Alresford

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Alresford (pronounced Allsford) is a beautiful Georgian Town which for many centuries was a prosperous wool town. Old Alresford is mentioned in the Domesday Book but the present town of New Alresford did not come into existence much before 1200 at the time when the Great Weir was being built to create Old Alresford Pond as a reservoir for the Itchen Navigation. The colour-washed Georgian houses you see today rose from the ashes of great fires in the 17th Century. Alresford is the perfect place for strolling and there is plenty to please the eye - The Fulling Mill and riverside walk, St. John's Parish Church, the Millennium Trail and Old Alresford Pond, created by Bishop de Lucy, Bishop of Winchester, in the 12th century.

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Location: Alresford, Hampshire, UK
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