Eversley
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| Eversley shown within Hampshire | |
| Population | 1,653 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SU780615 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOOK |
| Postcode district | RG27 0xx |
| Dialling code | 0118 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Eversley is a village and civil parish in the Hart district of northeast Hampshire, England. The village is located around 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Basingstoke and around 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Yateley. The River Blackwater, and the border with Berkshire, form the northern boundary of the parish.
Eversley is regarded as a wealthy community and is situated in the least deprived local council area in England.
Eversley means 'Wild Boar Clearing' and the boar is the symbol of the village, as shown on the village sign.
The parish contains a number of hamlets: Eversley Village (sometimes called Eversley Street), Eversley Centre, Eversley Cross, Lower Common and Up Green. The historical parish also included Bramshill, a modern civil parish largely covered by plantation forest, but also including the early 17th century Bramshill House. Eversley Centre and Eversley Cross (to the north of Yateley) are contiguous and constitute the main part of the village, whilst Eversley 'village' lies around 1 mile to the north on the A327 road towards Arborfield.
There are a number of other large country houses in Eversley: Firgrove Manor (now apartments), Glaston Hill House (private residence) and Warbrook House (now a Conference Centre). Monuments to their residents can be seen in St Mary's Church, a medieval building mostly rebuilt in the 18th century. The churchyard is the burial-place of Charles Kingsley, who for 35 years was rector of the parish. As you enter the churchyard, Kinglsey's grave is to be found to the left of the path some 10 metres beyond the entrance gate. Kingsley was a significant author and commentator in the 19th century. Among other novels he wrote The Water Babies and Westward Ho!. Kingsley was also a social critic and an early founder of 'Christian Socialism'. One of his poems, "The Bad Squire", may very well be a comment on local social conditions in the mid-nineteenth century, and an attack on the attitudes of local landlords. A copy of the poem can be found in the church.
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