FROM Red Rice to Picket Twenty, Andover has many places bearing unusual, amusing, and interesting names. When you live in a town for a long time, it’s easy to become immune to these quirks. But if you’ve ever stopped to wonder how some of the more unusual places around the town got their names, here we look at the history behind them.
Enham Alamein It is by all accounts a typical Hampshire village, but a statue in the middle of Enham Alamein reveals its links to an interesting past. The statue of injured World War One soldier Ned carved from an oak tree represents the village’s role during the war as a centre for ex-servicemen, with a 150-bed rehabilitation facility providing medical support and re-training to those discharged from hospital.