New Alresford
Blome, 1673

Alreston, couched betwixt Hills, and near the Great Pond so called, sufficiently stored with fish and wild-fowl. It is an old and ill built Town, but indifferent large, and hath a Market on Thursdays, which is very considerable, especially for sheep and provisions.

... near the Great Pond so called, sufficiently stored with fish and wild-fowl.