Cutthorn

Cutthorn, Southampton
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Southampton
Hampshire
SU4215
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXV.3
Cut Thorn
Cutted thorn
refce: Coates 1989
CUT(TED) THORN, location in Southampton
This spot on Southampton Common was the site of the Southampton courts leet. Gover says it served as a borough boundary mark. It is recorded eg as 1254 'Cuttethorne' 1488=1490 'Cutted thorne (crosse)' (VCH III: 492). A pollard hawthorn is the most likely source of the name, but a reference to ritual tree mutilation (usually however confined to ashes) is not out of the question. Cf also 'Cutbush Lane' in Bitterne and COPYTHORNE.
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001