Bentley, Fairly Gently (Hampshire)

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Lowland and Hill Walks
Sep 23
2017

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23.5 km / 14.5 miles in 7 1/2 hours

Bentley: Quite a suburbanised little place, but with some fine buildings. St Mary's Church is 13th century and largely unrestored apart from the Victorian aisles. Jenkyn Place was home to Harold Sanderson, owner of the White Star Line, when news of the sinking of the Titanic reached him. Bentley House is early 18th century, and Bury Court has a set of three oast houses and a long barn.

Isington: A hamlet that is part of Binstead village, Isington Mill is a converted 18th-century water mill on the River Wey. It was home to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, until his death in 1976. 

Lower Froyle: A straggling place with the main group at Upper Froyle. Coldrey House has a Georgian front on a house from 1560. Hussey's Farm is also timber-framed and with a Georgian front. It has four splendid oast houses. 

Well: A hamlet in the parish of Long Sutton. A well with a well-head sits at a road junction.

Crondall: Despite some suburban housing estates that could be anywhere, the best village on the walk with a clutch of pleasant houses. The church of All Saints was, for Betjeman, among the finest in the county and Simon Jenkins gives it two stars in his England's Thousand Best Churches. The high brick tower is a rarity, built in the last days of the Commonwealth in 1659, a replacement for a dilapidated mediaeval one. It is linked to the nave by timber galleries. The body of the church is Norman, 12th and 13th centuries. There is a clerestoried nave and vaulted chancel. There are a number of fine monuments and brasses inside.

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