Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUCKLERSHARD

BUCKLERSHARD, a village in Beaulieu parish, Hants; on Beaulieu creek, 6 miles ENE of Lymington. It was designed by the second Duke of Montague to be a town, with sugar refineries in connection with his West India estates; and had, for some time, several ship-yards; but is now of little importance.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Beaulieu AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Bucklershard

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