Chalton Hill Telegraph
Chalton Hill Telegraph, Clanfieldcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU715161
First post on the Plymouth Line; 5.8 miles from Beacon Hill; 476ft, on the down at Chalton, next to a windmill overlooking the Portsmouth Road.
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Chalton Hill TelegraphChalton Hill Telegraph, Clanfield |
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telegraph station, shutter telegraph |
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Clanfield Hampshire SU715161 |
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JandMN |
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First station on the Plymouth shutter telegraph line. 5.8 miles from Beacon
Hill; it was at 476ft, west of Chalton village, next to a windmill, Windmill
Hill, overlooking the Portsmouth Road, now the A3. |
| previous station |
Beacon Hill Telegraph (West Sussex) |
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Plymouth Shutter Telegraph Line |
| next station |
Wickham Telegraph, Wickham |
| refce: |
Holmes, T W: 1983: Semaphore, The: Stockwell, Arthur (Ifracombe, Devon):: ISBN 0
7223 1629 1 |
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Wilson, Geoffrey: 1976: Old Telegraphs, The: Phillimore:: ISBN 0 900592 76 6 First post on the Plymouth Line; 5.8 miles from Beacon Hill; 476ft, on the down at Chalton, next to a windmill overlooking the Portsmouth Road. |
Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001