Northney
{{Short description|Village and parish on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England}}
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File:St Peters Church, Northney, from maim road.jpg
Northney is a village on north Hayling island in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, England. It is on the north coast of the island, east of where the A3023 meets the shore of the island and north of North Hayling. Hayling Island marina is nearby.
History
The local parish church, St Peter's is a mid 12th century Norman church.{{cite book |last=Brode |first=Anthony |date=1980 |title=The Hampshire Village Book |publisher=Countryside Books, Newbury |page=86-88 |isbn=090539206X}}St Peter's Church Guide. The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies. After the Norman Conquest, the lands and properties of North Hayling were feued from the Bishop of Winchester to Jumièges Abbey in Normandy. By 1140, the abbey had paid for St Peters church to be built for the local community. The church has three bells, cast around 1350.
Princess Catherine Yurievskaya (1878-1959), a daughter of Alexander II of Russia, is buried in the graveyard of St Peters.
In 1694, it was reported that 30 villagers subscribed three guineas each to fight France in the Nine Years' War.
North Hayling railway station was a railway station to the west of the village that opened in 1867 and closed in 1963."Branch Line to Hayling" Mitchell,V./Smith,K (In association with Bell,A): Midhurst, Middleton Press, 18984 {{ISBN|978-0-906520-12-3}}
=HMS Northney=
HMS Northney (HMS Northney I, HMS Northney II, HMS Northney III and HMS Northnney IV) was a Royal Navy landing craft training base to the north of the village (Northney I was near the present-day marina).{{cite book |last=Lavery |first=Brian |date=2009 |title=Assault Landing Craft Design, Construction & Operations |publisher=Seaforth |page=30-31 |isbn=9781848320505}}{{cite book |last=Neillands |first=Robin |date=2005 |title=The Dieppe Raid |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=27 |isbn=9780253347817}} Northney I and Northney II were holiday camps requisitioned for use by the war department.
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|File:St Peters Church, Northney, Exterior.jpg
|St Peter's Church seen from the south-west
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|The interior of St Peter's Church
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|The entrance to the church
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|The Junction of Northney Road and Northney Lane
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|File:Postbox in Northney Road - geograph.org.uk - 1418786.jpg
|Postbox on Northney Road
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References
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Category:Populated coastal places in Hampshire
Category:Villages in Hampshire
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