Privett

This article is about the village. For other uses, see Privett (disambiguation).

Privett
Privett Old Post Office
Privett Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU675269
Civil parish	Froxfield and Privett
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Petersfield
Postcode district	GU32
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	East Hampshire

Privett is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Froxfield and Privett,^[1] in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Petersfield, just off the A272 road. Its principal feature is Holy Trinity Church, designed by Arthur Blomfield and built at the expense of local landowner, businessman and M.P. William Nicholson. Nicholson was also responsible for building in the village a number of dwellings for workers on his Basing Park estate.^[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 172.^[3]

History

A place called Pryfetesflōd (Privett's River), located in the Weald, is mentioned in the 755 AD entry of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (the story of Cynewulf and Cyneheard), as the place where Sigeberht of Wessex, previously a ruler of Hampshire, was driven off to.

The village was known as Pryvet in the 14th century and Pryvate in the 16th century.^[4] The parish of Holy Trinity is listed as being part of the parish and manor of West Meon in 1391, belonging to St. Swithun's Monastery, later granted to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester by Henry the Eighth.

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church was completed in 1878 on the site of an earlier building.^[5] Designated as Grade II* listed in 1978, the building is oversized for the rural community^[2] and was declared redundant in 1975.^[6] It is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.^[7]

The Meon Valley Railway, a cross-country line from Alton towards the south coast which was opened in 1903, passed through a 1,056-yard (966 m) tunnel just north-west of the village. Privett station was further north, where the line passed under the A32.^[8] The station was closed in 1955 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn, and the line was dismantled soon after.^[9]

The village was designated as a conservation area in 2000.^[2]

Governance

The village of Privett is part of the Froxfield and Steep ward of the East Hampshire District Council, which is a non-metropolitan district council of Hampshire County Council. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Froxfield.^[3]

Transport

The nearest railway station is Petersfield, 5 miles (8 km) south-east of the village. Hampshire Bus provide a daily service to and from Alton College on school days.^[10]

References

1. "Hampshire County Council's HantsWeb — Froxfield". 2006. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
2. "Privett Conservation Area: Study and Character Appraisal" (PDF). East Hampshire District Council. January 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011 – via Internet Archive.
3. "Privett Ch/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
4. 'Parishes: Privett', A History of the County of Hampshire. Vol. 3. 1908. p. 336. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
5. Historic England, "Church of the Holy Trinity, Froxfield (1237168)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 August 2013
6. "No. 46742". The London Gazette. 18 November 1975. p. 14574.
7. "Holy Trinity Church, Privett, Hampshire". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
8. "Ordnance Survey One-inch map, Sheet 132". National Library of Scotland. 1939. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
9. Stone, R. A. (1983). The Meon Valley Railway. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions. p. 101. ISBN 9780946184040.
10. "201, 205, 207, 211 (Alton Rural services)" (PDF). 20 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2011.