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HER Number	MWB20008
Record Type	Place
Name	Hoe Benham

Parish	Welford, West Berkshire

Summary

Settlement not mentioned in Domesday Book but documented in the early 13th century

Monument Type(s):

SETTLEMENT (13th century to 16th century - 1220 AD to 1539 AD)

Full Description

Hoe Benham is first documented in 1220 <2>, but the other nearby places of Benham and Marsh Benham have Saxon references. The prefix 'holh' means hollow, and Hoe Benham lies at the head of a valley.

The Victoria County History <3> notes that the parish of Welford is divided into several townships or vills (Welford, Weston, Easton and Hoe Benham), but the borders between these cannot now be defined with certainty except for that between Welford and Weston which was shown on the map of the Commons Award.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. not mentioned. [Monograph / SWB14587] https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023)
<02>	Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p267. [Monograph / SWB10003]
<03>	Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p116-7, 121. [Monograph / SWB10281] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015)
<04>	Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Marked 'Hoe Benham'. [Map / SWB7242] https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021)

Related Monuments

MWB17350	Benham Farm, Welford/Speen (Monument)
MWB16432	Benham (settlement) (Place)
MWB20007	Easton (Place)
MWB2092	Former settlement of Benham Burslot (Monument)
MWB4191	WELFORD VILLAGE (Place)
MWB16586	Weston (Place)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

None recorded

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