Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bursledon

Bursledon, par. and vil., S. Hants, on river Hamble, 4½ miles SE. of Southampton, 775 ac. land, 21 tidal water, and 39 foreshore, pop. 651; P.O.; has a small quay; trades in corn and coals. In the time of William III. and Queen Anne several large men-of-war were built here.


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

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bursledon CP/Ch       Hampshire AncC
Place: Bursledon

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