Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brockenhurst

Brockenhurst, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Hants, 4 miles N. of Lymington, 4044 ac. (38 water), pop. 1027; P.O., T.O. B. is a forest village, of Saxon origin, and part of the church was erected before the Conquest. Half a mile to E. of sta. is Brockenhurst Park.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Brockenhurst Ch/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Brockenhurst

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