Beaulieu River
parish:
county:
coords:
Exbury and Lepe
Hampshire
SZ4297
parish:
county:
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
otherwise: Otere, 1200-17
BEAULIEU, river
The river takes its name from the village. But it was known about as '(aque que vocat') Otere' 1236 'Otere' perhaps hypothetical 'Otorea'='otter stream', cf 'Otterwood' the Domesday Book manor of 'Otreorde' (1236 'Oterwud'')='otter wood'. Three streams descend from the vicinity of the hamlet to the river.
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Period - 19th century, early
... After a very pleasant ride, on land without a stone in it, we came down to the Beaulieu river, the highest branch of which rises at the foot of the hill, about a mile and a half to the north-east of Lyndhurst. For a great part of the way down to Beaulieu it is a very insignificant stream. At last, however, augmented by springs from the different sand-hills, it becomes a little river, and has, on the sides of it, lands which were, formerly, very beautiful meadows. When it comes to the village of Beaulieu, it forms a large pond of a great many acres; ...
The place is described in text Walton 1820s
- Hampshire
(10 miles) ... through the eastern part of the New Forest into the Solent.
Period - 19th century, early
Beaulieu, a village ... on a river of its name
Bucklers-hard ... on Beaulieu river ...
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- river - New Forest Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
Shown on an old map by Dummer 1698
Period - 17th century, late
Beauley.
What its Condition is - Is a River of somewhat less Consideration in Degree than Bussleton, But of large indraught, good Tydes, and fair Depths at low Water; 'tis about 4 Miles from the Mouth of it to the Town of that name, Tis also convenient for Building small Schipps One of the 4th: Rate hath been built about a Mile below it, at a place Comodious and Safe.
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
- river - Hantshire
- river - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
- river - Southamtoniae
