. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. Southamp-ton, to Gosport and Salisbury. A railway from South-ampton to Dorchester was completed in 1847 ; its lengthis 62 miles, including a branch of two miles to markets are on Tuesda
. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. Southamp-ton, to Gosport and Salisbury. A railway from South-ampton to Dorchester was completed in 1847 ; its lengthis 62 miles, including a branch of two miles to markets are on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, andSaturday, that on Friday being for corn ; they are wellsupplied with fish, eggs, poultry, and provisions of every SOUT kind. The fairs are on May 6th and 7th, for cows andpigs, and on Trinity Monday and Tuesday. The latter,a very ancient fair, is proclaimed by the mayor withparticular ceremony on the preceding Saturday, andcontinues till the Wednesday noon following; it is prin-cipally for horses, cattle, and pigs, and is held on theeastern side of the town, near the site of an ancient her-mitage which was occupied by William Geoffrey, towhom its revenue, arising from standings, &c, wasoriginally granted. A court of pie-poudre is attached toit, and during its continuance all persons are free fromarrest for debt within the precincts of the borough. Corporation Obverse. Reverse. The inhabitants wen; first incorporated in the reignof Henry I., whose charter was confirmed by Richard I.,and by John, who assigned the customs of the port, I her with those of Portsmouth, to the targetfor an annual payment of £200. Their privileges wereextruded and confirmed by numerous subsequent sove-reigns, and were modified by Charles I. The corpora-tion now consists of a mayor, 10 aldermen, and ..()councillors, under the act 5th and 6th of William IV.,cap. 76; the borough is divided into five wards, coin-prising in the whole about 1970 acres, and the numberof magistr
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