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Salisbury And Southampton Canal
The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was intended to be a 13-mile long canal in southern England from Redbridge, now a western suburb of Southampton at the head of Southampton Water, to Salisbury connecting with the Andover Canal at a junction near Mottisfont. Another section, through Southampton, was to connect via a tunnel to the River Itchen. History The idea of a canal from Salisbury to Redbridge was announced in 1768, after the canal engineer James Brindley had made a survey of a possible route. Two years later, Robert Whitworth was working on plans for a canal from Andover to Redbridge, and the Salisbury Committee wanted Brindley to survey an amended route that would join Whitworth's Canal at Kimbridge. Brindley was too busy and so sent one of his assistants, but the scheme foundered in 1772 when the Andover bill was not presented to Parliament. The route was surveyed in 1793 and authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1795. The proprietors appointed Joseph Hill as the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andover Canal
The Andover Canal was a canal built in Hampshire, England. It ran from Andover to Redbridge through Stockbridge and Romsey. The canal had a fall of through 24 locks, and for much of its length paralleled the River Anton and River Test. It opened in 1794, but was never a commercial success. The only dividend paid to shareholders was in 1859, using the proceeds from the sale of the canal to the London and South Western Railway, who bought it to lay a railway line along much of its course. The railway line is now also defunct. History The first survey for an Andover Canal was carried out in 1770 by Robert Whitworth, at a time when there was a great deal of canal building activity in the country. The canal would follow the valley of the River Anton, until it joined the River Test, and then follow that valley down to Redbridge. He produced an estimated price for a narrow canal, and another for a wider canal. The following year, Parliament was approached for permission to bring a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Tunnel Palmerstone Park Southampton
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow under atmospheric pressure, and can be thought of as artificial rivers. In most cases, a canal has a series of dams and locks that create reservoirs of low speed current flow. These reservoirs are referred to as ''slack water levels'', often just called ''levels''. A canal can be called a ''navigation canal'' when it parallels a natural river and shares part of the latter's discharges and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley. A canal can cut across a drainage divide atop a ridge, generally requiring an external water source above the highest elevation. The best-known example of such a canal is the Panama Canal. Many ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Grimstead
East Grimstead is a village in Grimstead civil parish, on the River Dun in Wiltshire, England, about east of Salisbury. The village has about 70 households and no shops, public houses or schools. History The site of a Roman villa is a short distance to the southeast of the village. The Salisbury and Southampton Canal, opened in 1802 or 1803, passed to the south of the village on the south bank of the river; it was never completed as far as Salisbury and closed in 1806. The only surviving canal bridge carries the road south from East Grimstead, near the church. In 1847 the London and South Western Railway opened its line between Bishopstoke in Hampshire and Milford station at Salisbury, passing East Grimshaw to the south of the canal. The line remains open as part of the Wessex Main Line from Salisbury to Southampton; the nearest station is , at West Dean, about east of East Grimstead. Church The Church of England church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1857, replacing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the northeast and Berkshire to the east. The county town was originally Wilton, after which the county is named, but Wiltshire Council is now based in the county town of Trowbridge. Within the county's boundary are two unitary authority areas, Wiltshire and Swindon, governed respectively by Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council. Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys. Salisbury Plain is noted for being the location of the Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles (which together are a UNESCO Cultural and World Heritage site) and other ancient landmarks, and as a training area for the British Army. The city of Salisbury is notable for its medieval cathedral. Swindon is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire is the 9th-most populous county in England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, located in the north of the county. The county is bordered by Dorset to the south-west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the south east. The county is geographically diverse, with upland rising to and mostly south-flowing rivers. There are areas of downland and marsh, and two national parks: the New Forest National Park, New Forest and part of the South Downs National Park, South Downs, which together cover 45 per cent of Hampshire. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Dean, Wiltshire
West Dean is a village and civil parish in southeast Wiltshire, England; the Wiltshire/Hampshire border runs through the eastern part of the village. The village is on the River Dun, about east of Salisbury and the same distance northwest of Romsey. History A Roman villa site straddles the present-day Wiltshire/Hampshire border. The village was mentioned in the '' Cartularium Saxonicum'' for the year 880 as ''(æt) Deone'', and may have formed part of the inheritance of Aethelweard, youngest son of King Alfred. Two manors called ''Duene'' are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, one in Hampshire and one in Wiltshire, both among the many holdings of Waleran the Hunter. The name ''Westdone'' occurs in 1265, and ''Westdune'' in 1270. In the north of the present village, overlooking the river, is a mound around 53m in diameter and up to 2.9m high, which is the remains of a Norman motte castle. Dean House, which straddles the border with Hampshire, is a Grade II* listed former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Dean, Hampshire
East Dean is a civil parish and small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about northwest of Romsey. The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Dene", appears as "Estdena" in 1167, and as "Dune" in 1212. The village is on the right (south) bank of the River Dun. The former Salisbury and Southampton Canal followed the river valley, as does the railway which now forms the Salisbury-Southampton section of the Wessex Main Line. Church The parish church of St Winfrith dates in part from the 11th century and is a Grade II* listed building. The church underwent a restoration in 1894–5. The font dates to the 15th century and was brought from West Tytherley West Tytherley is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-east from the village, although its post town is Salisbury. The .... A stained glass window was installed in 1908. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dun (River Test)
The River Dun is a tributary of the River Test in southern England, which flows for in a generally easterly direction through rural parts of Wiltshire and Hampshire. The river rises to the east of Salisbury near Clarendon Park, where it has been dammed to form a lake. It flows south towards West Grimstead, then turns east and crosses the county border into Hampshire as it passes between the villages of West Dean and East Dean. After passing north of Lockerley and Dunbridge, it joins the Test near Kimbridge.''Soulful Nature: A spiritual field guide'', Brian Draper, Howard Green, 2020 The Test ultimately drains into Southampton Water. The valley is followed by the Southampton to Salisbury railway and bore the route of the Salisbury and Southampton Canal The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was intended to be a 13-mile long canal in southern England from Redbridge, Hampshire, Redbridge, now a western suburb of Southampton at the head of Southampton Water, to Salisbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Way
The Test Way is a http://documents.hants.gov.uk/countryside/walks/TestWayleaflet.pdf long-distance footpath in England from Walbury Hill in West Berkshire to Eling in Hampshire, which follows much of the course of the River Test. The northern end of the footpath starts in the car park on Walbury Hill. It passes through the towns of Romsey and Totton and the villages of Linkenholt, Ibthorpe, Hurstbourne Tarrant, St Mary Bourne, Longparish, Forton, Wherwell, Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Horsebridge and Mottisfont. The southern end of the footpath is at Eling Quay. The trail also passes alongside Horsebridge railway station. Much of the route between Kimbridge and Chilbolton follows the route of the former Andover and Redbridge Railway. The entire route is waymarked by metal and plastic disks found attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture. There are several wooden 'finger' signs along the route that count down the number of miles along the footpath in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andover And Redbridge Railway
Andover may refer to: Places Australia * Andover, Tasmania Canada * Andover Parish, New Brunswick * Perth-Andover, New Brunswick United Kingdom * Andover, Hampshire, England ** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station United States * Andover, Connecticut, a New England town * Andover, Florida * Andover, Illinois * Andover, Iowa * Andover, Kansas * Andover, Maine, a New England town * Andover, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Andover (CDP), Massachusetts, the main village in the town * Andover, Minnesota * Andover, Missouri * Andover, New Hampshire, a New England town * Andover, New Jersey, a borough * Andover Township, New Jersey * Andover, Ohio * Andover, South Dakota * Andover, Vermont, a New England town * Andover, Virginia Transportation *Andover railway station (England), in Andover, Hampshire, England * Andover Town railway station, a former station in Andover, Hampshire, England * Andover Road station in Micheldever, Hampshire, 15 km from Andover * Andove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mottisfont Railway Station
Mottisfont railway station served the village of Mottisfont, Hampshire, England, from 1865 to 1964 on the Sprat and Winkle Line. History The station was opened on 6 March 1865 on the London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter .... It closed on 7 September 1964. References Disused railway stations in Hampshire Former London and South Western Railway stations Beeching closures in England Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 1865 establishments in England 1964 disestablishments in England {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprat And Winkle Line
The Sprat and Winkle Line was the common name of the Andover to Redbridge railway line which ran between Andover, Hampshire, Andover and Redbridge, Southampton, Redbridge in Hampshire, England. In the Romsey area it joined, and then left, the Salisbury to Southampton line. It was built by the Andover and Redbridge Railway, which was incorporated in 1858. In 1863 the uncompleted railway was taken over by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), which opened the line in 1865. The line had been conceived as part of a trunk route from Manchester to Southampton, but when the Midland and South Western Junction Railway opened, the anticipated long distance traffic was disappointing. The M&SWJR line closed in 1961 and the Andover line was unable to survive on purely local traffic. The part from Andover to Romsey (Kimbridge Junction) closed to passengers in 1964, and completely in 1967. The section from Romsey to Redbridge had become part of the line from Salisbury to Southampton; it r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
