Old Alresford

Old Alresford
Old Alresford Old Alresford shown within Hampshire
Population	599 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SU5832
District	Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	SO24
Dialling code	01962
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Winchester
List of places UK England Hampshire

Coordinates: 51°06′07″N 1°09′50″W / 51.1019°N 1.164°W / 51.1019; -1.164

Old Alresford 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) north-east of the city of Winchester, and 20 km (12 miles) south-west of the town of Alton.

During the late 18th century, Alresford Cricket Club was one of the strongest sides in England.

In 1851, George Sumner, son of the Bishop of Winchester, Charles Richard Sumner, became rector of the village. There his wife, Mary Sumner started the now global Mothers' Union organisation of Anglican women.

In 1986, following the closure of the village school and post office, The Old Alresford Dramatic Society (T.O.A.D.S.) was founded,^[2] as a way of bringing the village together. They perform a pantomime in December each year and a Spring Show, usually in May.

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External links

Media related to Old Alresford at Wikimedia Commons
Alresford in the Domesday Book

Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England

	Abbotts Barton Abbots Worthy Abbotstone Anthill Common Ashton Avington Badger Farm Beauworth Bighton Bishops Sutton Bishops Waltham Boarhunt Bramdean Brockbridge Cheriton Chidden Chilcomb Colden Common Compton and Shawford Corhampton Crawley Curbridge Curdridge Denmead Droxford Durley Durley Street Easton East Stratton Exton Fisher's Pond Fobdown Gundleton Hambledon Headbourne Worthy Hinton Ampner Hursley Itchen Abbas Itchen Stoke Itchen Valley Kilmeston Kings Worthy Knowle Lee Littleton and Harestock Lower Upham Martyr Worthy Meonstoke Micheldever Mislingford Morestead New Alresford North Boarhunt Northington Northington Down Old Alresford Olivers Battery Otterbourne Ovington Owslebury Owslebury Bottom Shedfield Soberton Southwick South Wonston Sparsholt Sutton Scotney Swarraton Swanmore Stoke Charity Temple Valley Tichborne Twyford Twyford Moors Upham Warnford West Meon Weston Colley Wickham Wickham Common Winchester Winnall Woodmancott Wood End Wonston Worlds End

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