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Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth,
Basingstoke, Newport)
"Hampshire, Hants, or Southampton,
maritime county (including the Isle of Wight), in South of England;
bounded north by Berks, east by Surrey and Sussex, south by the
English Channel, and west by Wilts and Dorset; greatest length
(exclusive of the Isle of Wight), north to south, 46 miles; greatest
breadth, east to west, 46 miles; 1,037,764 acres, population,
593,470.
Hampshire is undulating, finely wooded,
and fruitful. Its coast line is very inregular, the principal
indentation being Southampton Water. From Surrey and Sussex,
north-east to Wilts and Berks, two ranges of chalk hills, known as
the North and South Downs, traverse the county.
In the west is the New Forest, and in
the south-east are the Forests of Bere and Waltham Chase. The Avon,
Exe, Test, Itching, and Hamble are the chief rivers. The county is
noted for its agriculture, the wheat of Hampshire being especially
prized. Upon the Downs are reared large flocks of the variety of
sheep known as "Hampshire Downs," or "short wools." Pig breeding,
and the curing of bacon, have long been large and lucrative branches
of the county's industry.
The mineral resources are meagre; and,
except in large coast towns, such as Portsmouth and Gosport, the
manufactures also are unimportant. The shipping, however, is very
extensive. Hampshire (with the Isle of Wight) comprises 38 hundreds,
12 liberties, 349 parishes.
England
Bedfordshire,
Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire, Cheshire,
Cornwall Cumberland,
Derbyshire,
Devon Dorset,
Durham, Essex
Gloucestershire, Hampshire,
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Kent Lancashire,
Leicestershire,
Lincolnshire
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