Old Hampshire Mapped
Leland's Hampshire 1635-43
Transcription (23)Itchen
Itchen Ferry
Cross House
St Denys's Priory
[Right] agayn it is Hichyn a smaulle [village] on the est side: and hereof the trajectus is caullid Hichin-Fery.
Minns:- Itchen, an old fishing village which still retains some of its quaintness. From here a ferry to the Cross House on the opposite shore is said to have existed for a thousand years until the Floating Bridge displaced it. The Cross House may yet be seen, an ancient stone structure under which people could find shelter while waiting for the ferry boat.
A 2. miles upper in the creek lyith S. Dionise on the left hand and west ripe, where of late was a priorie of chanons ord. S. August.
Minns:- The remains of this Priory, now consist of little more than one ruined wall that appears to have been the south transept of the chapel. In 1878 the site was sold for building purposes - Skelton, A H:: Priory of St Denys, The: ProcHFC: 3: p155-
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