hill is covered in mixed forest and there is a trig point at 244 metres, which is also the site of Cobbett's View. According to a nearby information panel: "The excellent views from this hilltop were first noted in 1822 when William Cobbett rode through here, and subsequently published his "Rural Rides". '...out we came, all in a moment, at the very edge of the hanger! And never, in all my life, was I so surprised and so delighted! I pulled up my horse, and sat and looked; and it was like looking from the top of a castle down into the sea; except that the valley was land not water' Until 2010 this viewpoint had been lost for many years under recent tree growth. Yet an old trig point (triangulation station) remained to indicate that the view had once been visible for OS maps to be surveyed. And so Countryside Rangers felled these trees to reveal the spectacular views that Cobbett so much admired. There is a minor track over the summit. It is located in a Special Area of Conservation known as the East Hampshire Hangers.On the southeastern spur of the hill in the woods is a tumulus, evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area.Stoner Hill (233 metres (764 ft)) is a subsidiary summit of Wheatham Hill (249 metres (817 ft)).