Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ITCHIN, or ITCHIN-FERRY

ITCHIN, or ITCHIN-FERRY, a village in Hants; at the river Itchin's mouth, 1 mile E of Southampton. It is thought, by some writers, to have been the place where Edward the Elder, in 907, made his treaty with the Danes; and it has now a post office, of the name of Itchin-Ferry, under Southampton.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC
Place names: ITCHIN     |     ITCHIN FERRY     |     ITCHIN OR ITCHIN FERRY
Place: Itchen

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