Froxfield Green Explained

Country:England
Static Image:War Memorial, Froxfield Green - geograph.org.uk - 1332187.jpg
Static Image Caption:War Memorial, Froxfield Green, erected 1921
Coordinates:51.025°N -0.998°W
Official Name:Froxfield Green
Civil Parish:Froxfield and Privett
Shire District:East Hampshire
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:East Hampshire
Post Town:Petersfield
Postcode District:GU32
Postcode Area:GU
Dial Code:01730
Os Grid Reference:SU703256

Froxfield Green (formerly Froxfield) is a village in the civil parish of Froxfield and Privett, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3miles north-west of Petersfield, and lies just north of the A272 road.

History

Earthworks which run north–south and pass along the western edge of the modern village may be an Anglo-Saxon defensive work, or mark a tribal boundary. The remains of a Roman and Romano-British site lie a short distance south-east of the village.

Froxfield is not mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book; the area is probably included land at Menes which later became the large East Meon estate.

Although the settlement was documented as Froxfield Green in 1908,[1] Ordnance Survey maps published in 1939[2] and earlier identified it as Froxfield. Since at least 1960, maps show Froxfield Green.[3] The civil parish in which the village lies was called Froxfield until the 2010s, when the name Froxfield and Privett came into use.[4]

On 1 April 1932 the parish of Privett was merged with Froxfield.[5] On 9 May 2013 the merged parish was renamed from "Froxfield" to "Froxfield and Privett".[6] In 1931 the parish of Froxfield (prior to the merge) had a population of 693.[7]

Amenities

The local primary school, Froxfield CE School,[8] is almost a mile to the north-east at High Cross. The nearest railway station is at Petersfield.

The small church of St Peter-on-the-Green was built in 1886, replacing a Saxon church on the same site which had been demolished in 1861. In simple Early English style, it is built in flint rubble with stone dressings, and has a western bell-turret which houses a bell dated 1766.[9] Today the church is part of the benefice of Steep and Froxfield with Privett,[10] which also includes St Peter's church at High Cross (built in 1862, incorporating three Norman arches and columns from the old church at the Green).

Notes and References

  1. Book: A History of the County of Hampshire, Volume 3 . 1908 . University of London . Page . William . William Page (historian) . . 76-77 . Parishes: Froxfield . 4 January 2024 . British History Online.
  2. Web site: 1939 . Ordnance Survey One-inch map, Sheet 132 . 14 January 2024 . National Library of Scotland.
  3. Web site: 1960 . Ordnance Survey One-inch map, Sheet 181 . 14 January 2024 . National Library of Scotland.
  4. Web site: 9 May 2013 . Annual Meeting . 4 January 2024 . East Hampshire District Council . 2.
  5. Web site: Relationships and changes Froxfield CP/Ch through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 21 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Hampshire Registration District. UKBMD. 21 January 2024.
  7. Web site: Population statistics Froxfield CP/Ch through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 21 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Froxfield CE School . 2024-01-14 . en-US.
  9. Web site: Froxfield, S Peter on the Green . 14 January 2024 . Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers.
  10. Web site: St Peter-on-the-Green . 14 January 2024 . A Church Near You . The Archbishops' Council.