FAWLEY
"FAWLEY, a parish in the hundred of Dibden, county Hants, 8 miles S.E. of
Southampton, its post town, and 12 N.E. of Lymington. It is situated to the
W. of Southampton Water, and includes the ecclesiastical district of Hythe,
with the tything of Lepe, the hamlets of Badminstone, Hardly, Langley, and
other small places. Here is a coastguard station at Calshot Castle, a
fortress erected in the reign of Henry VIII. with the old materials of
Netley Abbey. At Stanswood, in this parish, is a "floating island," which
occasionally changes its position, trees and all, by a distance of a few
feet."
[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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