 the beaulieu river , formerly known as the river exe,lewis, s. (1848) a topographical dictionary of england: southampton county in british history online is a small river flowing through the new forest in the county of hampshire in southern england. the river is some  long, of which the last  are tidal. unusually, the entire river, including its bed, is owned by lord montagu of beaulieu. the beaulieu river rises near lyndhurst () in the centre of the new forest, and flows east and then south across the forest heaths to the village of beaulieu. at beaulieu the river becomes tidal and once drove a tide mill in the village. below beaulieu the tidal river continues to flow through the forest, passing the village of bucklers hard and entering the sea through the solent (). the tidal river below beaulieu village is navigable to small craft. bucklers hard was once a significant shipbuilding centre, building many wooden sailing ships, both merchant and naval and including nelson's [[hms aga
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