# The New Forest: its history and its scenery

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THE NEW FOREST:
ITS
History and its Scenery.
BY
JOHN R. WISE.
With 63 illustrations. Drawn by Walter Crane. Engraved by W. J. Linton.
And Two Maps.
LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
M.DCCC.LXIII.
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 |
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| 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 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| The New Forest from Bramble Hill (Sunrise), Frontispiece. | |
| Old Oak in Boldrewood, Title-page. | |
| View in Bushey Bratley | 1 |
| The Entrance from Barrow's Moor to Mark Ash | 6 |
| The Stream in the Queen's Bower Wood | 7 |
| The Charcoal Burner's Path | 19 |
| The Cattle Ford | 20 |
| View in Gibb's Hill Wood | 38 |
| The Millaford Brook | 39 |
| The Woodcutter's Track | 48 |
| Calshot Castle | 49 |
| Norman Doorway at Fawley Church | 59 |
| Arches of the Chapter House | 60 |
| Pulpit of the Refectory | 68 |
| Old Barn or "Spicarium" of Beaulieu Abbey | 70 |
| Chapel at St. Leonard's Grange | 70 |
| Canopied Niche in St. Leonard's Chapel | 73 |
| View in Frame Wood | 74 |
| View in the Queen's Bower Wood | 84 |
| View in the Great Huntley Woods | 85 |
| The Woodman's Path | 90 |
| Oaks in Boldrewood | 91 |
| Rufus's Stone | 96 |
| View from Castle Malwood | 108 |
| View in Studley Wood | 109 |
| View in Puckpits Wood | 112 |
| Yews and Whitebeams in Sloden | 115 |
| The Avon from Castle Hill | 116 |
| The Avon at Ibbesley | 124 |
| Tyrrel's Ford | 125 |
| The Avon at Winkton | 128 |
| The Priory Church, Christchurch | 129 |
| The Norman House, Christchurch | 133 |
| The North Porch and Doorway of the Priory Church | 144 |
| Chewton Glen | 145 |
| Hurst Castle | 157 |
| View in Mark Ash Wood | 158 |
| The King's Gairn Brook | 171 |
| Anderwood Corner | 172 |
| Bushey Bratley (another view) | 195 |
| The Urns in Bratley Barrow | 196 |
| Keltic Urn, Neck of Roman Wine-Vessel, and Flint Knives | 206 |
| Barrows on Beaulieu Plain | 213 |
| Wine-Flask, Drinking-Cups, and Bowls | 214 |
| Necks of Oil-Flasks | 218 |
| Necks of Wine-Vessels and Oil-Flask | 218 |
| Patterns from Fragments | 223 |
| Patterns from Fragments | 223 |
| Oil-Flask, Drinking-Cups, Bowl, and Jar | 225 |
| Boldre Church | 226 |
| Norman Font in Brockenhurst Church | 233 |
| The Barton Cliffs | 234 |
| Fossils from the Shepherd's Gutter Beds | 244 |
| Fossils from the Brook Beds | 249 |
| Barrows Moor Wood | 250 |
| The King's Gairn Brook (another view) | 257 |
| The Heronry at Vinney Ridge | 258 |
| Nests of the Honey and Common Buzzard | 266 |
| View in Buckhill Wood | 276 |
| The Staple Cross | 288 |
| Gladiolus Illyricus | 306 |
| The Kildeer Plover | 318 |
| The Cicada | 328 |
| Map of the Old South-Western Sea-Coast to face page | 149 |
| Plan of Sloden Hole | 216 |
| Section of Hordle Cliff | 239 |
| Section of Beckton Cliff | 240 |
| Map of the New Forest | 276 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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