See also:HAMPSHIRE (or See also:COUNTY OF See also:SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)
, a See also:southern See also:county of See also:England, bounded N. by See also:Berkshire, E. by See also:Surrey and See also:Sussex, S. by the See also:English Channel, and W. by See also:Dorsetshire and See also:Wiltshire
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The See also:area is 1623.5 sq. m
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From the See also:coast of the mainland, which is for the most See also:part See also:low and irregular, a strait, known in its western part as the See also:Solent, and in its eastern as Spithead, separates the Isle of See also:Wight
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This See also:island is included in the county
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The inlet of See also:Southampton See also:Water opens from this strait, penetrating inland in a See also:north-See also:westerly direction for 12 m
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The easterly part of the coast forms a large shallow See also:bay containing Hayling and Portsea Islands, which See also:divide it into See also:Chichester See also:Harbour, Langston Harbour and See also:Portsmouth Harbour
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The westerly part forms the more See also:regular indentations of See also:Christchurch Bay and part of See also:Poole Bay
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In its See also:general aspect See also:Hampshire presents a beautiful variety of gently rising hills and fruitful, valleys, adorned with numerous mansions and pleasant villages, and interspersed with extensive tracts of woodland
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Low ranges of hills, included in the See also:system to which the general name of the Western See also:Downs is given, reach their greatest See also:elevation in the See also:northern and eastern parts of the county, where there are many picturesque eminences, of which See also:Beacon, Sidown and See also:Pilot hills near Highclere in the north-See also:west, each exceeding 85o ft., are the highest
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The portion of the county west of Southampton Water is almost wholly included in the New See also:Forest, a sequestered See also:district, one of the few remaining examples of an See also:ancient afforested See also:tract
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The See also:river See also:Avon in the See also:south-west rises in Wiltshire, and passing Fordingbridge and See also:Ringwood falls into Christchurch Bay below Christchurch, being joined See also:close to its mouth by the See also:Stour
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The See also:Lymington or Boldre river rises in the New Forest, and after See also:collecting the See also:waters of several See also:brooks falls into the Solent through Lymington See also:Creek
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The See also:Beaulieu in the eastern part of the forest also enters the Solent by way of a See also:long and picturesque See also:estuary
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The Test rises near Overton in the north, and after its junction with the Anton at See also:Fullerton passes See also:Stockbridge and See also:Romsey, and enters the See also:head of Southampton Water
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The Itchen rises near Alresford, and flowing by See also:Winchester and Eastleigh falls into Southampton Water See also:east of Southampton
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The Hamble rises near Bishops See also:Waltham, and soon forms a narrow estuary opening into Southampton Water
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The Wey, the Loddon and the See also:Black-water, rising in the north-eastern part of the county, bring that part into the See also:basin of the See also:Thames
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The streams from the See also:chalk hills run clear and See also:swift, and the See also:trout-fishing in the county is famous
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See also:Salmon are taken in the Avon
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See also:Geology.—Somewhat to the north of the centre of the county is a broad expanse of hilly chalk See also:country about 21 m. wide; the whole of it has been See also:bent up into a See also:great See also:fold so that the strata on the north See also:dip northward steeply in places, while those on the south dip in the opposite direction more gently
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In the north the chalk disappears beneath See also:Tertiary strata of the " See also:London Basin," and some little distance south of Winchester it runs in a similar manner beneath the See also:Tertiaries of the " Hampshire Basin." Scattered here and there over the chalk are small outlying remnants which remain to show that the two Tertiary areas were once continuous, before the agencies of denudation had removed them from the chalk
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These same agencies have exposed the strata beneath the chalk over a small area on the eastern border
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The See also:oldest formation in Hampshire is the See also:Lower See also:Greensand in the neighbourhood of Woolmer Forest and See also:Petersfield ; it is represented by the See also:Hythe beds, sandstones and limestones which See also:form the high See also:ridge which runs on towards See also:Hind Head, then by the sands and See also:clays of the See also:Sandgate beds which See also:lie in the low ground west of the ridge, and finally by the See also:Folkestone beds; all these dip westward beneath the See also:Gault
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The last-named formation, a See also:clay, worked here and there for bricks, crops out as a narrow See also:band from See also:Fareham through Worldham and See also:Stroud See also:common to Petersfield
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Between the Gault and the chalk is the Upper Greensand with' a hard See also:bed of calcareous See also:sandstone, the Maim See also:rock, which stands up in places as a prominent escarpment
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The Upper Greensand is also exposed at Burghclere as an inlier; the rocks are bent into a See also:sharp anticline and the chalk, having been denuded from its See also:crest, the older sandy strata are brought to See also:light
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A much more See also:gentle anticline brings up the chalk through the Tertiary rocks in the neighbourhood of Farehatn
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Besides occupying the central region already mentioned, which includes See also:Basingstoke, See also:Whitchurch, See also:Andover, Alresford and Winchester, the chalk appears also in a small patch See also:round Rockbourne
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The Tertiary rocks of the north (London basin) about See also:Farnborough, See also:Aldershot and Kingsclere, comprise the See also:Reading beds, London clay and the more sandy Bagshot beds which See also:cover the latter in many places, giving rise to heathy See also:commons
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The southern Tertiary rocks of the Hampshire basin include the Lower See also:Eocene Reading beds—used for See also:brick-making—and the London clay which extend from the boundary of the chalk by Romsey, See also:Bishop's Waltham, to See also:Havant
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These are succeeded towards the south by the Upper Eocene beds, the Bracklesham beds and the See also:Barton clay
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The Barton clays are noted for their abundant fossils and the Bagshot beds at See also:Bournemouth contain numerous remains of subtropical See also:plants
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A See also:series of clays and sands of Oligocene See also:age (unknown in the London basin) are found in the vicinity of Lymington, Brockenhurst and Beaulieu; they include the Headon beds, with a fiuvio-marine See also:fauna, well exposed at Hord-well cliffs, and the marine beds of Brockenhurst
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Numerous small outliers of Tertiary rocks are scattered over the chalk area, and many of the chalk and Tertiary areas are obscured by patches of See also:Pleistocene deposits of brick See also:earth and See also:gravel
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See also:Agriculture and See also:Industries.—Nearly seven-tenths of the See also:total area is undercultivation (an amount below the See also:average of English counties) and of this area about two-fifths is in permanent pasture
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The acreage under oats is roughly equal to that under See also:wheat and See also:barley
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Small quantities of See also:rye and hops are cultivated
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Barley is usually sown after turnips, and is more grown in the uplands than in the lower levels
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Beans, See also:pease and potatoes are only grown to a small extent
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On See also:account of the number of See also:sheep pastured on the uplands a large acreage of turnips is grown
.
Rotation See also:grasses are grown chiefly in the uplands, and their acreage is greater than in any other of the southern counties of England
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Sanfoin is the grass most largely grown, as it is best adapted to See also:land with a calcareous subsoil
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In the lower levels no sanfoin and scarcely any See also:clover is grown, the See also:hay being supplied from the See also:rich water meadows, which are managed with great skill and See also:attention, and give the best See also:money return of any lands in the county
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Where a rapid stream of water can be passed over them during the See also:winter it seldom becomes frozen, and the grasses grow during the See also:cold See also:weather so as to be See also:fit for pasture before any traces of vegetation appear in the surrounding See also:fields
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Hops are grown in the eastern part of the county bordering on Surrey
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Farming is generally conducted on the best See also:modern principles, but owing to the varieties of See also:soil there is perhaps no county in England in which the rotation observed is more diversified, or the processes and methods more varied
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Most of the farms are large, and there are a number of See also:model farms
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The See also:waste land has been mostly brought under tillage, but a very large acreage of the ancient forests is still occupied by See also:wood
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In addition to the New Forest there are in the east Woolmer Forest and Alice See also:Holt, in the south-east the Forest of Bere and Waltham See also:Chase, and in the Isle of Wight Parkhurst Forest
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Thg See also:honey of the county is especially celebrated
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Much attention is paid to the rearing of sheep and See also:cattle
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The See also:original breed of sheep was See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white-faced with horns, but most of the flocks are now of a Southdown variety which have acquired certain distinct peculiarities, and are known as " See also:short wools " or " Hampshire downs." Cattle are of no distinctive breed, and are kept largely for See also:dairy purposes, especially for the See also:supply of See also:milk
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The breeding and rearing of horses is widely practised, and the fattening of pigs has long been an important See also:industry
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The original breed of pigs is crossed with Berkshire, See also:Essex and See also:Chinese pigs
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In the vicinity of the forest the pigs are fed on acorns and beechmast, and the flesh of those so reared is considered the best, though the reputation of Hampshire See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
bacon depends chiefly on the skilful manner in which it is cured
.
The manufactures are unimportant, except those carried on at Portsmouth and See also:Gosport in connexion with the royal See also:navy
.
Southampton is one of the See also:principal ports in the See also:kingdom
.
In many of the towns there are breweries and tanneries, and See also:paper is manufactured at several places
.
See also:Fancy pottery and terra-See also:cotta are made at Fareham and Bishop's Waltham; and Ringwood is celebrated for its knitted gloves
.
At most of the coast towns fishing is carried on, and there are See also:oyster beds at Hayling Island
.
See also:Cowes in the Isle of Wight is the station of the Royal Yacht See also:Squadron, and has See also:building yards for yachts and large vessels
.
The principal seaside resorts besides those in the Isle of Wight are Bournemouth, See also:Milford, See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee-onthe-Solent, See also:Southsea and South Hayling
.
Aldershot is the principal military training centre in the See also:British Isles
.
Communications.—Communications are provided mainly by the lines of the London & South-Western railway See also:company, which also owns the docks at Southampton
.
The See also:main See also:line serves Farnborough, Basingstoke, Whitchurch and Andover, and a See also:branch diverges southward from Basingstoke for Winchester, Southampton and the New Forest and Bournemouth
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An alternative line from eastward903
to Winchester serves Aldershot, See also:Alton and Alresford
.
The main Portsmouth line skirts the south-eastern border by Petersfield to Havant, where it joins the Portsmouth line of the London, See also:Brighton & South Coast railway
.
The South-Western system also connects Portsmouth and Gosport with Southampton, has numerous branches in the Southampton and south-western districts, and large See also:work shops at Eastleigh near Southampton
.
The Great Western company serves Basingstoke from Reading and Whitchurch, Winchester and Southampton from Didcot (working the Didcot, See also:Newbury & Southampton line); the Midland & South-Western junction line connects Andover with See also:Cheltenham; and the See also:Somerset & See also:Dorset (also a Midland & South-Western See also:joint line) connects Bournemouth with See also:Bath—all these affording through communications between Southampton, Bournemouth, and the midlands and north of England
.
None of the See also:rivers, except in the estuarine parts, is navigable
.
See also:Population and See also:Administration.—The area of the ancient county is 1,039,031 acres, including the Isle of Wight
.
The population was 690,097 in 1891 and 797,634 in 1901
.
The area of the administrative county of Southampton is 958,742 acres, and that of the administrative county of the Isle of Wight 94,068 acres
.
The county is divided for See also:parliamentary purposes into the following divisions: Northern or Basingstoke, Western or Andover, Eastern or Petersfield, Southern or Fareham, New Forest, and Isle of Wight, each returning one member
.
It also includes the parliamentary boroughs of Portsmouth and Southampton, each returning two members, and of Christchurch and Winchester, each returning one
.
There are 11 municipal boroughs: Andover (pop
.
6509), Basingstoke (9793), Bournemouth (59,762), Christchurch (4204), Lymington (4165), Portsmouth (188,133), Romsey (4365), Southampton (104,824), Winchester (20,929), and in the Isle of Wight, See also:Newport (10,911) and See also:Ryde (11,043)
.
Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton are county boroughs
.
The following are See also:urban districts: Aldershot (30,974), Alton (5479), Eastleigh and Bishopstoke (9317), Fareham (8246), Farnborough (11,500), Gosport and Alverstoke (28,884), Havant (3837), Itchen (13,097), Petersfield (3265), Warblington (3639); and in the Isle of Wight, Cowes (8652), East Cowes (3196), St See also:Helen's (4652), See also:Sandown (5006), See also:Shanklin (4533), See also:Ventnor (5866)
.
The county is in the western See also:circuit, and assizes are held at Winchester
.
It has one See also:court of See also:quarter sessions, and is divided into 14 See also:petty sessional divisions
.
The boroughs of Andover, Basing-stoke, Bournemouth, Lymington, Newport, Portsmouth, Romsey, Ryde, Southampton (a county in itself) and Winchester have See also:separate commissions of the See also:peace, and the boroughs of Andover, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester have in addition separate courts of quarter sessions
.
There are 394 See also:civil parishes
.
Hampshire is in the See also:diocese of Winchester, excepting small parts in those of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford and See also:Salisbury, and contains 411 ecclesiastical parishes or districts wholly or in part
.
See also:History.—The earliest English settlers in the district which is now Hampshire were a Jutish tribe who occupied the northern parts of the Isle of Wight and the valleys of the Meon and the Hamb]e
.
Their settlements were, however, unimportant, and soon became absorbed in the territory of the West See also:Saxons who in 495 landed at the mouth of the Itchen under the leadership of See also:Cerdic and Cynric, and in 5o8 slew 5000 Britons and their See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king
.
But it was not until after another decisive victory at Charford in 519 that the district was definitely organized as West Saxon territory under the See also:rule of Cerdic and Cynric, thus becoming the See also:nucleus of the vast later kingdom of Wessex
.
The Isle of Wight was subjugated in 530 and bestowed on Stuf and Wihtgar, the nephews of Cerdic
.
The Northmen made their first attack on the Hampshire coast in 835, and for the two centuries following the district was the See also:scene of perpetual devastations by the Danish pirates, who made their headquarters in the Isle of Wight, from which theyplundered the opposite coast
.
Hampshire suffered less from the See also:Conquest than almost any English county, and was a favourite resort of the See also:Norman See also:kings
.
The alleged destruction of See also:property for the formation of the New Forest is refuted by the Domesday See also:record, which shows that this district had never been under cultivation
.
In the civil See also:war of See also:Stephen's reign See also:Baldwin de Redvers, See also:lord of the Isle of Wight, supported the empress See also:Matilda, and Winchester See also:Castle was secured in her behalf by See also:Robert of See also:Gloucester, while the neighbouring fortress of Wolvesey was held for Stephen by Bishop See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry de See also:Blois
.
In 1216 See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis of See also:France, having arrived in the county by invitation of the barons, occupied Winchester Castle, and only met with resistance at Odiham Castle, which made a brave stand against him for fifteen days
.
During the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses See also:Anthony Woodville, 2nd See also:earl Rivers, defeated the See also:duke of See also:Clarence at Southampton, and in 1471, after the See also:battle of See also:Barnet, the countess of See also:Warwick took
See also:sanctuary at Beaulieu See also:Abbey
.
The See also:chief events connected with Hampshire in the Civil War of the 17th See also:century were the gallant resistance of the See also:cavalier garrisons at Winchester and Basing See also:House; a skirmish near Cheriton in 1644 notable as the last battle fought on Hampshire soil; and the concealment of See also:Charles at Titchfield in 1647 before his removal to See also:Carisbrooke
.
The duke of See also:Monmouth, whose See also:rebellion met with considerable support in Hampshire, was captured in 1685 near Ringwood
.
Hampshire was among the earliest shires to be created, and must have received its name before the revival of Winchester in the latter See also:half of the 7th century
.
It is first mentioned in the Saxon See also:chronicle in 755, at which date the boundaries were practically those of the See also:present See also:day
.
The Domesday Survey mentions 44 hundreds in Hampshire, but by the 14th century the number had been reduced to 37
.
The hundreds of East See also:Medina and West Medina in the Isle of Wight are mentioned in 1316
.
Constables of the hundreds were first appointed by the See also:Statute of Winchester in 1285, and the See also:hundred court continued to elect a high See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable for Fordingbridge until 1878
.
The chief court of the Isle of Wight was the Knighten court held at Newport every three See also:weeks
.
The See also:sheriff's court and the assizes and quarter sessions for the county were formerly held at Winchester, but in 1831 the county was divided into 14 petty sessional divisions; the quarter sessions for the county were held at Andover; and Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester had separate See also:jurisdiction
.
Southampton was made a county by itself with a separate sheriff in 1447
.
In the See also:middle of the 7th century Hampshire formed part of the West Saxon bishopric of See also:Dorchester-on-Thames
.
On the transference of the episcopal seat to Winchester in 676 it was included in that diocese in which it has remained ever since
.
In 1291 the archdeaconry of Winchester was coextensive with the county and comprised the ten rural deaneries of Alresford, Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Drokinsford, Fordingbridge, Isle of Wight, Somboutne, Southampton and Winchester
.
In 185o the Isle of Wight was subdivided into the deaneries of East Medina and West Medina
.
In 1856 the deaneries were increased to 24
.
In 1871 the archdeaconry of the Isle of Wight was constituted, and about the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the deaneries were reduced to 21
.
In 1892 the deaneries were reconstituted and made 18 in number, and the archdeaconry of the Isle of Wight was divided into the deaneries of East Wight and West Wight
.
After the Conquest the most powerful Hampshire See also:baron was See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Fitz-Osbern, who in addition to the lordship of the Isle of Wight held considerable estates on the mainland
.
At the time of the Domesday Survey the chief landholders were See also:Hugh de See also:Port, ancestor of the Fitz-Johns; Ralf de See also:Mortimer; William Mauduit whose name is preserved in See also:Hartley Mauditt; and Waleran, called the See also:Huntsman, ancestor of the Waleraund See also:family
.
Hursley near Winchester was the seat of See also:Richard See also:Cromwell; and See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert White, the naturalist, was See also:curate of Farringdon near See also:Selborne
.
Apart from the valuable See also:foreign and See also:shipbuilding See also:trade which See also:grew up with the development of its ports, Hampshire has always been mainly an agricultural county, the only important manufacture being that of See also:wool and See also:cloth, which prospered at Winchester in the 12th century and survived till within See also:recent years
.
See also:Salt-making and the manufacture of See also:iron from native ironstone also flourished in Hampshire from pre-Norman times until within the 19th century
.
In the 14th century Southampton had a valuable trade with See also:Venice, and from the 15th to the 18th century many famous warships were constructed in its docks
.
See also:Silk-See also:weaving was formerly carried on at Winchester, Andover, Odiham, Alton, Whitchurch and Overton, the first See also:mills being set up in 1684 at Southampton by See also:French refugees
.
The paper manufacture at Laverstoke was started by the Portals, a family of Huguenot refugees, in 1685, and a few years later See also:Henri de Portal obtained the See also:privilege of supplying the See also:bank-See also:note paper to the Bank of England
.
Hampshire returned four members to See also:parliament in 1295, when the boroughs of New Alresford, Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Overton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, Yarmouthand Newport were also represented
.
After this date the county was represented by two members, but most of the boroughs ceased to make returns
.
Odiham and the Isle of Wight were represented in 1300, Fareham in 1306, and See also:Peters-See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field in 1307
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From 1311 to 1547 Southampton, Portsmouth, and Winchester were the only boroughs represented
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By the end of the 16th century Petersfield, Newport, See also:Yarmouth, and Andover had regained See also:representation, and Stockbridge, Christchurch, Lymington, See also:Newtown and Whitchurch returned two members each, giving the county with its boroughs a total representation of 26 members
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Under the Reform See also:Act of 1832 the county returned four members in four divisions; Christchurch and Petersfield lost one member each; and Newtown, Yarmouth, Stockbridge and Whitchurch were disfranchised
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By the act of 1868 Andover, Lymington and Newport were deprived of one member each
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Antiquities.—Hampshire is rich in monastic remains
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Those considered under separate headings include the monastery of See also:Hyde near Winchester, the magnificent churches at Christchurch and Romsey, the ruins of See also:Netley Abbey, and of Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest, the fragments of the priory of St Denys, Southampton, the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church at Porchester and the slight ruins at Titchfield, near Fareham, and Quarr Abbey in the Isle of, Wight
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Other See also:foundations, of which the remains are slight, were the Augustinian priory of Southwick near Fareham, founded by William of Wykeham; that of Breamore, founded by Baldwin de Redvers; and that of Mottisfont near Romsey, endowed soon after the Conquest
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There are many churches of See also:interest, apart from the See also:cathedral church of Winchester and those in some of the towns in the Isle of Wight, or already mentioned in connexion with monastic foundations
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Pre-Conquest work is well shown in the churches of Corhampton and Breamore, and very See also:early See also:masonry is also found in Headbourne Worthy church, where is also a See also:brass of the 15th century to a See also:scholar of Winchester See also:College in collegiate See also:dress
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The most noteworthy Norman churches are at Chilcombe and Kingsclere and (with Early English additions) at Brockenhurst, Upper Clatford, which has the unusual arrangement of a See also:double See also:chancel See also:arch, Hambledon, Milford and East Meon
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Principally Early English are the churches of Cheriton, Grately, which retains some excellent contemporary stained See also:glass from Salisbury cathedral; Sopley, which is partly Perpendicular; and Thruxton, which contains a brass to See also:Sir See also:John See also:Lisle (d
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1407), affording a very early example of See also:complete See also:plate See also:armour
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Specimens of the later styles are generally less remarkable
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The frescoes in Bramley church; ranging in date from the 13th to the 15th century, include a representation of the See also:murder of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas a Beckett
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A See also:fine series of Norman fonts in black See also:marble should be mentiohed; they occur in Winchester cathedral and the churches of St See also:Michael, Southampton, East Meon and St See also:Mary See also:Bourne
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The most notable old castles are Carisbrooke in the Isle of Wight; Porchester, a fine Norman stronghold embodying See also:Roman remains, on Portsmouth Harbour; and See also:Hurst, guarding the mouth of the Solent, where for a short time Charles I. was imprisoned
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Henry VIII. built several forts to guard the Solent, Spithead and Southampton Water; Hurst Castle was one, and others remaining, but adapted to various purposes, are at Cowes,- Calshot and Netley
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Fine mansions are unusually numerous
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That of Stratfieldsaye or Strathfieldsaye, which belonged to the See also:Pitt family, was See also:purchased by parliament for presentation to the duke of See also:Wellington in 1817, his descendants holding the See also:estate from the See also:Crown in See also:consideration of the See also:annual See also:tribute of a See also:flag to the guard-See also:room at See also:Windsor
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A statue of the duke stands in the grounds, and his war-See also:horse " See also:Copenhagen " is buried here
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The name of Tichborne See also:Park, near Alresford, is well known in connexion with the famous claimant of the estates whose See also:case was heard in 1871
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Among ancient mansions the Jacobean Bramshill is conspicuous, lying near Stratfieldsaye in the north of the county
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It is built of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and is highly decorated, and though the complete original See also:design was not carried out the house is among the finest of its type in England
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At Bishops Waltham, a small See also:town to m
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S.S.E. of Winchester,
Henry de Blois, bishop of Winchester, erected a See also:palace, which received additions from William of Wykeham, who died here in 1404, and from other bishops
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The ruins are picturesque but not extensive
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See See also:Victoria County History, " Hampshire," R
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See also:Warner, Collections for the History of Hampshire; &c
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(London, 1789); H
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See also:Moody, Hampshire in io86 (1862), and the same author's Antiquarian and Topographical Sketches (1846), and Notes and Essays See also:relating to the Counties of Hants and Wilts (1851); R
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See also:Mudie, Hampshire, &c
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(3 vols., Winchester, 1838) ; B
.
B
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See also:Woodward, T
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C
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Wilks and C
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See also:Lockhart, General History of Hampshire (1861—1869) ; G
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N
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See also:Godwin, The Civil War in Hampshire, 1642—1645 (London, 1882); H
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M
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Gilbert and G
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N
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Godwin, Bibliotheca Hantoniensis (Southampton, 1891)
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See also various papers in Hampshire Notes and Queries (Winchester, 1883 et seq.)
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