Oxenbourne

Oxenbourne, Eastmeon
parish:
county:

coords:
Eastmeon
Hampshire
settlement
SU6921
cf Oxenbourne Farm, Oxenbourne House
refce: JandMN

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LX.2

Oxenbourne
otherwise: Oxeburne, 1200; Oxeneburne, 1208; Exeneburne, 1245

refce: Coates 1989
OXENBOURNE, tithing of Eastmeon
Old English/Middle English 'Oxenaburna'='oxen's stream', a headwater of the river Meon. There are occasional 'E-' spellings representing the older Old English genitive plural form 'exena'.

old map
Oxenburn
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU62.jpg)

old map
Oxenburn
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Eastmeane Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU62.jpg)

old map
Oxenburn
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - East Meane Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU62.jpg)

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001