ANDOVER, a market and borough town in the hundred of the same name, in Hampshire, on the river Anton, and 63 miles from London, on the great road to the west of England. It is well built, and has some trade in shags for silk hats, and in malt. The church is a spacious structure, and existed in the time of William the Conqueror. Andover was a Roman station, and remains of their encampments are still to be seen in the neighbourhood. It returns two members to parliament. A canal connects it with Southampton and the sea. Pop. in 1851, 5395.