Lasham is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of Alton, just off the A339 road.
The nearest railway station is Alton, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of the village.
Lasham Airfield was once famous as a wartime airfield. It is now a well-known gliding centre. The centre of the village still retains much of its original character.
Until recent times, the name was pronounc...
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Lasham is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of Alton, just off the A339 road.
The nearest railway station is Alton, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of the village.
Lasham Airfield was once famous as a wartime airfield. It is now a well-known gliding centre. The centre of the village still retains much of its original character.
Until recent times, the name was pronounced 'Lass-ham' but 'Lash-am' now predominates.
Many of the houses have been modernised and extended e.g. the Old Post Office and Pear Tree Cottage which used to be the home of the blacksmith. In the grounds of Pear Tree Cottage stands an 18th century building which held the forge and blacksmith's shop. The village pond is fed by local springs and is regularly cleaned out, now it is the home of waterfowl and there is a large stock of goldfish.
The village gave its name to a Ham class minesweeper, HMS Lasham.
The airfield was constructed in 1942...
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