Broadlands
Broadlands house, Romsey Extracounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU3520
otherwise: Brodeland, 1541; Brodelandes, 1547
BROADLANDS, mansion in Romsey
A self explanatory early ModE name. It is on the wide left bank of the Test below Romsey. There is a lake at Nursling bearing the same name.
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Period - 19th century, early
... was HANGED at Winchester, in the year 1822. There was another young man, named SMITH, who was, on account of another game-battle, HANGED ON THE SAME GALLOWS! And this for the preservation of the game, you will observe! ...
... CHARLES SMITH, aged 27 years, was accused of shooting at (not killing) ROBERT SNELGROVE, assistant game-keeper to LORD PALMERSTON (Secretary at War), at Broad-lands, in the parish of Romsey. ...
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... Just as we came out of RUMSEY (or Romsey), and crossed our RIVER TESTE once more, we saw to our left, the sort of park, called Broad-Lands, where poor CHARLES SMITH, who (as mentioned above) was HANGED for shooting at (not killing) one SNELGROVE, an assistant game-keeper of LORD PALMERSTON, ...
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- house - Bedbridge Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- house - Hampshire
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- house - Redbridge Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet, house - Redbridge Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- house - Redbridg Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
