Andover History and Archaeology Society Registered Charity 1011050 

Lookback at Andover 2025

The latest edition of the Society’s annual publication about the local history and archaeology of the area is available, priced £6.00.

The 2025 edition of 90 pages has illustrated articles on The Construction of the Railways in Andover, Andover Mission Rooms, The Holmes Family and The Andover Advertiser, The Land Settlement Association and Little Park, Abbotts Ann, The History of Weyhill Brewery and recent publications of local interest.

Copies can be purchased from the Andover Museum (Church Close), Waterstones, (Chantry Centre), or at our meetings. They can also be ordered via ahaspublications.andover@gmail.com or by post from Andover History & Archaeology Society, c/o 53 Borkum Close, Andover, Hants, SP10 4LE. Add £2.55 for postage and packing. Please ask for an invoice and then pay by bank transfer, as this is much the most convenient way for us to receive payment. If you must use a cheque make it payable to Andover History and Archaeology Society .

Earlier copies of Lookback

The 2024 edition of 100 pages has illustrated articles on Jane Austen’s trip to Andover, Andover’s Early Photographers, A History of South Street, the 1830 Swing Riots, D-Day remembrances and publications of local interest.

The 2023 edition of 70 pages has illustrated articles covering: local photographs from the 19th century, Andover Down Sunday School, Andover’s Carnival of 1934, The perils of thatch – fire fighting in the Pentons since 1754, Kathleen Elizabeth Inne of St Mary Bourne (a local peace activist) and publications of local interest.

Lookback at Andover has been published annually since 1990. Earlier copies are priced as follows – 1995-99 £2.00, 2000-07 £2.50, 2008-14 £3.00, 2015-17 £3.50, 2018-23 £4.50.

The 1980-1983 issues and Volume 1 (1990-1999) with the volume 1 index are now available to download for free, as PDFs. You can find them here.

All articles in past issues of Lookback are now listed here:  the list can be searched so you can find the topic of interest and order the appropriate volume. The journals for 2000 and 2010 have cumulative indices for previous issues.

Publishing your work in Lookback

Written contributions for inclusion in Lookback at Andover are always welcomed by the publications committee. Outline ideas for a prospective article can be sent by way of the Contact us page on this website and will be given due consideration by the committee. Generally we would expect original, unpublished material with suitable reference to primary sources consulted. The committee reserves the right to edit any article submitted with a view to improvement and/or to fit the magazine space available. In rare cases the committee may feel it necessary to reject material that fails to reach a publishable standard or does not suit the established remit.