Hi Elenor Now we have sorted out the distance bit, I'm interested in the time aspect. Of course it depends on the means of transport used. 1840 was when the railway from Southampton to London was built. It would have been possible then to get to Andover by train, in an hour or so I'd guess. I think stage coaches were still running though, and again it would probably take a couple of hours. Poor people in no hurry might travel with the local carrier by horse and cart, and this could take most of a day, but be cheap. Cheaper still to walk, but this might need two days, with a sleep in a barn around Winchester! Maybe only one day if a fine one, in summer. Much depends on who is doing the travelling, and why. Some one needing to make the trip on business would use one of the first two means, but a labourer looking for work, stopping at various farms on the way, could take several days. Or of course if he found work, might stop off on the way for weeks or months... I'd be very interested in knowing the background to your query if you have the time. Cheers, Dave Jacobs ================ At 19:49 25/11/2004, you wrote: >Hello all, > >Can anyone give me an idea of how far in terms of distance and time >Andover would have been from Southampton in the early 1840s? > >Many thanks, Eleanor B. C. Canada > > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx