Appleshaw is a village and Civil parish in the Test Valley district of north-west Hampshire, England.
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.237°N -1.559°W |
| Official Name: | Appleshaw |
| Static Image Name: | Appleshaw - Street Scene - geograph.org.uk - 1381518.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Picture of some houses on the village's main road |
| Population: | 487 |
| Population Ref: | [1] 503 (2011 Census)[2] |
| Shire District: | Test Valley |
| Shire County: | Hampshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Romsey and Southampton North |
| Post Town: | Andover |
| Postcode District: | SP11 |
| Postcode Area: | SP |
| Dial Code: | 01264 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SU308487 |
| Type: | Village |
The village of Appleshaw (/ˈæpl.ʃɔː/) is located close to several other villages. These include: Fyfield, Thruxton, Kimpton, Redenham and Weyhill. There are also 3 local towns; Ludgershall and Tidworth in the county of Wiltshire, and Andover in Hampshire.
The Civil parish of Appleshaw borders the other civil parishes of: Kimpton, Kyfield and Penton Grafton in Hampshire, and Chute Forest and Ludgershall in Wiltshire. Part of the border of the parish of Appleshaw makes up the Wiltshire-Hampshire border.
The parish includes a few hamlets as well as the village of Appleshaw. This includes Ragged Appleshaw which's name "ragged" could possibly come from a corruption of 'roe gate' - the gate of the Royal Deer Forset of Chute.
Parts of Redenham Park lie within the parish.
In 1658, the parish was granted the right to two annual fairs, Appleshaw became a rival to the great Weyhill sheep fair. In 1801, The Salisbury Journal reported that 15,000 sheep were sold at Appleshaw, a reduction on the previous year's total.
W. G. Grace once played cricket here, with his bat made of Wallop willow.
In the middle of the street a clock sticks out from a barn wall, placed there to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee.
The name Appleshaw is derived from Old English ‘scarga’ - a shaugh or wood; thus Appleshaw may mean ‘apple wood’.
Appleshaw has one school, Appleshaw St Peter's CE Primary School.