APPLESHAW, a parish in the hundred of ANDOVER,
Andover division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
3 miles (E. S. E.) from Ludgershall, containing 278 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to
the vicarage of Amport, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Winchester, and in. the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Chichester. Fairs for the sale of sheep are
held here on May 23rd and November 4th and 5'th.
There is a school for the education of six poor children,
with an endowment of £2. 10. per annum, the bequest
of Francis Offley, in 1761.