Thatched cottages in Micheldever
Micheldever (pronounced /'m?t??ld?v?/) is a village in Hampshire, England, situated north of Winchester off the A33 road.
It lies upon the River Dever (pronounced /'di?v?/). The river, and village, formerly part of Stratton Park, lie on a Hampshire grass downland, underlain with chalk and flint. Parts of the river now disappear in summer through lack of replenishment, evaporation and, more specifically, the porous nature of the bedrock.
Micheldever Parish is the most northerly in the borough of The City of Winchester. It includes Micheldever, Micheldever Station (a separate village), East Stratton, West Stratton, and Weston Colley.
The village has a church (St Mary the Virgin; Church of England), a telephone exchange (01962 774 XXX numbers), a shop and post office, and a pub ("The Half Moon And Spread Eagle"). In the late 1980s the butcher's shop closed and, before that, the bakery also closed.
The post office is scheduled for closure on 30 May 2008, and the continued survival of the village shop is consequently in doubt.
The village has a thriving Church of England primary school which has recently been renovated with the addition of a new classroom block and a sports hall.
The village is served by Micheldever station – located two miles to the north – on the main railway line between London and Southampton. Micheldever Station is the only station between Basingstoke and Winchester; its remote existence explained by its original name of Andover Road; the town of Andover not receiving its own station until much later.
In Micheldever Station, Canada Stores was a typical village store until it closed in the 1990s. There is still The Old School House (now a private residence), with its original Victorian bell, and the Dove Inn.
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Coordinates: 51.14856° N 1.26698° W
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