Froxfield Green
{{Short description|Village and parish in Hampshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image = War Memorial, Froxfield Green - geograph.org.uk - 1332187.jpg
|static_image_caption= War Memorial, Froxfield Green, erected 1921{{National Heritage List for England |num=1391511 |desc=War Memorial, 40 Metres North of St Peters Church |access-date=14 January 2024}}
|coordinates = {{coord|51.025|-0.998|type:city(500)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Froxfield Green
|population=
|civil_parish= Froxfield and Privett
|shire_district= East Hampshire
|shire_county= Hampshire
|region= South East England
|constituency_westminster= East Hampshire
|post_town= Petersfield
|postcode_district= GU32
|postcode_area= GU
|dial_code= 01730
|os_grid_reference= SU703256
}}
Froxfield Green (formerly Froxfield) is a village in the civil parish of Froxfield and Privett, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is {{Convert|3|mi|km|0}} north-west of Petersfield, and lies just north of the A272 road.
History
Earthworks which run north–south and pass along the western edge of the modern village may be an Anglo-Saxon defensive work, or mark a tribal boundary.{{Historic England research records|mnumber=242944|desc=Froxfield Entrenchments|access-date=14 January 2024|fewer-links=yes}} The remains of a Roman and Romano-British site lie a short distance south-east of the village.{{Historic England research records|mnumber=242975|desc=Earthwork remains of a Romano-British defended settlement|access-date=14 January 2024|fewer-links=yes}}
Froxfield is not mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book; the area is probably included land at Menes which later became the large East Meon estate.
Although the settlement was documented as Froxfield Green in 1908,{{Cite book |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp76-77 |title=A History of the County of Hampshire, Volume 3 |date=1908 |publisher=University of London |editor-last=Page |editor-first=William |editor1-link=William Page (historian) |series=Victoria County History |pages=76-77 |chapter=Parishes: Froxfield |access-date=4 January 2024 |via=British History Online}} Ordnance Survey maps published in 1939{{Cite web |date=1939 |title=Ordnance Survey One-inch map, Sheet 132 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/239260384 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=National Library of Scotland}} and earlier identified it as Froxfield. Since at least 1960, maps show Froxfield Green.{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Ordnance Survey One-inch map, Sheet 181 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/91577514 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=National Library of Scotland}} The civil parish in which the village lies was called Froxfield until the 2010s, when the name Froxfield and Privett came into use.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 May 2013 |title=Annual Meeting |url=https://easthants.moderngov.co.uk/Data/Council/20130509/Minutes/$DOMO98CGU5.doc.pdf |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=East Hampshire District Council |page=2}}
On 1 April 1932 the parish of Privett was merged with Froxfield.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10219097|title=Relationships and changes Froxfield CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 January 2024}} On 9 May 2013 the merged parish was renamed from "Froxfield" to "Froxfield and Privett".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/hampshire.html|title=Hampshire Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=21 January 2024}} In 1931 the parish of Froxfield (prior to the merge) had a population of 693.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10219097/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Froxfield CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 January 2024}}
Amenities
The local primary school, Froxfield CE School,{{Cite web |title=Froxfield CE School |url=https://froxfield.hants.sch.uk/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |language=en-US}} is almost a mile to the north-east at High Cross. The nearest railway station is at Petersfield.
The small church of St Peter-on-the-Green was built in 1886, replacing a Saxon church on the same site which had been demolished in 1861. In simple Early English style, it is built in flint rubble with stone dressings,{{National Heritage List for England|num=1237145|desc=Church of St Peter on the Green|access-date=14 January 2024|fewer-links=yes}} and has a western bell-turret which houses a bell dated 1766.{{Cite web |title=Froxfield, S Peter on the Green |url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/20244 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers}} Today the church is part of the benefice of Steep and Froxfield with Privett,{{Cite web |title=St Peter-on-the-Green |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16870/more-information/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=A Church Near You |publisher=The Archbishops' Council}} which also includes St Peter's church at High Cross (built in 1862, incorporating three Norman arches and columns from the old church at the Green).{{National Heritage List for England|num=1264247|desc=Church of St Peter|access-date=14 January 2024|fewer-links=yes}}
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