NETLEY ABBEY
Welcome to Netley Abbey, a village situated
between Southampton and Hamble in England
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Netley Abbey village has many famous names associated with it:
Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of
the Royal Victoria Military Hospital
and made many subsequent visits.
Florence Nightingale will always be
associated with the hospital.
John Constable & Francis Towne painted watercolours
of the Abbey Ruins. The paintings hang in the Tate Gallery, London.
Horace Walpole and Thomas Gray visited and
wrote about the Abbey.
William Sotheby wrote an Ode
to the Abbey.
William Lisle Bowes wrote a Sonnet
about the Abbey.
John D. Sedding, a famous Victorian
Architect, designed St. Edwards Church.
Lord Louis Mountbatten was a frequent visitor
to the Netley home of Col. Richard Chrichton.
Dr. Watson of the Sherlock Holmes stories was
trained at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Netley is mentioned in his first
book "A Study in
Scarlet"
Jane Austin is known to have visited the
Abbey on several occasions.
Charles Herbert Lightoller was second mate on the ill fated Titanic.
Site last updated April 2008
