Totton and Eling
, the original Testwood School (build in the 1940's) and
Hounsdown (build in 1963) within the boundary of the Totton and Eling Civil Parish
["]. Hounsdown being a 'science college' and Testwood, a 'sports college'. The Testwood school logo has the river, the wood and the salmon encompassed into it, indicating the River Test and the Salmon leap. Totton also has a
sixth form college:
Totton College.
The nearest city is
Southampton over the Causeway bridge through
Millbrook.
The Totton area includes
Calmore,
Testwood,
Salmon Leap and
Hammond's Green.
The Eling area includes
Hounsdown, Spicers Hill,
Rushington (now known as Rushington Manor) and
Brokenford.
The surrounding villages are
Colbury,
Foxhills,
Ashurst,
Netley Marsh, and
Marchwood.
Eling was founded in
850 by
Ethelwulf of Wessex. Attractions in the town include its
tidal mill that is at one end of the Harbour and Eling's
Norman parish church,St Mary's, built on
Saxon foundations with registers dating back to 1537.
Eling Tide Mill is actually the only working
tide mill in the UK and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.In addition, Eling contains Hampshire's only surviving medieval
toll bridge across Bartley Water by the side of the tide mill. This has been in use since at least 1418 and still charges users today. There is a council run Heritage Centre, with details of the history of Totton and Eling.
Totton and Testwood and the Salmon Leap area are individually named but collectively formed the original village of Totton. Testwood was the only secondary school in Totton village with Hounsdown school being built later, a mile away, outside of the original Totton village boundaries.
The main roads
"Ringwood Road" (A336) and
"Salisbury Road" (A35) dissect Totton. All the housing between the two roads is considered to be the 'original' Totton village. Everything between the River Test and Salisbury Road is considered to be Testwood and all that falls between the A35 causeway (over the Test) and Testwood is considered Salmon Leap.
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Totton Heritage Centre
