AxfordAxford, Nutley |
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settlement |
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Nutley Hampshire SU6143 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXVI.15 |
Axford otherwise: Ashore, 1272; Axore, 1280 |
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Coates 1989 AXFORD, hamlet in Nutley Old English 'ash-tree slope'. Gelling's translation of 'ora'='foot of a slope' (1984: 179), is highly suitable for Axford. The first element is either a metathesized form of Old English 'aesc (aex)' or its genitive plural form 'aecsa'. The spelling of 1272 might, but need not, suggest the alternative hypothetical 'AEscora'. |