Grateley
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Grateley is a small village in the north west of Hampshire
, England
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Grateley lies just to the South of the pre-historic hillfort of Quarley Hill. The Parish covers 1551 acres (6.3 km²) with 607 people living in 250 dwellings. The village has two shops, two pubs, a thirteenth century church (St. Leonard's), a primary school, a school for children with Aspergers Syndrome, a railway station, a small business park, a golf driving range, and is surrounded by farmland with ancient footpaths and droveways ideal for those who appreciate the English countryside.
Grateley is historic in its own right. For it was in Grateley that the first laws of England were set down in 936 AD by King Aethelstan. Also, Grateley was one of many ammunition dumps during the World Wars .
In the Parish are also: Monxton, Amport and Quarley - all four of the Parish are mentioned in the Domesday Book
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Grateley railway station
is on the West of England Main Line
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Grateley has its roots firmly in agriculture; as are most of the villages in Hampshire. Farming has been the main source of income for parishioners for the past 2000 years , now like many other rural locations the reliance upon farming as a livelihood is slowly dying out to the extent nowadays that less than 10% of the village population rely upon agriculture as an occupation .
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Grateley lies just to the South of the pre-historic hillfort of Quarley Hill. The Parish covers 1551 acres (6.3 km²) with 607 people living in 250 dwellings. The village has two shops, two pubs, a thirteenth century church (St. Leonard's), a primary school, a school for children with Aspergers Syndrome, a railway station, a small business park, a golf driving range, and is surrounded by farmland with ancient footpaths and droveways ideal for those who appreciate the English countryside.
Grateley is historic in its own right. For it was in Grateley that the first laws of England were set down in 936 AD by King Aethelstan. Also, Grateley was one of many ammunition dumps during the World Wars .
In the Parish are also: Monxton, Amport and Quarley - all four of the Parish are mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
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Grateley railway station
Grateley railway station
Grateley station serves the village of Grateley in Hampshire, UK. The station is located in western portion of the village near the hamlet of Palestine approximately a mile from the eastern part of the village...
is on the West of England Main Line
West of England Main Line
The West of England Main Line is a British railway line that runs from , Hampshire to Exeter St Davids in Devon, England. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter...
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Grateley has its roots firmly in agriculture; as are most of the villages in Hampshire. Farming has been the main source of income for parishioners for the past 2000 years , now like many other rural locations the reliance upon farming as a livelihood is slowly dying out to the extent nowadays that less than 10% of the village population rely upon agriculture as an occupation .