Embley,_Hampshire

Embley, Hampshire

Embley, Hampshire

Human settlement in England

Embley is a small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England in the United Kingdom. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (4.8 km) east from the village. It is in the civil parish of Wellow.

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A famous 19th century resident was Florence Nightingale, who for much of her childhood was raised in the parish at her family's home Embley Park.[1][2]

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Though as a child she also often lived at the family's second home at Lea Hurst
  2. [2]
    Florence Nightingale and Lynn McDonald, ed. (2010). "An introduction to Vol 14". Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0889204690.


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