Ringwood

Ringwood, a market town in the New Forest parliamentary division of Hampshire, England, 1031 m. S.W. by W. from London by the London & South-Western railway. Pop. (r901) 4629. It lies pleasantly on the river Avon, which here divides into numerous branches, flowing through flat meadow land. The church of SS. Peter and Paul, which was almost entirely reconstructed in 1854, the town hall and corn exchange are the chief buildings. A large agricultural trade and manufactures of agricultural implements, linen goods and woollen gloves are carried on.