Canterton

Canterton, Minstead
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Minstead
Hampshire
SU2713
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXIII.8
Canterton
otherwise: Cantortun, 1086; Kantarton, 1212; Canterton, 1227
refce: Coates 1989
CANTERTON, manor in Minstead
Often said to be from hypothetical Old English 'Cantwaratun'='farm of the Kentish men' (thus Ekwall 1953). Hampshire is pockmarked with places whose names denote, or appear to denote, settlements of people who were not West Saxons; cf EXTON, MARCHWOOD, NEW FOREST.
domesday
 Cantortun
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (NF10.4)
IN FORESTA NOVA et CIRCA EA~ ... CANTORTVN ten. rex in foresta sua . Chenna tenuit de rege E et adhuc e~ in ead~ ..
domesday
 Cantortune
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001