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Hampshire (/ˈhæmpʃər/, /-ʃɪər/ ^ⓘ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town.

The county has an area of 3,769 km² (1,455 sq mi) and a population of 1,844,245, making it the 5th-most populous in England. The South Hampshire built-up area in the south-east of the county has a population of 855,569 and contains the cities of Southampton (269,781) and Portsmouth (208,100). In the north-east, the Farnborough/Aldershot conurbation extends into Berkshire and Surrey and has a population of 252,937. The next-largest settlements are Basingstoke (113,776), Andover (50,887), and Winchester (45,184). The centre and south-west of the county are rural. For local government purposes Hampshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eleven districts, and two unitary authority areas: Portsmouth and Southampton. The county historically contained the towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which are now part of Dorset, and the Isle of Wight.

Undulating hills characterise much of the county. A belt of chalk crosses the county from north-west, where it forms the Hampshire Downs, to south-east, where it is part of the South Downs. The county's major rivers rise in these hills; the Loddon and Wey drain north, into the Thames, and the Itchen and Test flow south into Southampton Water, a large estuary. In the south-east are Portsmouth Harbour, Langstone Harbour, and the western edge of Chichester Harbour, three large rias. The south-west contains the New Forest, which includes pasture, heath, and forest and is of the largest expanses of ancient woodland remaining in England.

Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chief town was Venta Belgarum (now Winchester). The county was recorded in Domesday Book as divided into 44 hundreds. From the 12th century, the ports settlements grew due to increasing trade with the European mainland resulting from the wool and cloth, fishing, and shipbuilding industries. This meant by the 16th century, Southampton had become more populous than Winchester. In 20th century conflicts, including World War One and Two, Hampshire played a crucial military role due to its ports. (Full article...)

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St Mary Magdalene's in the village centre

Oakhanger is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Bordon, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) eastward on the B3004 road. It is part of the parish of Selborne, which covers an area of 7,915 acres (3,203 ha). The nearest railway station is Alton, 3.8 miles (6.1 km) to the northwest; the village had its own Oakhanger Halt railway station on the Longmoor Military Railway until its closure.

A Roman road passed through Oakhanger although no traces of it remain today. Its first known mention is in a charter dated to the early 10th century, and the lands passed through numerous families until the early 20th century. It contains four Grade II listed buildings, including Oakhanger Farmhouse and its three outbuildings, and one pub, The Red Lion. St Mary Magdalene's Church was built in 1873. The former Royal Air Force station, RAF Oakhanger, still retains its satellite domes, although the station is now privately run. (Full article...)

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Image 1Twyford Post Office and stores, between Winchester and Southampton (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 2View looking east along West Street, New Alresford (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 3Broadlands, near Romsey circa 1880 (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 4Watercress beds in Warnford near the River Meon (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 5The West window of Romsey Abbey (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 6Breamore House in the west of the county, north of the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 7A boat on the Basingstoke Canal (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 8St John the Baptist Church, Boldre in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 9Trees on Southampton Common in winter (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 10The Itchen Bridge in Southampton (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 11The Rose Bowl, near Southampton, home to Hampshire County Cricket Club (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 12Odiham High Street in the north-east of Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 13The Rufus Stone in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 14Hovercraft passing the mixed architecture, public gardens and shingle beach at Southsea, Portsmouth (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 15Portsmouth Cathedral (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 16Hurst Castle seen from The Needles (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 17Highclere Castle in the far north of Hampshire, a large country house in the Jacobethan style by the architect Charles Barry, with a large park designed by Capability Brown, used as the set for Downton Abbey. (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 18A zebra grazing at Marwell Zoological Park (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 19The seafront and beach at Lee-on-the-Solent (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 20Landscape near Horton Heath, Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 21Fawley Oil Refinery from the remains of Netley Hospital in the Royal Victoria Country Park (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 22The seafront and beach at Lee-on-the-Solent (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 23Winter sunshine at Keyhaven (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 24The mill at Greywell in the north-east of Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 25A sunset near Horton Heath, Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 26The church at Breamore in the west of the county, north of the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 27The interior of Portsmouth Cathedral (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 28A train on the Watercress Line (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 29Heathland in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 30A Bentley in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 31Hayling Island's mainly shingle beach with Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower beyond (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 32West End Fire Station, near Southampton, designed by Herbert Collins (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 33Cobbled streets in Lymington (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)

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Freeman in 2019

Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014), and Chris Carson in The Responder (2022–present). He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), the horror comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), the sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), the action comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), the semi-improvised comedy Nativity! (2009), and the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013). Since 2016, he has portrayed Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and the Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023). (Full article...)

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Did you know

... that Commander Samuel Sparshott, who testified at Lord Gambier's court-martial, and Admiral Edward Sparshott, who commanded the 52-gun HMS Winchester, were brothers who served in the Napoleonic Wars?
... that Winchester United Church, a place of worship in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, was built into the walls of the former county jail?
... that James Tissot is thought to have transgressed many Victorian sexual boundaries in his work, even setting a painting aboard the HMS Calcutta as a pun on a female subject's behind?
... that the first work of fan fiction featuring a romantic relationship between the Winchester brothers in Supernatural was published one day after the first episode aired?
... that Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, began the construction of the modern Winchester Cathedral in 1079?
... that a Portsmouth building was Grade II-listed because Eric Rimmington painted a mural inside it?

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v t e Ceremonial county of Hampshire
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Unitary authorities	City of Portsmouth City of Southampton
Boroughs or districts	Borough of Basingstoke and Deane District of East Hampshire Borough of Eastleigh Borough of Fareham Borough of Gosport District of Hart Borough of Havant District of New Forest Borough of Rushmoor Borough of Test Valley City of Winchester
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aldershot Alton Andover Basingstoke Bishop's Waltham Blackwater Bordon Botley Bramshott and Liphook Bursledon Chandler's Ford Cowplain Eastleigh Emsworth Fair Oak and Horton Heath Fareham Farnborough Fleet Fordingbridge Gosport Havant Hedge End Holbury Hook Horndean Hythe Lee-on-the-Solent Lymington New Alresford New Milton North Baddesley Petersfield Portchester Portsmouth Ringwood Romsey Southampton South Hayling Stockbridge Stubbington Tadley Totton Valley Park Waterlooville Welborne Whitchurch Whiteley Winchester Yateley See also: List of civil parishes in Hampshire
Rivers	Avon Beaulieu Hamble Itchen Meon Test Wallington Wey
Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places Population of major settlements SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Scheduled monuments South Coast Plain South Downs History Schools Further education Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs