Aldershot

Aldershot, Rushmoor
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
coords:
Rushmoor
Hampshire
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51.15N 0.47W : lat'n'long
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXI.9
Aldershot
otherwise: Halreshet, 1171; Alreshete, 1248; Alresshate, 1287
refce: Coates 1989
ALDERSHOT
Old English 'alder corner'. The infant river Blackwater forms the county boundary with Surrey here, and describes a broad arc leaving part of Hampshire projecting a little between Weybourne and Ash in Surrey. This is probably the 'sceat'='corner' in question (cf GRAYSHOTT). Alders beside the stream are probable enough. There was another 'alder shot' in Droxford recorded in 826.
In view of the later military associations of Aldershot, it is interesting to note that alder charcoal was preferred for the making of gunpowder (Rackham 1980: 306).
old map
 Aldershot
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement - Crondal Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
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old map
 Aldershott
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement - Crundall Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
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old map
 Aldershot
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
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old map
 Aldershot
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement - Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
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old map
 Aldershott
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement - Crundall Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
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old map
 Aldershare
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
refce: Keer 1620
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old map
 Aldershare
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
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coat of arms
refce: coat of arms
blazon - quarterly gules and vair, 1, a mitre or, 4, two swords crossed
Pugna pro Patria
motto - Fight for the Country
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001