HAMPSHIRE, 
Engla , bordering on the Sy Seg net and having 
Dor! fetfhire, and part of Wiltfhire on its weftern limits, 
e the latter county, and part of Berkthire, fkirt it coms 
h, and Surry attaches to the eaftern border ates” 
fout 
of land, thus furrounded, is calculated to extend about 42 
38 in breadth ; and to contain 1,112,000 
common is 
ee a part of Hampfhire, is not included. 
les the whole is divided into 39 hundreds and liberties, 
si latte —— are ma 
. Hamphhire, with the Iles of 
» Sark, and Alderney, are in the 
"Phe beowine ‘oe twenty mem- 
the rli o for the 
r Winchefter, and two fa ae of ‘the fo llowing boroughs: 
guthampton, Portimouth, Petersfield, Stockbridge, Chrifte. 
irch eS arly and Andover: fix me 
returned aes he boroughs of Newport 
| + contiguous grounds, - 
the 
a Yar- ‘ 
chalk beneath: round Whitchurch it is fhallower, and lefs— 
chalky, but produces good crops of corn and faintfoin. A 
beantiful vale divided into well-watered meadows, and pro- 
hay per acre, extends from 
o Redbridge. 
open i$ {till remain, as alread 
Dorfetfhire, and in the vicinity of Chetiealindiohes the foil of 
the New Forett i is ¢! Hae. loam and —— Valuable falt- 
- marfhes.are found abou t Redbridge. eee 
ving on Surre appropri- 
ated to the growth of hops, the ckeineis ‘“: saad have. 
been confiderably augmented, through the reputation of the 
Farnham hops; yet, though equally good, and the produce 
we is — fatcmation of a name, 
price t t is generally from forty 
a fifty thillings per milked eight below thofe with t 
Farnham mark. About 800 acres 
be. averag 
ey tity ee 6 
ork), appear to 
Bons and to have obtained ion 
‘tract of pe before were 
military invaders, slislans countey 
rima, afterwards Flavia Ceefarienfis, and 
iby 
: Wacken, ; Claufentum, Bitter, near -South- 
| igus, Por Seah, and 1 Vindonum, Sil- | 
_ banks of the river 
ins’ water méadows. | 
vent parts 6 of oe county. - 
ral this diftrict “was. part 
became the > The 
‘Under the-An-: beec 
& eet ae af and:b: ama . 4 cadet jolie Seti didn 
ith modern times, its boundaries were continually decreafing. 
i 8 
; and a wth Timber cd uw sdeewoel. “the tie 
. with beech wood : ‘acer are uals ear aaa ; ail: thes 
ver Itchin are enriched with fome valu able 
sniping ihcletadsh “hi h reputation as 
Few es: particularly for fheep and hogs. 
hire fheep is horned horned afta white-faced : 
: eae number feng annually fed in the county is efti- 
mated at 350,000. For its breed of hogs, Hampthire is pro-’ 
verbially famous 5 and this breed is of “the largett kind, fuch 
Thofe in : 
the vicinity ofthe par are. principally fed on acorns and 
h-matt, which give them.a fuperiority over moft others 
Spin MARS fixteen grate aes 
The aie | 
the flocks: are 
in the: kingdom : _ their 
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