Hordle
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SZ2695
otherwise: Hordella, 1100-1135; Hordhulle, 1135-1154; Hordehull; Hurdhill, 1331
HORDLE
Hypothetical Old English 'Hordhyll'='(treasure-)hoard hill'. The events which gave rise to this name are lost for ever. In English place names 'hord' may be associated with words for barrows and supposedly haunted places. 'Hyll' never appears to mean 'barrow'. More prosaically, there was an Old English word 'hordaern'='storehouse'; this name may be elliptical for hypothetical 'Hord(aern)hyll' but that is pure speculation.
The name 'Golden Hill' (OS 1 to 63360 map) in the same parish is tantalizing, and its relation to the parish name is unknown. It may be a deliberate allusion to the fruits of place name research.
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurche Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodedic Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
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Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodedic Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
