Sixpenny Handley is a village and a former civilian parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, northeast of Dorset, England, located in Cranborne Chase ten miles (16 km) northeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census, the parish has a population of 1,233. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and joined Pentridge to form Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge.
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The name of the village comes from two medieval centuries: "Sexpena" and "Hanlega", which in the 14th century were united as a hundred "Sexpenne et Henle". The village was originally known as Handley, or Handley St. Mary. The use of the name Sixpenny Handley to describe the village and parish is quite modern, and has been used as an alternative name in the mid-19th century.
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History
On Ordinary Wood in the northern part of the parish (westnorthwest village) is the site of the 4-acre Iron Age and the Romano-British settlement, probably a farm. It was dug by the General Pitt River in 1884-5.
Great Handley Fire 1892
On May 20, 1892, the village suffered a massive fire which caused most to be rebuilt, after nearly two hundred people were displaced. The sympathizers then send gifts to help the villagers; so much donated clothes that a man can be identified as coming from Handley because he wears two or even three vests. This generosity is celebrated in 2014 by Heritage Undian supported by the Sixpenny Handley Vestcoat Festival.
Geography
Sixpenny Handley Village is located between 75 and 95 meters (246 and 312 feet) above sea level in a shallow valley on the slopes of the Cheat Cranfield highlands. It is about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Blandford Forum and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Salisbury in Wiltshire. The parish includes three valleys - the village is in the easternmost - all of which flows southward. The highest land in the parish, at more than 155 meters (509 ft) above sea level, is in the north, where in limestone places crushed by clay deposits with flint. The lowest land, at 60 meters (200 feet), is in the south.
Chase Cranborne is a Special Area for Extraordinary Natural Beauty. Other nearby protected areas include Garston Wood, a hazel grove, and RSPB reserves. and Martin Down, a limestone lowland area and the National Nature Reserve
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Sixpenny Handley parish - which includes the St Andrew Gussage settlements, Woodcutts and Deanland - has 554 residences, 532 households and a population of 1,233.
The historic population of the Sixpenny Handley parish from the census between 1921 and 2001 is shown in the table below.
The mid-year estimate of the Dorset County Council in 2013 on the parish population of Sixpenny Handley is 1.210.
Government
Sixpenny Handley is included in an election environment called 'Handley Vale'. The northernmost parish in the north is the Pentridge, then south as far as Witchampton. The total population of the ward at the 2011 Census is 2,491. Handley Vale is at the Parliamentary Constituent of North Dorset.
Economy
Business units are provided at Town Farm Workshops and also at Manor Farm outside the village. The village has a number of shops including souvenir shops, hairdressers, butchers, post offices and small independent supermarkets. There is a workshop shop that does not have a fuel pump. There are restaurants, two cafes, pubs and a brewery.
Tourism
Sixpenny Handley is located on the street B3081 which has been described as providing a "magical driving experience", and the village has become a popular stop for tours. Cranborne Chase hosts a number of festivals including The Great Dorset Steam Fair, Larmer Tree Festival, and Cranborne Chase AONB Woodfair; the village is always busy at these times. The isolated position of the village makes it popular with pedestrians and stargazers.
Religion
The parish church of St Mary dates from the 14th century. It has been designated as a Grade II * registered building. St. Marys is the Church of England Church. It's in St. John's parish. Mary's, Sixpenny Handley, St. Andrew's Gussage and St. Rumbold's, Pentridge. The Church page is managed according to the Living Churchyards project.
Sports and recreation
Village recreation areas include car parks, sports pavilions, cricket grounds, soccer fields, tennis courts, bowling green, skate parks, playgrounds and village halls.
There is a playground for toddlers in Keats Meadow.
The village has two designation sites; both managed by the village rationing committee.
Facilities
Handley has a doctor's surgery, post office and sorting offices and telephone exchanges that supply broadband internet connections. Handley is visited by a local library van and is on the local bus route. Handley does not use electric gas.
Clubs and communities
Sixpenny Handley has several clubs and communities including Women's Institute, Mother's Union, bowls, tennis, football, cricket, cards, and Scouts.
Education
Handley has the first school to receive children for the reception and one to four years. Children generally feed into the Cranborne Middle School and then the Queen Elizabeth School at Wimborne Minster.
Community
The community magazine is "The Downsman". The magazine contains news, articles supported by advertisements and Parish Council. Church magazine "The Seeker" is a four-page insert at The Downsman.
Most of the year saw Handley host a kind of street party. For 2014, the Sixpenny Handley Festival Committee has been awarded a Heritage Lottery fund for the Handy 1892 Great Fire remembrance event and the generosity of the sympathizers, without whom the Handley people will suffer great hardships.
The annual village fireworks show is held close to Guy Fawkes Night at Church Farm Campsite. The event is run by First Woodcutts Scouts.
See also
- Sixpenny Handley (one hundred)
References
External links
- Media related to Sixpenny Handley on Wikimedia Commons
- Village website
- Village Street Fair website
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