Barford, Hampshire

Human settlement in England

Headley

District

East Hampshire

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGUILDFORDPostcode districtGU26 6Dialling code01428Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

East Hampshire

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°07′44″N 0°46′57″W / 51.128953°N 0.782433°W / 51.128953; -0.782433

Barford is a scattered hamlet in the civil parish of Headley in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies on the Hampshire-Surrey border, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Hindhead. Its nearest town is Bordon, which lies approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-west from the village.

The stream which marks the parish and county boundary once had three mills, all now private dwellings. Two were involved in paper-making, and one corn-grinding. The oldest is mentioned in a pipe-roll of 1264 while the others date from the 18th century.^[1] One of the paper mills was subsequently used for flock,^[2] and one housed French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars.^{[citation needed]}

Barford bridge, formerly a dangerous ford, was built across the stream in the early 1900s.^[3]

References

^ "Hantsphere Heritage in Place: Barford". Retrieved 25 April 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "British History online: A History of the County of Hampshire, Vol.3 (1908) pp.51-55". Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "The bridge at Barford, 1906". hantsphere.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via Hampshire County Council's Library and Information Service.