Beauworth

Human settlement in England
  • City of Winchester
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  • Hampshire
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  • Winchester
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51°01′52″N 1°10′45″W / 51.031092°N 1.179241°W / 51.031092; -1.179241

Beauworth (/ˈbjuːwərθ/) is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England, about eight miles east of Winchester. As of 2013, Beauworth has a small population of 97. It is in the civil parish of Cheriton.

On Sunday afternoon 30 June 1833, four boys playing on a small piece of pasture land discovered what became known as the Beauworth Hoard.The Beauworth Hoard is believed to be linked to the very powerful Walkelin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Census data
  2. ^ Hampshire Field Club and Archeological Society, Papers and Proceedings. Vol.VII, Part I. Printed 1914. H.M. Gilbert and Son, 24 Above Bar, Southampton and at Winchester. Page 52.

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England
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Electoral Wards and Parishes in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, England (since 2016 boundary changes)
Wonston and Micheldever
The Worthys
Alresford and Itchen
Winchester
  • Winchester unparished city area has five wards: St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul
Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery
Colden Common and Twyford
Upper Meon Valley
Bishops Waltham
Central Meon Valley
Whiteley and Shedfield
Denmead
Southwick and Wickham
(Wards ordered from north-west corner, across the map, and then progressively south and east)


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