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out the atmofphcre. (Prints and defcriptions of thefe mr»- 

 chines are publifiied in the " Hampfliire Repofitory.") 

 North Stoneham Park, the feat of Mrs. Fleming, is a 

 haiidfome houfe, in a fine park, the latter of which was 

 laid out by the late Mr. Brown. In the adjoining church 

 is a fuperb monument to lord Hawke, who died Oftober 17, 

 1781. See Hawke. 



The remains of St. Dionyfius's priory form a pleafmg ob- 

 jeft from Bittern. They Hand at the dillance of two miles 

 from Southampton, on the weltern fide of the Itchin, in the 

 ground; which belonged to the late general Stibbert. 



At the diflance of four miles from Bittern, in a fouthcrn 

 direAion, are the ruins of Nctley, or Letley abbey, on the 

 callern bank of the Southampton Water. Their fituation is 

 very beautiful. The field on which they Hand commands 

 feveral views of the river beneath, equally beautiful, but 

 various according to the fpot whence they are feen. The 

 profufion of ivy which covers the mouldering walls ; the 

 various (hrubs and trees that now occupy the fcite and walls 

 of the church ; the fragments of architecture lying around 

 in diforderly ruin ; and the elegance of thofe few parts which 

 have yet efcaped dellriiftion ; combine to form a fcene which 

 contemplation cannot leave without reluftance. The founder 

 of this abbey, it is believed, was Henry III., who took a 

 certain number of monks from the abbey of Beaulieu, and 

 placed them at Netley, about the year 1229. The monks 

 vere of the Ciltercian order, and the houfe itfelf was dedi- 

 cated to the Virgin Mary and St. Edward. The feite of 

 Netley abbey, with all the buildings, was, at the dif- 

 folution, granted by Henry VIII., in the twenty-eighth year 

 of his reign, to fir William Paulet, afterwards marquis of 

 Winchetter : they next became the property and refidence 

 of the earl of Hertford ; and fince then were inhabited by 

 the marquis of Huntingdon. The whole is at prefent the pro- 

 perty of lady Holland, widow of the late fir Nathaniel Dance 

 Holland, bart, who has a life-intereft in them by virtue of her 

 marriatje with her former hufband, the late Mr. Dummer, 

 ivho purchafed them of Henry Clift, efq. The principal 

 parts of Netley abbey that remain, are the walls of the 

 church, the kitchen, and the refeftory. Thefe are in a ftate 

 of ruin, but difplay fuch elegancies of architefture, as con- 

 vince us, that the fabric muil have been originally of great 

 beauty. On the fliore, at a fhort diftance from the abbey, 

 ftands a fort, or fmall caltle, called Netley caftle, in a di- 

 lapidated ftate, which appears to have been crefted by 

 Henry VIII. at the time of his building Cowes and Hurit 

 callles. The paffage by water to the lile of Wight, about 

 fifteen miles diilant, is delightfully pleafant. 



As natives of Southampton, who have rendered themfelvcs 

 eminent, we cannot omit to mention the names of Nicholas 

 Fuller, a learned divine, born in 1557, who died in 1622-3 > 

 Dr. Ifaac Watts, born in July 1674, who died in 1748; 

 and Richard Pococke, a diitinguiflied traveller, and bifhop 

 of Meath, born in 1704, w'ho died in 1765. See accounts 

 of thefe under their refpettive heads. 



Southampton lies S.W. from London, at a dittancc of 

 feventy-four miles, by the way of Bafingftoke. 



" A Walk through Southampton," by fir Henry Engle- 

 field, bart. 8vo. 1805, an intereiling and truly rational 

 cffay on the antiquities of Southampton and Claufentum. 

 " The Southampton Guide ;" " A Companion in a Tour 

 round Southampton," i2mo. 1809; " A Vifit to Netley 

 Abbey," 2d edition, all by Mr. John BuUar, a fchoolmaller 

 of Southampton, are ufeful and intereiling topographical vo- 

 lumes, and contain much original information. " The 

 Southampton Guide," 18th edition, by T. Skelton, is a 

 lyell-digeited eflay on the hiltory, &c. of the town and of 



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objefts in its vicinity. In the Beauties of England, vol. vi. 

 is a copious account of the town and county, by J. Britton 

 and E. W. Brayley. 



Southampton, a county of Virginia, between James's 

 river and North Carolina, containing, by the cenfus of 1 8 10, 

 13,497 inhabitant?, of whom 6406 are (laves. 



Southampton, a town of Madachufetts, in the county 

 of Hampfiiire, feparated from Eaft Hampton by Paw- 

 tucket river; about 9 miles S.W. from Northampton. It 

 was incorporated in 1753, and in 1810 contained 1171 in- 

 habitants. 



Southampton, or South Hampton, a townlhip of New 

 Hamplhire, in Rockingham county, on the fouth line of the 

 ftate, which feparates it from MaiTachufetts ; 16 miles 

 S.W. of Portfmouth. It was taken from Hampton, incor- 

 porated in 1742, and contains 427 inliabitants. 



SouTKAMPTON, a poft-townfiiip of New York, in Suffolk 

 county, on the S. fide of Long ifland ; lOO miles E. of 

 New York ; bounded N. by Riverhead and Southold, E. 

 by Eaft Hampton, S. by the Atlantic ocean, and W. by 

 Brookhaven. Its length E. and W. is about 23 miles, and 

 its medial breadth 4^ miles. The foil is light and fandy on 

 the W. and N., but fertile in the S. and E. It is well 

 wooded with pine, oak, walnut, &c. and fupplies New York 

 with large quantities of cordwood for fuel. The land re- 

 quires manure, but vi'ith good management yields tolerable 

 crops of grain and grafs. Fifli is much ufcd for manure. 

 In 18 10 this townftiip contained 3899 inhabitants, including 

 61 (laves, and 475 eleftors. By means of Ssgg-harbour, 

 which is a port of entry in the N.E. corner of this townlhip, 

 it carries on a fmall trade. 



Southampton, a townfliip of Pennfylvania, in Bucks 

 county, containing 739 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip in 

 Franklin county, containing 1060 inhabitants. — Alfo, a 

 townlhip in Bedford county, with 932 inhabitants. — Alfo, a 

 town(hip in Somerfet county, having 455 inhabitants. 



Southampton, or South Hampton, a town(hip in the 

 eaftern part of Nova Scotia, in Halifax county, formerly 

 called Tatmagruche ; 35 miles from Ondow. 



Southampton, or South Hampton, a poll-town of New- 

 York, in Genefee county ; 486 miles from Wafhington. 



Southa.mpton Water, or Triffanton Bay, a bay of the 

 Englilh Channel, on the c.iaft of Hampdiire, extending from 

 about three miles above Southampton to the channel that 

 feparates the Ifie of Wight from the continent. N. lat. 

 50° 48'. W. long. 1° 7'. See Southampton. 



SOUTH BOSTON, a fmall town in Virginia, in Ha- 

 lifax county, on the N. fide of Dan river. 



SOUTH BRANCH House, a ftation of the Hudfon's 

 Bay Company, in North America, fituated on the E. fide of 

 Sanca(hawen river. 



SOUTH BRIMFIELD, a townftiip of the Malfachu- 

 fetts, in Hampfiiire county ; 80 miles W. of Bofton ; incor- 

 porated in 1762, and in 1810 containing 645 inhabitants- 



SOUTHBROUGH, a fmall towniliip in the eaftern 

 part of WorcetUr county, MafTacKufetts, incorporated in 

 J727, and in 1810 containing 926 inhabitants; 30 miles 

 W. by S. from Bofton. 



SOUTH BRUNSWICK, a townfhip of New Jerfey, in 

 Middlefex county, containing 3332 inhabitants. 



SOUTHBURY, a town of Connedicut, in New Haven 

 county, containing 141 3 inhabitants. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. See Carolina. 



SOUTH EAST, a poft-townfhip of New York, in the 

 S.E. corner of Duchefs county; 18 milea E. of Weft 

 Point ; its extent is about fix miles fquare ; it is bounded 

 on the S. by Weft Chefter county, E. by Connefticut, 



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