CONTENTS. 



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, Swaj', 



Hinchelsea, and Burley . . . . .74 



Vin. The Central Part.— Lyndhurst .... 85 



IX. Minestead and Ruftis'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, Brea- 



more, Ibbesley, Ellingham, and Ringwood . .116 



XII. The Valley of the Avon (continued). — Tyrrel's Ford, Sopley, 



and Winkton . . . . . . 1 25 



XIII. Christchurch .... .129 



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