Eastleigh

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Eastleigh
Hampshire
SU456189
50.58N 1.22W : lat'n'long
refce: HANTSLOC.t

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

Eastleigh
otherwise: east lea, 932-13; Estleie, 1086

refce: Coates 1989
EASTLEIGH, modern parish carved out of South Stoneham
Old English 'east wood or clearing' or perhaps better '[place] east of the wood'.

old map
Eastley
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU32.jpg)

old map
Eastley
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
refce: Badeslade 1742

old map
Eastley
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Fawley Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU41.jpg)

old map
Eastley
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Mansbridg Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU41.jpg)

old map
Eastley
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Mansbridg Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU41.jpg)

old map
Eastley
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- house - Fawley Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU41.jpg)

domesday
Estleie
Listed in Domesday Book
- Manesbrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (56.2)
TERRA HENRICI THESAVRIJ ... Isd~ Henric. ten. ESTLEIE . Goduin tenuit de rege E ...

domesday
Estleie
Listed in Domesday Book
- Manebrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)

coat of arms

refce: coat of arms & crest & motto
HMCMS:FA1998.49.6
Includes - a bishop's mitre refering to the connection of the Bishops of Winchester with Bishopstoke, sheaves of corn symbolising agriculture, two narrow black bands either side of the chequey fess represent railway lines, the checker recalls that this was a manor held by Cahmberlains of the Royal Exchequer, a winged wheel for progress and transport, a ship for shipbuilding and yatching at hamble; the crest includes Hampshire roses and lilies of St mary to whom local churches are dedicated, the naval crown commemorates naval connections.
SALLIS POPULI SUPREMA LEX
motto - The welfare of the people is the highest law

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001