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Bitterne BeaconBitterne Beacon, West End |
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beacon |
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West End Hampshire SU469139 |
| see Beacon Road; and a Telegraph Road nearby | |
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JandMN |
| old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXVI.5 |
| old map |
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695 - beacon - Waltham Hundred - Hampshire Period - 1690s-1720s although not named there is a symbol for this beacon, clearly a post with a ladder leading to a cresset at the top |
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Morden 1695 |
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(MRD2SU41.jpg) |
| old map |
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607 - beacon - Mansbridge Hundred - Hamshire Period - 1590s-1600s |
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Norden 1607 |
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(NRD1SU41.jpg) |
| old map |
Shown on an old map by Norden 1595 |
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Norden 1595 3 posts, small, large, small, on a hillock symbol |
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- Beacon Mews - Beacon Road - Bitterne - West End parish: - Hampshire the road names clearly refer to a known beacon |
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JandMN |
Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001