Embley, Hampshire

Embley
Embley
 Embley shown within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU3309221810
DistrictTest Valley
Shire countyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ROMSEY
Postcode district SO51 9
Dialling code 01962
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentNorth West Hampshire
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire

Coordinates: 50°59′41″N 1°31′47″W / 50.994743°N 1.529846°W / 50.994743; -1.529846

Embley is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (4.8 km) east from the village.

A famous 19th century resident was Florence Nightingale, who for much of her childhood was raised n the parish at her family's home Embley Park.[1][2]

Notes and references

  1. Though as a child she also often lived at the family's second home at Lea Hurst
  2. Florence Nightingale and Lynn McDonald (Editor) (2010). "An introduction to Vol 14". Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0889204691.


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