16-1158: Barford may refer to: Places [ edit ] England [ edit ] Barford, Hampshire Barford, Norfolk Barford, Warwickshire Barford St. John , Oxfordshire The parish of Barford St. John and St. Michael , Oxfordshire Barford St Martin , Wiltshire Barford St. Michael , Oxfordshire Great Barford , Bedfordshire Little Barford , Bedfordshire Little Barford Power Station Canada [ edit ] Barford, Quebec , former township, now part of Coaticook People [ edit ] Anne Barford , American rugby union player David Barford , British medical researcher Ian Barford , American actor John Leslie Barford (1886-1937), English poet Serie Barford , New Zealand performance poet Vernon Barford (1876-1963), English photographer and musician William Barford (died 1792), English scholar and clergyman Other uses [ edit ] Barford Park , country house and park near Bridgwater, Somerset, England See also [ edit ] Barfield (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
32-560: A Special Education establishment. Bordon was also home to the Future Skills Centre, a £3.8 million construction training centre which was part of the Basingstoke College of Technology group until 2024. In November 2019, Mill Chase Academy closed after 60 years, being replaced by Oakmoor School. The town has been an army base with a defunct railway station. Bordon Camp was first laid out in 1899 by
48-493: A dangerous ford, was built across the stream in the early 1900s. This Hampshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bordon Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire , England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest , about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Alton . The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which
64-658: A military area. Many of the facilities are near the former A325, a toll road (turnpike) that connected Farnham to the A3 to its south and passed though Bordon and Whitehill; the A325 now by-passes the built-up area. Local facilities include The Phoenix Theatre and Whitehill and Bordon Leisure Centre. Primary schools in Bordon include Bordon Infant School, Weyford Nursery, Woodlea School and Weyford Primary. Secondary education facilities include Oakmoor School on Budds Lane and Hollywater School,
80-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Barford, Hampshire Barford is a scattered hamlet in the civil parish of Headley in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire , England. The village lies on the Hampshire- Surrey border, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Hindhead . Its nearest town is Bordon , which lies approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-west from
96-556: Is one of two contiguous villages, the other being Lindford . The civil parish is on the A325 , and near the A3 road between London and Portsmouth , from which it is buffered by the rise of the wooded Woolmer Ranges. Bordon is twinned with Condé-sur-Vire in Normandy, France. Unlike its nearest towns, Petersfield , Farnham and Alton, Bordon has not been a market town, having developed as
112-815: The Highland Light Infantry , directed by Royal Engineers , and following interruption by the Second Boer War , was occupied by the army from 1903. The first occupants of Quebec barracks were the Somersetshire Light Infantry , returning from South Africa in April, and the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment arrived at St. Lucia Barracks from South Africa in June. Bordon Camp was home to the Canadian Army during both of
128-501: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Barford . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barford&oldid=983861100 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
144-515: The scheme. They argued that the development failed sustainability tests, and claimed that consultation was rigged. Other residents supported the scheme and consultation continued. During the coalition government of 2010-15 its likelihood waned. Funding was cut by half, government looked more critically and skeptically into certain aspects. The raft of project proposals continues and those awarded funding, such as free public-amenity internet, have been implemented. The Whitehill & Bordon Masterplan
160-473: The town would by beneficial to the local environment, and the Eco-town would provide support and funding felt necessary to regenerate the few low standard homes and streets. The proposal initially earmarked 5000 new homes, along with supporting infrastructure, which would require extensive use of greenfield land and reallocation of ex-military land following discontinuance of local military bases. The scheme
176-485: The village. The stream which marks the parish and county boundary once had three mills, all now private dwellings. Two were involved in paper-making, and one corn-grinding. The oldest is mentioned in a pipe-roll of 1264 while the others date from the 18th century. One of the paper mills was subsequently used for flock, and one housed French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars. Barford bridge, formerly
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#1732787579844192-540: The world wars and the town is dotted with concrete slabs on which tanks and armoured cars were parked. Bordon is home to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), providing trade training, both basic and supplementary, to its soldiers, supported by the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (SEME) . The Longmoor Army Ranges , a forest firing range, is south of the town. Bordon railway station
208-488: Was a plausible link to the existing Alton Line at Bentley, Hampshire , with an estimated cost of £170m. Bordon and Whitehill are by-passed by the A325, which links them to the A3 (which passes through the parish) and to Farnham. The town is served by Stagecoach South bus routes to Aldershot , Liphook , Haslemere , Alton and Basingstoke . Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South and ITV Meridian . Television signals are received from either
224-806: Was finalised in 2012. The nearest railway station is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east in Liphook , which is on the Portsmouth Direct Line . The town had its own station on the Bordon Light Railway , which was closed in 1966. In 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies proposed reinstating a rail link with the town, and a feasibility study, concluded in February 2012, was undertaken. The outcome
240-486: Was generally supported by the local authority. Local residents objected to the plan's scale and features, citing the road-centric transport network, inevitable net loss of visual amenity, forest, few remaining cultivated fields, scale and diversity of habitats for the remnant Woolmer Forest. After the announcement of the Eco-town plan, a group of residents formed the Bordon Area Action Group, and opposed
256-644: Was linked to both the main railway network, and by light railway to the Longmoor Military Railway . In 2009, the governing Labour administration nationally announced Bordon as one of its tentative Eco-towns in consultative, outline plans. This, dovetailed with the Town Council's 'Green Town Vision', would see the development of Whitehill-Bordon as a carbon-neutral town with sustainable housing and business facilities. The existing Green Town Vision aimed to ensure that all new development of
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