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Romsey
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Romsey
Hampshire
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50.992N 1.495W : lat'n'long
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HANTSLOC.t
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25inch County Series map -- Hants LVI.4 |
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Romsey
otherwise: rummaesig, 966-975; rumesig, 971; rumesige,
1000-14; rumesege, 1026-12
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Coates 1989
ROMSEY
Old English 'island of Rum'. Old English 'i(e)g' means 'island' or 'raised
ground in marshland'; obviously the latter is meant here, in the Test marshes.
It is the commonest element recorded in ancient place names (cf Cox 1976: 58).
'Rum' is found as the first element of Old English names like 'Rumbeald' (Middle
English 'Rumbold').
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description
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Rumsey
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
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Cobbett 1830
... But, before I go forward any further, I must just step back again to
RUMSEY, which we passed rather too hastily through on the 16th, as noticed in
the RIDE that was published last week. This town was, in ancient times, a very
grand place, though it is now nothing more than a decent market-town, without
any thing to entitle it to particular notice, except its church, which was the
church of an Abbey NUNNERY ...
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old map
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Romsey
Shown on an old map by Perrot 1823
- Hamp
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Perrot 1823
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(PER1HANT.jpg)
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old gazetteer
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Romsey
Period - 19th century, early
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Brookes 1815
a town in Hampshire, governed by a mayor, with a market on Saturday, a
manufacture of shaloons, and several paper-mills. Here was a considerable abbey
for Benedictine nuns, of which little is now standing, except the spacious
church. It is seated on the Andover canal and the river Test, 8m NW Southampton,
and 73 W by S London.
Test, or Tese, ... flows by ... Rumsey
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old map
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Kings Somborn Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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(HAR1SU32.jpg)
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old map
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, town - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
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Badeslade 1742
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description
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Rumsey
otherwise: Rumseg
The place is described in text Cox 1738
- Hampshire
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Cox 1738
Rumsey, called by the Saxon Rumseg, a large and ancient Town in the Road from
Southampton to Salisbury. It is governed by a Mayor, Recorder, six Aldermen, and
twelve Burgesses, &c. 'Tis much inhabited by Clothiers, and has a good Market on
Saturdays weekly, and three Fairs yearly, on Easter Monday, August the 15th, and
St. Simon and St. Jude.
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description
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Rumsey
The place is described in text Bowen 1720 (plate 263)
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Bowen 1720 (plate 263)
Rumsey / Is a large & ancient Town, Govd. by a Mayor, 16 Ald~, a Recorder, &
12 Burgesses, It trades cheifly in Cloath, & has a good Mt. on Sat. & Fairs on
East. Mond. ,Augt. 15th., & Sts. Simon & Jude. / Here was formerly a Nunnery
built by K. Edgar, out of which Mathew of Alsace, Son to the E. of Flanders,
found means privately to convey the Princess, Mary K. Stephen's only Daughter &
Heir, then Abbess & married her but was so pursued & threatned by the Church,
that after he had 2 Children by her, he was obliged to resign her, that she
might return to the Performance of her Vow.
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, town - Redbridg Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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(MRD2SU32.jpg)
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, town - Hampshire
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Ogilby 1675 (pl.97)
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- settlement, town - Hampshire
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Ogilby 1675 (pl.51)
street map
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descriptive text
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Rumsey
Period - 17th century
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Blome 1673
Rumsey, seated on a fair River, a large and ancient Town, much inhabited by
Clothiers; and its Market, which is on Saturdays, is very well served with all
provisions.
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, town - Kings Somburne Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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table of distances
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
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Simmons 1643
in the S.W. sector of the thumbnail map; 65 miles from London
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, town - kings Sombourne Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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description
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Rumsey
The place is described in text Camden 1610
- Hantshire
Period - 1600s
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Camden 1610
Then goeth this river [Test] to see Rumsey, in Saxon speech [Rumseg]. A
nunnery founded by King Edgar, the large Church whereof yet standeth; out of the
which Marie daughter of King Stephen being there Abbesse, & his only heire
surviving, was conveied secretly by Mathew of Alsace sonne to the Earle of
Flaunders, and to him married [etc etc]
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old map
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Rvmsey
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, town - Redbridg Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
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Keer 1620
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Rumsey
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, town - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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Romsay
Period - 16th century
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Lloyd 1573
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(LLD1HAM.jpg)
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domesday
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Listed in Domesday Book
- Hantescire - Romsey Abbey - Romsey parish: - Hampshire
Period - 11th century
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Domesday Book 1086 (15.1)
TERRA AECCL~AE DE ROMESYG ... ABBATIA DE ROMESY ten. tota~ uilla~ in qua
sedet ipsa aeccl~a ...
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domesday
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Romesyg
Listed in Domesday Book
- Sumburne Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
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Moody 1862 (Domesday)
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old map
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rusey
see:- Gough Map
Period - 14th century (about 1360)
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Gough Map
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coat of arms
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seal
Borough seal, 1933, a portcullis
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coat of arms
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coat of arms & crest & motto
HMCMS:FA1998.49.1
blazon (approximate) - quarterly gules and sable, overall a crosier
surmounted of a portcullis or
The shield's red refers to the borough's royal association, the black to the
Benedictine abbey, the two emblems have long been used on the borough's common
seal; the crest has a mural crown with ears of wheat and barley, representing
the agriculture and brewing of the area; the dexter supporter, a lion, holds the
banner of the Mountbattens, the sinister supporter may alude to King John's
hunting, the mayfly to trout fishing in the Test.
QUAE RECTA TENE
motto - Hold fast that which is right
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