| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50.779°N 1.638°W |
| Static image | Middle Road junction, Tiptoe - geograph.org.uk - 182377.jpg |
| Shire district | New Forest |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East England |
| Constituency westminster | New Forest West |
| Post town | LYMINGTON |
| Postcode district | SO41 6 |
| Postcode area | SO |
| Os grid reference | SZ256977 |
Tiptoe is a small village in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England.[1] It lies mostly within the civil parish of Hordle[2] and partly within the civil parish of Sway.[3] It is 1 + 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Sway village, and about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the town of New Milton.
Tiptoe had just under 100 residents in 2007.[4] It has two churches, and a primary school with an associated pre-school.[5][6] The parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is the daughter church of All Saints’ at Hordle.[7] The Tiptoe Stores and Post Office closed in 2008,[8] despite a campaign to save it.[9] Just outside the village lies the Plough Inn, the premises of which date from about 1630.[10]
History
The name of the village derives from a surname of French origin recorded in the 13th century as "Typetot".[11] A member of the "Tibetot" family is known to have held land in the Barton area in the early 14th century.[12]
Tiptoe achieved some notoriety in the 1880s when Mary Ann Girling and her religious sect of New Forest Shakers erected tents at a farm at Tiptoe in 1879, having been evicted from their previous residence at Forest Lodge, Hordle.[13] Girling believed the Second Coming of Christ would soon occur and that she would live forever. She died at the Tiptoe farm on 18 September 1886.[14]
A school was built at Tiptoe at the beginning of the 20th century as a replacement for an earlier school in nearby Wootton which burned down in 1914.[15]
St Andrew's Hall on Sway Road, Tiptoe, is a corrugated iron building dating from around 1870.[16] It was initially a chapel at Netley Hospital.[16] It was brought to Tiptoe as a chapel of ease for Hordle Parish Church and is now used as a hall.[16]
References
- ^ New Forest National Park map
- ^ Map of the Civil Parish of Hordle
- ^ Page detailing a map of the Civil Parish of Sway
- ^ "NEW FOREST AREA PPG17 Assessment: Open Space, Sport and Recreation. Parish Profile: HORDLE". New Forest District Council. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. – via Internet Archive.
- ^ NEW FOREST AREA PPG17 Assessment: Open Space, Sport and Recreation. Parish Profile: HORDLE
- ^ Tiptoe Primary School
- ^ All Saints, Hordle with St. Andrew, Tiptoe
- ^ Final move to save post offices fails Southern Daily Echo, 27 March 2008
- ^ Post office protesters' long march Southern Daily Echo, 20 November 2007
- ^ Peter Long, (2004), The Hidden Places of England, page 252
- ^ Old Hampshire Gazetteer
- ^ A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 23
- ^ A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 40
- ^ Frederic Boase (editor), (1892), Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of Persons who have Died since the Years 1850, Volume 1
- ^ A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (1996), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, pages 38 and 78
- ^ Hampshire Treasures Volume 5 (New Forest), page 159