Southampton Water
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
... And, now let me describe, as well as I can, what this land and its situation are. The Southampton Water begins at Portsmouth, and goes up by Southampton, to Redbridge, being upon an average, about two miles wide, having, on the one side, the New Forest, and on the other side, for a great part of the way, this fine and beautiful estate of Mr. Chamberlayne. Both sides of this water have rising lands divided into hill and dale, and very beautifully clothed with trees, the woods and lawns and fields being most advantageously intermixed. It is very curious that, at the back of each of these tracts of land, there are extensive heaths, on this side as well as on the New Forest side. To stand here and look across the water at the New Forest, you would imagine that it was really a country of woods; for you can see nothing of the heaths from here; those heaths over which we rode, and from which we could see a windmill down among the trees, which windmill is now to be seen just opposite this place.
- Hamp
Period - 19th century, early
Elinge ... a village ... at the head of Southampton bay
Itchen or Alre, a river in Hampshire, ... enters the bay of Southampton, at the town of that name.
Southampton ... stands between the Itchen and Test, which here flow into an inlet of the sea, called Trissanton Bay, or Southampton Water.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- sea area - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
The place is described in text Cox 1738
- sea area - Hampshire
These two Castles [Hurst and Calshot] upon the Shore, and more inwardly the other two Castles of St. Andrew and Netley, are a perfect Security at the Entrance of the Bay of Southampton.
Shown on an old map by Dummer 1698
Period - 17th century, late
The Scituation & convenience of Hampton River ...
The River of Southampton alone is very considerable, 'tis reckoned from Calshott Castle to the Town eight Miles distance of Good and even Soundings and sufficiently deep for any Shipp the flatt Ouze on each side is of large Demention, even and of small Declivity , soft and safe for any Body to rest on; In short whatever Hazard or inconvenience is to be feared of Rocky and Stony passages and Shoares or Sandy Shoales these offer no Danger.
- sea area - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- roman place name
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
- sea area - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
The place is described in text Keer 1620
- Hantshire
Havens it hath, and those commodious both to let in, and to loose out Ships of great burden in trade of Merchandise, or any other imployments: ... South-hampton ...
- river - Southamtoniae
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
A Brefe Description of the Haven of Southampton.
The bredth of the mouth or the entery of Southampton haven is by estimation a 2. myles from shore to shore.
At the west point of it is a strong castelle a late buildid caullid Caldshore, communely Cawshot.
There is on the est side agayne it a place caullid Hamel hooke, wher be a 3. or 4. fisshars houses.
The haven shorith up a 7. miles on the west side tyl it cummith up to Hampton toun standing on the other side: and here by estimation the trajectus is a mile from land to land.
Thens it goith up farther a 3. miles to Redbridge: and ebbith and flowith a myle above that.
And to this salt arme as the highest and principale hed of the haven resortith both Teste Ryver and Stoke Bridge water yn one botom.
