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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hounsdown like this:
HOUNSDOWN, a hamlet in New Forest, Hants; in a pastoral tract, 5½ miles W of Southampton. It has a post office under Southampton.
Hounsdown is now part of NEW FOREST District. Click here for graphs and data of how NEW FOREST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hounsdown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hounsdown, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23298
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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