Coldrey

Coldrey, Bentley
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Bentley
Hampshire
SU7743
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXVIII.13
Coldrey
otherwise: colrithe, 973-974; Colrethe, 1253
refce: Coates 1989
COLDREY (HOUSE), extraparochial area adjacent to Froyle
Seems to be unmistakably Old English '(char)coal stream(s)', though for exactly what reason is not known. It may be significant that a mile or so away is 'Isnage Farm' (973-974 (12th century transcript) 'isen hyrste (gate)' 1205 'Isonhirst') whose name means 'iron wooded hill'. If so, the charcoal would have been used in smelting. There is a dammed stream here, a left tributary of the Wey.
old map
 Coldrey
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Alton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
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old map
 Coldre
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Alton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
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old map
 Coldree
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Alton Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
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old map
 Coldree
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Alton Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
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old map
 Coldree
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- house - Alton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
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   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001