Froxfield and Privett
Froxfield is high in the hangers of East Hampshire. It has a history stretching back to the Romans, who have left traces of an encampment in the south of the Parish. It is said that the fragments of an earthwork running across the parish formed part of the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Sussex.
Froxfield is first recorded in a grant of land of the tenth century. There were several prominent families associated with the parish – including the Love family, who held the estate of Basing Park for over 200 years from 1567 – and the Silvesters, who lived in Froxfield for 300 years.
Privett was included in the manor of West Meon until the seventeenth century when it was first recorded as a separate manor. The earliest mention of a chapel in Privett occurs in 1391, when reference is made to the fabric of Holy Trinity chapel. The present church dates from 1876-78 and was built on the site of the old church, of which nothing now remains.
The modern civil Parish of Froxfield was enlarged by the addition of Privett Parish in 1932.
