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Can anyone tell me why the county of Hampshire is abbreivated to Hants? Surely Hamps would be more appropriate.
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Why is Hampshire sometimes called Hants?
"Hampshire" is often abbreviated in written form to "Hants" and which sometimes gives rise to puzzlement. The abbreviated form is derived from the Old English Hantum plus Scir (meaning a district governed from the settlement now known as Southampton) and the Anglo-Saxons called it Hamtunschire. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) this was compressed to Hantescire.
Why is Hampshire sometimes called Hants?
"Hampshire" is often abbreviated in written form to "Hants" and which sometimes gives rise to puzzlement. The abbreviated form is derived from the Old English Hantum plus Scir (meaning a district governed from the settlement now known as Southampton) and the Anglo-Saxons called it Hamtunschire. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) this was compressed to Hantescire.
Shropshire was indeed once known officially by the Normans as Salopesberia, which seems to be something of a Latinising of whatever name they heard.
Shrewsbury, the county town, was known to the Anglo-Saxons as Scrobbesburh ['Scrobb's fort' or ' the fort in the bushes' ].A county was a 'scir'. or 'scire' The county of Shrewsbury became, over time, Sciropscire and then Shropshire.
Meanwhile, in parallel, Salopsberia was being shortened to Salop.
Shrewsbury, the county town, was known to the Anglo-Saxons as Scrobbesburh ['Scrobb's fort' or ' the fort in the bushes' ].A county was a 'scir'. or 'scire' The county of Shrewsbury became, over time, Sciropscire and then Shropshire.
Meanwhile, in parallel, Salopsberia was being shortened to Salop.
Hull didn't exist until the late C12. It was just an area of land by the River Hull until the monks of Meaux Abbey decided to bulid a new town there, no doubt seeing the potential of the site as a harbour . They called the new town Wyke upon Hull, after John Wyke, Archbishop of York. The locals ignored that name and called the town simply Hull, after the river. In 1299, Edward I granted the town a Royal Charter, whereupon it became King's Town- upon= Hull, and , in time, 'Kingston'- upon- Hull. The locals don't seem to have taken to that proper name either!
Sorry, Marvel, but I've been unable to find why Stoke is called Sh!t Hole. Stoke is from Old English 'stoc' ['a place', often meaing specifically, ' a meeting place' or 'a dairy farm']. Even Domesday Book gives no connection with ordure, not that the Book doesn't show a sense of humour in the place-names.Beaumont in Beaumont -cum-Moze, in Essex means 'fine hill'. In fact, the place was more than a slightly raised piece of ground in a marsh ['moze'].! Locals in Stoke may be more accurate in their.local, naming than their distant ancestors !
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