In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Appleshaw like this:
APPLESHAW, a village and a parish in Andover district, Hants. The village stands under the Downs, 5 miles WNW of Andover r. station; and it has a post office under Andover, and fairs on 23 May, on the Friday and Saturday before Weyhill, and on 4 and 5 Nov. The parish contains also the hamlet of Tilly-Down, and parts of the hamlets of Appleshaw-Bottom and Dancey. ...
Acres, 697. Real property, £1,865. Pop., 284. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. Appleshaw House is the seat of the family of Duke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; and till 1865 was annexed to Amport. The church is good.
Appleshaw through time
Appleshaw is now part of Test Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Test Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Appleshaw itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Appleshaw, in Test Valley and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6201
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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