Bar End

Bar End, Winchester
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Winchester
Hampshire
SU4928
refce: HANTSLOC.t

Bar End
otherwise: Barende, 1541

refce: Coates 1989
BAR END, suburb of Winchester
The 'bar' of Winchester is recorded in the time of Henry III 'extra barram Wynton' presumably denoting a barrier erected in the East Gate, beyond which Bar End lies. For the general sense, cf the street name 'Above Bar' in Southampton.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001