St Mary the Virgin parish church is a brick building dating from the 1750s. The naval hero
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, is buried in the church. In 1851,
George Sumner, son of
Charles Richard Sumner (
Bishop of Winchester), became
rector of the parish. There his wife,
Mary Sumner, started the
Mothers' Union, now a global organisation of
Anglican women. The first meetings were held in the rectory, now a conference centre known as Old Alresford Place. In 1986, following the closure of the village school and post office, The Old Alresford Dramatic Society (T.O.A.D.S.) was founded as a way of bringing the village together. They perform a
pantomime in December each year and a Spring Show, usually in May. ==References==