Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
On the other side of Southhampton, there resorteth into this hauen
[Sidenote: Stocke.]
also both the Test & the Stockbridge water in one bottome, whereof I
find this large description insuing. The verie head of the
Stockewater, is supposed to be somewhere about Basing stoke, or church
Hockleie, and going from thence betwéene Ouerton and Steuenton, it
commeth at last by Lauerstocke & Whitchurch, and soone after receiuing
[Sidenote: Bourne.]
a brooke by northwest, called the Bourne (descending from S. Marie
Bourne, southeast from Horsseburne) it procéedeth by Long paroch and
the wood, till it meet with the Cranburne, on the east side (a pretie
riuelet rising about Michelneie, and going by Fullington, Barton, and
to Cramburne) thence to Horwell in one bottome, beneath which it
meeteth with the Andeuer water, that is increased yer it come there by
an other brooke, whose name I doo not know. This Andeuer streame
riseth in Culhamshire forrest, not far by north from Andeuer towne,
and going to vpper Clatford, yer it touch there it receiueth the rill
of which I spake before, which rising also néere vnto Anport, goeth to
Monketon, to Abbatesham, the Andeuer, and both (as I said) vnto the
Test beneath Horwell, whereof I spake euen now.
These streames being thus brought into one bottome, it runneth toward
the south vnder Stockbridge, and soone after diuiding it selfe in
twaine, one branch thereof goeth by Houghton, & a little beneath
meeteth with a rill, that commeth from bywest of S. Ans hil, and goeth
by east of vpper Wallop, west of nether Wallop, by Bucholt forrest,
[Sidenote: Valopius.]
Broughton, and called (as I haue béene informed) the Gallop, but now
it is named Wallop. The other arme runneth through the parke, by north
west of kings Somburne, and vniting themselues againe, they go forth
[Sidenote: Test.]
by Motteshunt, and then receiue the Test, a pretie water rising in
Clarendun parke, that goeth by west Deane, and east Deane, so to
Motteshunt, and finallie to the aforesaid water, which from
thencefoorth is called the Test, euen vnto the sea. But to procéed.
After this confluence, it taketh the gate to Kimbebridge, then to
Rumseie, Longbridge, and beneath the same receiueth a concourse of two
rilles whereof the one commeth from Sherefield, the other from the new
Forrest, and ioining in Wadeleie parke, they beat vpon the Test, not
verie farre from Murseling. From thence the Test goeth vnder a pretie
bridge, before it come at Redbridge, from whence it is not long yer it
fall into the hauen.
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