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Description: | Warsash was a very primitive crab-fishing hamlet, with a hinterland of heaths, transformed after the mid 19th century into a warren of strawberry holdings. Archaeological evidence , however, including flint axe heads and Bronze Age implements show that Warsash has been inhabited since prehistoric times. At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, Warsash was part of the Manor of Titchfield and was spelt Warishassefeld.
By the 18th century, Warsash was a small community of fishermen's houses, farms and squatters cottages built around the edge of the vast common which stretched from Swanwick in the north to Titchfield in the east. Shipbuilding was an important industry. George Parsons, who had begun building ships at Bursledon for the Napoleonic Wars moved his yard to Warsash and many cottages grew up around the Shore Road and his ship yard before it declined with the end of the French wars. The area again flourished when the River Hamble became a haven for yachtsmen in the early 20th century, but Hamble on the opposite bank became more important for yachting than Warsash. The situation of Warsash is, however, very attractive with views across the Solent, yachts in the river and riverside walks from the Solent to Bursledon bridge.
References:
1. Pevsner, Nikalaus and Lloyd, David. 1967. Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, p.643.
2. Emery, John. 1985. Fareham in old picture postcards, p. 111.
3. Hall, Sally. Warsash Local History Society. 1975. The community of Hook-with-Warsash. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | The News, Portsmouth | Subjects: | work inn shop building Clock Tower common street River Hamble yacht leisure strawberry crab business shipbuilding aerial photograph public house Shore Road George Parsons Rising Sun fishing river | Temporal: | start=1987-01-01; end=1987-01-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | The News, Portsmouth | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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