National Gazetteer (1868) - 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.

The living is a rectory *.in the diocese of Winchester, value £870, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stone edifice of ancient date, supposed to have been built some time prior to the formation of the New Forest. The arch at the W. entrance is a fine specimen of Norman architecture. There is a district church at Hythe, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £170, in the gift of the rector. The Baptists and Wesleyans have each a chapel, and there is a National school. Cad land and Eaglehurst, both belonging to the Drummond family, are the principal seats; there are also several other good residences. "BADMINSTONE, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, Dibden liberty, in the Southampton division of the county of Southampton, 5 miles to the S.W. of Fareham. "BUTSASH, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, liberty of Dibden, in the county of Southampton, 6 miles to the S. of Southampton. It is seated near the Southampton Water. "CADLAND, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, liberty of Dibden, in the county of Southampton, 5 miles to the W. of Fareham. It is seated on the western side of Southampton Water. Cadland Park is the seat of Lady M. Drummond. "HARDLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, county Hants, 4 miles S.E. of Southampton. Bucks, 5 miles N.E. of Newport-Pagnell, and 4½ from Olney, its post town. The parish is small, and wholly agricultural, the proportion of arable and pasture being nearly equal. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, value £200. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure. "HOLBURY, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, county Hants, 4 miles S. of Southampton. "LANGLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, county Hants, 6 miles S. of Southampton. "STANSWOOD, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, county Hants, 5 miles S.E. of Southampton. "STONE, a hamlet in the parish of Fawley, county Hants, 8 miles S.E. of Southampton. It is situated near Stans Ore point. This place is supposed to be the Ad Lapidem of the Romans, where Ceadwall put the brothers of Arvandus to death in 687."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]