Testwood

Testwood, Totton and Eling
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Totton and Eling
Hampshire
SU3514
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXIV.8
Testwood
otherwise: Terstewode, 1174-1199; Testwode, 1362
refce: Coates 1989
TESTWOOD, in Eling, suburb of Southampton
Old English/Middle English 'wood by the Test'; see TEST. The Domesday Book manor of 'Lesteorde, Lestred' has been held to be Testwood, but nothing can be made of the forms as they stand.
old map
 Testwood
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Redbridg Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU31.jpg)
old map
 Testwood
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Redbridge Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU31.jpg)
old map
 Testwood
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Redbridge Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU31.jpg)
domesday
 Lesteorde
Listed in Domesday Book
- Bovre Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001