Axford

Axford, Nutley
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Nutley
Hampshire
SU6143
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXVI.15

Axford
otherwise: Ashore, 1272; Axore, 1280

refce: 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'.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001