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Village and parish in Hampshire, England

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Village in England
Old Alresford
Village
Stream on the village green at Old Alresford, Hampshire
Old Alresford is located in HampshireOld AlresfordOld AlresfordLocation within Hampshire
Population599 
OS grid referenceSU5832
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALRESFORD
Postcode districtSO24
Dialling code01962
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°06′07″N 1°09′50″W / 51.1019°N 1.164°W / 51.1019; -1.164

Old Alresford (/ˈɒlzfərd/ OLZ-fərd or /ˈɔːlzfərd/ AWLZ-fərd) is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is 1 km (0.6 miles) north of the town of New Alresford, 12 km (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, and 14 km (9 miles) south-west of the town of Alton.

Alresford Pond south of the village

Alresford Pond is a large water feature south of Old Alresford and north of New Alresford.

Etymology

Old Alresford is first mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon Charter of 701 as Alresforda. Its name derives from the Old English Alor and Ford and means the ford at the alder tree.

History

In 1851, George Sumner, son of Charles Richard Sumner (Bishop of Winchester), became rector of the parish. There his wife, Mary Sumner, started the Mothers' Union, now a global organisation of Anglican women. The first meetings were held in the rectory, now a conference centre known as Old Alresford Place.

In 1986, following the closure of the village school and post office, The Old Alresford Dramatic Society (T.O.A.D.S.) was founded as a way of bringing the village together. They perform a pantomime in December each year and a Spring Show, usually in May.

St Mary the Virgin parish church is a brick building dating from the 1750s. The naval hero George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, is buried in the church. His family seat, Old Alresford House, is next to the church. Also in the churchyard is the mausoleum of C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, an art collector, who died in 1939.

References

  1. Census data
  2. Coates, R. (1989) The Place-Names of Hampshire p. 21
  3. ^ Mee, Arthur (1967). Long, E T (ed.). The King's England, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 8.
  4. The Old Alresford Dramatic Society website
  5. "C F G R Schwerdt". British Museum. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England
Electoral wards and parishes in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, England (since 2016 boundary changes)
Wards
Parishes		Wonston and Micheldever
The Worthys
Alresford and Itchen
Winchester
  • Winchester unparished city area has five wards: St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul
Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery
Colden Common and Twyford
Upper Meon Valley
Bishops Waltham
Central Meon Valley
Whiteley and Shedfield
Denmead
Southwick and Wickham
(Wards ordered from north-west corner, across the map, and then progressively south and east)


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