Sonth Wootton, 21 miles NE. of Kings Lynn, Nor-
folk ; p.o. See Wootton, South.

South Yardley, ry. sta. (Acocks Green and South
Yardley), AVorcestershire, 4 miles SE. of Birmingham.

South Zeal, vil., South Tawton par., Devon, 4 miles
E. of Okehampton; P.O. ; was formerly a borough and
market town.

Southacott, hamlet, 3 m. W. of Okehampton, Devon.

Southacre, par., Norfolk, 3 miles N. of Swaffham,
2492 ac., pop. 73.

Southall, market town with ry. sta., Hayes par.,
Middlesex, 31 miles NW. of Brentford and 9£ miles W.
of London, pop. 3784 ; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Southall
Green, 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday. Southall
has trade in cattle.

Southam, market town and par., AVarwickshire, 3
miles NE. of Southam Road sta. and 9 miles SE. of
Warwick, 2770 ac., pop. 1784; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks.
Market-day, Monday. Southam was known at Domes-
day as Sucham. The town occupies a pleasant situation
amidst picturesquely wooded scenery, and possesses an
ancient church with fine spire, an endowed national
school, an infirmary for diseases of the eye and ear, and
a mineral spring similar to the springs at Leamington.
On the first Monday of every month fairs are held, and
there are 2 statute fairs in October.

Southam Road and Harbury, ry. sta., in co. and
8 miles SE. of Warwick. See Harbury, also Southam.

Southam and Hrockhampton, township, Bishops
Cleeve par., Gloucestershire, pop. 238; Sonthain
Delabere, seat, is 21 miles NE. of Cheltenham.

Southampton, parl. and mun. bor., seaport town,
and co. in itself, Hants, at head of Southampton Water,
on peninsula between the mouths of the Test and the
Itchen, 18 m. NW. of Portsmouth and 79 SW. of London
by rail—mun. bor., 2004 ac., pop. 60,051; parl. bor.,
pop. 84,384; 4 Banks, 4 newspapers. Market-day, Friday.
The modern prosperity of Southampton is due to its
selection as the mail-packet station for the East and
West Indies, and the principal British colonies. It is
the most important mail-packet station in the kingdom, I
and the calli 'g-port of several lines of steamships. The
dock accommodation is extensive, and the maritime I
trade is large and rapidly increasing. (For shipping
statistics, see Appendix.) Numerous steam vessels
have been built of late years, and the industries are
chiefly in connection with marine architecture and
engineering, but they also include brewing, coach-
building, and sugar refining. Southampton stands on
an acclivity rising gradually from the sea, and consists
of an old town and a new town. There are still stand-
ing considerable remains of the ancient walls and three
of the gates, the most notable of which is the Bar Gate,
with its huge figures of Sir Bevis of Hampton and the
giant Ascaparte, and with the town hall in the upper
part of it. Among the other objects of interest are St
Michael’s church, a large Norman structure; the free
grammar school, where Dr Isaac Watts was educated;
the Southampton College; the Hartley Institution of
Science and Art; the Domus Dei Hospital (time of
Henry III.), with St Julien’s French Protestant church
attached; the headquarters of the Ordnance Survey;
and the public parks. Of these last the most import-
ant is Southampton Common, a beautiful tract of richly
wooded pleasure-ground, extending to about 400 ac. ;
on the common are the racecourse, arboretum, and
cemetery. In the neighbourhood of Southampton are
the extensive ruins of Netley Abbey, beyond which is
the Royal Victoria Hospital for sick soldiers. Founded
by the Saxons near the site of the old Roman station at
Bitterne, Southampton was an important place both
before and after the Conquest, and till 1522 was fre-
quently the place of rendezvous for expeditions against
France. It was first chartered by Henry I., and has
sent 2 members to Parliament since Edward I. The
parliamentary limits were extended in 1885 so as to
include the parish of Millbrook, the ecclesiastical dis-
trict of Bitterne, the parish of Southampton St Mary
Extra, and the detached part of Hound par. included
in St Mary Extra par.

Southampton Water, sea-inlet, Hants, commencing
at mouth of river Test or Anton, 3 miles W. of South-
ampton, and running 10 miles SE. to the Solent; is 2

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