park, Southampton

park
parish:
county:
coords:
Southampton
Hampshire
SU4412
refce: JandMN

description
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830

refce: Cobbett 1830
Between Southampton and this place [Weston Grove], we cross a bridge over the Itchen river, and, coming up a hill into a common, which is called Town-hill Common, we passed lying on our right, a little park and house, occupied by the Irish Bible-man, LORD ASHDOWN, I think they call him, whose real name is FRENCH, and whose family are so very well known in the most unfortunate sister-kingdom. ...

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001