- Dummer, Hampshire
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Coordinates: 51°12′37″N 1°09′40″W / 51.2102°N 1.1611°W
Dummer 
All Saints' Church, Dummer
Dummer
Dummer shown within HampshireOS grid reference SU583458 Parish Dummer District Basingstoke and Deane Shire county Hampshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BASINGSTOKE Postcode district RG25 Dialling code 01256 Police Hampshire Fire Hampshire Ambulance South Central EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament North West Hampshire List of places: UK • England • Hampshire Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, England located 6 miles south west of Basingstoke, close to the M3 motorway. In the 2001 census it had a population of 643, and the village currently has 127 dwellings.[1] The name of the village is derived from Dun (meaning hill) and Mer (lake or pond). The English surname 'Dummer' is thought to originate from here, as the Dummer family were lords of the manor between the 12th and 16th centuries.
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Governance
The village is part of the civil parish of Dummer,[2] which is part of the Oakley and North Waltham ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[3] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
Location
- Position: grid reference SU583458
- Nearby towns and cities: Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Newbury, Winchester
- Nearby villages: Axford, Cliddesden, Farleigh Wallop, Hook, Kingsclere, North Waltham, Oakley, Old Basing, Overton, Steventon, Whitchurch.
Famous people
- The Dummer family
- Sarah, Duchess of York
- Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst KBE CB AFC DL RAF, first Commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
- Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Susan Barrantes, mother of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
- Marian Montagu Douglas Scott, paternal grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Charles Rycroft, psychologist
References
- ^ Hantsweb Team (2006). "Dummer". Hantsweb. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/localpages/north-east/basingstoke/dummer.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- ^ "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire". 2008. http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/row/maps/1419.pdf. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/council/councillors/wardsinfo.htm. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
External links
Categories:- Basingstoke and Deane
- Villages in Hampshire
- Hampshire geography stubs
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