tion>Charlotte M. Yonge
John Keble's Parishes
A History of Hursley and Otterbourne
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066230456
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I MERDON AND OTTERBOURNE
Extraordinary Occurrences , Etc .
CHAPTER V CUSTOMS OF THE MANOR OF MERDON
CHAPTER VI CRANBURY AND BRAMBRIDGE
CHAPTER VII THE BUILDING AT HURSLEY
CHAPTER XI THE GOLDEN DAYS OF HURSLEY
PREFACE
To explain the present undertaking, it should be mentioned that a history of Hursley and North Baddesley was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a considerable amount of antiquarian knowledge. It reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy received many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should be re-edited, but ninety years could not but make a great difference in these days of progress, so that not only had the narrative to be brought up to date, but further investigations into the
