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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Heywood like this:
HAYWARD-MILL, a place on the Lymington river, in Hants; 4¼ miles N of Lymington. Its vicinity commands very fine views of the coast, backed by the Isle of Wight. Hayward House, now called the Mill House, is a picturesque ruin, laden with ivy.
Heywood 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 Heywood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Heywood, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24026
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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