Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales (1777)
Grose, Francis · London: Printed for S. Hooper · leaf 166
fly for defence,IS a handfomc fortrefs, with a moat on the fide next the land, over which is a draw-bridge^A garrifon is conftantly kept here, commanded by the governor of the caftlc. In the pafiagc from Southampton to the Ifle of Wight, it appears to be floating In thewater. It has lately received… … 2 Ju^ I, /// Printed fin- ■■< a^.-fi/r CHRIS Ts CHURCH CASTLE, HAMPSHIRE. This caftle is fituated a fmall diftaiice north of the once famous monaftery ofChrlft Church, Twinham, and feems never to have been of any great extent, ifone may judge from the keep and the ruined walls of its eaft and…
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