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Andover Down

Coordinates: 51°12′38″N 1°25′58″W / 51.21057°N 1.43280°W / 51.21057; -1.43280
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Andover Down
Andover Down is located in Hampshire
Andover Down
Andover Down
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU397458
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townANDOVER
Postcode districtSP11
Dialling code01264
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°12′38″N 1°25′58″W / 51.21057°N 1.43280°W / 51.21057; -1.43280

Andover Down is a hamlet in Hampshire, England 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Andover.[1][2]

History

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On the 1888 OS map there are a very small number of houses: Down House, Down House farm, Harewood, Harewood Farm, and two further dwellings.[3]

It seems Andover Down underwent some expansion immediately after the Second World War, but remained a relatively isolated location until the rapid expansion of Andover (as an overspill town) and in particular with the building of the Walworth Industrial Estate to the east.

With the large housing development at Picket Twenty, and especially the post-2018 second phase development, houses now surround the south of Andover Down, and it is arguably now a suburb of Andover.

In 2020 planning permission was sought to build additional housing to the north of Andover Down, on agricultural land[4]

Excavating Bronze Age barrows site prior to Picket Twenty housing development (photo by Dr C Williams)

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ "OSmap from 1888". OS maps.
  4. ^ "TVBC application". TVBC.
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