Swanthorpe House

Swanthorpe House, Crondall
house
parish:
county:
coords:
Crondall
Hampshire
SU7846
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXVIII.6
Swanthorpe
otherwise: Swanethorp, 1233; Swandrop, 1248; Swantroppe, 1541; Swandrope, 1586
refce: Coates 1989
SWANTHORPE, house in Crondall
Hypothetical Old English 'Swanathrop'='herdsmen's secondary settlement', with the implication that the site is a permanent village replacing an earlier seasonal herdsmen's settlement.
old map
 Swanthorpe
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611 (perhaps)
- Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU74.jpg)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001