Catherington
Catherington, Horndeancounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU6914
otherwise: Cateringatun, 1015; Cateringeton, 1176
CATHERINGTON
One of a notoriously difficult group of names, cf 'Caterham' (Surrey) 'Chadderton' (La). It used to be thought (1) that 'cater' represented the hypothetical British 'cater-' hypothetical Primitive Welsh 'cader' the equivalent of Ir. 'cathir'='fortified town', or (2) that hypothetical 'cater-' (hypothetical Primitive Welsh 'cadeir') was borrowed from VL 'cat(h)edra'='chair', and that it was a topographical word. However this word gives hypothetical Primitive Welsh 'cadeir' and all names derived from it in English should show 'd'. This appears only once in the record for Catherington, and clearly another story is needed for at least some of these difficult names (see Jackson 1953: 555). Maybe 'cater' in place names is a direct borrowing from the Latin 'catedra' just mentioned, though one would still expect '-d-' in English place names derived from it. Some of the Old English forms have been explained as containing an Old English personal name 'Cat(t)or' of Primitive Welsh origin (seen in Malory's Sir 'Cador' of Cornwall). The present name means 'farm of the Cateringas', a folk name perhaps meaning 'dwellers at (the) 'Cater'' or 'people associated with Cat(t)or'.
The present spelling has influenced the church dedication to St Catherine - the medieval church was All Saints (ex inf. Mr J. Pile).
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Finchdean Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Finchdeane Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Finchedeane Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Finchedeane Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Finchdeane Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Ceptune Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
