. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . 8 Recov. R. Mich. 51 Geo. Ill, 44 Hants, i, 485*. 45 Recov. R. Mich. 15 Geo. Ill, ; Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 26 ; Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 31 ; Recov. R. Mich. 51 Geo. Ill, ; Mich. 60 Geo. Ill, rot. 334. 46 Feud. Aids, ii, 327; Inq. IHen. V, no. 49. 47 Bacon, Liber Regis, 934 ; Sir ThomasGatehouse MS. Surv. of Hants (1778)penes Lord Swaythling ; Brown Willis,Surv. of Cathedrals, iii (2), 50. FORDINGBRIDGE HUNDRED ROCKBOURNE Rochesburna (xi cent.) ; Rechesburna, Rochesburna The lowest part of th
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . 8 Recov. R. Mich. 51 Geo. Ill, 44 Hants, i, 485*. 45 Recov. R. Mich. 15 Geo. Ill, ; Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 26 ; Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 31 ; Recov. R. Mich. 51 Geo. Ill, ; Mich. 60 Geo. Ill, rot. 334. 46 Feud. Aids, ii, 327; Inq. IHen. V, no. 49. 47 Bacon, Liber Regis, 934 ; Sir ThomasGatehouse MS. Surv. of Hants (1778)penes Lord Swaythling ; Brown Willis,Surv. of Cathedrals, iii (2), 50. FORDINGBRIDGE HUNDRED ROCKBOURNE Rochesburna (xi cent.) ; Rechesburna, Rochesburna The lowest part of the parish is along the banks of(xii cent.) ; Rokeburn (xiii cent.) ; Rogborne (xvii the little stream known as Sweatfords Water, whichcent.). Rockbourne contains about 3,92 3^ acres, of rises in Rockbourne Down and flows straight throughwhich 2,029 acres are arable land, 1,039^ acres per- the village by the side of the main street. The soilmanent grass and 302 J acres woods and is sand, clay, gravel and chalk on a subsoil of 1,0 Q 10 to JO 40 50 fcO 7 0 fio SO 100 llo 120 (30 (40 ^o Sc of Feet Plan of Manorial Buildings at Rockbourne Rockbourne Down, in the north-west of the parish,and Knoll Down, which extends over the borders ofDamerham, are in some places over 300 ft. Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905). ?8 The village consists chiefly of one street almosthalf a mile long. The church is in the north-east ofthe main street Close to the church, adjoining thenorth side of the churchyard, is a very interesting I A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE group of buildings, consisting of a small |_-shaped14th-century house, now used as part of a modernfarm-house, the remains of a large Elizabethan orJacobean house a short distance to the east, a 13th-century chapel near its south-east angle, and a large15th-century barn running northward from thechapel. The barn has two large waggon-porches,and at the north end has been divided into twostories for use as living roo
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