Micheldever Station
| Micheldever | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Thatched cottages in Micheldever | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU518428 |
| Location: | 51°10’57"N, 1°15’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 800 (2011) |
| Post town: | Winchester |
| Postcode: | SO21 |
| Dialling code: | 01962 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Winchester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Winchester |
Micheldever Station is a village two and a half miles north of Micheldever, and in its parish, in Hampshire.[1]
This village was created at the coming of the railway, and the construction of the 'Andover Road' railway station, which was later renamed 'Micheldever'. A cluster of houses and small shops including The Canada Stores were attracted to the area. No shops remain, though there is a tyre merchant and trailer supplier trading there.
The village has a pub, The Dove Inn.
First automobile journey
Micheldever Station was the starting point for the first automobile journey in Britain, in 1895. The vehicle, a Daimler-engined Panhard-Levassor, had been ordered from France by the Hon Evelyn Ellis (1843–1913). It was transported across the channel by ferry and then to Micheldever Station by train. Ellis received delivery on the platform and drove the vehicle to Datchet, deliberately testing an Act of Parliament that required all self-propelled vehicles on public roads to travel at no more than 4 mph and to be preceded by a man waving a red flag. Ellis was not arrested and the Act was repealed in 1896.[2]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Clarke, Peter (2011). Dever & Down – A History of the Villages in and around the Dever Valley in Hampshire. Winchester, Hampshire, UK: Dever Publications. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-9542929-2-8.
- ↑ "Evelyn Ellis and the First Motor Car in England". Datchethistory.org.uk. http://datchethistory.org.uk/Link%20Articles/Ellis/evelyn_ellis.htm.