Emsworth

Emsworth, Havant
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Havant
Hampshire
SU749058
refce: HANTSLOC.t

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

Emsworth
otherwise: Emeleswurth; Emneswrth, 1224; Empnesworth, 1268; Emlesworth, 1304

refce: Coates 1989
EMSWORTH
Old English 'AEmele's curtilage'. Spellings in 'n' predominate in the later Middle Ages; this is the result of the assimilation of 'l' to the preceding nasal consonant, a common type of change. There are sporadic forms without 's' in the thirteenth century.

old map
Emsworth
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Bosmere Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU70.jpg)

old map
Einsworth
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Bosmere Hundred - Hantshire?
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU70.jpg)

old map
Einsworth
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Bosmere Hundred - Hantshire?
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU70.jpg)

old map
Emnesworth
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, hamlet - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
(SAX1SU70.jpg)

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001