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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hamspray Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ham

Etymology

Hamspray Ho. Cf. Spraye t. Hy 3For , 1276 StOsmund, 1287FF , 1367For , Spray 1257 ib. The name goes back to OE  spræg , 'brushwood' etc., discussed in PN D 208, s. n. Sprytown. Cf. Lower Spray in Inkpen over the county border in Berkshire.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement