NEW ALRESFORD
"NEW ALRESFORD, (commonly called ALSFORD), a parish and market town in the
Alton division of the county of Hants, 7 miles to the N.E. of Winchester
railway station, and 57 miles from London by road, or 75 miles by the South
Western railway. It is a neat and well-built union and market town,
situated near the head of the river Itchen. Its name imports that there was
a ford, overshadowed by alder trees, on the spot; but, by a mistake, the
river here is often called the Alre. Cenwalch, King of Wessex, after his
baptism, gave the manor to the Bishop of Winchester. The market, which in
the early part of the 13th century had been discontinued, was restored
about the year 1220, by Godfrey de Lucy, Bishop of Winchester."
[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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