Earthworks which run north–south and pass along the western edge of the modern village may be an Anglo-Saxon defensive work, or mark a tribal boundary.[2] The remains of a Roman and Romano-British site lie a short distance south-east of the village.[3]
Froxfield is not mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book; the area is probably included land at Menes which later became the large East Meon estate.[4]
Although the settlement was documented as Froxfield Green in 1908,[4] Ordnance Survey maps published in 1939[5] and earlier identified it as Froxfield. Since at least 1960, maps show Froxfield Green.[6] The civil parish in which the village lies was called Froxfield[4] until the 2010s, when the name Froxfield and Privett came into use.[7]
On 1 April 1932 the parish of Privett was merged with Froxfield.[8] On 9 May 2013 the merged parish was renamed from "Froxfield" to "Froxfield and Privett".[9] In 1931 the parish of Froxfield (prior to the merge) had a population of 693.[10]
Amenities
Church of St Peter-on-the-Green
The local primary school, Froxfield CE School,[11] is almost a mile to the north-east at High Cross. The nearest railway station is at Petersfield.
The small church of St Peter-on-the-Green was built in 1886, replacing a Saxon church on the same site which had been demolished in 1861. In simple Early English style, it is built in flint rubble with stone dressings,[12] and has a western bell-turret which houses a bell dated 1766.[13] Today the church is part of the benefice of Steep and Froxfield with Privett,[14] which also includes St Peter's church at High Cross (built in 1862, incorporating three Norman arches and columns from the old church at the Green).[15]
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