Littleton and Harestock

Littleton and Harestock is a civil parish consisting of the villages of Littleton and Harestock in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England.

Littleton is situated slightly north-west of Harestock, and is roughly 3 miles north of Winchester city centre. It is 1,300 acres in size, and is home to around 2,800 people. [ [http://www.littleton.org.uk/index.htm Littleton & Harestock Parish ] ]

Notable Buildings

Old Memorial Hall

It was decided after the end of the First World War to build a village hall in Littleton, which was to be dedicated to the residents of the village who had been killed during the war. The Memorial Hall was opened in October 1923 [ [http://www.littleton.org.uk/hall.htm Littleton & Harestock Parish ] ] and remained the focus of the village for over 70 years. However, over this time the population of the village grew steadily, and in the 1990s it became clear that the hall could no longer meet the requirements of the residents. At a meeting in 1995 it was decided that a new hall would be built. [ [http://www.littleton.org.uk/hall.htm Littleton & Harestock Parish ] ]

New Memorial Hall

The construction of the new hall began in July 1998 and the building was completed in February of the following year. The official opening took place on 15 May 1999, [ [http://www.littleton.org.uk/hall.htm Littleton & Harestock Parish ] ] although the first event in the hall, a professional performance of "Macbeth", occurred two months earlier.

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