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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Keyhaven like this:
KEYHAVEN, a tything, with a village, in Milford parish, Hants; on the coast, opposite Hurst Castle, 3 miles SSW of Lymington. It has a post office under Lymington; and it forms a ready point of proceeding, by boat, to Hurst Castle. Real property, £1, 140. Pop., 22. A hurricane, in Nov. 1839, drove hither such an extraordinary tide as overflowed and damaged the land, and seriously imperilled the village.
Keyhaven is now part of NEW FOREST District. Click here for graphs and data of how NEW FOREST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Keyhaven itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Keyhaven, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/24029
Date accessed: 21st January 2026
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