Wecock Farm: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
removed Category:Villages in Hampshire; added Category:Housing estates in Hampshire using HotCat |
Tony Holkham (talk | contribs) Adding short description: "Neighbourhood of Waterlooville, Hampshire, England", overriding automatically generated description |
||
| (20 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Neighbourhood of Waterlooville, Hampshire, England}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
|coordinates = {{coord|50.89|-1.033|display=inline,title}} |
|coordinates = {{coord|50.89|-1.033|display=inline,title}} |
||
| population = |
| population = |
||
| Line 6: | Line 8: | ||
|official_name= Wecock Farm |
|official_name= Wecock Farm |
||
|shire_district= [[Waterlooville]] |
|shire_district= [[Waterlooville]] |
||
|shire_county = |
|shire_county = [[Hampshire]] |
||
|region= |
|region= South East England |
||
|post_town= Waterlooville|postcode_district = |
|post_town= Waterlooville|postcode_district = PO8 |
||
|postcode_area= |
|postcode_area= PO |dial_code= (023) |
||
|os_grid_reference= SU680110 |
|os_grid_reference= SU680110 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Wecock Farm''' is a 1970s council estate on the western edges of [[Waterlooville]] originally built by [[Portsmouth]] City Council. Its lineage can be traced back to the 16th century and is described as 'a place called Wycock' in 1591<ref> |
'''Wecock Farm''' is a 1970s council estate on the western edges of [[Waterlooville]] originally built by [[Portsmouth]] City Council. Its lineage can be traced back to the 16th century and is described as 'a place called Wycock' in 1591<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp94-101|title=Parishes: Catherington | British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> |
||
The estate's centre was redeveloped in 2003 with new housing, and new buildings for the community centre and a popular Chinese take-away. |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
[[Category:Housing estates in Hampshire]] |
[[Category:Housing estates in Hampshire]] |
||
{{Hampshire-geo-stub}} |
{{Hampshire-geo-stub}} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
Latest revision as of 19:17, 30 September 2024
| Wecock Farm | |
|---|---|
  Wecock Farm Location within Hampshire | |
| Population | Approx 5000 |
| OS grid reference | SU680110 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Waterlooville |
| Postcode district | PO8 |
| Dialling code | (023) |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
Wecock Farm is a 1970s council estate on the western edges of Waterlooville originally built by Portsmouth City Council. Its lineage can be traced back to the 16th century and is described as 'a place called Wycock' in 1591[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parishes: Catherington | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
Towns and villages in the Borough of Havant | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | |||||||||||
 | This Hampshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |