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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: River Hamble, Netley Abbey, St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham, Hedge End, Chandler's Ford, Monks Brook, Southampton Airport, Netley Hospital, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Rose Bowl, West End, Hampshire, Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh F.C., Eastleigh Works, The Point, Eastleigh, List of bus routes in Eastleigh & Romsey, River Itchen, Hampshire, Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice, Itchen Navigation, The Concorde Club, Fair Oak, Southampton Airport Parkway railway station, Eastleigh Athletic F.C., Eastleigh railway station, The King's School Senior, Bishopstoke, Bursledon Windmill, Eastleigh by-election, 1994, Southampton Water, Moorgreen Hospital, Eastleigh College, Pirelli General F.C., SkylineFM, Lakeside Country Park, Itchen Valley Country Park, Royal Victoria Country Park, Quilley School of Engineering, Chandler's Ford railway station, Hound, Hampshire, Netley Castle, Manor Farm Country Park, Chartwell Green, Hiltingbury, Netley railway station, Hedge End railway station, Eastleigh local elections, Hamble railway station, Horton Heath, Hampshire, Boyatt Wood, Long Common, Trojans Rugby Club. Excerpt: Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for Roman Catholic monks of the austere Cistercian order. Despite being a royal abbey, Netley was never rich, produced no influential scholars nor churchmen, and its nearly 300-year history was quiet. The monks were best known to their neighbours for the generous hospitality they offered to travellers on land and sea. In 1536, Netley Abbey was closed by Henry VIII of England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the building was converted into a mansion by William Paulet, a wealthy Tudor politician. The abbey was used as a country house until the beginning of the eight...
