Appleshaw
| Appleshaw | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU308487 |
| Location: | 51°14’13"N, 1°33’32"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 487 (2011) |
| Post town: | Andover |
| Postcode: | SP11 |
| Dialling code: | 01264 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Test Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Hampshire |
Appleshaw is a village in Hampshire.
The name of the village is derived from Old English ‘scarga’: a shaugh or wood; thus Appleshaw may mean ‘appletree 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, which curves to the north and the west of the village.
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.
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