Ropley
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU6431
otherwise: Roppele, 1172; Ropeleia, 1198; Ropele, 1245
ROPLEY
Probably 'wood/clearing of Hroppa', a man's name which Ekwall explains as a short name for hypothetical 'Hrothbeorht' the English equivalent of Anglo Norman 'Robert'. The existence of named woods in the parish (eg 'Charlwood, Monkwood, Lyelands Wood') may suggest that 'clearing' is the proper translation for 'leah' in the parish name.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Sutton 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 - Sutton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Esselei Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
