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Blackfield, Hampshire

Village in Hampshire, England

Human settlement in England

Fawley

District

New Forest

Shire county

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSOUTHAMPTONPostcode districtSO45Dialling code023Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

New Forest East

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

50°49′06″N 1°22′22″W / 50.8184°N 1.3728°W / 50.8184; -1.3728

Blackfield is a village in Hampshire, England. It is within the parish of Fawley, which is part of the ward of Fawley, Blackfield and Langley.

Schools

The local school is Blackfield Primary (previously divided into Blackfield Infants, and Blackfield Junior Schools). The catchment secondary school for Blackfield is New Forest Academy.

History

The name "Blackfields" was originally applied to an area of countryside near the village of Fawley, and there is still a Blackwell Common next to Blackfield.^[1] The name presumably derives from the soil colour, some of which is marshy and black.^[1] The settlement of Blackfield began in the late 19th century when, at first mud cottages, and then later, small red-brick houses were built in the area of moorland once known as Hugh's Common.^[2] It was close to the small village of Langley.

Sport and leisure

Blackfield has a Non-League football club Blackfield & Langley F.C., which plays at The Gang Warily Community & Recreation Centre.

In 2020, Hampshire County Council announced plans to close the village library. ^[3]

Demographics

As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, Blackfield had a population of 5,848. The town is primarily Christians, with 2,748 people declaring their religion as Christianity. ^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Blackfield, Old Hampshire Gazetteer
^ Victoria County History, (1912), A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, Fawley
^ "Plans agreed to save £1.76 million from Hampshire Libraries transform the service for the future". Hampshire County Council. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ "Blackfield (Hampshire, South East England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 February 2024.