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Boldre
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Boldre
Hampshire
SZ3198
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HANTSLOC.t
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Boldre
otherwise: Bolra, 1135-1154; Bolre, 1152
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Coates 1989
BOLDRE, EAST BOLDRE, two modern parishes
Usually said to the the old name of the LYMINGTON RIVER. In a document of the
time of John we find 'usque fossatum quod descendit in Bolre' (etc)='up to the
ditch which goes down to the Boldre', and the river is clearly alluded to in the
name of 'Bolderford Bridge' (1331 'pontem de Bolre') above Brockenhurst, and
possibly in 'Bolderwood Walk' further still up country. Origin quite uncertain.
Ekwall's final suggestion involves the source of the dialect word
'boulder'='bulrush', therefore '(river marked by) stands of rushes'? The village
name would then be from the river. However, some of the forms (eg 1236 'Balre')
suggest rather hypothetical 'bi alre/alrum'='by the alder(s)', ie: a primary
place name, with phonology as in BURE HOMAGE. (The definite article is normally
absent in place names of this structure.) If Ekwall's earlier suggestion of
hypothetical 'bolaern'='bole or plank house' is the right one, then again it is
a primary place name and not a river name.
East Boldre is at the extreme eastern margin of the former undivided
parish.
In the midst of all this uncertainty, the Domesday Book forms 'Bovre(ford)'
do not fit in at all, unless they are for hypothetical 'bi ofre'='by the (flat
topped) ridge', in which case all the later medieval forms would have to be
explained as containing hypercorrect 'l' for what was interpreted as 'u';
scarcely likely. The manor of before 1066 was depopulated by the Conqueror and
the site repopulated only later. The name 'Boldre' may therefore be a new one
for the site. 'Bovre' may duplicate BURE HOMAGE. It should not be confused with
1300 'la Boverie' where Beaulieu Abbey had a grange chapel (Hockey 1974: lxv),
which was Anglo Norman 'bouverie'='ox stall'.
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old map
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Boldre
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - New Forest Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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old map
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Boldre
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - New Forrest Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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Boldre
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Newforrest Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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Boldre
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Newforrest Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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Boldre
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Newforrest Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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Boldere
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
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Keer 1620
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Boldere
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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domesday
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Bovre
Listed in Domesday Book
- Bovre Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
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Domesday Book 1086 (NF9.19)
IN FORESTA NOVA et CIRCA EA~ ... PAGEN tenuit II Maner BOVRE appellata . Duo
alaodiarij tenuer~ in paragio ... Modo e~ in foresta ...
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domesday
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Bovre
Listed in Domesday Book
- Bovre Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
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Moody 1862 (Domesday)
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