Old Alresford
| Old Alresford | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The village green of Old Alresford | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU587323 |
| Location: | 51°5’16"N, 1°9’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 599 (2011) |
| Post town: | Alresford |
| Postcode: | SO24 |
| Dialling code: | 01962 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Winchester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Winchester |
Old Alresford is a village in Hampshire, half a mile north of the town of New Alresford, seven and a half miles north-east of the county town, the City of Winchester.
In 1851, George Sumner, son of Charles Richard Sumner (Bishop of Winchester), became rector of the parish. There his wife, Mary Sumner, started the Mothers' Union, now a global organisation of Anglican women.[1] The first meetings were held in the rectory, now a conference centre known as Old Alresford Place.
In 1986, following the closure of the village school and post office, The Old Alresford Dramatic Society (T.O.A.D.S.) was founded[2] as a way of bringing the village together. They perform a pantomime in December each year and a Spring Show, usually in May.
St Mary the Virgin parish church is a brick building dating from the 1750s. The naval hero George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, is buried in the church.[1] His family seat, Old Alresford House, is next to the church. Also in the churchyard is the mausoleum of C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, an art collector, who died in 1939.[3]
Pictures
The church of St Mary the Virgin
The Schwerdt Mausoleum
Disused watercress beds at Old Alresford
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Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Old Alresford) |
- Old Alresford in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mee, Arthur: The King's England: Hampshire with the Isle of Wight (Hodder & Stoughton)
- p 8
- ↑ The Old Alresford Dramatic Society website
- ↑ "C F G R Schwerdt". https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG45679.
