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Bitterne Beacon
Bitterne Beacon, West End |
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beacon
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parish:
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West End
Hampshire
SU469139
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see Beacon Road; and a Telegraph Road nearby
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JandMN
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old map: |
25inch County Series map -- Hants LXVI.5 |
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old map
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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)
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old map
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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)
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old map
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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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refce: |
JandMN
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