The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

by John R. Wise

The New Forest from Bramble Hill (Sunrise)

THE NEW FOREST:
ITS
History and its Scenery.

BY
JOHN R. WISE.

Old Oak in Boldrewood

With 63 Illustrations drawn by Walter Crane, engraved by W. J. Linton, And Two Maps.

LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER, AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
M.DCCC.LXVII.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE [ Preface] vii [I. Introductory] 1 [II. Its Scenery] 7 [III. Its Early History] 20 [IV. Its Later History] 39 [V. Calshot Castle and the Old South-Eastern Sea-Coast] 49 [VI. Beaulieu Abbey] 60 [VII. The South-Western Part.—Brockenhurst, Boldre, Sway, Hinchelsea, and Burley] 74 [VIII. The Central Part.—Lyndhurst] 85 [IX. Minestead and Rufus’s Stone] 91 [X. The Northern Part.—Stoney Cross, Bramble Hill, Fritham, Bentley, Eyeworth, Studley, and Sloden] 109 [XI. The Valley of the Avon.—Fordingbridge, Charford, Breamore, Ibbesley, Ellingham, and Ringwood] 116 [XII. The Valley of the Avon (continued).—Tyrrel’s Ford, Sopley, and Winkton] 125 [XIII. Christchurch] 129 [XIV. The Old South-Western Seaboard.—Somerford, Chewton Glen, Hurst Castle, and Lymington] 145 [XV. The Gipsy and the West-Saxon] 158 [XVI. The Folk-Lore and Provincialisms] 172 [XVII. The Barrows] 196 [XVIII. The Roman and Romano-British Potteries] 214 [XIX. The Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books] 226 [XX. The Geology] 234 [XXI. The Botany] 250 [XXII. The Ornithology] 258 APPENDICES. [I. Glossary of Provincialisms] 279 [II. List of the Flowering Plants] 289 [III. List of the Birds] 307 [IV. List of the Lepidoptera] 319 [ Postscript] 328 [ Index] 329