Population 794 Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Hampshire Dialling code 01264 UK parliament constituency North West Hampshire | OS grid reference SU3146 Country England Post town Andover District Test Valley Civil parish Penton Grafton | |
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The chestnut tree 227 weyhill road andover hampshire sp10 3ll england
Weyhill is a village, 2.5 miles (3.8 km) west of Andover, Hampshire. It sits within the civil parish of Penton Grafton, which includes the village of the same name. The village is famous of having a medieval fair and then livestock fair, with up to 100,000 sheep a day being auctioned. The fair came to be, due to Weyhill being positioned on 8 ancient trackways, including the Harrow Way.
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- The chestnut tree 227 weyhill road andover hampshire sp10 3ll england
- Cycling along weyhill road towards andover town centre
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The fair has been held on the site since 11th century, with the first written records from 1225. The historic Weyhill Fairground was the site used by Thomas Hardy in his book The Mayor of Casterbridge where Michael Henchard sells his wife. Hardy called it Weydon Priors. By the mid-19th century the fair had stopped attracting large crowds, as communication and business changed, reducing the variety of items for sale. The last fair happened in 1957. The parish council bought the fairground after it fell into disrepair and converted it into small independent craft studios and shops in 2005.
Previously there was a railway station between 1882 and 1961.