Hurstbourne Priors

Hurstbourne Priors

St Andrew the Apostle
Hurstbourne Priors
 Hurstbourne Priors shown within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU4373646383
DistrictBasingstoke and Deane
Shire countyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WHITCHURCH
Postcode district RG25
Dialling code 01256
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentBasingstoke
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire

Coordinates: 51°12′54″N 1°22′31″W / 51.214980°N 1.375205°W / 51.214980; -1.375205

Hurstbourne Priors is a small village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Whitchurch, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (3.1 km) north-east from the village.

The church of St Andrew the Apostle is the oldest existing church in the Diocese of Winchester.

In the churchyard is the grave of noted Irish baritone Harry Plunket Greene (1865-1936), as well as those of his two sons Richard (born 1901) and David (born 1904).[1]

References

  1. "Biography". Retrieved 17 January 2015.


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