MILLBROOK
"MILLBROOK, a parish in the hundred of Mainsbridge, county Hants, 2 miles
N.W. of Southampton, its post town. It is a station on the London and S.W.
railway. It is situated on the Southampton Water, and contains the hamlets
of Hill, Sidford, and Shirley. It had formerly a considerable trade in
coal, timber, corn, and malt, which were conveyed by means of the Andover
canal and river Test, which falls into the Southampton Water at Redbridge,
but this trade has recently much declined. A portion of the inhabitants are
employed in the shipbuilding yard and in the iron works at Shirley, where
is also a manufactory for edge tools. The soil is generally light and
shallow, resting upon a subsoil of gravel. At Mill Place, within the
parish, are brass and iron foundries, and works for the manufacture of
marine and locomotive engines."
[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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