Hampshire
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/13224
- Note
- "First settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire´s history dates to Roman Britain, when its chief town was Winchester. The county was recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book, divided into 44 hundreds. From the 12th century, the ports grew in importance, fuelled by trade with the continent, wool and cloth manufacture in the county, and the fishing industry, and a shipbuilding industry was established. By the 16th century, the population of Southampton had outstripped that of Winchester. By the mid-19th century, with the county´s population at 219,210 (double that at the beginning of the century) in more than 86,000 dwellings, agriculture was the principal industry and 10 per cent of the county was still forest. Hampshire played a crucial military role in both World Wars. The Isle of Wight, historically part of Hampshire, became a separate ceremonial county in 1974." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.05.2020)
- Latitude
- 51.083332061768
- Longitude
- -1.25
- Inhabitants
- 1,360,426
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