Linkenholt

Linkenholt is a village near Andover in Hampshire, England with about 40 inhabitants.^{[citation needed][1]} It is in the civil Parish of Faccombe.

Linkenholt
St. Peter's parish church
Linkenholt Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU365585
District	Test Valley
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Andover
Postcode district	SP11
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.320°N 1.478°W / 51.320; -1.478

Geography

The village is in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Linkenholt includes a 2,003-acre (811 ha) estate that has an Edwardian manor house, 21 cottages and houses, 1,500 acres (610 ha) of farmland, 450 acres (180 ha) of woodland, a village shop and a blacksmith's forge. The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter is not part of the estate.

History

The history of the Manor of Linkenholt traces back beyond Domesday Book of 1086. From the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–66) until after the Dissolution in the mid-1500s, the Manor of Linkenholt was granted by successive monarchs to the abbot and convent of St Peter, Gloucester.^[2] The Domesday Book records it as Linchehou, when it was part of the land of the Abbey of St Peter of Gloucester.^[3]

In 1629, the estate was bought by Emanuel Badd^[4] for 2,000 pounds and was sold in 1680 to Amsterdam merchant Robert Styles^[5] for 12,000 pounds. The estate remained in the same family until the early 19th century. Roland Dudley bought it in the 1920s.^[6]

Herbert Blagrave bought the estate in 1964 and it passed to the trustees of the Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust on his death in 1981. The trustees sold the estate for an estimated £25 million in May 2009 to Swedish businessman Stefan Persson.^[7][8] All of the buildings in the village are rented to tenants.^[9]

Geography

Linkenholt has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the north west of the village, called Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging.^[10]

References

1. "Picture-perfect English village for sale". msnbc.com. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
2. "The land area under nature protection has more than doubled". doi:10.1787/888933279776. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Williams, Ann; Martin, G.H. (2003). Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin Books. pp. 102, 1371. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
4. "Linkenholt estate for sale - Country Life". Country Life. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
5. "Linkenholt estate for sale - Country Life". Country Life. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
6. "Picture-perfect English village for sale". msnbc.com. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
7. Denyer, Lucy; Davies, Helen (24 May 2009). "Fashion boss buys village off the peg". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
8. Pearse, Damien (25 May 2009). "H&M billionaire Stefan Persson buys Hampshire village for £25m". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
9. "Inside Britain's privately owned villages". Country Life. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
10. "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

• Copping, Jasper (8 March 2009). "Whole village put up for sale for £22 million". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
• "Entire village is sold for £25m". BBC News. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
• Meredith, Jane (13 May 2009). "Mystery buyer found for Linkenholt estate, on the market with a price tag of £25 million". Newbury Weekly News. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2009.

External links

Media related to Linkenholt at Wikimedia Commons