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[[File:Lytchett Matravers Primary School, Dorset - geograph.org.uk - 81913.jpg|thumb|Lytchett Matravers Primary School, built in 1992]] |
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Lytchett Matravers has two [[pub]]s: the Chequers Inn and the Rose and Crown. |
Lytchett Matravers has two [[pub]]s: the Chequers Inn <ref>https://www.visit-dorset.com/listing/the-chequers-inn/288376301/</ref>and the Rose and Crown <ref>https://www.roseandcrownlytchett.co.uk/</ref>. |
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The village Primary School is situated in a large modern building on the Wareham Road, having moved from its former home near the central crossroad. <ref>https://www.lmpsdorset.org/page/?title=About+Us&pid=6</ref> The village school dates from around 1837 when about 30 children attended a National Society School built near to the higher crossroads. In 1875 education for all children became compulsory and the Board School was built on land on the opposite corner of the crossroads. Children were taught there for 115 years before the present school for over 400 pupils was built and opened in 1992.<ref>https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/about-lytchett-matravers/</ref> |
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The village has a primary school.<ref>[http://www.lmpsdorset.org/ Lytchett Matravers Primary School]</ref> It was enlarged and relocated in 1990 and draws pupils from outside its catchment area.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} Secondary education is provided by Lytchett Minster Secondary School which is about {{convert|2|mi|0}} from the village. |
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Secondary education is provided by Lytchett Minster Secondary School. <ref>https://www.lytchett.org.uk/</ref> |
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The Village Hall was built in 1972, to replace the ailing Victory Hall and has magnificent views over Poole Harbour. The hall is a central meeting place for all kinds of village activities including many sports and keep-fit classes.<ref>https://lytchettmatraversvhall.co.uk/</ref> |
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The Lytchett Martavers Parish Council also maintain a small office there. <ref>https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/</ref> |
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The youth centre is just off the west end of the High Street and is derelict. The village has a children's play area, recreation ground, basketball court, a skateboarding area and a [[Scouting in Dorset|scout hut]] for the 1st Lytchett Matravers Scouts.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
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The Lytchett Matravers Youth Hall and Cadet Hall are situated between 72e & 74 High Street. The Youth Hall originated in the 1950s and has undergone extensive regeneration with the benefit of a grant from the Dorst Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund/Rural England Prosperity Fund in 2024. <ref>https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/youth-hall/</ref>The Youth Club now runs every Tuesday evening with many other youth and community activities throughout the week, including a Warm Welcome cafe on a Wednesday. The Cadets also run sessions every Monday and Thursday <ref>https://armycadets.com/find-a-detachment/?action=detachments%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-postcode&postcode=bh16+6bb</ref> |
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The Lion Hall and more recently{{when|date=October 2022}} the British Legion have been demolished to make way for new housing estates.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
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The Sports Pavillion and Scout Hut sit centrally off the High Street between the lower and upper car parks and overlook the large, tree lined recreation ground. The Rec features a central football area, plus the Rocket Park children's play area and a Skate Park and dog-exercise area. The Sports Pavillion is home to the Lytchett Matravers Football Club <ref>https://www.lytchettmatraversfc.com/</ref> who run soccer clubs for minis and youth in the village. The Scout Hut is home to Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, and is available to hire for community activities <ref>https://www.scouts.org.uk/groups/10014363?loc=Cf5&page=208&slug=1st-Lytchett-Matravers</ref> |
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The Lion Hall and old British Legion buildings were demolished to make way for new housing estates <ref>https://moderngov.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/s18984/May%2020%206.pdf</ref> |
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| Lytchett Matravers | |
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  Lytchett Matravers Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 3,424 (parish, 2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SY946952 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Poole |
| Postcode district | BH16 |
| Dialling code | 01202 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Lytchett Matravers Parish Council |
Lytchett Matravers /ˈlɪtʃɪt məˈtrævərz/ is a large village and civil parish in Dorset, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish as having 1,439 households and a population of 3,424.[1]
History
The name comes from the Brittonic litchet meaning "grey wood" and the Norman surname "Maltravers." Until the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 a Danish lord called Tholf held the manor of Lytchett. An alternative derivation of the name Lytchett is from the word lynchet or linchet, which is an earth terrace found on the side of a hill. Lynchets are a feature of ancient field systems of the British Isles. Such terraces were visible in Garden Wood above the Church and Manor in the 1970's.
After the conquest William I granted the manor to Hugh Maltravers, who was still the feudal overlord when the Domesday Book of 1086 recorded Lytchett Matravers as part of Cogdean Hundred in 1086.[2]
The Maltravers family held the village for about 300 years, until the Black Death reduced the population in the second half of the 14th century. The surviving villagers deserted the original village, sited around the church and manor house, and resettled further up the hill.[citation needed]
The remaining female heir to the title 'in abeyance', Eleanor Maltravers, inherited the title on the death of her sister, Joan, in or after 1376. She married John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel on 17 February 1359.[citation needed]
The estate was later bought from the Arundels by the Trenchard family, who demolished the former manor house and built a new one that incorporated, amongst other facilities, a ballroom and a tower. When the Trenchard family foundered in 1829, the manor passed to the Dillon family who added the name Trenchard to their own. However, the newly titled Dillon-Trenchards chose not to occupy the newer manor house. The Dillon-Trenchards left Lytchett Matravers in the latter part of the 20th century.[citation needed]
Lytchett Matravers has developed over the 20th century from a settlement of mostly scattered cottages with large curtilages to a village with a moderately high housing density. In the 1920s and 1930s there was some ribbon development on the main access road. This continued into the 1950s with the addition of small scale infill housing behind.[citation needed] Since the 1970s development has mainly been through housing estates. In the 1960s and early 1970s many of the original cob and thatch cottages were either demolished or greatly altered, but there are still 13 thatched cottages in the village, some of which retain their original curtilage.[citation needed] Recently some modern developments have included a smattering of thatched houses in an acknowledgement of the local vernacular architecture.
Governance
There is a Lytchett Matravers and Upton electoral ward for Dorset Council. It is larger than the parish, extending westward towards Bulbury. The 2011 Census recorded the ward's population as 3,747.[3]
Geography
The village is on higher ground in a landscape of small valleys, open fields and woods about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Poole and a similar distance north of Wareham. The elevation gives views from many parts of the village to Poole Harbour and the Purbeck hills. The village is in the Green Belt of the South East Dorset conurbation. To the northeast are the plantations of Henbury and Stoney Down and to the south the woods of Lytchett Heath.[4]
The village is on what until 150 years ago was the main road between Poole and Dorchester. There is some through traffic through the village between the main A350 and A35.[citation needed]
Religion
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is 1⁄4 mile (400 m) northwest of the modern village, on the former site of the village deserted in the 14th century. The church's west tower is 13th-century, the chancel is 14th-century and the rest of the church was rebuilt in about 1500. It is a Grade I listed building.[5] The west tower has six bells, the oldest of which was cast in about 1400.[6]
Near the middle of the village is a Methodist church, which is a member of Poole Bay Methodist Circuit.[7]
Amenities
Lytchett Matravers has two pubs: the Chequers Inn [8]and the Rose and Crown [9].
The village Primary School is situated in a large modern building on the Wareham Road, having moved from its former home near the central crossroad. [10] The village school dates from around 1837 when about 30 children attended a National Society School built near to the higher crossroads. In 1875 education for all children became compulsory and the Board School was built on land on the opposite corner of the crossroads. Children were taught there for 115 years before the present school for over 400 pupils was built and opened in 1992.[11] Secondary education is provided by Lytchett Minster Secondary School. [12]
The Village Hall was built in 1972, to replace the ailing Victory Hall and has magnificent views over Poole Harbour. The hall is a central meeting place for all kinds of village activities including many sports and keep-fit classes.[13]
The Lytchett Martavers Parish Council also maintain a small office there. [14]
The Lytchett Matravers Youth Hall and Cadet Hall are situated between 72e & 74 High Street. The Youth Hall originated in the 1950s and has undergone extensive regeneration with the benefit of a grant from the Dorst Council and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund/Rural England Prosperity Fund in 2024. [15]The Youth Club now runs every Tuesday evening with many other youth and community activities throughout the week, including a Warm Welcome cafe on a Wednesday. The Cadets also run sessions every Monday and Thursday [16]
The Sports Pavillion and Scout Hut sit centrally off the High Street between the lower and upper car parks and overlook the large, tree lined recreation ground. The Rec features a central football area, plus the Rocket Park children's play area and a Skate Park and dog-exercise area. The Sports Pavillion is home to the Lytchett Matravers Football Club [17] who run soccer clubs for minis and youth in the village. The Scout Hut is home to Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, and is available to hire for community activities [18]
The Lion Hall and old British Legion buildings were demolished to make way for new housing estates [19]
Economy
A small number of businesses run in or from the village. Most of those of working age however, commute elsewhere in Dorset for their work, chiefly to Poole and Bournemouth.[citation needed]
Sport and recreation
There is a cricket club in the village. For children there are Beavers, Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, an Army Cadet Force Detachment and a Youth Parish Council.
Lytchett Matravers Detachment (The Rifles), Dorset Army Cadet Force, is located opposite the Chequers Inn. The current centre was opened in September 1995, and is to this day home to a successful ACF unit.[20]
The monthly Parish Magazine includes articles on the activities of 12 clubs and societies in the village.[citation needed]
For many years, the village has held a traditional carnival in June.[citation needed]
Twinning
The village is twinned with the French village of Les Pieux, 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) from Cherbourg.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Area: Lytchett Matravers (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Lytchett Matravers in the Domesday Book
- ^ "Area: Lytchett Matravers (Ward): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Bournemouth & Purbeck, Wimborne Minster & Ringwood (Map) (D2 ed.). 1:50,000. Landranger. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2005. ISBN 978-0-319-22868-5. 195.
- ^ Historic England. "Parish church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade I) (1171322)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Baldwin, John (19 July 2006). "Lytchett Matravers S Mary V". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Our Churches". Poole Bay Methodist Circuit. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ https://www.visit-dorset.com/listing/the-chequers-inn/288376301/
- ^ https://www.roseandcrownlytchett.co.uk/
- ^ https://www.lmpsdorset.org/page/?title=About+Us&pid=6
- ^ https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/about-lytchett-matravers/
- ^ https://www.lytchett.org.uk/
- ^ https://lytchettmatraversvhall.co.uk/
- ^ https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/
- ^ https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/youth-hall/
- ^ https://armycadets.com/find-a-detachment/?action=detachments%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-postcode&postcode=bh16+6bb
- ^ https://www.lytchettmatraversfc.com/
- ^ https://www.scouts.org.uk/groups/10014363?loc=Cf5&page=208&slug=1st-Lytchett-Matravers
- ^ https://moderngov.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/s18984/May%2020%206.pdf
- ^ "About Us | Dorset ACF | Army Cadet Force". armycadets.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
Further reading
- Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). Dorset. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 263. ISBN 0-14-071044-2.
- RCHME, ed. (1970). "Lytchett Matravers". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Vol. 2, South East. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. pp. 154–157, 446, 482.
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