Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heron (or West Herne)

Heron (or West Herne), hamlet, on river Stour, S. Hants, 4 miles NW. of Christchurch; in vicinity is Heron Court, seat of the Earl of Malmesbury.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC
Place names: HERON     |     HERON OR WEST HERNE     |     WEST HERNE
Place: West Herne

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