Brockenhurst
Brockenhurst shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU300022
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East
Shire county	Hampshire
District	New Forest
Post town	BROCKENHURST
Postcode district	SO42
Dialling code	01590
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	New Forest East
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

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Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The New Forest is a national park and Brockenhurst is therefore surrounded by woodland that attracts thousands of visitors all year around. The nearby towns surrounding Brockenhurst are Lymington and Lyndhurst. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... For other uses, see New Forest (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... Lyndhurst is a village claiming to be capital of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. ...

Brockenhurst Heritage Line

Brockenhurst railway station is near the junction where a branch line to Lymington connects to the mainline from Weymouth and Bournemouth to Southampton and London Waterloo with train services operated by South West Trains. The "Lymington Flyer" services connect with the ferry to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. The branch line is a Heritage line running the last remaining slam-door rolling stock, just as in 1967 it was the last standard-gauge branch line in the south of England to run a steam service.^{[citation needed]} Brockenhurst railway station. ... Cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... , Weymouth is a town in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast. ... , Bournemouth ( ) is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). ... Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... The Lymington Branch Line is the railway line from Brockenhurst to Lymington in the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles Yarmouth is a port in the western part of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. ... For other uses, see Isle of Wight (disambiguation). ...

History

The earliest signs of habitation in Brockenhurst date back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age: the area is dotted with burial mounds - called tumuli. Beyond that, few signs remain of other habitation during the next 3,000 years, when the Saxon period was brought to an end by the events of 1066. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... A tumulus (plural tumuli, from the Latin word for mound or small hill, from the root to bulge, swell also found in ) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. ... The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th century until the Conquest by the Normans in 1066. ... The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Battle of Hastings and the events leading to it. ...

William the Conqueror created his Nova Forest in 1079, a vast hunting area lying south and west of his capital at Winchester; it stretched south to the coast at Barton on Sea and west to what is now Bournemouth. Four years later, the Domesday Book recorded that there were four small Saxon manors in the Brockenhurst area, Mapleham, and Hinchelsea. Mapleham no longer exists, but the name Hinchelsea continues to the west of Brockenhurst. The third manor, Brochelie, gives the modern name, Brookley, and was the most important, having a regular weekly market and an annual fair, lasting several days. At that time, forest rights did not exist. However, Brochelie had the right to graze sheep on the open forest, but only between Wilverley and what is now Rhinefield Road. William I of England (c. ... Events Persian astronomer, Omar Khayyám, computed the length of the year as 365. ... Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ... Map sources for New Milton at grid reference SZ235955 New Milton is a market town in south west Hampshire, England. ... , Bournemouth ( ) is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Mobile and Mobile Bay from space, June 1991 Brookley Field - Mobile Background Brookley Field (Now known as Mobile Downtown Airport) in Mobile, Alabama was an Air Force base from 1938 until its closure in the mid 1960s. ...

The ford at Brockenhurst, following heavy rain

The manor house of Brochelie lay between the modern Brookley Road and The Rise and between the Watersplash Hotel and St Saviour's Church. The fourth Saxon manor of the area was Broceste - pronounced Brockerste - which gives the village its name. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1385 KB) My own work, created on 7/12/06 at Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK. Released to public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1385 KB) My own work, created on 7/12/06 at Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK. Released to public domain. ...

St Nicholas' Church, at that time, was no more than an outlying chapel linked to Twynham - later Christchurch Priory. William Rufus visited Brockenhurst, worshipping in St Nicholas' church, as at least two writs were issued by him from here. Twynham School (also known as Twynham Comprehensive School) is a [Comprehensive School] in [Christchurch, Dorset]. There are approximately 1,500 students in the school covering years 7 - 13 (ages 11-18). ... This article is about the city in New Zealand. ... William II (called Rufus, perhaps because of his red-faced appearance, or maybe his bloody reign) (c. ...

In 1348, all mention of Brochelie ceases. During this time the Black Death killed a third of the population of England, which would be a good explanation. This article concerns the mid fourteenth century pandemic. ...

By the eighteenth century, nearby Lymington was a thriving town, due to the manufacture of salt from sea water. By the end of the 1700s, the Lymington road had become a turnpike and a regular route for the mail coaches from Lyndhurst and the north. During this time, Brockenhurst grew in size, with dwellings and inns strung along the main road.

In 1745, Henry Thurston, a local man who left to make his fortune in London, died, leaving a bequest to set up a school in the village. This was located at the corner of what is now Mill Lane.

In 1770, Edward Morant, using some of the vast wealth that flowed from the family estates in Jamaica, purchased Brokenhurst House - an Elizabethan farmhouse - for £6,400. He rebuilt it as a large Georgian mansion, laid out the avenues in the grounds and acquired adjacent land, eventually peaking at some 3,000 acres (12 km²).

In the 19th century the railway station was introduced to Brockenhurst increasing a large number of holiday visitors and the local population.

In the First World War, Brockenhurst was a convalescence centre for wounded troops, particularly from India and New Zealand. The name Meerut Road recalls the Indian troops who fought in the war. Hospitals were established in Balmer Lawn and Forest Park. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Categories: Move to Wiktionary | Stub ... , Meerut (Hindi: मेरठ, Urdu: میرٹھ) IPA:   is a city and a municipal corporation in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Wounded New Zealand soldiers on station platform at Brockenhurst between 1917-19

Medical staff and patients at WW1 New Zealand First General Hospital, Brockenhurst, between 1917-19

In the Second World War, what is now The Balmer Lawn Hotel was the location of many of Generals Montgomery and Eisenhower's meetings, away from their headquarters in Southsea, as they planned the D-Day Landings. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (IPA: ; 17 November 1887 â€“ 24 March 1976), often referred to as Monty, was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer. ... Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was a five-star General in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). ... Southsea is a seaside resort located in Portsmouth at the southern tip of Portsea Island in the county of Hampshire in England. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...

Many an ancient oak tree in Brockenhurst would have hidden an American jeep or Sherman tank in 1944, as they gathered to do battle in Normandy. General characteristics Length: 5. ... For other uses, see Normandy (disambiguation). ...

The western part of the village greatly expanded in the 1970s and, in the early 1990s, Berkeley Homes built Ober Park - now known as The Coppice. More construction of the village still continues today by Penny Farthing & Son.

Twinning

Brockenhurst is twinned with Pont St Martin [1], in Loire-Atlantique, France. The Aosta region of Italy Pont-Saint-Martin is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. ... Loire-Atlantique (formerly Loire-Inférieure) is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Things of Interest

• Heritage line - Lymington Flyer

• Brockenhurst College

• St. Nicholas' Church

• New Forest Show

• Brockenhurst railway station

The Lymington Flyer is the name given to rail service operated over the branch line from Brockenhurst to Lymington. ... Brockenhurst College, often known colloquially as Brock, is based in the tertiary sector providing education in a long range of courses for many different ages. ... The New Forest and Hampshire County Show, or more commonly known as The New Forest Show is an annual event held for three days at the end of July in New Park, near Brockenhurst in Hampshire. ... Brockenhurst railway station. ...

External links

• Parish Council
• Village website
• Brockenhurst Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
• Brockenhurst College
• Photographs and Description
• Rex Nan Kivell Collection of negatives ca 1917-19 held in Pictures Catalogue, National Library of Australia, Canberra
• New Forest Community Media - A not-for-profit media site serving the National Park
• grid reference SU300022

The Rise

Thatched cottage and pub

East Bank Road

Brookley Road

Brockenhurst FC