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Beaulieu River
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Beaulieu
Exbury and Lepe
Hampshire
SZ4297
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Denny Lodge
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
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JandMN
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25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXI.14 |
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Beaulieu
otherwise: Otere, 1200-17
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Coates 1989
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.
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description
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Beaulieu River
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Period - 19th century, early
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Cobbett 1830
... 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; ...
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Beaulieu River
The place is described in text Walton 1820s
- Hampshire
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Walton 1820s
(10 miles) ... through the eastern part of the New Forest into the
Solent.
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old gazetteer
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Beaulieu river
Period - 19th century, early
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Brookes 1815
Beaulieu, a village ... on a river of its name
Bucklers-hard ... on Beaulieu river ...
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Beauley R
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- river - New Forest Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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(HAR1SZ39.jpg)
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old map
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Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
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Badeslade 1742
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Beauley River
Shown on an old map by Dummer 1698
Period - 17th century, late
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Dummer 1698
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.
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Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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table of distances
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Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
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Simmons 1643
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Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- river - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- river - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- river - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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