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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
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women. The first meetings were held in the rectory, now a conference centre known as Old Alresford Place.
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unparished city area has five wards: St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul
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St Mary the Virgin parish church is a brick building dating from the 1750s. The naval hero
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is a large water feature south of Old Alresford and north of New Alresford.
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in December each year and a Spring Show, usually in May.
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Stream on the village green at Old Alresford, Hampshire
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Coates, R. (1989) The Place-Names of Hampshire p. 21
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Old Alresford is located in Hampshire
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