Mottisfont

Coordinates: 51°02′22″N 1°32′14″W / 51.039553°N 1.53711°W / 51.039553; -1.53711

Mottisfont
Mottisfont  Mottisfont shown within Hampshire
Population	351 [1]
OS grid reference	SU324268
Parish	Mottisfont
District	Test Valley
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROMSEY
Postcode district	SO51
Dialling code	01794
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Romsey and Southampton North
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Mottisfont is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, approximately 7km north west of Romsey. The village is best known as the location of Mottisfont Abbey. Much of the surrounding land, which is part of the Mottisfont Estate, and several other buildings in the village, are in the care of the National Trust.

The unusual name is probably derived from the Old English motes funta, meaning 'spring near the confluence' or 'spring of the moot' or possibly 'spring of the stone' (from the Old English motere: sonte).

Mottisfont formerly had a railway station on the Sprat and Winkle Line, which closed in the 1960s. The nearby Dunbridge station on the Wessex Main Line has recently been renamed as Mottisfont and Dunbridge. The Test Way and Monarch's Way long-distance footpaths pass through the village.

References

1. ^ "Parish Headcounts, Area: Mottisfont CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795167&c=Mottisfont&d=16&e=15&g=452789&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1207507564250&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-02-28.