Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hamble

Hamble, vil., Hamble-le-Rice par., S. Hants, 5½ miles SE. of Southampton; P.O., T.O.; an ancient fishing vil.; its lobster fisheries are important. Hamble Creek is here.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hamble le Rice Parish       Hampshire Ancient County
Place: Hamble le Rice

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