Shalden

Shalden

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 51.17359
longitude= -1.00543
official_name= Shalden
population =
civil_parish= Shalden
shire_district= East Hampshire
shire_county= Hampshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= East Hampshire
post_town=
postcode_district =
postcode_area=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SU696420

Shalden is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is convert|2.1|mi|km northwest of Alton, just off the A339 road.

The nearest railway station is Alton, convert|2.1|mi|km southeast of the village.

The original parish church was Saxon, but the present one dates from the nineteenth century, built of flint with Bath stone dressing in the Early English style. It possesses a fifteenth century font of considerable merit.

Shalden acquired some notoriety in 1867 due to its association with the murder by Frederick Baker, of 'Sweet' Fanny Adams in a hop field between the village and Alton.


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