Timsbury
Timsbury, Michelmershcounty:
coords:
Hampshire
SU3424
otherwise: Timbreberie, 1086; Timberbury, 1252
TIMSBURY, parish, later in Michelmersh
Hypothetical Old English 'Timberburh' or '(ge)Timbreburh'; the meaning is thus uncertain as between 'fort' and 'manor house' and 'built of timber' or 'marked with a timber building'. Only archaeological findings can elucidate this. Its low lying site is clearly not that of a prehistoric hillfort.
The forms in '-s' which eventually prevail (strangely, in view of how transparent the form of the name was) are found from 1236 ('Timbresbury'). This suggests that the place name was taken as including a personal name of a possessor or tenant, leading me to think that 'manor' is the likelier interpretation. But this is not certain.
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Kings Somburne Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - kings Sombourne Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Kinges Sombourne Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Listed in Domesday Book
- Sumburne Hundred - Hantescire - St Mary's Abbey - Winchester parish: - Hampshire
Period - 11th century
TERRA S~CAE MARIAE DE WINTONIA ... Ipsa abbatia ten. TIMBREBERIE . Se~p tenuit ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Sumburne Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
