Sparsholt, Hampshire

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Sparsholt
Looking towards Sparsholt from Crab Wood
Sparsholt shown within Hampshire
Population	967 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SU435312
Parish	Sparsholt
District	City of Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINCHESTER
Postcode district	SO21
Dialling code	01962
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Winchester
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire

Coordinates: 51°04′42″N 1°22′42″W / 51.078386, -1.378251

Sparsholt is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. The village lies to the west of Winchester.

Sparsholt College, a leading land-based college, is located on the outskirts of the village. The parish church, St. Stephen's, contains sections ranging from 12th to 19th century in age. The parish also contains the small hamlet of Dean, Farley Mount Country Park and Crab Wood SSSI. The grounds of the 17th century Lainston House (now a hotel) contain the ruins of the 12th century St. Peter's church.

Archaeological discoveries include Bronze Age bowl and disc barrows.^[2]

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