CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE ..... ix 



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, Sway, 



Hinchelsea, and Burley . . . . .74 



VIII. The Central Part. Lyndhurst . . 85 



IX. Minestead and Rufus'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 . . . . .125 



XIII. Christchurch . . 129 



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