Rhode

Rhode, Selborne
parish:
county:

Selborne
Hampshire
refce: Coates 1989
Rhode
otherwise: Larode, 1086; Rude, la, 1248-1285
refce: Coates 1989
RHODE, farm in Selborne
Hypothetical Old English 'rod(u)'='clearing, assart', used as a place name. The forms quoted show the French definite article. The modern spelling is, as so often in place names and surnames, influenced by that of 'Rhodes'; an excess of classical zeal.
domesday
 Larode
Listed in Domesday Book
- Neteham Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (55.1)
TERRA H[ ] ... HERBERVS camarius tenet de rege LARODE . Brictric tenuit de rege E ...
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