Abbotswood, Hampshire
{{Short description|Settlement in Hampshire, England}}
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|official_name = Abbotswood
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|shire_district = Test Valley
|shire_county = Hampshire
|region = South East England
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Abbotswood is a new 52-hectare building development planned to have 800 homes. It is located just to the north east of the town of Romsey in the Test Valley local government district.{{cite web |url=http://www.alderking.com/news-publications/case-studies/the-abbotswood-consortium |title=The Abbotswood Consortium |publisher=Alder King |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112220/http://www.alderking.com/news-publications/case-studies/the-abbotswood-consortium |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}
History
The name 'Abbotswood' is derived from 'the abbess [of Romsey]’s wood'; it was recorded as Abbys wode in 1513 and Abbes wood in 1565.{{cite book |last1=Watts |first1=Victor |title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521168557 |page=1}}
New development
Outline permission for a new development comprising 800 homes on a site at Abbotswood was granted in 2010. Construction began in 2011 and by the end of 2017, 753 homes were occupied.{{cite web |title=Abbotswood |url=https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/communityandleisure/workingwithcommunities/mylocalarea/romsey-extra/abbotswood |website=Test Valley Borough Council |access-date=13 August 2020}}
File:New homes nearing completion Abbotswood (geograph 3897833).jpg
On 1 August 2014, planning permission was sought for a local centre consisting of a shop, pub, doctors/dentists surgery, pharmacy, community centre, and a day nursery. The planning application reference is 14/01836/RESS.{{cite web |url=http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/resident/planningandbuildingcontrol/viewplanningapplicationsonline/view-planning-applications-online/ |title=View Applications Online • Test Valley Borough Council |website=Testvalley.gov.uk |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014234430/http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/resident/planningandbuildingcontrol/viewplanningapplicationsonline/view-planning-applications-online/ |archive-date=14 October 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
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