Old Hampshire Mapped
Cox's Hampshire
Transcription (1)Hampshire
Winchester Diocese
city
market town
parish
forest
park
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Parliament
Hampshire.
HAMPSHIRE, or the County of Southampton, is a maritime County, bordering on the South upon the British Chanel, on the East upon Surrey and Sussex, upon the West on Wiltshire and Dorsetshire, and on the North on Berkshire. It is in the Diocese of Winchester, and being about 50 Miles in length, 30 in breadth, and about 170 Miles in Compass, contains in it one City, 20 Market Towns, 253 Parishes, 39 Hundreds, 1312500 Acres of Land, 9 Forests, 29 Parks, and 162350 Inhabitants. It sends 20 Members to Parliament, for the County and 9 Corporations.next
