In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marchwood like this:
MARCHWOOD, a village and a chapelry in Eling parish, Hants. The village stands on Southamptonwater, 2¼ miles SW of Southampton r. station; is a fishing-place and a coast-guard station; and has a postoffice under Southampton, and extensive powder magazines. The chapelry was constituted in 1843. Pop., 1,185. Houses, 228. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £121.* Patron, H. Holloway, Esq. The church is a modern edifice, of white brick and stone.
Marchwood through time
Marchwood is now part of New Forest district. Click here for graphs and data of how New Forest has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marchwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marchwood, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4768
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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