Blackwater

Blackwater, Hawley
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Hawley
Hampshire
SU853594
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XIII.5

Blackwater
otherwise: Blakwater, 1588
- settlement, hamlet
refce: Coates 1989
BLACKWATER, river and hamlet of Yateley
Self explanatory. Gover attributes such names to the appearance of the river bed in sandstone areas. The river was originally called 1272 'aqua de Swalewe'; the name duplicates that of the 'Swale' in Yorkshire, North Riding. Ekwall says that the river name is related to that of the bird, citing 'move, plash' as the rather weak link connecting the meanings, but giving interesting continental cognates like Middle High German 'swalm'='whirlpool' (better perhaps 'swall'='surge (of dammed water)'). The old river name survives in 'Swallowfield' (Berkshire), through which the Blackwater flows.

description
Blackwater
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830

Period - 19th century, early
refce: Cobbett 1830
Set off for London [from Burghclere]. Went by Alderbridge, Crookham, ... Stratfield Say, Heckfield Heath, Eversley, Blackwater, ... This is, with trifling exceptions, a miserably poor country.

old map
Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Baker 1802

Period - 19th century, early
refce: Baker 1802 (opp p.51)
Blackwater
Drawing of a village.

old map
Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Crondal Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU85.jpg)

old map
Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
refce: Badeslade 1742

descriptive text

Period - 18th century, early
refce: Defoe 1724
... from whence [Chertsey] crossing the Black Desert, as I call'd it, of Bagshot-Heath, I directed my course for Hampshire, or Hantshire, and particularly for Basingstoke; that is to say, that a little before I pass'd into the great western road upon the heath, somewhat west of Bagshot, at a village call'd Blackwater, and enter'd Hampshire, near Hartleroe.

old map
Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU86.jpg)

old map
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, hamlet - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.25)
(OG25SU85.jpg)

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Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU86.jpg)

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Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU86.jpg)

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Blackwater
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU86.jpg)

old map
Blakwater
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, hamlet - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
(SAX1SU86.jpg)

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