The New Forest from Bramble Hill (Sunrise)

THE NEW FOREST:
ITS
History and its Scenery.

BY
JOHN R. WISE.

Old Oak in Boldrewood

With 63 Illustrations drawn by Walter Crane, engraved by W. J. Linton, And Two Maps.

LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER, AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
M.DCCC.LXVII.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

 Preface vii

I. Introductory 1

II. Its Scenery 7

III. Its Early History 20

IV. Its Later History 39

V. Calshot Castle and the Old South-Eastern Sea-Coast 49

VI. Beaulieu Abbey 60

VII. The South-Western Part.—Brockenhurst, Boldre, Sway, Hinchelsea, and Burley 74

VIII. The Central Part.—Lyndhurst 85

IX. Minestead and Rufus’s Stone 91

X. The Northern Part.—Stoney Cross, Bramble Hill, Fritham, Bentley, Eyeworth, Studley, and Sloden 109

XI. The Valley of the Avon.—Fordingbridge, Charford, Breamore, Ibbesley, Ellingham, and Ringwood 116

XII. The Valley of the Avon (continued).—Tyrrel’s Ford, Sopley, and Winkton 125

XIII. Christchurch 129

XIV. The Old South-Western Seaboard.—Somerford, Chewton Glen, Hurst Castle, and Lymington 145

XV. The Gipsy and the West-Saxon 158

XVI. The Folk-Lore and Provincialisms 172

XVII. The Barrows 196

XVIII. The Roman and Romano-British Potteries 214

XIX. The Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books 226

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