Mattingley

Mattingley
Mattingley Church
Mattingley is located in Hampshire
Mattingley
Mattingley
Location within Hampshire
Population583 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU7336457701
• London38 mi (61 km) ENE
Civil parish
  • Mattingley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHOOK
Postcode districtRG27
Dialling code0118
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°18′49″N 0°56′56″W / 51.313705°N 0.948767°W / 51.313705; -0.948767

Mattingley is a village and large civil parish in Hampshire, England. The village lies on the Reading road between the town of Hook and Reading. The River Whitewater runs through the parish. The village has one pub, named the Leather Bottle.

History

The name comes from "Matta's ley" (ley means place in Old English), referring to the Matta family. The Mattingly surname originates in Mattingley.[2]

In Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870), John Marius Wilson described Mattingley as a "hamlet and a chapelry".[3] It was part of Heckfield before becoming its own civil parish in 1894.[4]

Transport

Mattingley is served by Hook railway station, which is on the London and South Western Railway.[4]

Further reading

  • W. J. James History of Heckfield and Mattingley[5]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Mattingly Village". Freshford. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ "History of Mattingley, in Hart and Hampshire". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Parishes: Heckfield". British History Online. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ "The History of a Hampshire Parish - Heckfield and Mattingley". Freshford. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

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