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Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, England. It is 6 miles south-west of Basingstoke and half a mile south of Junction 7 on the M3 motorway.

Dummer
All Saints' Church, Dummer
Dummer Location within Hampshire
Population	466 (2011 Census including Popham)[1]
OS grid reference	SU583458
Civil parish	Dummer
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BASINGSTOKE
Postcode district	RG25
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51°12′37″N 1°09′40″W

In the 2001 census, it had a population of 643, with 127 dwellings,[2] reducing to a population of 466 in 201 households at the 2011 Census.[1]

History

The name of the village is derived from Dun (meaning hill) and Mer (lake or pond).^{[citation needed]} The English surname 'Dummer' is thought to originate from here, as the Dummer family were lords of the manor between the 12th and 16th centuries.^{[citation needed]}

All Saints Church is in the centre of the village.[3] The church is part of the Church of England benefice of Farleigh, Candover and Wield, served by the same Rector.

A public house, The Queen Inn, is north of the church on Down Street towards the M3.[4]

Also towards the M3 is the Dummer Golf Club, the course lying to the northeast of the village.[5]

On the other side of the M3 north of the A30 is the Dummer Garden Centre,[6] and a public house, The Sun Inn. A short distance south-west down the A30 is another public house and hotel, The Wheatsheaf.[7]

To the south-west of Dummer village by about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) is Dummer Down Farm. This is the site of the Dummer Cricket Centre which was founded by Major Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York.[8] The current owner, Andrew Ferguson, was a local councillor on Dummer Parish Council.

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Dummer,[9] which is part of the Oakley and North Waltham ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[10] The borough council is a non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

Location

• Position: grid reference SU583458
• Nearby towns and cities: Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Newbury, Winchester
• Nearby villages: Axford, Cliddesden, Farleigh Wallop, Hook, Kingsclere, Micheldever Station, North Waltham, Oakley, Old Basing, Overton, Popham, Steventon, Whitchurch.

Notable people

This section does not cite any sources. (April 2020)

• The Dummer family
• Sarah, Duchess of York
• Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst KBE CB AFC DL RAF, first Commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force
• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
• Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York
• Susan Barrantes, mother of Sarah, Duchess of York
• Charles Palmer-Tomkinson, aristocrat and socialite
• Marian Montagu Douglas Scott, paternal grandmother of Sarah, Duchess of York
• Charles Rycroft, psychologist

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dummer, Hampshire.

• Dummer parish council
• Amateur Football Club Dummer

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