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Ropley
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settlement
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parish:
county:
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Ropley
Hampshire
SU6431
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HANTSLOC.t
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25inch County Series map -- Hants XLII.12 |
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Ropley
otherwise: Roppele, 1172; Ropeleia, 1198; Ropele, 1245
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Coates 1989
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.
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old map
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Ropley
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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(HAR1SU63.jpg)
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Ropley
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
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Badeslade 1742
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old map
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Ropley
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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(MRD2SU63.jpg)
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Ropley
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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(BLA1SU63.jpg)
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Ropley
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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Ropley
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Sutton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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(NRD1SU63.jpg)
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Ripley
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
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Keer 1620
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Ripley
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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(SAX1SU63.jpg)
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domesday
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Sudtone
Listed in Domesday Book
- Esselei Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
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Moody 1862 (Domesday)
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