Ower

Ower, Copythorne
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Copythorne
Hampshire
SU3216
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LVI.14
Ower
otherwise: Oure, 1270; Ore, 1284
refce: Coates 1989
OWER, hamlet in Copythorne
Either Old English 'ofer'='flat-topped ridge' or 'ora'='bank, shore'. Ower overlooks the river Blackwater from a majestic 44'.
old map
 Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, hamlet - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.97)
(OG97SU31.jpg)
domesday
 Hore
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantescire - Glastonbury Abbey - Glastonbury parish: - Somerset
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (11.1)
TERRA AECCL~AE DE GLASTINGBER. ... ABBATIA de Glastingberie ten. una~ hida~ in HORE et Gislebtus de breteuile ten. de abbatia . Alsi tenuit de abb~e ...
domesday
 Hore
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001