The name is derived from the Old Englishgrēat lēah, meaning 'great wood or clearing'.[2]
The village is divided into two distinct settlements, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) apart: the old village and a newer settlement built around the railway station on the West of England Main Line.[3] The hamlet of Palestine adjoins the railway station settlement, although it is located in the civil parish of Over Wallop.[4]
Grateley lies just to the south of the prehistoric hill fort of Quarley Hill. The parish covers 1,551 acres (6.28 km2) with 616 people[5] living in 250 dwellings. The village has one pub, a thirteenth-century church dedicated to St Leonard, a primary school, a school for children with Asperger syndrome, a railway station, a small business park, a golf driving range, and is surrounded by farmland with ancient footpaths and droveways.
King Æthelstan issued his first official law code in Grateley in about 930 AD.[6] Recorded in the early 12th century Quadripartitus text,[7] which referred to a ‘great assembly at Grateley’ (magna synodo apud Greateleyam). The legestaive assembly and construct of the Grateley law code acted as a manifestation of the peripatetic nature of Anglo-Saxon kingship.[8]
In the 20th century Grateley was one of many ammunition dumps during the World Wars.[9]
The economic history of Grateley is agricultural, but less than 10% of the village population now rely upon agriculture as an occupation.[citation needed]
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^"Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^"Grateley, Hampshire". Key to English Place Names. University of Nottingham.
^Lavelle, Ryan (2005). "Why Grateley? Reflections on Anglo-Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape" (PDF). Hampshire Studies: Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society. 60: 154–69.
^ name="foo" Lavelle, Ryan (2005). "Why Grateley? Reflections on Anglo-Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape" (PDF). Hampshire Studies: Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society. 60: 154–69.
^Lavelle, Ryan (2005). "Why Grateley? Reflections on Anglo-Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape" (PDF). Hampshire Studies: Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society. 60: 154–69.
^"History - Part twelve". Grateley Parish Council. Later, Grateley, like many areas within reach of the south coast ports, became a munitions store for part of the invasion force involved in Operation Overlord.
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grateley, village, civil, parish, north, west, hampshire, england, plough, innlocation, within, hampshirepopulation645, 2011, census, including, palestine, hampshire, grid, referencesu2774441883districttest, valleyshire, countyhampshireregionsouth, eastcountry. Grateley is a village and civil parish in the north west of Hampshire England GrateleyThe Plough InnGrateleyLocation within HampshirePopulation645 2011 Census including Palestine Hampshire 1 OS grid referenceSU2774441883DistrictTest ValleyShire countyHampshireRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townAndoverPostcode districtSP11Dialling code01264PoliceHampshire and Isle of WightFireHampshire and Isle of WightAmbulanceSouth CentralUK ParliamentNorth West HampshireList of places UK England Hampshire 51 10 32 N 1 36 16 W 51 175517 N 1 604511 W 51 175517 1 604511The name is derived from the Old English great leah meaning great wood or clearing 2 The village is divided into two distinct settlements 0 75 miles 1 21 km apart the old village and a newer settlement built around the railway station on the West of England Main Line 3 The hamlet of Palestine adjoins the railway station settlement although it is located in the civil parish of Over Wallop 4 Grateley lies just to the south of the prehistoric hill fort of Quarley Hill The parish covers 1 551 acres 6 28 km2 with 616 people 5 living in 250 dwellings The village has one pub a thirteenth century church dedicated to St Leonard a primary school a school for children with Asperger syndrome a railway station a small business park a golf driving range and is surrounded by farmland with ancient footpaths and droveways King AEthelstan issued his first official law code in Grateley in about 930 AD 6 Recorded in the early 12th century Quadripartitus text 7 which referred to a great assembly at Grateley magna synodo apud Greateleyam The legestaive assembly and construct of the Grateley law code acted as a manifestation of the peripatetic nature of Anglo Saxon kingship 8 In the 20th century Grateley was one of many ammunition dumps during the World Wars 9 The economic history of Grateley is agricultural but less than 10 of the village population now rely upon agriculture as an occupation citation needed Notes edit Civil Parish population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 18 December 2016 Grateley Hampshire Key to English Place Names University of Nottingham Introduction Grateley Parish Council Map of Grateley Hampshire Map Cartography by Ordnance Survey streetmap co uk Retrieved 19 July 2012 Neighbourhood Statistics Test Valley Borough Office for National Statistics Retrieved 29 July 2012 Lavelle Ryan 2005 Why Grateley Reflections on Anglo Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape PDF Hampshire Studies Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 60 154 69 name foo Lavelle Ryan 2005 Why Grateley Reflections on Anglo Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape PDF Hampshire Studies Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 60 154 69 Lavelle Ryan 2005 Why Grateley Reflections on Anglo Saxon Kingship in a Hampshire Landscape PDF Hampshire Studies Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 60 154 69 History Part twelve Grateley Parish Council Later Grateley like many areas within reach of the south coast ports became a munitions store for part of the invasion force involved in Operation Overlord External links edit nbsp Media related to Grateley at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Hampshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grateley amp oldid 1187309197, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
