RE John Porter’s Winchester Road history.

I did know that the Winchester Road area was known for brick making.

I once saw a map of that same area showing Old Winton Road before houses were built along it. This was pre- WWI and on the RHS going from town was a firing range for local volunteer regimental training.

This would have been set in lawn and had makers of 100 yard intervals for a distance of 4-500 yards, ending at the top of the road by the steep incline of Bere Hill.

I think John is talking about the Peat Spade at Longstock where maybe the fuel was sourced to fire the kilns.

I looked in the library at a little book The Inns of Andover and found no ‘Peat Spade’.

Derek Weeks, Martin Way, Andover