Cobbett's Hampshire, 1830

	Old Hampshire Mapped

	Cobbett's Hampshire Transcription (61)
Hurstbourne Tarrant Bourne Rivulet winter bourne chalk hills Test, River Stockbridge Romsey Southampton	previous I had been three times at UPHUSBAND before, and had, as my readers will, perhaps, recollect, described the BOURNE here, or the brook. It has, in general, no water at all in it, from August to March. There is the bed of a little river; but no water. In March, or thereabouts, the water begins to boil up, in thousands upon thousands of places, in the little narrow meadows, just above the village; that is to say, a little higher up the valley. When the chalk hills are full; when the chalk will hold no more water; then it comes out at the lowest spot near these immense hills and becomes a rivulet first, and then a river. But, until this visit to Uphusband (or Hurstbourne Tarrant, as the map calls it), little did I imagine, that this rivulet, dry half the year, was the head of the RIVER TESTE, which, after passing through Stockbridge and Rumsey, falls into the sea near Southampton.
St Mary Bourne Bourne Rivulet Portsmouth, Lord Hurstbourne Priors Downhusband driving bell ringing Longparish Test, River Bullington Sutton Scotney Wonston downs Winchester Cathedral	We had to follow the bed of this river to BOURNE; but there the water begins to appear; and it runs all the year long about a mile lower down. Here it crosses LORD PORTSMOUTH'S out-park, and our road took us the same way to the village called DOWN HUSBAND, the scene (as the broad sheet tells us) of so many of that Noble Lord's ringing and cart-driving exploits. Here we crossed the London and Andover road, and leaving Andover to our right and Whitchurch to our left, we came on to LONG PARISH, where, crossing the water we came up again on that high country, which continues all across to Winchester. After passing Bullington, Sutton, and Wonston, we veered away from Stoke-Charity, and came across the fields to the high down, whence you see Winchester, or rather the Cathedral; for, at this distance, you can distinguish nothing else clearly. next

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