Ewhurst

Ewhurst, Baughurst
parish:
county:

Baughurst
Hampshire
refce: JandMN
Ewhurst
otherwise: ywyrstae, 1023-12; Werste, 1086; Ywersta, 1185
refce: Coates 1989
EWHURST
Old English 'yew wood' (on a hill; cf Gelling 1984: 197-8). This is a common South Country name especially on the Chalk. A wood called 'Ewhurst Wood' is still in the parish.
old map
 Cauhurst
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Kingscler Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
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domesday
 Werste
Listed in Domesday Book
- Clere Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (23.21)
TERRA HVGONIS DE PORTH ... Ipse H ten. WERSTE et Walter de eo . Goduin tenuit ...
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001