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Description: | The River Hamble was not bridged here until 1798 when the bridge and new straight roads on either side were built by a Turnpike Trust (a private road company). Tolls had to be paid on the bridge until the 1930's when it was rebuilt by Hampshire County Council. Bursledon's prosperity did not depend on the road, but on the river. It was a suitable area for shipbuilding due to good supplies of local timber and this has continued from mediaeval times to the present day.
The old village was scattered about the short steep hills on the banks of the river. The railway line (1888) encouraged strawberry growing but cut off most of the village from the river. Many of the houses were built of local bricks from the Bursledon Brickyards. St Leonards Church was built in 1230 on an earlier Saxon building. In 1888, while digging foundations for a new vestry a mass grave was discovered which contained the bones of large men thought to have been killed in battle. They had damaged skulls and were not victims of the plague. They were believed to have been the crew of one of the Danish longboats from a fleet defeated by King Alfred in 871.
Reference:
1. Draper, Jo. 1990. Hampshire The complete guide, p. 52-53.
2. Hampshire Federation of Women's Institutes. 1990. The new Hampshire village book, p. 53-54.
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