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'''Otterbourne''' is a [[village]] in [[Hampshire]], [[England]]. It is located approximately four miles (6 km) south of [[Winchester]] and eight miles (13 km) north of [[Southampton]] . In [[October]] [[2002]], its population was approximately 11520,520 and there were 602 dwellings.

There are three [[public house|public houses]] in the village;: the White Horse Inn, The Otter, and the Old Forge. There is also a [[school]], a [[post office]] and village shop. Before the [[21st century]], the post office and village shop were located opposite Cranbourne Drive at the bottom of Otterbourne hill. However, at the end of the [[1990s]], the car garage at the centre of the village was rebuilt to include a petrol station and convenience store. Shortly after the opening of the convenience store, the village shop closed; the store then expanded to include a post office, taking over all previous functions of the old village shop. The convenience store is currently running under a '[[SPAR]]' franchise.

Before the 21st century the post office and village shop were located opposite Cranbourne Drive at the bottom of Otterbourne hill, however at the end of the 1990s the car garage at the center of the village was rebuilt to include a petrol station and convenience store. Shortly after the opening of the convenience store the village shop closed, the store then expanded to include a post office, taking over all previous functions of the old village shop. The convenience store is currently running under a 'Spar' franchise.

Famous people from Otterbourne include [[Wayne Bridge]] who plays [[association football|football]] for England and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Chris Tremlett]] who plays Cricket[[cricket]] for England and [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]. [[David Beckham]] lived in the neighbouring village of [[Compton, Winchester|Compton]], just outside Otterbourne, to escape media attention; the house is FairField, Highways Road, Compton SO21 2DF.

The village of Otterbourne, on the [[stream]] Otter Bourne, lies on the old Roman road between Venta Belgarum ([[Winchester]]) and Clausentum ([[Southampton]]). It appears in the [[Domesday Book]] as Otrebourne. A picture of idyllic rural life, it attracted luminaries as their lights slowly dimmed. The physicist [[Sir Isaac Newton]] lodged at Cranbury House in his twightlighttwighlight years, and [[John Keble]], a leader of the [[Oxford Movement]], settled down as vicar of the parish church, St Matthew's, around [[1838]].

At that time, Otterbourne's illustrious novelist [[Charlotte Mary Yonge]] ([[1823]]-[[1901]]) was 15 years old; her writings were deeply influenced by Keble's sermons. In her day, she was a major celebrity, publishing more than a hundred novels.

Already by [[1840]], however, the [[London]] to [[Southampton]] railway opened (later the [[South Western Main Line]], passing right by the village and shattering the idyll with its smoke and deafening noise. Within half a century, old Otterbourne had been abandoned, and the village moved half a mile east to its present ___location.

Charlotte Young grew up in Elderfield House, now a Residential Training Centre for former offenders run by the [[Langley House Trust]], a registered charity. On 17the 17th [[August]] [[2005]], resident Anthony Rice murdered Naomi Bryant at her home in Winchester, prompting an [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/10_05_06_probation.pdf independent review] (pdf) of his case by HM Inspectorate of Probation.

David Beckham live just out side otterbourne, to escape media attention. The house is FairField, Highways road.

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