Sopley

settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Sopley
Hampshire
SZ1596
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXVI.3

Sopley
otherwise: Sopelie, 1086; Soppeleia, 1100-1135; Soppeley, 1152

refce: Coates 1989
SOPLEY
Hypothetical Old English 'Soppanleah'='Soppa's wood/clearing'. This man's name has been inferred from other place names. Legitimate to wonder if an hypothetical Old English 'soppa'='milksop' existed; only 'sopp' is recorded, but there are continental Germanic parallels for a hypothetical 'soppa'. If so, this is 'sop wood' in a topographical sense; the village centre is by a marsh in the Avon valley.

old map
Sopley
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Christ Church Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SZ19.jpg)

old map
Sopley
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
refce: Badeslade 1742

old map
Sopley
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Christchurch Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SZ19.jpg)

old map
Sopley
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SZ19.jpg)

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Sopley
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SZ19.jpg)

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Sopley
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Christchurche Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SZ19.jpg)

domesday
Sopelei
Listed in Domesday Book
- Sirlei Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (51.1)
TERRA WILL~I FILIJ STVR ... WILL~S filius Stur ten. SOPELEI . Edric tenuit in alodiu~ de rege E ...

domesday
Sopelie
Listed in Domesday Book
- Sirlei Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)

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