Hensting FarmHensting Farm, Owslebury |
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Owslebury Hampshire SU4922 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants LVIII.1 |
Hensting otherwise: hefesylting, 970; Hevenstigge, 1208; Hevelesting', 1231 |
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Coates 1989 HENSTING, hamlet and farm in Owslebury It is hard to do anything with this. The Old English form is out of line with later ones. That of 1231 is typical. Reduced forms akin to the modern name are found (1534 'Henstyng' 1759 'Henstead'). |