Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMBLE (THE)

HAMBLE (THE), a stream of Hants. It rises near Bishops Waltham; and runs about 11 miles south-southwestward, past Betley and Burlesdon, to Southampton water at Hamble-le-Rice. Its lower reach, from Betley downward, is estuarial and navigable; and has, to a considerable extent, pleasantly wooded shores.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a stream"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC
Place names: HAMBLE     |     HAMBLE THE     |     THE HAMBLE

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