Hordle Walhampton School (SO41 5ZG)
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Hordle Walhampton School,
Lymington, Hampshire, England, SO41 5ZG.
Telephone: 01590 672013
Fax: 01590 678498
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Although the present house is a mixture of Queen Anne & Victorian architecture, the history of the Manor of Walhampton can be traced back to the days of William the Conqueror. In Norman times, Walhampton was given to Earl Roger of Shrewsbury; however, he blotted his copybook and forfeited all his estates so the Manor reverted automatically to the Crown at the beginning of the 12th Century and it was the presented to the Earl of Devon. In 1263, the Devons gave the estate to the Christchurch Canons, who held it until the Dissolution of the Monastery in 1539. There were many owners after this date, including the Wriothsleys, Earls of Southampton, until 1668 when it was bought by the Burrards from the Curate of Lymington, a certain William Gearing! The age of the Burrards was the heyday of Walhampton, for they were an influential family both locally & nationally, and it was they who built the 18th Century house.
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