Old Hampshire Mapped
Leland's Hampshire 1635-43
Transcription (30)Titchfield to Gosport
Portsmouth Harbour
Round Tower
Ostrepole Lake
Haslar Lake
Gosport
Forton
Bedenham Creek
Fareham
From Tichefeld to Gosport a litle village of fisshar men by much hethy and feren ground a vj. miles.
Heere stoode a prophanid chapelle nere the shore of Portesmouth Haven scant half a mile from the very mouth of the haven.
Thinges that I notid on the West Part of Portesmuth Haven.
The lande at the west pointe of Portesmouth Haven is a sandy nesse and sone brekith of, gyving place to the open se.
Ther is a round stone toure with ordinaunce at the west point of the mouth of Portesmouth Haven.
And a litle way upper to the haven as a greate creke goyng by west up into the land a mile caullid Ostrepole Lake.
Minns:- This must be Haslar Lake.
Scant a quarter of a mile above this is Gosport village.
About a mile above this village is a nother creke caullid Forten of Forten a litle village by it.
A myle and an half above this is Bedenham Creeke, so caullid of a village standing by it. This creeke's mouth lyith almost agayn Portechester castelle.
Fareham a fisschar village lyith aboute a myle more upward at the very hedde of the haven.
It is about a 7. miles from the west [point] of Portesmuth Haven to the [est] point of Hampton Haven, [and in th]e mi[dle wa]y almost betwixt [is a fisshar village] caullid ...
Minns:- This village must be Rowner.
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