Chilton Candover

Human settlement in England

Candovers

District

Basingstoke and Deane

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townALRESFORDPostcode districtSO24Dialling code01962Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Winchester

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°09′28″N 1°09′15″W / 51.157760°N 1.154273°W / 51.157760; -1.154273

Chilton Candover is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Candovers,^[2] in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It has an acreage of 1,451 acres (5.87 km²) and sits in the valley of the River Alre. The village is situated on the main road from Basingstoke to Winchester, and consists of a few scattered houses built of brick and roofed with slate, thatch and tiles. To the north lies an underground churchyard enclosed by a flint stone wall, now abandoned and overgrown with weeds. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.^[3]

Its nearest town is New Alresford, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) away from the village. Its nearest railway station is the restored Watercress Line, at New Alresford.

Governance

The village of Chilton Candover is part of the Upton Grey and the Candovers ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.^[4] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form "Candovers".^[5]

References

^ "Census data". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
^ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "Population statistics Chilton Candover AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "Alresford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 15 May 2023.