Holdshott otherwise: Holesete, 1086; Holessieta, 1167 - hundred
refce:	Coates 1989 HOLDSHOTT, farm in Heckfield and hundred Old English 'holan scietan'='(at the) angle or nook in a hollow'. At the far eastern end of Heckfield parish, but there is no obvious reason for the first element. One might imagine the bed of the river Whitewater as running in a slight hollow or gate between rising land in Heckfield and Hazeley.

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   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001