Appleshaw

Appleshaw is a village in the English county of Hampshire. The name Appleshaw is derived from Old English ‘scarga’ - a shaugh or wood; thus Appleshaw may mean ‘apple wood’. It includes the hamlet of Ragged Appleshaw, the ‘ragged’ possibly being a corruption of ‘roe gate’ - the gate of the Royal Deer Forest of Chute. The northern boundary of the parish is the Wiltshire border.

Appleshaw

Appleshaw Location within Hampshire
Population	487 [1] 503 (2011 Census)[2]
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
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central

UK Parliament	North West Hampshire

This small parish lies on the Wiltshire border and includes the hamlets of Redenham and Ragged Appleshaw, including part of Redenham Park. Granted the right to two annual fairs in 1658, Appleshaw became a rival to the great Weyhill sheep fair.

The Salisbury Journal in 1801 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.

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

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Official site

Towns, villages and hamlets in the Test Valley District of Hampshire, England
	Abbotswood Abbotts Ann Abbotts Ann Down Ampfield Amport Andover Andover Down Anna Valley Appleshaw Ashfield Awbridge Barton Stacey Bossington Braishfield Broughton Buckholt Charlton Chattis Hill Chilbolton Chilbolton Down Clanville Crampmoor Dunbridge East Anton Embley East Cholderton East Dean East Tytherley Enham Alamein Faccombe Finkley Finkley Down Forton Foxcotte Frenchmoor Fullerton Fyfield Goodworth Clatford Gore End Grateley Hatherden Hillyfields Houghton Houghton Down Hurstbourne Tarrant Kimbridge Kimpton King's Somborne Knights Enham Leckford Lee Linkenholt Little Down Little Hatherden Little Somborne Lockerley Longparish Longstock Longstock Park Marsh Court Michelmersh Middle Wallop Monxton Mottisfont Nether Wallop Newton Stacey North Baddesley North Houghton Nursling Over Wallop Palestine Penton Corner Penton Grafton Picket Piece Picket Twenty Pill Heath Plaitford Quarley Ragged Appleshaw Ramridge Park Red Post Bridge Red Rice Redenham Romsey Romsey Extra Sherfield English Shipton Bellinger Shootash Smannell South Harewood Stockbridge Tangley Thruxton Up Somborne Upper Clatford Upper Enham Vernhams Dean Vernham Street Wellow West Tytherley Weyhill Wherwell Wherwell Wood Wildhern

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Unitary authorities	City of Portsmouth City of Southampton
Boroughs or districts	Borough of Basingstoke and Deane District of East Hampshire Borough of Eastleigh Borough of Fareham Borough of Gosport District of Hart Borough of Havant District of New Forest Borough of Rushmoor Borough of Test Valley City of Winchester
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