Southampton, the county town of Hampshire, and also a county of itself, is very pleasantlv placed on a peninsula near the head of the Southampton Water, and with the river Itchen on its E. side. like other seaports, it has its low dirty quarters, out of late years what may be considered a new town has sprung up, and all around is an air of bustle and activity befitting a place at and from which many of the finest ocean- going steamships arrive and depart daily. — p.292
Southampton is a very handsome town, with a fine port and very ancient walls. In the principal street there is a fine gate of great antiquity called Bargate, and over it are the pictures of two giants. Near Southampton are the beautiful ruins of Netley Abbey. — Reuben Ramble (Samuel Clark), n.p.
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A Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. 3rd ed, revised. London: John Murray, 1876. Internet Archive, from a copy in the New York Public Library. Web. 29 October 2023.
The Progresses of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert.... London: William Frederick Wakeman, 1844. Google Books. Free to read.
Queen Victoria's Journals (open access for readers in the UK).
Ramble, Reuben (Samuel Clark). Reuben Ramble's Travels through the Counties of England. London: Darton & Clark, 1845. Google Books. Free to read.
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