Andover
"ANDOVER, a parish, market town, and parliamentary and municipal borough, with exclusive jurisdiction, but lying locally in the hundred of Andover, Andover division of the county of Southampton, 13 miles to the N.W. of Winchester, and 63 miles from London, or 66 by the South Western railway, on the Salisbury branch of which it is a station. Its name is composed of Ann, which applied to the district in which it stands, and lever or dyfr, a British word for a stream. It lies on the banks of the river Anton, near the skirts of a large, wooded tract, bordering on Salisbury Plain, and comprises the chapelry of Foxcote, the hamlets of Charlton, Wildhern, and several others. It is the centre of a union containing 32 parishes in the county of Hants, and 4 in Wilts. The Andover canal, which is now being converted into a railway, connected the town with Southampton Water."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Mary, Church Close, Church of England
- St Mary (Chapel), Church Close, Church of England
- Christ Church, Smannell Road, Church of England, Smannell
- Cemetery, -, Other, Charlton
Church Records
- Andover Baptist Church, Charlton Road, Baptist
- Grace Baptist Church, Oak Bank, Baptist
- St Mary, Church Close, Church of England
- St Mary (Chapel), Church Close, Church of England
- St Michael & All Angels, Colebrook Way, Church of England
- St Thomas, Enham Lane, Church of England, Charlton
- St George, Chapel Lane, Church of England, Enham Alamein
- Christ Church, Smannell Road, Church of England, Smannell
- Kingdom Hall, River Way, Jehovah's Witnesses
- Andover Methodist Church, Bridge Street, Methodist
- St Andrew, Weyhill Road, Methodist
- Brethrens Meeting Room, Barlows Lane, Other
- Brethrens Meeting Room, Lansdowne Avenue, Other
- Elim Pentecostal Church, South Street, Other
- Silver Birch Gospel Chapel, Silver Birch Road, Other
- Cemetery, -, Other, Charlton
- Chapel, Walworth Road, Other, Picket Piece
- Chapel, Smannell Road, Other, Smannell
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, -, Primitive Methodist, Wildhern
- Quaker Meeting House, Berry Way, Quaker Meeting House
- St John the Baptist, Alexandra Road, Roman Catholic
- Andover URC, East Street, United Reformed
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Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Andover from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Andover from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Andover from British History Online.
Maps
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