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| | GENUKI: Southampton |
 | | It is situated on a peninsula at the head of Southampton Water, between the river Test, or Anton, on the W., and the Alre, or Itchen, on the E. It is a constantly and rapidly-increasing place, the population having risen from 7,913 in 1801 to 35,305 in 1851, and 46,960 in 1861, occupying 7,712 houses. |
 | | Southampton Library Special Collections has fascinating material on the city, the people and the port of Southampton. |
 | | Southampton Library Maritime Collection says "The strength of the collection lies in its assemblage of maritime registers, which enable the history of individual ships to be traced. |
| www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/HAM/Southampton (766 words) |
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