Shawford
Shawford, Compton and Shawfordcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU4725
otherwise: Scaldeforda, 1208; Scaudeford, 1233
SHAWFORD, hamlet, now village, in Compton
Hypothetical Old English 'Scaldan forde'='(at the) shallow ford', over the Itchen.
The place is described in text Cox 1738
- Hampshire
Shawford, a little Village, where Henry Mildmay Esq; Son of Sir Henry Mildmay ..., hath laid out above 10000 Pounds in building himself a fine Seat; 'Tis now the Estate of Carew Mildmay of Rumford in the County of Essex Esq; by his marriage with the Grandaughter of the said Henry, by his Son Holiday Mildmay Esq; by Alice, the Daughter of Sir Moundiford Bramstone Knt. one of the Masters in Chancery.
