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Frogham

Hampshire

Frogham is a small village in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Hyde. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (2.5 km) north-west from the village.Frogham is a small village in the civil parish of Hyde. It is the second-largest settlement in the parish after Hyde itself. Frogham is situated on a plateau over-looking the heathland of the New Forest to the east. The village is situated around a crossroads leading to the nearby settlements of Hyde, Blissford, and Stuckton.Frogham has a small congregational church, and a pub, known as The Foresters Arms. Hyde memorial hall is also located in Frogham.Frogham also has an ancient roadside well called "Abbots Well" providing refreshment for both animals and humans.The earliest records which mention Frogham date from the beginning of the 14th century. There are many legends which identify the Frogham area as being a centre for smuggling in the 18th century. The chapel in Frogham was originally a non-conformist school for 70 pupils; it was also registered for worship, and the current building dates from 1910. Many of the houses in the village were built in the 1950s and 1960s.Frogham is the location of the annual Frogham Fair a traditional village fête which takes place on the afternoon of the last Saturday of in July in the fields near Frogham crossroads, next to The Forester's Arms. Established over 50 years ago and organised by local volunteers, the fair raises money for the Memorial Hall and a number of local charities. A highlight of the fair is the wheelbarrow race up the exceptionally steep Blissford Hill. There are also terrier races, children's games, art and craft stalls, a bar, food, classic cars and live music.Froxfield in Hampshire is a hamlet in the civil parish of Froxfield and Privett containing several small hamlets including Privett. Froxfield and Privett stand approximately 3 miles WNW of Petersfield within the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) of Hampshire. Entirely within South Downs National Park, it sits on high ground overlooking the Hangers.Evidence of ancient settlement in Froxfield includes traces of a Romans encampment in the south of the parish. Fragments of an earthwork running across the Parish are supposed to have formed part of the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Sussex.The village has two churches, St Peter on the Green, built in 1884 on the site of the original 12th century church and St Peter's, High Cross was built in 1862 after the original Norman parish church at Froxfield Green was demolished, it contains the Norman pillars from the previous church. Holy Trinity Church, Privett is a redundant Grade II* listed church in the ecclesiastical parish of Froxfield.At the 2011 Census the hamlet had become a civil parish in its own name. The population in 2011 was 961.The two highest pubs in Hampshire are The White Horse, more commonly known as The Pub With No Name and The Trooper Inn which at the beginning of the First World War it is said that the pub was used as a recruiting centre for troops, although it is not known whether this was the source of the Trooper name.Coordinates: 51°01.24.N 0°59.42.W / 51.02333°N 0.99500°W

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