- Timsbury, Hampshire
"There is also a Timsbury in Somerset."
Timsbury is a village located in
Hampshire ,England , near the town ofRomsey . It lies mainly along theA3057 road running north from Romsey towards Stockbridge. It has a population of around 300. Timsbury has grown from a traditional village centred on the Manor House (now split into many dwellings) and the Saxon Church of St Andrews.Local amenities include two pubs, of which the most frequented is "The Malthouse", one car garage, a
landfill site.The “Bear and Ragged Staff” pub is also popular for meals having been extended over the centuries.
The local telephone exchange is Braishfield with most telephone numbers in the village 01794 368XXX. Because of the distance to Braishfield, broadband links are only about 2 megabit per second.
The village has had mains sewage for a decade though some houses retain the use of local septic tanks. There is no mains gas in the village, so houses are heated either by electricity, or by burning Calor gas or oil from storage tanks.
Local amenities for the combined parish of Michelmersh and Timsbury include the “Jubillee” village hall, the sports hall. Many local organisations use these two halls.
The ladies of Timsbury were bequeathed a hall which with the decline in local WI membership has now been sold to the village band.
The parish publishes a bi-monthly newsletter distributed free to households in the village.
The late cartoonist Thelwell lived in the village adjacent to a horse riding school.
The Timsbury Fishery offers private fishing on the River Test.
The Romsey sports field is on the A3057 in Timsbury.
Timsbury forms a
civil parish withMichelmersh that forms part of theTest Valley district.Adjacent villages include
Awbridge , Kimbridge,Mottisfont ,Mottisfont_&_Dunbridge_railway_station ,Lockerley ,Houghton,_Hampshire ,Horsebridge_railway_station , Kings Sombourne,Braishfield ,Hursley ,Ampfield ,External links
* [http://www.michelmershandtimsbury.org/ Michelmersh and Timsbury parish]
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* [http://www.southernlife.org.uk/timsbury_church.htm St Andrews Church]* [http://www.thelwell.org.uk/ Norman Thelwell]
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