Beacons

Blome's Hampshire 1673

Beacon hills At Popham the
3 Parrow Beacons
are labelled, and the lumpy hill has three posts on top, as shown on earlier maps. Also labelled is
Toothill Beacon
with neither hill nor symbol. The beacons that can be recognised are listed below.


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'modern' name (parish; ngr) = old name (hundred) if given

Parow Beacons (Micheldover Hundred) = Popham Beacons (Steventon parish; SU529440)
Popham Beacons (Steventon parish; SU529440) = Parow Beacons (Micheldover Hundred)
Toothill Beacon? (Nursling and Rownhams parish; SU382187) = Toothill Beacon
Toothill Beacon = Toothill Beacon? (Nursling and Rownhams parish; SU382187)
References
Hill, David: 1981: Atlas of Anglo Saxon England: Blackwell:: ISBN 0 631 13684 3

Jones, J D: 11968: Hampshire Beacon Plot, The: ProcHFC: vol.25: pp105-118

Martin, Colin; Parker, Geoffrey: 1988: Spanish Armada, The: Hamish Hamilton:: ISBN 0 241 12125 6

Sandell, Elsie M: 1961 (March): Fire on the Hills: Hampshire Magazine

White, H T: 1931: Beacon System in Hampshire, The: ProcHFC: 10: pp252-278

White, H T: 1934: Hampshire plot, A: ProcHFC: 12: pp54-60

White, H T: 1947: Beacon System in Hampshire, The: ProcHFC: 16: pp19-22

Williams-Freeman, J P: 1934: Coast of Hampshire, The: ProcHFC: 12: 218-220



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