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Knights Enham
Knights Enham, Andover |
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Andover
Hampshire
SU3648
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HANTSLOC.t
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Knight's Enham
otherwise: Eanham, 1000-1049?; Enham, 1167
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Coates 1989
ENHAM, two villages, one now a suburb of Andover
Probably hypothetical Old English 'Eanham'='lamb estate'. The hypothetical
word 'ean' is not on record, but the verb 'eanian'='to lamb' is found. Part of
Enham was in the royal estate of Andover, hence King's Enham (1379 'Enham
regis') and the rest a separate manor, held by Matthew de Columbers who died in
1273 seized of a knight's fee and a half, hence Knight's Enham (1316 'Ennam
militis' 1389 'Knyghtesenham'). The curious form in the time of Henry III
'Knythenesheneham' is hard to explain, but may in a garbled way suggest 'knight'
in the plural (early Middle English 'knightene' in the genitive case), with a
further '-s'.
Knight's Enham is now known as 'Enham Alamein'. A rehabilitation colony for
ex-servicemen was set up here after the Great War and reendowed after the second
World War as 'Alamein Village' by the government of Egypt in gratitude for the
defeat of the German army at El Alamein. The name of the place was changed
accordingly on the wave of postwar national sentiment.
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Inham
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Andover Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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Enham
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Andover Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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Eneham
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Andover Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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Eneham
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Andover Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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Eneham
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- house - Andover infra Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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Eneham
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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