Halsey (Fm and Wood)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sharnbrook
Historical Forms
- Alfiseia, Alphiseie 13th Newn 15th
- Alsey 1276 RH
- Alsowe 1469 IpmR
- Haselho 1202 Ass
- boscus de Haselhou 13th Newn 15th
Etymology
'Enclosure of Ælfsige' v. (ge)hæg. It should be added however that the identification is not quite certain for in Sharnbrook parish there is also a place called
When we note that these have initial h and that hæsel does occasionally appear as halse in p.n., and, further, that there is a Halsey Wood as well as a farm we are perhaps right in assuming that Halsey Farm and Wood may originally have been named differently, the farm being Alsiesheye and the wood Haselho .This perhaps receives slight confirmation from the form Alsowe given above, which looks like a blending of two such names. In connexion with the earliest forms it may be noted that OE Ælfsige occasionally appears as Alfesi in the 13th cent.