Picket Twenty, once a hamlet, is now effectively a suburb of
Andover
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, in the
Test Valley
Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, a ...
district of
Hampshire
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, England. The centre of
Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
*Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* And ...
lies to the (2.6 km) north-west of the suburb.
History
On the 1888 OS map, only the farmstead of "Picket Twenty Farm" is drawn, although "Pavey's Farm" is relatively nearby"
Just thirteen dwellings are listed for Picket Twenty in the 1962 Kelly's Directory of Andover, it appears this number remained constant until 2008.
Construction began in 2010 for 1,200 new homes on
agricultural land
Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous with bot ...
near to the hamlet. By September 2019 1158 homes were occupied.
After 2017 in a further phase of development, housing was built beneath
Andover Down, and relatively close to
Harewood forest.
Although an expansion of Andover, the Picket Twenty development is detached from the urban area, with a large sports ground providing a natural barrier. Picket Twenty can therefore be considered a
suburb of Andover.
Both the barn and granary at Picket Twenty Farm are grade two listed.
References
External links
Picket Twenty Websiteexpired domain checked 10 Nov 2019)
Villages in Hampshire
Test Valley
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