Shamblehurst FarmShamblehurst Farm, Hedge End |
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Hedge End Hampshire SU4914 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXVI.5 |
Shamblehurst otherwise: Scamelherst, 1174; Samelhurst, 1212 |
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Coates 1989 SHAMBLEHURST, farm in Botley, later in Hedge End Hypothetical Old English 'Sceamolhyrst' in one of two senses: literally 'bench wood' (where suitable wood was got) or figuratively 'wood on a bench' (shelf of level ground). 'Hyrst' usually means 'wooded hill', which does not go well with the second possibility. It could, obscurely, imply 'wood where benches/tables were set up'. |