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New Alresford
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Proper noun
New Alresford
en small town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/Winchester co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU5832.
en Alresford
en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 144 New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.
Related terms
en Alre
en Old Alresford
References
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