Hazel DownHazel Down, Longstock |
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Longstock Hampshire SU3639 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXXI.8 |
description |
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830 |
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Cobbett 1830 ... From ANDOVER to STOCKBRIDGE (about seven or eight miles) is, for the greatest part, an open corn and sheep country, a considerable portion of the land being downs. The wheat and rye and vetch and sainfoin fields look beautiful here; and, during the whole of the way from Andover to Rumsey, the early turnips of both kinds are not bad, and the stubble turnips very promising. The downs are green as meadows usually are in April. The grass is most abundant in all situations, where grass grows. ... |