William White

History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Printed for the author by Robt. Leader, Sheffield, 1859, first edition

Description and condition:

Rebound in half calf, paper part shows rubbing, new endpapers, 8vo, 664 pp.
Page 3/4 of the index has been replaced with a facsimile. Page 15/16 is not present. Original map is not present, facsimile of the 1878 edition is layed in. 4 pages loose. Moderate foxing on and off. Given the age and extensive use for research purposes over the years a good copy. SCARCE

Contents:

Comprising general historical surveys of the county & island, and of the diocese of Winchester; and separate historical, statistical, and topographical descriptions of the town and county of the town of Southampton, the city of Winchester, the populous port, borough, and suburbs of Portsmouth, and of all the towns, boroughs, ports, bathing places, unions, parishes, tithings, villages, hamlets, seats &c, in this interesting county and its beautiful Channel Isle; showing their extent and population; their trade, commerce, manufactures, markets, fairs, fisheries, and agricultural and mineral production, the churches, chapels, charities, and public benefices; the tithe commutations, the lords of the manors and principal owners of the soil, the civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions; the addresses of the principal inhabitants; the post-office regulations; the seats of the nobility and gentry; the magistrates and public officers; and a great variety of other useful information: in one volume, with a large new map of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.