Andover, Hampshire Genealogy



England Hampshire

Parish History
Andover was well known to Charles Dickens who based his book Oliver Twist on the Work House in Andover. This was said to be the worst workhouse in the country at the time. Through Dickens book highlighting the plot of those in the workhouses this practise was looked into.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Records for Andover can be found online. There is also an index to the Andover records at the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester. These records were indexed some time ago and are therefore typed up and and bound books.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hampshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain