...JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication John Keble’s Par... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by ... ...lieve that a little investigation would bring to light, in countless other places, much that is well worth remembrance. For the benefit of those who t... ...m Winchester to Romsey, and nearly at an equal distance from each of those places. The parishes by which Hursley is surrounded were, when Mr. Marsh wr... ..., if not in their nature , altogether unlike those which were at this time established by the Normans. “Under the feodal system, the tenant originally... ...g the Itchen, and it used to be at Chandler’s Ford before the place was so populated. It seems also to haunt ponds or marshy places in woods, for a yo... ...i).—Ray’s Wagtail was catch- ing flies on a window at Otterbourne House in 1890. Tree Pitt (Anthus arboreus), Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis).—Small b... ...ridis).—The laugh and the tap may be heard all through the Spring days. In 1890 Picus ma- jor, a small, black, and spotted French Magpie, as Devonians...

...present undertaking, it should be mentioned that a history of Hursley and North Baddesley was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a considerable amount of antiquarian knowledge. It reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved c...