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Laverstoke
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settlement
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Laverstoke
Hampshire
SU4948
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HANTSLOC.t
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25inch County Series map -- Hants XXV.2 |
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Laverstoke
otherwise: Lavrochestoche, 1086; Laverchestoch, 1155-1158;
Laverstok, 1219; Laverkestoke, 1236; Larkstoke, 1378
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Coates 1989
LAVERSTOKE
Hypothetical Old English 'Lafercestoc'='lark dependent farm'. In Old English
the word for 'lark' unaccountably varies between 'laferce, laewerce' and
'lawerce'. We have the first here. A 'stoc' was a secondary or dependent
settlement, sometimes having religious connections (cf Ekwall, the Dictionary of
English Place Names: 443, Smith, English Place Name Elements II: 153-6), and in
Middle English at the latest developing the more general meaning '(inhabited)
place'. It is not known precisely what sense of 'stoc' is intended here. It is
remarkable that the name seems to recur three further times: 'Laverstock'
(Wiltshire) 'Laverkestoke/-stou' (now 'Langley' (Buckinghamshire)) and 'Lark
Stoke' (Gloucestershire). One would expect the present name to be like the Gl
one (cf the form of 1378); the pronunciation of the modern name seems to derive
from the written tradition. There are several minor places called 'Larkwhistle'
in Hampshire, eg in Wonston; the name is said to signify a lonely spot.
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Lverstoke
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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Laverstoke
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
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Badeslade 1742
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Laverstoke
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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Laverstoke
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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Laverstoke
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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Leverstoke
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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Laverstoke
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
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Keer 1620
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Laverstoke
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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domesday
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Lavrochestoche
Listed in Domesday Book
- Overetun Hundred - Hantescire - St Peter's Abbey - Winchester parish: -
Hampshire
Period - 11th century
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Domesday Book 1086 (6.12)
SCI~ PETRI DE WINTONIA ... Ipsa abbatia ten. LAVROCHESTOCHE . Vlueua tenuit
de abbatia usq. ad obitu . Post morte~ ei redd~id rex W hoc M~ eid~ aeccl~ae p.
sua anima et uxoris suae ...
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domesday
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Lavrochestoche
Listed in Domesday Book
- Ovretune Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
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Moody 1862 (Domesday)
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