Halterworth
Halterworth, Romsey Extracounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU3722
otherwise: Haltreworth, 1256
HALTERWORTH, hamlet, now suburb, of Romsey
Gover suggests hypothetical Old English 'Healdtreow-worth'='shelter tree curtilage'. An expression 'healde treow' is found in an Anglo Saxon period (901 (early 11th century transcript) document. Possibly the element is really 'heald'='leaning, sloping'. Otherwise uncertain.
