HOUND
Description in 1868
"HOUND, a parish in the hundred of Mainsbridge, Southampton division of
county Hants, 3¾ miles S.E. of Southampton, its post town. The village is
situated on the shore of the Southampton Water. The parish contains Sholing
and Netley, a great portion of the village deriving its name from the
latter place. The land is chiefly arable, with some pasture and woodland,
and a large extent of common. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for
a rent-charge of £345 6s. 8d., and the vicarial for £172 13s. 4d. "
[We have
more of this description from the National Gazetteer (1868)]
1851 and 1891 census indexes are available as Hampshire
Genealogical Society publications
St
Mary Hound Parish Church pictures and history from the
Hampshire & the Islands Historic Churches Trust.
(the web page is from Fo'c'sle Folk Club which visited the church)
- We have a transcription of the section for Hound from
the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Netley Abbey village website has description,
history and photographs. It includes:
- Netley
Railway taken from "The
Southampton and Netley Railway" - Written by Edwin Course -
Published by City of Southampton. History of railway from opening
in March 1866 to the track removal and the station being
demolished in 1967. It charts the development of the line and
includes details of its use for transporting wounded and sick
soldiers from Southampton to The Royal Victoria Military Hospital
at Netley.
Royal Victoria Military Hospital
- Diary
of Sergeant Waterhouse - From the Green Howards Site
- An extract from the diary of Sergeant J Waterhouse who
served in the 19th Foot 1864 - 1870. (Green Howards). The
diary extract covers from 11 February 1870, when he
arrived back at Southampton and was taken to Royal
Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, till March 1870.
- Book - "Spike Island, a Memory of a
Military Hospital" by Phillip Hoare. Includes a plan
of this huge hospital. (ISBN 1-84115-293-5). Published 2001 by 4th estate.
- Netley Military Cemetery, Royal Victoria
Country Park (Previously Royal Victoria Military Hospital
site). The cemetery holds military graves from the first
and second World wars, maintained by the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission. It also some old graves of hospital
staff. The military graves are included in the Commonwealth
Wargraves Commission - searchable database . Memorial
Inscriptions for Netley Military Cemetery are available
as a Hampshire
Genealogical Society publication on microfiche, £2.00
UK and £2.50 overseas.
- Photographs. Photographs of the Chapel,
lodge and main building of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital
are available on Images
of England from English Heritage - National Monuments Record.Search under Hampshire, Eastleigh.
© GENUKI 2004; Last updated: 17 December 2008 Elizabeth Kipp
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