Download or read book A Short History and Description of the Town of Alton in the County of Southampton (Classic Reprint) written by William Curtis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History and Description of the Town of Alton in the County of Southampton The present work is largely the outcome of an attempt to write a short history and description of Alton for the Mechanics Institution, but I soon found that the materials began to accumulate, and proved so numerous, that I ventured to bring them together in book form. Only one small sketch of Alton has appeared in print before, so far as I am aware, and that was written by Mr. Hy. Smith, and published in the Town in the year 1873. My information has been obtained from very varied sources, from the British Museum, Record Office, and Lambeth Palace Library, from many Authors, amongst whom may be mentioned, T. G. Shore, Esq., Rev. G. N. Godwin, The Hampshire Record Society's Publications, the Church and Parish Books and Registers, etc. Many friends have also rendered me most kind and valuable assistance, for which I beg to tender them my most grateful thanks; amongst whom I should like to mention the Rev. T. Hervey, Colmer; Rev. F. Whyley, Alton; Rev. J. Vaughan, Portchester, Rev. H. E. Victor, Brighton; Frederick Crowley, Esq., Ashdell, Alton; and Benjamin Winstone, Esq., Ockeridge, Epping; and many others too numerous to mention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.