Lockerley

{{Infobox UK place

| type = Village

| official_name= Lockerley

| country= England

| region= South East England

| static_image_name=St_John%27s_Church,_Lockerley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_138145.jpg

| static_image_caption=St John's Church, Lockerley.

| coordinates = {{coord|51.032494|-1.572837|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|os_grid_reference= SU299260

| post_town= ROMSEY

| postcode_area= SO

| postcode_district= SO51

| dial_code= 01794

| constituency_westminster= Romsey

| civil_parish= Lockerley

| shire_district= Test Valley

| shire_county= Hampshire

| website= [http://communities.hants.gov.uk/lockerley-index/lockerley-communityinformation.htm Lockerley Parish Council]

| population = 827

| population_ref =
798 (2011 Census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126019&c=Lockerley&d=16&e=62&g=6431833&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1482492841478&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=23 December 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

}}

Lockerley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England on the border with Wiltshire. The village lies on the southern bank of the River Dun about two miles upstream from its confluence with the River Test and about {{convert|4|km|mi}} east of West Dean which is just over the Wiltshire border. The parish has a population of around 827 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795161&c=Lockerley&d=16&e=15&g=452786&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1207508589156&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Parish Headcounts, Area: Lockerley CP|accessdate=2008-04-06 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics }} The nearest town is Romsey, about {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} to the south-east and is about 13 miles from Salisbury.

The Wessex Main Line railway crosses the parish, the nearest stations being at Dunbridge and West Dean.

Facilities

In Lockerley there is a village shop, a garage, and a school, Lockerley C of E Primary School. The parish church of St John the Evangelist was built in 1890. There is also a Baptist chapel.

History

Lockerley Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just to the East of Lockerley.

The site of a Saxon chapel lies within the churchyard of St John the Evangelist.{{cite book |last1=O’Brien |first1=Charles|last2=Bailey |first2=Bruce|last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Lloyd |first4=David W. |date=2018 |title=The Buildings of England Hampshire: South |publisher=Yale University Press |pages=362–363|isbn=9780300225037}}

Lockerley Hall was built by wealthy merchant Frederick Dalgety in the 19th century and it was used to house soldiers during the First World War. In the Second World War, Lockerley was the site of a huge storehouse for the US Army prior to the Invasion of Europe, established in October 1943 and largely obsolete by October 1944 by which time supplies were being sent direct to France.Hampshire and D-Day. Martin Doughty. 1994. {{ISBN|1-85741-047-5}}. pp53 The depot was just outside Dunbridge station and comprised 15 miles of sidings and 134 covered sheds.

Lockerley

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