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Blackmoor, Hampshire
Blackmoor is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) southwest of Bordon, just west of the A325 road. The nearest railway station is 3.4 miles (5.4 km) south of the village, at Liss. ArchaeologySeveral Bronze Age artefacts were found on the grounds of the Blackmoor Estate in 1870 and became known as the Blackmoor Hoard.[1] When Blackmoor House was being rebuilt in 1867, a Roman cup with bronze enamel was discovered.[2] History 6 acres, what would become the manor, were gifted to the Knight's Templar by the Crown in 1240. At chapel was first recorded at "Blakemere" in a tithe return from 1254 regarding the parish of Selborne.[3] The de Heyes family later owned the manor until the 17th-century.[4] The Grade II-listed Old Thatch was built in the early 17th-century.[5]  Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne bought Blackmoor estate in 1865,[3] where he would commission architect Alfred Waterhouse to design St Matthew's Church, in addition to a school and cottages for the village as well as a new Blackmoor House.[6] A majority of the village's surviving buildings were built between 1866 and 1882.[7]  Designed by Herbert Baker, the Blackmoor War Memorial cloister, framed by timber, was added to the church grounds in 1920.[7] After a fire destroyed the roof of the original school, its premises were converted in the 1990s to Blackmoor Village Hall.[8] Blackmoor Conservation Area was designated in 1991, with East Hampshire District Council describing Blackmoor as "a textbook example of a Victorian estate village".[7] Amenities Blackmoor is home to a specialist fruit nurseries. The Blackmoor Estate, now a farming company, hosts annual apple-tasting events from the estate's groves.[8] EducationSt Matthew's Church of England Primary School opened in 1962 and teaches over 150 pupils.[8] See alsoReferences
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