BURSLEDON

'Bursledon' is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, United Kingdom. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Close to the city of Southampton, Bursledon has a railway station, a marina, dockyards and the Bursledon Windmill. Nearby villages include Swanwick, Hamble-le-Rice and Sarisbury Green.
The village has close ties to the sea. The elephant boat yard located in Old Bursledon dates back centuries and is where Henry VIII's fleet was built. Submerged remnants of the fleet can be found in the River Hamble. The village, particularly the Jolly Sailor Pub and the Elephant Boat, were used as the primary filming venue for the 1980s BBC TV soap opera "Howards' Way".^[1] One of the more prominent family names responsible for building modern day Bursledon are the Hill's of Springfield Manor.

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Etymology

History

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External links

Etymology

The village was known as Brixendona^[2] or Brixenden in the 12th century, Burstlesden in the 14th century, and Bristelden in the 16th century. ^[3] The name probably means "Hill associated with a man called Beorhtsige".²

History

The original bridge carrying what is now the A27 road across the River Hamble was made of wood in 1783, and was a toll bridge.³ Bursledon's waterside position and woodland surroundings made it a natural location for building wooden ships. During the reign of William IV, two eighty-gun ships are thought to have been constructed at Bursledon.³ As well as Royal Navy shipbuilding, there were private shipyards at Bursledon; one yard owned by Philemon Ewer in the 18th century was responsible for the building of HMS ''Anson'' among other vessels.³ There is a monument to Ewer featuring a model of ''Anson'' in the parish church.³ Henry and George Parsons' Bursledon shipyard launched HMS ''Elephant'', which carried Nelson to the Battle of Copenhagen.³ Although most of the construction of these ships was carried out in Bursledon, they were transported to Portsmouth to be sheathed in copper there.³
By the 1870s, the ship-building trade had disappeared from Bursledon and the main profession was arable agriculture, particularly the growing of strawberries.^3[4]
The Bursledon Brickworks, now in the Borough of Fareham, was founded in 1897 and is today the last surviving example of a Victorian steam powered brickworks in the country.^[5]

References

External links

★ Official site (Parish Council)

★ Bursledon Windmill

★ Hamble Valley: Bursledon

★ Swanwick, Burseldon and Warsash Regatta

★ Bursledon Parish Church