BEAULIEU
"BEAULIEU, (or Bewley), a parish in the liberty of the same name,
Southampton division of the county of Southampton, 6½ miles to the N.E. of
Lymington, and 5 S.E, of Beaulieu Road railway station, on the Southampton
and Dorchester railway. The village is pleasantly seated on a stream
bearing the same name, which rises a little beyond Lyndhurst, expands, and
becomes navigable here for small vessels, and falls into the Solent. In the
year 1204, a Cistercian abbey was founded here by King John. It was
dedicated to the Virgin, and was valued at the Dissolution at £428. The
privilege of sanctuary was attached to it, and among those who made it an
asylum was Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry VI., who, with her son, took
refuge here for a time after the battle of Barnet, in 1471; and Perkin
Warbeck, in 1498."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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