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Meanvari Edelwalch Meanborough Hundred Eastmean Hundred Westmean Hundred Old Winchester Hill hillfort Roman summer camp Petersfield Bilson, Leonard Pawlet, Norton Charles II de Querovalle, Madam Petersfield, Baroness of |
previous More up into the Body of the County, yet bordering partly on the EastSide of it, was the Country where the Meanvari lived; which, along with the Isle of Wight, Edelwalch. King of the SouthSaxons, received of Wulpher, King of the Mercians, his Godfather, at his Baptism, in Token of his Adoption. It is now divided into three Hundreds, with a little Change of the Name, viz. Meanborough, Eastmean and Westmean, within which there is a raised Hill, surrounded at the Top with a large Trench, called Old Winchester, of which the neighbouring People report, That it was in ancient Times a great City; but there not being at this Time the least or Mark or Sign of it, we may with more reason believe, that it was only a Roman SummerCamp. In the Hundred of Eastmean the chief Town is Petersfield, a Borough and MarketTown. The Market is on Saturdays weekly, and a Fair on [ ] yearly. The Town lies very pleasantly in a fruitful Soil, and is a great Thoroughfare, lying in the direct Road between London and Portsmouth. It is pretty populous, and tho' it cannot be called rich, 'tis not poor, nor are the Houses ill built. It sends Members to Parliament, which at present are Leonard Bilson Esq; and Norton Pawlet Esq; King Charles II. made this Place a Barony creating Madamoiselle de Querovalle, Dutchess of Portsmouth, Baroness of Petersfield, and Countess of Fareham. Southwest of this Town lies next |
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