Appleshaw is a village and Civil parish in the Test Valley district of north-west Hampshire, England.
Appleshaw | |
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Village | |
Picture of some houses on the village's main road | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 487 [1] 503 (2011 Census) [2] |
OS grid reference | SU308487 |
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Shire county | |
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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 | |
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 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.
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.
W. G. Grace once played cricket here, with his bat made of Wallop willow.
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’.
Appleshaw has one school, Appleshaw St Peter's CE Primary School.
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west. The largest settlement is Swindon, and Trowbridge is the county town.
Test Valley is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. The council is based in the borough's largest town of Andover. The borough also contains the town of Romsey and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. A small part of the borough at its southern end lies within the New Forest National Park, and part of the borough north of Andover lies within the North Wessex Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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