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The little village of
Appleshaw lies approximately four miles outside of Andover on the
A3342, on the border with Wiltshire. The main part of the village seems to be on
the western side of what is known as "The Street".
The Methodist chapel dates from 1869 and
lies opposite The Walnut Tree which was extremely handy for the
congregation. The other side of the street is mainly fields with
just a couple of houses and the village church
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The Walnut Tree public house |
Opposite the church is the Iron Pear Tree,
which was once a pub, and its roof is adorned with
thatch pheasants and a fox. |
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Appleshaw
is derived from Old English ‘scarga’ - a shaugh or wood, and the
hamlet of Ragged Appleshaw possibly derives from roe gate, ragged
being corrupted from this, the gate of the Royal Deer Forest of
Chute.
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The pub dates back to the the
18th century but there are more modern houses and farmhouses, and
the vicarage wich has a portico and for those who wish to know the
time a clock hangs over the road by the stables where the pastoral
centre is.
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The village church |
The village is a parish in the hundred of Upper
Andover and lies on a chalk ridge that runs through the county
containing the hamlets of' Appleshawe Bottom, Danse and Tilley Down.
Granted the right to hold two annual fairs in 1658, the 7th and
8th October a sheep fair is held and on the Friday and Saturday before
the Weyhill Fair in November.
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