Old Hampshire Mapped
Leland's Hampshire 1635-43
Transcription (12)Itchen, River
Alresford River
New Alresford
Alresford Pond
Itchen Stoke
Easton
Abbots Worthy
Winchester
Black Bridge
East Bridge
Twyford
Philpot Family
Woodmill
Otterbourne
The course of Alresford Ryver.
This ryver first beginnith of a great numbre of fair sylver spinges a good mile above Alresford: and these resorting to a botom make a great brode lak, communely caullid Alsford Pond.
Minns:- Alresford Pond, a sheet of water of twenty-three acres formed by Godfrey Lucy, Bishop of Winchester, circa 1200, in connection with canal navigation to Winchester.
Then it cummith into a narow botom and rennith thorough a stone bridge at the ende of Alresford toun, leving it on the lifte hand or ripe.
Thens to Hichin Stok village a 3. miles, wher is a litle bridge for horse men and fote men.
Thens 2. miles to Eston village, wher is a wood bridge for cartes.
Thens to a village or place caullid Worthy: and here the water beginnith to breke into armes, and those again into other armelettes that resorte to Hyde, and the lower partes by est of Winchestre, serving the streates plentifully of water, the Close, S. Maries Wolvesey and the new college.
Minns:- Until the close of the last century, an open stream ran down a portion of the High Street, and at a still later period the roadway of another street was for a considerable distance through the water, whilst in several other streets there were smaller streams.
[The] great streame of Alresford [water] cummith from Wort[hy to] the est bridg of Winc[hestre,] having 2. arches of stone.
Thens half a quarter of a mile to Sainct Elizabethes College, and ther breking into 2. armes rennith on eche side of it: and then's goith toward Sainct Crosse, leving it a quarter of a myle on the right hond.
Blake Bridge made of wod is betwixt S. Elizabeth and Est Bridge.
And after goith to Twyford a myle dim. lower, wherabout al the water gatherith into one botom, and thens goith a vj. myles to Wood Mylle, and ther enterith into a salt creke.
Mr. Philepotte dwellith by Twyforde.
Minns:- The 'worshipful family' of Philpot, settled at Twyford in the 15th century. This was probably Peter Philpot, who served the office of Sheriff of Hants in 1535. His son John, Archdeacon of Winchester, the Protestant martyr, was burnt at Smithfield, 1535.
Ther is a wood bridge a litle above Wood Mille caullid Blak Bridge.
Oterburne village a 3. miles strait south out of Winchester Here cummith a broke downe caullid Oter from west, and rennith by est into Alresford water.
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