Warblington

Warblington
An older style house in Warblington, which was partially destroyed by fire in May 2011
Warblington  Warblington shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU725065
District	Havant
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAVANT
Postcode district	PO9
Dialling code	023
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Havant
List of places UK England Hampshire

Coordinates: 50°51′00″N 0°58′08″W / 50.85°N 0.9689°W

Warblington, historically part of the Hundred of Bosmere,^[1] is a suburb of Havant, a town in Hampshire, England.

History

It is part of the parish of St Thomas à Becket, Warblington and St James, Emsworth.^[2] Pevsner (1967) describes the church of St Thomas as essentially late 12th century and praises the "undisturbed" setting. To the north of the church is the locality’s most distinctive landmark: the tall octagonal turret of Warblington Castle. In October 1551, Mary of Guise the widow of James V of Scotland stayed a night in the castle as a guest of Sir Richard Cotton.^[3]

Unusually, Warblington contains a large secondary school (Warblington School)^[4] but no primary school.

Warblington railway station is on the West Coastway Line.

Notable residents

• John Brown (1820-unknown), cricketer born in Warblington
• George Carter (1846-unknown), cricketer

References

1. Genuki
2. Parish web-site
3. Calendar State Papers Foreign Edward, London (1861), 190, (PRO SP68/9/85).
4. Warblington School official website

Bibliography

• Victoria County History A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 Page, W (Ed) 1908 Warblington pp. 134–39
• The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, Pevsner, N./Lloyd,D. 1967 Harmondsworth,Penguin ISBN 0-14-071032-9
• Warblington: a village history, Timmins,G. (Havant, Havant Museum, 2007)

Gallery

• 
  1856 etching of castle and church
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  Secondary School
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  Tennis Club
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  Level Crossing

External links

• The Church of St Thomas à Becket, Warblington