Appleshaw

Appleshaw
Appleshaw
Village
	Picture of some houses on the village's main road
	Appleshaw Location within Hampshire
Population	487 ; 503 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SU308487
District	Test Valley;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Andover
Postcode district	SP11
Dialling code	01264
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Romsey and Southampton North;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°14′13″N 1°33′32″W / 51.237°N 1.559°W

Appleshaw is a village and Civil parish in the Test Valley district of north-west Hampshire, England.

Location

The Village

The village of Appleshaw ( /ˈæpl.ʃɔː/ ) is located close to several other villages. These include: Fyfield, Thruxton, Kimpton, Redenham and Weyhill. There are also 3 local towns; Ludgershall and Tidworth in the county of Wiltshire, and Andover in Hampshire.

The Civil Parish

The Civil parish of Appleshaw borders the other civil parishes of: Kimpton, Kyfield and Penton Grafton in Hampshire, and Chute Forest and Ludgershall in Wiltshire. Part of the border of the parish of Appleshaw makes up the Wiltshire-Hampshire border.

The parish includes a few hamlets as well as the village of Appleshaw. This includes Ragged Appleshaw which's name "ragged" could possibly come from a corruption of 'roe gate' - the gate of the Royal Deer Forset of Chute.

Parts of Redenham Park lie within the parish.

History

Fairs

In 1658, the parish was granted the right to two annual fairs, Appleshaw became a rival to the great Weyhill sheep fair. In 1801, The Salisbury Journal reported that 15,000 sheep were sold at Appleshaw, a reduction on the previous year's total.

Sports

W. G. Grace once played cricket here, with his bat made of Wallop willow.

Recreation areas

In the middle of the street a clock sticks out from a barn wall, placed there to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee.

The name Appleshaw is derived from Old English ‘scarga’ - a shaugh or wood; thus Appleshaw may mean ‘apple wood’.

Education

Appleshaw has one school, Appleshaw St Peter's CE Primary School.

References

^ Census data
^ "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

External links

Official site

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[1] Census data

[2] "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

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