Black Down

Black Down, Upham
down

parish:
county:
coords:
South Downs
Upham
Hampshire
SU5422
refce: HANTSLOC.t

description
Black Down
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830

Period - 19th century, early
refce: Cobbett 1830
... From Upham we came on upon the high land, called Black Down. ... We are here getting up upon the chalk hills, which stretch away towards Winchester. The soil here is a poor blackish stuff, with little white stones in it, upon a bed of chalk. It was a Down, not many years ago. The madness and greediness of the days of paper-money led to the breaking of it up. The corn upon it is miserable; but, as good as can be expected upon such land.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001