East Tytherley

East Tytherley is a small village in Hampshire, England.[1][2]

East Tytherley
East Tytherley
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU2935028787
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSalisbury
Postcode districtSP5
Dialling code01264
PoliceHampshire
FireHampshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

The name Tytherley comes from Old English and means thin or tender wood.[3]

The village was given to Queen Philippa by her husband Edward III in 1335. When the Black Death spread through London she moved her court to the village.

In more recent history William Fothergill Cooke invented the first commercial electrical telegraph whilst living in the village.

See also

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 472. ISBN 9780199609086.

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