Quidhampton, Hampshire

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Quidhampton
Hampshire
Location
Grid reference: SU512503
Location: 51°15’0"N, 1°15’60"W
Data
Post town: Basingstoke
Postcode: RG25
Dialling code: 01256
Local Government
Council: Basingstoke and Deane
Parliamentary
constituency:
Basingstoke

Quidhampton is a hamlet within the parish of Overton in Hampshire.

The hamlet is to be found just to the north of the large village of Overton, on the north bank of the River Test.

Overton Station, a railway station on the West of England Main Line, is actually in Quidhampton.

Name

The name 'Quidhampton' probably means "muddy home farm" or "home farm with good manure", from the Old English cwead ('dung', or 'dirt') and ham-tun ('homestead village').[1]

Outside links

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References

  1. Mills, A.D: A Dictionary of English Place-Names, page 266. Oxford University Press, 1991.