Harbridge

Harbridge
Harbridge Church
Harbridge
Harbridge shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU144101
Civil parish	Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
District	New Forest
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RINGWOOD
Postcode district	BH24
Dialling code	01425

Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	New Forest West
List of places UK England Hampshire 50°53′28″N 1°47′46″W / 50.891°N 1.796°W / 50.891; -1.796Coordinates: 50°53′28″N 1°47′46″W / 50.891°N 1.796°W / 50.891; -1.796

Harbridge is a small village located some four kilometres north of Ringwood and a similar distance south of Fordingbridge, in southwest Hampshire, England. It is inb the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley.

The village of Harbridge is at the edge of the low meadow land to the west of the River Avon. To the south lies Somerley, home of the Earls of Normanton.

The name Harbridge probably means "Hearda's bridge". In the Domesday Book of 1086, Bernard the Chamberlain held Harbridge from the King. Before 1066 it had been held by Ulveva. Harbridge is a referred to as a manor by the early 15th century. In the early 19th century the manor passed to the Earl of Normanton, and like nearby Ibsley and Ellingham became part of his estate of Somerley. Harbridge was a civil parish until 1974, when the parish was amalgamated with the parishes of Ellingham and Ibsley.

The church of All Saints consisting of chancel, nave, and west tower, was rebuilt in 1838. The tower retains its 15th-century masonry, but it was raised in the 19th century reconstruction.

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