Hamptworth

Unitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSALISBURYPostcode districtSP5Dialling code01794PoliceWiltshireFireDorset and WiltshireAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament 50°58′30″N 1°39′14″W / 50.975°N 1.654°W / 50.975; -1.654

Hamptworth is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England, in the extreme southeast of the county. It is in the civil parish of Landford, and lies within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park.^[1][2]

Hamptworth is first mentioned in the early 13th century. Manor Farm dates from the 15th century.^[3] From the 17th to late 19th century, settlement consisted of farms along the Redlynch-Landford road.^[4] The area was once a tithing of the parish of Downton, and later became a ward of Redlynch parish. A community governance review effective 1 April 2017 transferred the eastern portion of Redlynch parish, including Hamptworth, to Landford.^[5][6]

Hamptworth has a pub, the Cuckoo Inn, an early 18th-century building.^[7] Hamptworth also has a golf club, Hamptworth Golf Club, which has one of the UK's only Par 6 at 666 Yards called 'The Beast'. The course was designed and constructed in 1994 by Philip Sanders and Brian D Pierson.^[8]

The local school is the New Forest Primary School which has two sites: for younger children at Landford and older children at Nomansland. The latter began as a National School of 1867 on Hamptworth common, then in the 20th century the village of Nomansland expanded to surround it.^[4][9]

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1876 near the north end of Lyburn Road; it closed in the 1970s.^[10]

Hamptworth Lodge is a country house built in 1912 in the Tudor style, to designs of Sir Guy Dawber. It was built to replace a seventeenth century building, parts of which have been incorporated into the present structure. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick with timber-framing and has a tiled roof and ornamental brick chimney stacks. The house is Grade II* listed.^[11]