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BEAUWORTH

"BEAUWORTH, (or Beaworth), a parish in the hundred of Upper Fawley, in the county of Southampton, 6 miles to the E. of Winchester. In the British Museum is a large hoard of coins (between six and seven hundred in number) of William the Conqueror, which were found in a curious leaden box in this place. [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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