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Southampton Water
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river, harbour
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Hampshire
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description
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Southampton Water
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
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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.
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old map
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Shown on an old map by Perrot 1823
- Hamp
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Perrot 1823
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old gazetteer
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Southampton bay
Period - 19th century, early
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Brookes 1815
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.
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Southampton Water
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- sea area - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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old map
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Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
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Badeslade 1742
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description
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Southampton Bay
The place is described in text Cox 1738
- sea area - Hampshire
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Cox 1738
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.
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Hampton River
Shown on an old map by Dummer 1698
Period - 17th century, late
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Dummer 1698
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.
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old map
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Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- sea area - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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Trisanton
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- roman place name
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Morden 1695
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table of distances
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Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
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Simmons 1643
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Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- sea area - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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description
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South-hampton Haven
The place is described in text Keer 1620
- Hantshire
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Keer 1620
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 ...
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Shown on an old map by Waghenaer 1583
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Waghenaer 1583
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Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- river - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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description
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Southampton haven
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
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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.
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