I have previously proposed that the name Nonington, applicable to the settlement around the village church, had its origins due the location of the settlement on four aratra [sulungs or hides] of land “aet [at, by or next to] Oesewalum” owned jointly in the late 700’s and early 800’s by Aldberht, an earldorman, and Selethryth, […]
Category: Place Names
Fredville and Oxney: what’s in a name?
Sections on the origins of the names of Fredville and Oxney have been revised. Fredville:-Fredville, House and Park: originally a part of the Knight’s Fee of Essewelle. By 1249 Essewelle appears to have divided into Esol (also Esehole & Eshole) and Freydevill, the spelling used in a 1250 legal document. Over the centuries there were many variations in […]
