Nether Wallop in Hampshire

This map shows clearly that the basic layout of Nether Wallop is the same as in 1840, which was mediaeval and probably Saxon, the group of farmsteads clustered round the Church and Mill, farmsteads all along the High Street and stream, mostly built on the northern bank to get more sunshine. The surrounding fields still show some of the layout of the open fields system. The houses of the old manors are still 'in situ', although rebuilt.

The variety of architectural styles is due to replacement of older houses on the same site, many of the older ones having been burnt, e.g. Garlogs, 1840, and Church Row, 1928; or because of decay, e.g. The Vicarage, 1797, and Rags Corner in the 192Os; or because or remodelling, enlarging, often including the older building, e.g. Broadgate, 1700, and Marsh House, 1971; or aggrandisement, e.g. Wallop House, 1838, replacing an Elizabethan Parsonage, and Berry Court, pulled down and rebuilt 1697; or have just grown by adding over the centuries, e.g. Hatchetts Farm; or resiting, e.g. The George.

Since the mid-twentieth century new houses have been confined to three small groups of Council Houses, and infilling of old farmhouse gardens or plots by a few modern bungalows or houses.

The population has remained surprisingly constant, never exceeding 1000.

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