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Dibden Purlieu (/ ˌ d ɪ b d ɛ n ˈ p ɜːr l i uː /) is a village situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The village merges with the nearby town of Hythe. It is in the civil parish of Hythe and Dibden. The approximate population is around 4000 people. The regular Bluestar bus services provide Purlieu's quickest link ...
Like nearby Beaulieu, Dibden was at one time a liberty. [4] The civil parish of Dibden was created in 1894. [7] The village of Hythe was taken from Fawley parish and added to Dibden parish in 1913. [8] Since the 1950s the villages of Hythe and Dibden Purlieu have grown enormously, and today the parish is dominated by those two settlements. In ...
Hythe was a village up to the 1950s, but the expansion of Fawley Refinery led to a demand for more houses for workers, and Hythe and Dibden Purlieu were allowed to expand into a small town. [9] In 1983, following the growth of Hythe, the parish of Dibden was renamed to Hythe and Dibden, to reflect the importance of Hythe as a new focal point of ...
This constituency was created when the old New Forest constituency was divided for the 1997 general election. All election results but one since its creation suggest that it is a Conservative safe seat. The 2001 election produced a marginal victory when the Liberal Democrats came within 4,000 votes of winning, closer than any challengers since.
The true Name of this Hope is Dibden (quasi Deep Dene.) Mr Howard hath cast this Hope into the Form of a Theatre, on the Sides whereof he hath made several narrow Walks, like the Seats of a Theatre, one above another, above 6 in Number, done with a Plough, which are bordured with Thyme, and some Cherry-Trees, Myrtles &c.
South and North Charford are usually identified with the "Cerdic's ford" which appears twice in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.It first is mentioned under the entry for the year 508 when we are told that following a battle to the east "the land as far as Cerdic's ford was named Natanleaga [1]" For the year 519 we are told that "Cerdic and Cynric succeeded to the kingdom [of the West Saxons]; and in ...
Noadswood School serves Dibden Purlieu and Hythe on the Southampton Waterside. In 2006 the school became a specialist Sports College. The school has an on-site gymnasium, sports hall, all-weather pitch and playing courts. In 2010, 81% of Noadswood's Year 11 students attained at least five GCSEs at A*-C grade.
Ron Lane was a resident of Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire. [1] He was married to Eleanor. [2] In his lifetime he produced hundreds of wood carvings. [3] Many of his carvings sought to capture in wood the wildlife he saw around him, [2] and included sculptures of dogs, pheasants, owls, otters, [4] mice, [3] birds and fishes. [1] Sculptures on ...