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South Coast Harbours 1698
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw |
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Newhaven, East Sussex:
'haven'; mouth of the River Ouse running into the
English Channel.
TQ4500; sheet 198
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transcript of text pages
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New-Haven |
How Scituate
The condition
of the Haven
The decay there
of incapacity
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Is distant from Cookmere about 4 Miles Westward, and Stands
upon the River wch: goes to Lewis and the Wild of Sussex,
about a Mile and quarter from the Wash of ye. Sea, and
is likewise very inconsiderable being stopped up and Barr'd
by the same means wch: hath rendered the forementioned
Havens useless Namely by enclosing the Wast in the Levells
about the same, and excluding the indraught of the Sea, that
in all probability in former times had greater freedom to
flow in and out, and kept the Channell deep and open, But
there are now noe Qualifications to be discerned proper for
the Navy.
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museum inventory notes and transcription of the chart |
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summary relating to this harbour |
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South Coast Harbours 1698
report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw |
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© Jean and Martin Norgate: 2002
with information courtesy of
Hampshire CC Museums Service
images © Jean Norgate: 2001
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