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Nately Scures is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newnham in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest large village is Hook, which lies approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-east from the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 288.[1]

Nately Scures
St Swithun's Church
Nately Scures Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU712533
Civil parish	Newnham
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOOK
Postcode district	RG27
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Basingstoke
Website	Newnham, Nately Scures and Water End parish council
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.2742°N 0.9812°W / 51.2742; -0.9812

Governance

The village of Nately Scures is part of the civil parish of Newnham[2] and is part of the Basing ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[3] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

Religious sites

St. Swithun's was built of flint and rubble around 1175. It is considered to be the best largely unspoilt example of a Norman single-cell apsidal church in England.

Etymology

Hampshire Notes and Queries, Repr. from the Winchester Observer gives the name as meaning 'cattle field'. It is derived from the Anglo Saxon neat ('cattle' or 'beast'). Scures is from Anglo Saxon scua ('wood' or 'shade').[4] It is seen as Netlescures in 1413.[5]

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