Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUNSDOWN

HOUNSDOWN, a hamlet in New Forest, Hants; in a pastoral tract, 5½ miles W of Southampton. It has a post office under Southampton.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampshire Ancient County
Place: Hounsdown

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