Thedden Grange

Thedden Grange, Beech
house
parish:
county:
coords:
Beech
Hampshire
SU6839
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXXV.5

Thedden
otherwise: Tedena, 1168; Thuddene, 1203; Theddene, 1207; Thutdene, 1270

refce: Coates 1989
THEDDEN, grange farm in Alton
Hypothetical Old English 'Theotdenu'='valley with a water conduit'. The name has migrated to the farm from the broad valley below (cf SHALDEN). It is not hard to imagine that there was a villa in it in Roman times supplied with piped water from Alton's spring(s). The mouth of the valley is at WILL HALL. But this is pure speculation.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001