Keyhaven

Keyhaven
Keyhaven
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LYMINGTON
Postcode district	SO41
Dialling code	01590
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	New Forest East;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 50°43′22″N 1°34′10″W / 50.722863°N 1.569420°W

Keyhaven is a hamlet on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. It is a fishing village, but the trade has been in decline for a period of years and its main draw now is tourism, especially sailing.

Overview

Keyhaven lies in the district of the

Keyhaven marshes

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History

The name "Keyhaven" means ‘Harbour where cows are shipped’; OE cū (genitive cȳ) + hæfen. Cattle and sheep were transported from the

Avon around Christchurch.^[1]

Keyhaven was a port as early as 1206.

Dissolution, but in the 17th century it seems that the two manors were merged, and in 1802 the estate was purchased by Sir John D'Oyly.^[2] He subsequently sold it and by the 19th century it had passed, like other lands in the area, to William Cornwallis-West.^[2]

Like the rest of the West Solent area, a considerable

Conquest. This had disappeared by 1400 but was revived in the 17th century with the introduction of new techniques.^[3]

In the 1930s a proposal was made to run a

Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight.^[4] An act of parliament was obtained in 1936 but a lack of funds meant the proposal was abandoned in 1938.^[4]

In 1976 there was a great fire on the marshes to the East side of Keyhaven River. The fire nearly destroyed two bungalows on the marshes but was held back by the valiant efforts of many brave locals and Lymington Fire brigade.

Notes

^ D. MILLS. "Keyhaven." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2003.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Victoria County History, (1912), A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, Pages 115-124
^ J. Greenwood, (2008), Post medieval salt making in Hampshire.
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External links

[1] D. MILLS. "Keyhaven." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2003.

[victhist-2] Victoria County History, (1912), A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, Pages 115-124

[3] J. Greenwood, (2008), Post medieval salt making in Hampshire.

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