Droxford is a village in Hampshire, England, lying in the Meon valley, and lies around 6 km east of Bishop's Waltham within the new South Downs National Park. The A32 passes through the village between Gosport and Alton. Local ammenities include a post office, two garages, two pubs and a village hall.
Droxford is first recorded in history when the Manor of Drocenesforda (Droxford) was granted to the Prior and monks of St. Swithun, Winchester, by King Egbert in 826. By the time of the Domesday Survey it had passed to the Bishop of Winchester, to support the monks. This arrangement continued until 1551 when it was surrendered to the crown and it was passed on to the Earl of Wiltshire.
The Bishopric regained the manor in 1558 and then held it until the Civil War. During the rule of Parliament the manor was transferred into private hands but on the Restoration of King Charles II it was, again, restored to the Bishopric.
This situation then continued until 1869, when the manor was finally removed from the Bishopric as part of the Bishops' Resignation Act of 1869.
The railway came to Droxford in 1903 with the building of the Meon Valley Railway. A station was built around half a mile (1 kilometre) outside the village on the other side of the river. A small sub-settlement grew around the station including a hotel, railway workers cottages and a cluster of private homes.
In June 1944 Allied leaders including, Churchill, Eisenhower and de Gaulle met in a train carriage at Droxford station to discuss the imminent D-Day invasion. There is a bench in the village to commemorate this meeting of world leaders in Droxford. British Rail closed the railway in 1962.
The village church of St. Mary and All Saints and it is a typical Hampshire village church, with parts dating back as far as the twelfth century.
Droxford is home to Droxford Junior School[1], a rural junior school that has expanded rapidly in the last ten years. It teaches children from year 3 to year 6 (ages 7 to 11).
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Coordinates: 50°57′N 1°08′W / 50.95°N 1.133°W
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