#malpedresham

The first church in Petersfield was built before the establishment of Petersfield as a town, in an area of fields which was part of the extensive Medieval Royal Manor of Mapledurham, also known as Malpedresham, and now known as the village of Buriton, which was in the centre of the estate. The Saxon origins of Mapledurham were first recorded in the time of the Saxon King Edward the Elder, son of…