TITCHFIELD
"TITCHFIELD, a parish and small town in the Fareham division of Titchfield
hundred, county Hants, 2½ miles W. of Fareham station, 6 N.W. of Gosport,
and 9 S.E. of Southampton. The parish, which is bounded on the W. by the
Southampton Water, is the largest in the county, containing 15,960 acres,
and comprises the chapelry of Crofton, and the district church of
Sarisbury, and the hamlets of Hook, Stubbington, Swanwick, and Warsash. The
town is situated in a valley on the road from Southampton to Portsmouth and
Brighton. The river Aire runs by the town into the Solent."
[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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