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Avington Park Avington Itchen, River Itchen Abbas Buckingham, Duke of |
previous ... Came back through Avington Park, through the village of Avington, and, crossing the Itchen river, came over to the village of ITCHEN ABAS. Abas means below. It is French word that came over with Duke's Rollo's progenitors. ... ... |
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Itchen Abbas Courtenay, Mr rick wheat Itchen Stoke turnpike road New Alresford hay water meadow grass |
... Itchen Abas, where, in the farm-yard of a farmer, Courtenay,
I saw another wheat-rick. From Itchen Abas I came up the valley
to Itchen Stoke. Soon after that I crossed the Itchen river,
came out into the Alresford turnpike-road, and came on towards
Alresford, having the valley now on my left. If the hay be down
all the way to Southampton in the same manner that it is along
here, there are thousands of acres of hay rotting on the sides
of this Itchen river. Most of the meadows are watered
artificially. The crops of grass are heavy, and, they appear to
have been cut precisely in the right time to be spoiled. ... next |
 
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