Southrope

Southrope
Southrope
	The Fur and Feathers, Southrope
	Southrope Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU6763644975
Civil parish	Herriard;
District	Basingstoke and Deane;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALTON
Postcode district	GU34
Dialling code	01420
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°12′00″N 1°02′00″W / 51.2000°N 1.0333°W

Southrope is a hamlet in the civil parish of Herriard, Hampshire. It has one pub, named the Fur and Feathers. The hamlet was once considered a part of the civil parish Bentworth, until the late 19th century. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies approximately 5.8 miles (9.3 km) south-east from the hamlet. The hamlet's toponym derives from Old English Sūþrop, meaning south village.^[1]

Governance

The hamlet is part of the civil parish of Herriard^[2] and is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.^[3] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. At one time, Southrope came under the large parish of Bentworth until its decline in the mid-19th century. Although today, Herriard's parish borders the parish of Bentworth.^[4]