Abshot

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Abshot
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Abshot
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Abshot
Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference SU5105
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance South Central
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
50°50′N1°16′W / 50.84°N 01.27°W / 50.84; -01.27

Abshot is a hamlet in Hampshire, England. Abshot is situated on the eastern side of Southampton Water. [1]

Toponym

The name derives from "Abba's sciete" in Old English, with sciete meaning angle of land and referring to the hamlet's location in eastern Hook parish by Tichfield Common. It has also been historically spelled as Abbeshute/Abbechute and Abshott. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 196 The Solent and Isle of Wight (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN   978-0-319-23142-5.
  2. ↑ "Abshot, Fareham". Old Hampshire Gazetteer. Retrieved 6 December 2024.



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