Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for APPLESHAW

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Appleshaw CP/Ch       Andover RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Appleshaw

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