Old Alresford Pond

Old Alresford Pond, Old Alresford
pond, fish pond
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Old Alresford
Hampshire
SU5933
refce: Roberts, E: 1985: Alresford Pond, A Medieval Canal Reservoir, a tradition assessed: ProcHFC: 41: pp127-138
Otter, R A (ed): 1994: Civil Engineering Heritage, Southern England: Institution of Civil Engineers:: ISBN 0 7277 1971 8
HANTSLOC.t
commentary: The pond was originally a fish pond, 200 acres; it is reduced to about 30 acres by siltation.
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XLII.6
description
 The place is described in text Cobbett 1830

Period - 19th century, early
refce: Cobbett 1830
... Soon after the rising of the stream [Itchen], it forms itself into some capital ponds at Alresford. These, doubtless, were augmented by art, in order to supply Winchester with fish.
descriptive text
Period - 18th century, early
refce: Defoe 1724
Here [Alresford] is a very large pond, or lake of water, kept up to a head, by a strong batterd'eau, or dam, which the people tell us was made by the Romans; ...
old map
 Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- pond - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.51)
A Pond
(OG51SU53.jpg)
descriptive text
 Great Pond

Period - 17th century
refce: Blome 1673
[at Alreston] ... near the Great Pond so called, sufficiently stored with fish and wild-fowl.
description
 The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
refce: Leland 1535-43
This ryver ... resorting to a botom make a great brode lak, communely caullid Alsford Pond.
Minns says:- Alresford Pond, a sheet of water of twenty-three acres formed by Godfrey Lucy, Bishop of Winchester, circa 1200, in connection with canal navigation to Winchester.
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001