Andover, Hampshire - St. Mary's Church - postcard c.1960s sent to bishop

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Andover (/ˈændoʊvər/ AN-doh-vər) is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some 18 miles (29 km) west of the town of Basingstoke, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of the city of Winchester, 25 miles (40 km) north of the city of Southampton and 65 miles (105 km) south west of London.^[2] Andover is twinned with the towns of Redon in France,^[3] Goch in Germany, and Andover, Massachusetts in the United States.^[4][5] It is considered a market town and has historical museums telling about the past of the area.^[6]

In 1175 King Richard I sold Andover a charter granting the townspeople some rights, forming a merchant guild which took over the government of the town. The members elected two officials called bailiffs who ran the town. In 1201 King John gave the merchants the right to collect royal taxes in Andover themselves. In 1256 Henry III gave the townspeople the right to hold a court and try criminals for offences committed in Andover. Andover also sent MPs to the parliaments of 1295 and 1302–1307. The town was ravaged by two serious fires, one in 1141 and another in 1435.

Andover remained a small market town. Processing wool appears to have been the main industry and street names in the area of the town known as "Sheep Fair" commemorate this. A weekly market, and an annual fair were held.

St Marys Parish Church

St John the Baptist Catholic Church

As well as the Church of St Mary the town had a priory and a hospital run by monks, dedicated to St John the Baptist, and also a lepers hostel to St Mary Magdalene. In 1538 during the Reformation Henry VIII closed the priory and the hospital. In 1571 a free school for the boys of Andover was established. This in time became Andover Grammar School,^[8] and is now John Hanson Community School. (This has since been demolished and rebuilt not far from two primary schools in the town. The site which was once John Hanson now acts as a housing district.)

In 1599 the town received a new charter from Elizabeth I. The merchants guild was made a corporation and the number of annual fairs was increased from one to three. Like other towns Andover suffered from outbreaks of plague. There were outbreaks in 1603-5, 1625–6 and 1636.