Weyhill

Also known as Weyhill, Hampshire

Weyhill is a village, 2.5 miles (3.8 km) west of Andover, Hampshire. It sits within the civil parish of Penton Grafton, which includes the village of the same name. The village is famous for having a medieval fair and then later a livestock fair, with up to 100,000 sheep a day being auctioned. The fair owed its existence to Weyhill being positioned on 8 ancient trackways, including the Harrow Way.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Weyhill is referenced by 133 other articles, and connects out to Houghton, Enham Alamein and Longparish.

Vinony files it under Andover, Hampshire, Test Valley and Villages in Hampshire.

Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: Test Valley
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 630
Timezone: Europe/London

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Amport
Population: 794
Image: St Michael and All Angels, Weyhill, Hampshire-2Nov2009.jpg
Dialing code: 01264

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OS grid reference: SU3146
Commons category: Weyhill
P12749: Gustav Schwab

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==History== The Church of St Michael and all the Angels dates back in part to the Norman period, with a 16th-century nave. It is on the site of an earlier Saxon church, itself possibly a successor to a pagan temple in Roman times, being close to the Roman road. It is a Grade II* listed building

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