East Tytherley

East Tytherley
East Tytherley is located in Hampshire
East Tytherley
East Tytherley
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU2935028787
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSalisbury
Postcode districtSP5
Dialling code01264
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°03′28″N 1°34′57″W / 51.057683°N 1.582593°W / 51.057683; -1.582593

East Tytherley is a small village in Hampshire, England.[1][2]

The name Tytherley comes from Old English and means thin or tender wood.[3]

The village was given to Queen Philippa by her husband Edward III in 1335. When the Black Death spread through London she moved her court to the village.[4]

The village church is St Peter’s.[5] It is largely dates from the 13th cenurty with a heavy restoration between 1862 and 1863.[5] A Tower on the north side was completed in 1898[5]

In more recent history William Fothergill Cooke invented the first commercial electrical telegraph whilst living in the village.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 472. ISBN 9780199609086.
  4. ^ "Hampshire Yews – History of the Queenwood Site" (PDF). www.ancient-yew.org. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 250–251. ISBN 9780300225037.