Stratfield Saye is a village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain

The parish includes the hamlets of West End Green, Fair Oak Green and Fair Cross. The name means 'Street-Field of the Saye family'. The street was the 'Devil's Highway', the Roman road from London to Silchester which forms the northern parish boundary. The Roman Roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate news London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Calleva Atrebatum (or Silchester Roman Town) was an Iron Age Oppidum and subsequently a Town in the Roman province of Britannia

The home of the Duke of Wellington, Stratfield Saye House, is located at Stratfield Saye. The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, is an hereditary title and the senior rank in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Stratfield Saye House is a large Stately home at Stratfield Saye in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. The parish church, near the house, is an unusual domed Georgian building with the plan of a Greek Cross. Position in the Church of England In England, there are parish churches for both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half It contains memorials to the Barons Rivers and to most of the Dukes of Wellington, except the famous first duke. A church monument is an architectural or sculptural Memorial to a dead person or persons located within a Christian church There have been four creations of the title Baron Rivers, twice in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain, and once in the Peerage of the Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( c His hatchment may, however, be seen. A hatchment is a funeral escutcheon or armorial shield enclosed in a black Lozenge -shaped frame which used to be suspended against the wall of a deceased person's

Some older sources use the alternative spelling Strathfieldsaye. ^[1]

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