Totton and Eling

Totton and Eling is a metropolis and civil parish in Hampshire, England, with a populace of about 29,000 human beings. It is situated out of doors the japanese fringe of the New Forest and on the River Test, close to the city of Southampton however out of doors the metropolis boundary; the city is as a substitute inside the New Forest non-metropolitan district. Surrounding towns and villages encompass Ashurst, Marchwood, Cadnam and Ower.

The Iron Age Hillfort at Tatchbury Mount is proof of early agreement inside the Totton region and Netley Marsh on the edge of Totton turned into the web site of an early war between Anglo Saxon invaders underneath Cerdic and Romano-Celtic peoples under Natanleod. The construction of Testwood Lakes found out a treasure-trove of historical artefacts which includes one of the oldest acknowledged bridges in England, believed to this point to around 1,500BC. The location's history is inevitably closely linked with ship and boat building but more with its timber alternate. It became the web page of a good deal unlawful dealing within the timber unlawfully obtained from the New Forest.