Embley, Hampshire
Coordinates: 50°59′41″N 1°31′47″W / 50.994743°N 1.529846°W
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
- ↑ Though as a child she also often lived at the family's second home at Lea Hurst
- ↑ 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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