Eversley
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU7762
otherwise: evereslea, 1053-1066; Evreslei, 1086; Evereslege, 1236
EVERSLEY
Old English 'boar's wood/clearing' or possibly 'of Eofor', a man's name. The present place straggles from Eversley to 'Eversley Centre' (20th century) and 'Eversley Cross' (1759 'Cross Green').
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Set off for London [from Burghclere]. Went by Alderbridge, Crookham, ... Stratfield Say, Heckfield Heath, Eversley, Blackwater, ... This is, with trifling exceptions, a miserably poor country.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Holdsett Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Holdshot Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Holdshot Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Holdshot Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Holdshott Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Holesete Hundred - Hantescire - St Peter's Church - Westminster parish: - London
Period - 11th century
TERRA S~CI PETRI WESTMON. ... ABBATIA S~CI PETRI De Westmonaster. ten. EVRESLEI . Quattuor liberi ho~es tenuer~ de rege E in alodiu~ ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Holesete Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
