Mottisfont

Mottisfont is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, around 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Romsey. The village is the location of Mottisfont Abbey. Much of the surrounding land, which is part of the Mottisfont Estate, and several other buildings in the village are in the care of the National Trust.

Mottisfont
Village
Lane through Mottisfont village
Mottisfont Location within Hampshire
Population	351 [1] 385 (2011 Census including Dunbridge)[2]
OS grid reference	SU324268
Civil parish	Mottisfont
District	Test Valley
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROMSEY
Postcode district	SO51
Dialling code	01794
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Romsey and Southampton North
List of places UK England Hampshire 51°02′22″N 1°32′14″W

The unusual name is probably derived from the Old English motes funta, meaning 'spring near the confluence' or 'spring of the moot' or possibly 'spring of the stone' (from the Old English motere: sonte).^{[citation needed]}

The village church is dedicated to St Andrew and its oldest parts date from the 12th century.^[3] Restorations were carried out in the 1870s and 1880s.^[3]

Mottisfont formerly had a railway station on the Sprat and Winkle Line, which closed in the 1960s. In 2006, the nearby Dunbridge station on the Wessex Main Line was renamed as Mottisfont and Dunbridge. The Test Way and Monarch's Way long-distance footpaths pass through the village.

References

1. "Parish Headcounts, Area: Mottisfont CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
3. O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 394–395. ISBN 9780300225037.