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Toothill Beacon
Toothill Beacon, Nursling and Rownhams |
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beacon
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Nursling and Rownhams
Hampshire
SU382187
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Telegraph Wood nearby
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'toot' derives from the Old English word totian meaning to look out
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JandMN
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25inch County Series map -- Hants LVII.9 |
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old map
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Toothill Beacon
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- beacon - Mansbridg Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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(BLA1SU42.jpg)
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old map
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Toothill Beacon
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- beacon - Mansbridg Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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(SPD1SU42.jpg)
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old map
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Toothillbeac
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- beacon - Fawley Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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(NRD1SU42.jpg)
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old map
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Shown on an old map by Norden 1595
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Norden 1595
3 posts, small, large, small, on a hillock symbol
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old map
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Towte hill
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- beacon - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
Saxton shows two 'posts' on the hill top
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- Beacon Close - Nursling - Nursling and Rownhams parish: - Hampshire
the road name is modern; it probably refers to Toothill Beacon, not far
away
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JandMN
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