Candover Stream

river
parish:
county:
coords:
Itchen Stoke and Ovington
Hampshire
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Old Alresford
Northington
Candovers
Hampshire

tributary to Itchen, River
refce: JandMN

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XLI.12

Candover
otherwise: cendefer, 701-12; kendefer, 901-11
- river
refce: Coates 1989
CANDOVER, stream
The parishes [Brown candover, Preston Candover, Chilton Candover] take their name from the stream whose name (following Ekwall) may have been from hypothetical British 'Caniodubri'='beautiful waters'.

old map
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU63.jpg)

old map
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
refce: Badeslade 1742

description
Itching
The place is described in text Cox 1738

The Itchen is nowadays taken to be the stream south from Alresford towards Hinton Ampner.

refce: Cox 1738
... This river [Itching] rises at Chilton-Candover ...

old map
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- river - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU53.jpg)

table of distances
Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
refce: Simmons 1643
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old map
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- river - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU53.jpg)

old map
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- river - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU53.jpg)

old map
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- river - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
(SAX1SU53.jpg)

old map
see:- Gough Map (perhaps)

Period - 14th century (about 1360)
refce: Gough Map
Branching off the Itchen; this is a questionable identification.
(GOUGH1S.jpg)

Candover Stream

refce: Ekwall, Eilert: 1927: English River Names: OUP
old name, rises N of Preston Candover flows to Itchen W of New Alresford; note place names -Candover

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001