Beacons

Jansson's Hampshire 1646
Beacon hills Jansson's map of Hampshire and Berkshire, 1646, marks beacons by a post or posts on a hillock, perhaps labelled.

Three beacons are indicated on Jansson's map, these are shown on the feature map of hills. In the list below the grid references are approximate.
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'modern' name (parish; ngr) and old name (hundred) if given
Popham Beacons (Steventon parish; SU529440) =Patow Beacons(Micheldover Hundred)
Selthorne Beacon? (Brockenhurst parish; SZ273999) =Selborne Beacon(New Forest
Toothill Beacon? (Nursling and Rownhams parish; SU382187) =Beacon(Mansbridg Hundred)
References
 White, H T: 1931: Beacon System in Hampshire, The: ProcHFC: 10: pp252-278

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

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