Durley
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU5116
otherwise: deorleage, 901-11; durlea, 903-16; Derleie, 1086
DURLEY
Old English 'deer wood' or 'deer clearing'. The absence of an inflectional syllable in the first element suggests that this is a meaningful compound, ie: 'deer wood' rather than simply 'wood where deer were found'. A further Durley is the Domesday Book manor of 'Derleie' in Colbury.
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Period - 19th century, early
... I came through Durley, where I went to the house of farmer Mears. I was very much pleased with what I saw at Durley, which is about two miles from Botley, and is certainly one of the most obscure villages in this whole kingdom. Mrs. Mears, the farmer's wife, had made of the crested dog's tail grass, a bonnet which she wears herself. I there saw girls platting the straw. They had made plat of several degrees of fineness; and, they sell it to some person or persons at Fareham, who, I suppose, makes it into bonnets. ...
The farmer, who is also a very intelligent person, told me, that he should endeavour to introduce the manufacture as a thing to assist the obtaining of employment, in order to lessen the amount of the poor-rate. I think it very likely that this will be done in the parish of Durley. A most important matter it is, to put paupers in the way of ceasing to be paupers. I could not help admiring the zeal as well as the intelligence of the farmer's wife, who expressed her readiness to teach the girls and women of the parish, in order to enable them to assist themselves. ...
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Waltham 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 - Waltham Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Waltham Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Waltham Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- church - Waltham Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, hamlet - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
TERRA TAINORV~ REGIS ... EDMVND [f. Pagen] ten. de rege et Hugo de eo I uirg in DERLEIE . Saulf tenuit de rege E in paragio ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Waltham Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
