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ITCHIN (THE), a river of Hants. It rises near Alresford; runs westward, past Itchin-Stoke and Itchin-Abbas, to Kingsworthy; and proceeds thence south-southwestward, past Winchester, Twyford, and Bishop-Stoke, to the E side of the head of Southampton water. It h an entire course of about 25 miles; and, so early as 1215, it was made navigable to Winchester, a distance of 13 miles, by Bishop Godfrey de Lacy.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | ITCHIN | ITCHIN THE | THE ITCHIN |
| Place: | Itchen |
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