Test Valley

Test Valley

      borough (district), administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England, occupying a mostly rural area in the northwestern part of the county. Situated directly north of the port of Southampton, Test Valley district embraces nearly the entire north–south length of the River Test before extending into low-lying chalk uplands in the north. The valley's fertile agricultural land is interspersed with groves and forests (especially in the south). The town of Andover in the northern part of the district has become its most populous centre by absorbing people from the Greater London area as part of a resettlement program. In the 14th century Andover produced woolen goods, parchments, and silks. Contemporary Andover has paper milling and printing industries. Romsey, in the south, is an ancient parish known for its abbey founded by Saxons in 907. Broadlands, the home of the lords Palmerston (1784–1865) and Mountbatten (1900–79), is nearby. A British army training base is located west of Andover at Tidworth, on the border of Test Valley district and the county of Wiltshire. Area 246 square miles (638 square km). Pop. (2001) 109,760.

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