Oakhanger Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Welford
Historical Forms
- Akhangre 1219 FF
- Akhanger 1238–9 ib
- Akhengre, Hakangre, Okhangre 1241 Ass
- Okhangre 1315 Pat 1327 SR 1332 Ipm 1417–18 ObAcc
- Oakhanger 1761 Rocque
Etymology
Oakhanger Ho, Akhangre 1219FF (p), Akhanger 1238–9ib (p), Akhengre , Hakangre , Okhangre 1241Ass (p), Okhangre 1315 Pat, 1327SR , 1332 Ipm (p), 1417–18 ObAcc, Oakhanger 1761 Rocque, 'oak wood on a slope', v. āc , hangra . Formally this might be the unidentified DB Acenge (cf. DB Hertange for Hartanger K), but the identification is very doubtful, as Acenge was in Thatcham Hundred, and Welford was in Rowbury.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Breach Barn
- Field's Copse
- Mantclose Barn, Mantclose Copse
- Welford Wds
- Board Lane
- Elton Lane, Elton Wd
- King's Barn
- Welford Park
- Alder's Copse
- Barn Copse
- Baydon Rd
- Benham Burslot
- Benham Border, Benham Grange, Benham Fm
- Buck's Copse
- Home Fm
- Milton Lodge
- New Barn
- Newground Border
- Ninnock's Border
- Paine's Copse
- Pound's Border
- Queen's Plantation
- Red Ho
- The Rookery
- Royal Ground Border
- Rubbish Border
- Ryelands Border
- Scroggin's Copse
- Shirley's Copse
- Showells
- Sole Border, Sole Common, Sole Plantation
- South Barn
- Stogdale Copse
- Stony Croft
- Tithe Barn
- Tullock Fm, Tullock Border, Tullock Bottom
- Wadling's Border
- Blindman's Border
- Easton Copse
- Five Bells P.H.
- Francis Copse
- Glebe Fm
- Grey's Copse
- The Grove, Grove Border
- Halfway, Halfway Fm, Halfway P.H.
- Harrod's Barn, Harrod's Border
- Hell Pit
- Highwood Copse
- Hoe Benham, Hoe Benham Lane
- Welford Fm
- Weston Fm, Weston Mill
- Wickham Green, Wickhamgreen Fm
- The Wilderness
- Woodlands Barn