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Hambledon

village · Hampshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Hambledon means 'Hala's hill' or 'the hill in the nook'. It combines a personal name or descriptive term with the Old English word for hill.

Word origins

Ham
Old EnglishPossibly a personal name 'Hala' or 'healh' meaning 'nook' or 'corner'.(from Hala "personal name", healh "nook, corner")
don
Old Englishhill(from dūn "hill")

Historical forms

Hameldeone