Welcome to the West Tytherley, Frenchmoor, and Buckholt Parish Council website.

 

Election of Parish Councillors

 

The current councillors of West Tytherley, Frenchmoor and Buckholt Parish Council end their term of office on 9th May 2023. To enable the Parish Council to continue to function new councillors are sought from the community. Any person wishing to seek election to become a parish councillor can do so by completing a nomination form and delivering it to the Returning Officer at Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover by 4pm on Tuesday 4th April. 

The nomination paper document can be downloaded from:

www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media/5016

or by clicking on the file at the bottom of this section of our website.

The nomination form must be completeted correctly otherwise the candidate will be disqualified. Guidance can be found in the files at the bottom of this section of our website.

Before delivering your completed nomination form please contact Test Valley Electoral Service to make an appointment, Their email address is:   elecreg@testvalley.gov.uk    or you can telephone their office on 01264 368000.

Try to do this as soon as possible. Regretfully not much time is allowed for this process. You cannot just turn up and deposit your nomination form without an appointment. At your appointment staff will check your application to ensure all is present and correct. 

A candidate does not have to deliver their nomination form themselves - they can ask anyone to do this for them, but it must be delivered by hand -  neither postal or electronic delivery will be accepted. By agreement that person may deliver other candidate's nomination forms to the Returning Officer at Test Valley Council.

Please scroll down to view files containing the nomination forms and further guidance.

 

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Within this website you can find contact details for the Parish Councillors and Parish Clerk, dates of all the Parish Council meetings, plus Agendas and Minutes for meetings already held. 

The Parish Council presides over West Tytherley, Stony Batter, Frenchmoor, Buckholt, and the area of West Dean that sits within the county of Hampshire. 

Overview

West Tytherley is an ancient rural village which has been an important settlement within a single land-holding dating back to medieval times, but more recently defined as the Norman Court Estate.

The self-supporting small rural community, distant from towns, was linked by droves, byways, and navigable waterways. Today the road infrastructure connecting the villages and surrounding areas consists of unclassified, unnumbered roads with limited capacity. Dean railway station, located in the neighbouring village of West Dean, provides a regular hourly local service between Salisbury, Romsey, Southampton Central, Southampton Airport (Parkway), and Chandlers Ford. 

Almost 50% of the neighbourhood area is agricultural land and approximately 30% (800 ha) consists of protected woodland. 

Social amenities include a primary school, a parish church, a village hall, a recreation ground, a village shop, and a pub.

History

West Tytherley was held by Thegn Alwig son of Thurbert in 1086, paying geld for 3 hides and 1 virgate.  Before the Conquest it was held by three free men as three manors of King Edward and paid geld for 4 hides and 1 virgate. There were 7½ acres of meadow and woodland for fencing.  According to the testimony of men of the hundred, two of the men who held it before the Conquest were killed in the Battle of Hastings, and the hundred affirmed that they had never seen the King’s seal or that of his officer, by right of which Alwine Ret, the predecessor of Alwig, held the manor.  They thus claimed that unless the King gave testimony, Alwig had no possessions there.  A chapel at West Tytherley was one of six in the manor of Mottisfont held by the Archbishop of York in 1086.  In the 13th century, the manor was held by the King in serjeantry, and in 1334 it was bought by Roger Norman.  His family were succeeded by the Whitheds by 1433.

 

Bentley Wood

The village of Tytherley is an ancient one; it was recorded in the Domesday Book at Tederleg. The name means a young wood. The wood may have been young in Norman times, but today it is well developed.

Bentley Wood, together with the adjacent Upper and Lower Noads Copse and Frenchmoor Copse, form one of the largest contiguous areas of woodland in the south of England. It contains broad-leaved, mixed and yew woodland covering an area of over 1600 acres (660 hectares). It is a nationally important nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a working wood, and a very special place enjoyed by the public. The principal features of this SSSI are the nationally uncommon invertebrates and butterflies such as (from left to right) the High Brown Fritillary, the Purple Emperor, the Pearl-bordered Fritillary and the Duke of Burgundy.

The Wood is managed by The Bentley Wood Charitable Trust. To ensure that visits to the wood are as enjoyable as possible for all visitors and cause the minimum disturbance to wildlife, the Trustees have developed an Access Policy, which is summarised here.

Friends of Bentley Wood

Do you and your family enjoy walking, riding or cycling in Bentley Wood?  Would you like to know more about its plants and wildlife?  Would you like to help in the conservation, maintenance and improvement of the wood as a nature reserve and as an amenity for the surrounding community?  Would you like to meet other people who enjoy the beauty and peace of the wood, and wish to see it conserved for future generations?  Then join the Friends of Bentley Wood who have a full programme of events to allow maximum enjoyment of this SSSI. 

For more information, please contact:

Myra Bennett, Tel: 01794 341308 or email: secretary@friendsofbentleywood.org.uk