19-401: The River Itchen may refer to: River Itchen, Hampshire , England River Itchen, Warwickshire , England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
38-483: A recreational water activities centre and the limit of navigation. Sites of demolished mills include those at Durngate, Winchester; at the southern entrance to Winnall Moors Nature Reserve, St Catherine's lock, Winchester and Shears Mill in Bishopstoke. The lower part of the river is an important yachting centre and contains several marinas, sailing centres and boatyards. From seaward they are: Above Northam Bridge,
57-556: A two-deck pulpit and box pews reputedly made from Spanish mahogany taken from one of the Armada fleet. St Mary's Avington is a constituent church of the Itchen Valley parish. In Adventures Among Birds (1913), the naturalist W. H. Hudson describes the last of the "inland-breeding" ravens in Hampshire. These birds lived in the trees of Avington Park. Hudson relates that at some time in
76-476: Is Grade I Listed. Parts of the house can be visited in the summer months and bank holidays between 2.30 p.m and 5:00 p.m. Apart from original painted frescoes and gilding (redone with an English Heritage grant in 2000) there is much to see including a Grinling Gibbons mirror, a William De Morgan jug and several mementos from the Battle of Trafalgar . The Church of England parish church , dedicated to St Mary,
95-467: Is likely from a Brittonic language and in meaning unknown. The settlement of Itchen Abbas , before its abbot's ownership, is transcribed by early Middle English orthography which used the letter c followed by e or i to denote the / tʃ / sound and an e invariably after an n to avoid those down strokes being ambiguous thus, as Icene in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name, in upper parts
114-563: Is rated good or fail. Water quality of the River Itchen in 2022: Death and the Maiden , a 1947 novel by Gladys Mitchell features the river. Avington, Hampshire Avington is a small village and former civil parish , now in the parish of Itchen Valley , in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire , England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 198. On 1 April 1932
133-509: The east of the city's Roman walls , along a promenaded reach known as "The Weirs". Its waters can overflow into water-meadows , passing: the Hospital of St Cross ; the villages of Twyford ; Shawford ; between the town of Eastleigh and the village of Bishopstoke ; and through Itchen Valley Country Park before reaching the northern suburbs of Southampton at Mansbridge . Between Winchester and Mansbridge, sections were deepened or widened for
152-461: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River_Itchen&oldid=933089200 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages River Itchen, Hampshire The River Itchen in Hampshire , England, rises to
171-500: The limit of navigation for masted craft, are the Vespasian Road boatyard and numerous small establishments. The SSSI covers the river and its banks, with fen, flood meadows, wet woodland and swamp. It has populations of the nationally rare southern damselfly and white-clawed crayfish . Other fauna include otters , water voles , Atlantic salmon , shovelers and Cetti's warblers . The Environment Agency measure water quality of
190-683: The long-disused Itchen Navigation , and the former towpath forms part of the Itchen Way . Monks Brook flows into the Itchen at Swaythling , and the river then passes under Woodmill Bridge and becomes tidal. Four further bridges cross it before the Test estuary in Southampton Water : Between the latter two, the river passes St Mary's Stadium , the home of Southampton F.C. As the river meets Southampton Water it passes several rowing clubs, sailing clubs and
209-665: The major mixed-development on the left bank in Woolston, called Centenary Quay . Surviving mills on the Itchen include Winchester City Mill (restored to working order by the National Trust ), Abbey Mill, Winchester; converted to a restaurant, Wharf Mill, Winchester; converted to apartments, St Cross Mill, Winchester; converted to private dwellings, College Mill, Winchester; converted to a private dwelling, Hockley Mill, Winchester; converted to private dwellings, Gaters Mill , Southampton; converted to offices, and Woodmill, Southampton; now
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#1732841525295228-596: The parish was abolished to form Itchen Valley. It is located on the banks of the River Itchen to the northeast of the city of Winchester . It is mentioned in a folk song, "Avington Pond", on the CD Folk Songs of Hampshire . The house in Avington Park dates back to the late sixteenth century, but was considerably altered in 1670 by the addition of two wings and a classical portico. The owner of Avington at this time
247-463: The river has long been used for drinking water. Watercress thrives in its upper reaches. Much of the river from its source to Swaythling is classified as a 748.5-hectare (1,850-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and a Special Area of Conservation , of which the 9-hectare (22-acre) Hockley Meadows nature reserve is a part. The Itchen estuary is part of the separate Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI. The name
266-496: The river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates , angiosperms and fish, and chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations. Chemical status
285-577: The south of New Alresford and flows 26 miles (42 km) to meet Southampton Water below the Itchen Bridge . The Itchen Navigation was constructed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to enable barges to reach Winchester from Southampton Docks , but ceased to operate in the mid-19th century and is largely abandoned today. The river is one of the world's premier chalk streams for fly fishing , amenable to dry fly or nymphing. The local chalk aquifer has excellent storage and filtration and
304-411: The villages of Avington , Itchen Stoke , Itchen Abbas, Martyr Worthy , Easton , and Abbots Worthy ; to enter the cathedral city of Winchester it crosses Winnall Moors to turn south for its remainder. It flows in anabranches through the city, some close enough to Winchester Cathedral to cause problems to the foundations in the past. The main channel flows through Winchester City Mill and to
323-460: Was George Brydges , one of Charles II's courtiers. On the death of George Brydges's son in 1751 Avington Park passed to his cousin James Brydges , Marquess of Carnarvon, who became 3rd Duke of Chandos in 1771. He carried out major alterations in the late eighteenth century, and was also responsible for the building of the parish church which overlooks the park. The house is now privately owned and
342-503: Was founded by Margaret, Marchioness of Carnarvon (d. 1768), with construction costs defrayed by her husband, James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos . It was constructed 1768–71 in red brick to a design by an unknown local architect. The exterior Georgian architecture and crenellated tower echo the style of nearby Avington Park. The interior, as well as containing memorials to the Brydges family and Percy Bysshe Shelley 's brother, John, includes
361-475: Was once seen as interchangeable with the tributary Alre . The source is north of Kilmeston , in that civil and ecclesiastical parish. The river flows north, through Cheriton village and east of overwhelmingly agricultural Tichborne village, before joining with tributaries the River Alre and Candover Brook immediately north-west of the town of New Alresford . The river then carves its way west passing
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