Froxfield Parish

Froxfield Parish
parish
parish:
county:
coords:
Froxfield
Hampshire
SU7027
refce: HANTSLOC.t
Froxfield
otherwise: froxafelda, 975-971; Froxefeld; Froxefelde, 1207-1245
refce: Coates 1989
FROXFIELD
Old English 'frogs' open land'. The presence of such a name on high ground a long way from streams is accounted for by the presence of clay-with-flints on the chalk downs here, providing a damp habitat for frogs. Cf 'Frogmore' in adjacent East Meon parish.
domesday
 Menes
Listed in Domesday Book
- Mene Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
Associated with
place - Froxfield- ecclesiastical parish
date 1803
object
refce: Chapman, John & Seeliger, Sylvia: 1997: Formal and Informal Enclosures in Hampshire 1700-1900: Hampshire Papers: no.12
Champman, John & Seeliger, Sylvia: 1997: Guide to Enclosure in Hampshire 1700-1900: Hampshire Record Series: no.15: ref no.14058
mapping: 25inch County Series maps - HMCMS Identity numbers:
map
-- HMCMS:MAP1.HAM43.13, MAP1.HAM43.14, MAP1.HAM43.15
-- HMCMS:MAP1.HAM51.4, MAP1.HAM51.8
-- HMCMS:MAP1.HAM52.1, MAP1.HAM52.2, MAP1.HAM52.3, MAP1.HAM52.4, MAP1.HAM52.5, MAP1.HAM52.6, MAP1.HAM52.7, MAP1.HAM52.8, MAP1.HAM52.10, MAP1.HAM52.11
-- HMCMS:MAP2.HAM43SW, MAP2.HAM43SE
-- HMCMS:MAP2.HAM51NE
-- HMCMS:MAP2.HAM52NW, MAP2.HAM52NE, MAP2.HAM52SW, MAP2.HAM52SE
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001