Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Mengham, Havant

	Mengham Mengham, Havant
	settlement
parish: county: coords:	Havant Hampshire SZ7299
refce:	HANTSLOC.t

old map:	25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXIV.11

	Mengham otherwise: Mongeham, 1272; Meyngham, 1327; Mengham, 1352
refce:	Coates 1989 MENGHAM, in South Hayling The first spelling may well contain 'o' in error for 'e'; in which case we probably have hypothetical Old English 'Maegingaham'='estate of the people associated with Maeg(a)' (a man's name), or possibly their 'hamm' or 'hemmed-in land'.

Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001