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Bentley is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.The parish has changed little over centuries and currently measures 2,299 acres (9.30 km 2), the same size it measured in 1875 [1]: 33 when the population was 731 The village is north of the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, about five miles (8 km) southwest of Farnham and six miles (10 km) northeast ...
The Village (1993) is a television series about the life and times of the villagers of Bentley, Hampshire, from 1993 to 2001.. It was initially broadcast as a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, Christmas 1990, and continued in 1991, 1992 and 1993 – a total of 50 radio broadcasts.
Bentley was the northern terminus of the Bentley and Bordon Light Railway, built in 1905 to serve the military camp at Bordon.Built with assistance of the British Army, the line closed to passengers in 1957 (remaining open to serve traffic to the Longmoor Military Railway in times of emergency) and closed to all traffic in 1966; the track was lifted later that same year.
Mary Cheke, lady of the privy chamber, courtier poet, epigrammatist, was born in Hampshire; Kara Chesworth, cyclist, was born in Portsmouth; David Chidgey, politician, was born in Basingstoke; Thomas Chignell, cricketer, was born in Havant; Robert L. Chidlaw-Roberts, pilot, was born in Winchester; Chris Chittell, actor, was born in Aldershot
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in South East England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
White died in Bentley, Hampshire having been a successful Fleet Street publisher. He never knew of the success of his brother Gilbert's book, as this started 30 years after his death when Natural History became fashionable. [4] The White family home in Selborne, The Wakes, is preserved as a museum. [6]
The Alton line is a railway line in Hampshire and Surrey, England, operated by South Western Railway; it is a relatively long branch of the South West Main Line.. The branch leaves the main line at Pirbright Junction to the west of Brookwood station, Surrey, then turns to the south-west.
The Bordon Light Railway was a short-lived light railway line in Hampshire that connected the Army Camp at Bordon, as well as the villages of Bordon and Kingsley, with the national rail network at Bentley on the main Farnham-Alton line, a distance of 4.5 miles (7.2 km).