Hengistbury Head

Hengistbury Head, Bournemouth
headland
parish:
county:
coords:
Bournemouth
Dorset
SZ1790
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXVI.16
Hengistbury Head
otherwise: Hedenesburia, 1100-1135; Ednesbury, 1485-1509
refce: Coates 1989
HENGISTBURY HEAD, west arm of Christchurch Harbour
Old English 'fort of Heddin'. The same name is found in a document of 877 (12th century transcript) (BCS 544, S 1277), from Nursling, in the place name 'hedenesdene'. A continental relative also appears in the name of the Baltic island 'Hiddensee' for which there is Norse saga evidence. Renaissance antiquaries preferred 'Hengist' a relatively known quantity (1611 'Hengestbury heade').
old map
 Hengistbury Head
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- headland - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
refce: Badeslade 1742
old map
 Hengistbury head
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- headland - Christchurch Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SZ18.jpg)
old map
 Hengestbury head
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- headland - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SZ18.jpg)
old map
 Hengestbury heade
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- headland - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SZ18.jpg)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001