Appleshaw
{{Short description|Village in Hampshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|51.237|-1.559|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Appleshaw
| static_image_name = Appleshaw - Street Scene - geograph.org.uk - 1381518.jpg
| static_image_caption = Picture of some houses on the village's main road
| population = 487
| population_ref = [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795135&c=SP11+9HX&d=16&e=15&g=452878&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Census data]
503 (2011 Census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120043&c=Appleshaw&d=16&e=62&g=6431921&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1481113148443&enc=1|title=Civil Parish 2011|access-date=7 December 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
| shire_district = Test Valley
| shire_county = Hampshire
| region = South East England
| constituency_westminster = Romsey and Southampton North
| post_town = Andover
| postcode_district = SP11
| postcode_area = SP
| dial_code = 01264
| os_grid_reference = SU308487
| type = Village
}}
Appleshaw is a village and Civil parish in the Test Valley district of north-west Hampshire, England.
Location
= The Village =
= The Civil Parish =
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.
History
= Fairs =
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.
Sports
W. G. Grace once played cricket here, with his bat made of Wallop willow.
= Recreation areas =
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’.
Education
Appleshaw has one school, Appleshaw St Peter's CE Primary School.
References
External links
{{Commons category|Appleshaw}}
- [http://www.appleshaw.org.uk Official site]
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{{Hampshire}}
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Category:Villages in Hampshire
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