Hawkley
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU7429
otherwise: Hauecle, 1207; Haveclige, 1234; Hauekele, 1248
HAWKLEY
Old English/Middle English 'hawk clearing or pasture'. Hawks hunt in open land rather than woods thus less likely 'hawk wood'.
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
... the danger of breaking my neck at Hawkley and of getting buried in the bogs of Woolmer Forest. My route was through East-Meon, Froxfield, Hawkley, Greatham, and then over Woolmer Forest, (a heath if you please) to Headley.
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... These hangers [Hawkley Hanger] are woods on the sides of very steep hills. The trees and underwood hang, in some sort, to the ground, instead of standing on it. Hence these places are called Hangers. From the summit of that which I had now to descend, I looked won upon the villages of Hawkley, Greatham, Selborne and some others.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Shelborn Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Selborn Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Selburn Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Selburn Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Selbourne Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
- silly mistake
The finger post at SU755317 on the B3006, on the right going north towards Selborne, reads 'Hawley'; someone has made a mistake! Seen 22.2.1999
