East Cholderton is a hamlet in the
civil parish
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of
Amport in the
Test Valley
Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, a ...
district of
Hampshire
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, England. Its nearest town is
Andover
Andover may refer to:
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* Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
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which lies approximately 4.5 miles (6.7 km) east from the village, just off the
A303 road
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.
Notable residents
Lieutenant-General
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Sir
John Elley
Lieutenant-General Sir John Elley KMT OS (9 January 176423 January 1839) was a British soldier who joined the cavalry as a private and rose to general officer rank. He fought with distinction during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic War ...
MP KCB KCH KMT and KSG (1764 - 1839), a
cavalry
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officer who fought with distinction in the
Napoleonic Wars
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, lived and died at Cholderton Lodge.
Villages in Hampshire
Test Valley
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