ANDOVER, municipal borough, Hampshire, England, situ ated among low chalk hills on the river Anton, a tributary of the Test. Population (1931) 9,692. The neighbourhood is rich in prehistoric earthworks and tumuli. The importance of the Saxon village (Andefeian, Andieura, Andever) is probably related to the proximity of the Roman road from Silchester to Old Sarum. The witenagemot met here, and it is the traditional scene of meeting of Aethelred and Olaf the Dane. Andover existed as a borough before 1176, and Henry II. exempted its inhabitants from toll and passage. The corporation was reconstituted in and again in 1682. The town possessed an iron market and a prosperous wool trade in the 14th century ; it is the centre of a large agricultural district, anti also profits from various Army undertakings on the Downs. The November sheep-fair dates from the 13th century. The cattle and corn markets are both ancient institutions. Malting is carried on, and there is a large iron foundry. Extinct industries are the manufactures of silk and parchment. The borough is now in the Basingstoke parliamentary division of Hampshire. The corporation consists of a mayor, four aldermen and 12 councillors. Area 8,663 acres. There is a station on the main S.R. from London to Exeter.