Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Hampage Wood, Itchen Valley

	Hampage Wood Hampage Wood, Itchen Valley
	wood
parish: county: coords:	Itchen Valley Hampshire SU5430
refce:	HANTSLOC.t

old map:	25inch County Series map -- Hants XLI.16

	Hampage Wood otherwise: Hanepinge, 1256; Hampyng, 1374
refce:	Coates 1989 HAMPAGE WOOD (and farm) in Avington A singular '-ing' derivative of Old English 'haenep'='hemp', thus 'hemp place'. It is not known whether other plants than hemp could be called by this name; hemp itself is an ancient introduction.

Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001