Welcome to the website for Hurstbourne Tarrant Parish. The
website is run by the Parish Council
and sponsored by a number of local
businesses. The Parish comprises the
three villages of Hurstbourne
Tarrant, Ibthorpe and Upton in North
West Hampshire.
This, to my
fancy, is a very nice country. It is
continual hill and dell. Now and
then a chain of hills
higher than the rest, and these are
downs or woods. This place is
commonly called Uphusband, as decent
a corruption of names as one would
wish to meet with. However,
Uphusband the people will have it.
The houses of the village are in
great part, scattered about, and are
amongst very lofty and fine trees,
the village is a sight beyond
description.
William
Cobbett 1826
