Broxhead

Broxhead, Headley
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Headley
Hampshire
SU8037
cf present Broxhead Common, Broxhead Farm
refce: JandMN
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXXVI.14
Broxhead
otherwise: Brocheseve, 1086; Brokesheved, 1236; Brockesheved, 1280
refce: Coates 1989
BROXHEAD, manor in Headley
Hypothetical Old English 'Broccesheafod'='badger's head' or 'hill'. The 'head' names were discussed by Dickins in Place Names of Surrey, where the theory was advanced that at such places animal (or occasionally human) heads were put on display for some religious, ritual or totemic reason. Gover notes that the spelling 'Brocashead' in 1639 is due to the Brocas family holding the manor.
old map
 Broxton
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Alton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
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old map
 Broxton
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Alton Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU84.jpg)
old map
 Broxton
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Alton Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
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old map
 Brexted
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - Alton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
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domesday
 Brocheseve
Listed in Domesday Book
- Neteham Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (63.1)
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   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001