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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BEVOIS, a village in Hants; on the river Itchin, 2 miles N of Southampton. It stands on the estate of Bevois Mount; and has a post office of the name of Bevois Hill, under Southampton. Bevois Mount contained the castle and the tomb of Sir Bevis of Hampton; was purchased, in the early part of last century, by the great Earl of Peterborough; was, in his time, a resort of Pope and Swift; and became afterwards the residence of the poet Sotheby,-who san it in the sonnet entitled "Farewell to Bevois Mount."
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Bevois |
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