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Zouch Estate in Tidworth Hants
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Where, what or who is Zouch, please? Many of the road names in Tidworth have exotic names, reflecting the Army link with the Indian sub-continent, but where does Zouch come in?
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Like the Leicestershire town of Ashby de la Zouch, I expect it is a reference to the Breton nobleman Alain de la Souche whose family moved into the then relatively cheap and cheerful Britain with the Norman conquest from 1066. De La Zouch means tree stump and is the forerunner of the modern surname Such, or even Screaming Lord Sutch!
Derived from "Dictionary of Place Names in The British Isles" by Adrian Room.
Another interesting resource is at http://www.boultbee.freeserve.co.uk/bfh/stordon.ht
m enjoy!
Derived from "Dictionary of Place Names in The British Isles" by Adrian Room.
Another interesting resource is at http://www.boultbee.freeserve.co.uk/bfh/stordon.ht
m enjoy!
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