Oxnead
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oxnead
Historical Forms
- Oxenedes 1086 DB 1328 DeBanco 1337 Deeds 1346 FA 1374 Ipm 1444 Past
- Oxenede c.1140–50 LothianMSS 1290 Pat 1372,1382,1422 FF 1383 Pat 1401–2,1428 FA 1420 BM 1443 Past
- Oxenedich 1254–75 Val
- Oxnedich 1254 NfA
- Oxnedys 1269 Ass
- Oxnedes 1269 1310,1315 FF 1311,1328 DeBanco 1324 BM 1336 Pat
- Oxnedis c.1270 Inq 1291 Tax
- Oxeneches 1286 Ass
- Oxenegges 1292–3,1312 FF
- Oxenedish 1302 Inq
- Oxenegs 1311 DeBanco
- Oxenedis 1302 FA
- Oxenegs 1312 NfR
- Oxnegges 1312–55 BM
- Oxeneddes 1348 FF
- Oxenhede 1443 BM 1461 ContrR
- Oxened 1448 Past 1509–10 SP
- Oxned 1449,1478 Past 1535 VE 1604 NfA 1610 Speed
- Oxenhed 1484 BM
- Oxnede 1576 Buxton
- Oxnead 1596 ib
Etymology
The spellings suggest that the OE origin is oxna edisc 'the pasture of the oxen', v. oxa , gen. plur. oxna , and edisc .
Archaeological excavations of the extensive Roman settlement mentioned under Brampton supra have shown that it comprised also parts of the neighbouring parish of Oxnead.