Morestead
Morestead, Owsleburycounty:
coords:
Hampshire
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Morested
otherwise: Morsted; Morstede, 1000-1299?
MORESTEAD, MORESTED
Morestead is at the head of a dry valley, and the sense of Old English 'mor' here must be 'barren upland'. A large section of the Northeast part of the parish was given over to 'Longwood Warren'; its use as warren testifies that it was not prime agricultural land. Old English 'stede' has been fully investigated by Sandred (1963). It appears to mean 'site of something', 'site of something no longer there'. No better translation than 'moor place' can be offered. The other sense of Old English 'mor'='marshy area', is in evidence close by in the watermeadows of 'Twyford Moors' but these are not close enough to give rise to the present name. A deceptively simple name.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Fawley Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Fawley Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Fawley Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Fawley Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Fawley Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Falemere Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
