Dummer, Hampshire
- Dummer
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Hampshire
- South East
- North West Hampshire
Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, England. It is 6 miles south-west of Basingstoke and near Junction 7 on the M3 motorway.
In the 2001 census, it had a population of 643, with 127 dwellings,[2] reducing to a population of 466 in 201 households at the 2011 Census.[1]
History
The name of the village is derived from Dun (meaning hill) and Mer (lake or pond).[citation needed] The English surname 'Dummer' is thought to originate from here, as the Dummer family were lords of the manor between the 12th and 16th centuries.[citation needed]
All Saints Church is in the centre of the village.[3] The church is part of the Church of England benefice of Farleigh, Candover and Wield, served by the same Rector.
A public house, The Queen Inn, is north of the church on Down Street towards the M3.[4]
Also towards the M3 is the Dummer Golf Club, the course lying to the northeast of the village.[5]
On the other side of the M3 north of the A30 is the Dummer Garden Centre,[6] and a public house, The Sun Inn. A short distance south-west down the A30 is another public house and hotel, The Wheatsheaf.[7]
To the south-west of Dummer village by about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) is Dummer Down Farm. This is the site of the Dummer Cricket Centre which was founded by Major Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York.[8] The current owner, Andrew Ferguson, was a local councillor on Dummer Parish Council.
Governance
The village is part of the civil parish of Dummer,[9] which is part of the Oakley and North Waltham ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[10] The borough council is a non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
Location
- Position: grid reference SU583458
- Nearby towns and cities: Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Newbury, Winchester
- Nearby villages: Axford, Cliddesden, Farleigh Wallop, Hook, Kingsclere, Micheldever Station, North Waltham, Oakley, Old Basing, Overton, Popham, Steventon, Whitchurch.
Notable people
- The Dummer family
- Sarah, Duchess of York
- Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst KBE CB AFC DL RAF, first Commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
- Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Susan Barrantes, mother of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
- Marian Montagu Douglas Scott, paternal grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Charles Rycroft, psychologist
References
- ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Hantsweb Team (2006). "Dummer". Hantsweb. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ www.allsaintschurchdummer.hampshire.org.uk|
- ^ "The Queen Inn". The Queen Inn.
- ^ "Home :: Dummer Golf Club". www.dummergolfclub.com.
- ^ "Error | Deloitte UK".
- ^ "Hampshire - Pubs and Inns with a literary connection". www.homesteadbb.free-online.co.uk.
- ^ "Dummer Cricket Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire". Serious Cricket.
- ^ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
External links
- Dummer parish council
- Amateur Football Club Dummer
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parishes
- Ashford Hill with Headley
- Ashmansworth
- Baughurst
- Bradley
- Bramley
- Burghclere
- Candovers
- Chineham
- Cliddesden
- Deane
- Dummer
- East Woodhay
- Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green
- Farleigh Wallop
- Hannington
- Herriard
- Highclere
- Hurstbourne Priors
- Kingsclere
- Laverstoke
- Litchfield and Woodcott
- Mapledurwell and Up Nately
- Monk Sherborne
- Mortimer West End
- Newtown
- North Waltham
- Nutley
- Oakley
- Old Basing and Lychpit
- Overton
- Pamber
- Popham
- Preston Candover
- Rooksdown
- Sherborne St John
- Sherfield on Loddon
- Sherfield Park
- Silchester
- St Mary Bourne
- Steventon
- Stratfield Turgis
- Tunworth
- Upton Grey
- Weston Corbett
- Weston Patrick
- Winslade
- Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell
and
hamlets
- Adbury
- Aldermaston Soke
- Aldern Bridge
- Andwell
- Ashe
- Ashe Warren
- Ashford Hill
- Ashley Warren
- Axford
- Axmansford
- Binley
- Bishop's Green
- Bramley Corner
- Bramley Green
- Broadmere
- Brock's Green
- Brown Candover
- Charter Alley
- Chilton Candover
- Cole Henley
- Dunley
- East Oakley
- Ecchinswell
- Ellisfield
- Ewhurst
- Freefolk
- Hare Warren
- Headley
- Heath End
- Ibworth
- Inhurst
- Litchfield
- Little London
- Lower Woodcott
- Lower Wyke
- Malshanger
- Mapledurwell
- Middle Wyke
- Nately Scures
- Newfound
- Newnham
- Newtown Common
- North Oakley
- North Sydmonton
- Old Basing
- Old Burghclere
- Pamber End
- Pamber Green
- Pamber Heath
- Penwood
- Plastow Green
- Quidhampton
- Ramsdell
- Southrope
- Stoke
- Spanish Green
- Sydmonton
- Tufton Warren
- Up Nately
- Upper Woodcott
- Upper Wootton
- Tufton
- Turgis Green
- Wadwick
- Wells-in-the-Field
- West Heath
- Whitnal
- Whitway
- Woolton Hill
- Wolverton
- Wolverton Common
- Wootton St Lawrence
Basingstoke