Ogdens

Ogdens

Ogdens

Human settlement in England

Ogdens is a small hamlet south of Hyde Common near Frogham in the New Forest area of Hampshire, England.

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Ogdens is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hyde. It is situated in the valley of Latchmore Brook (or Huckles Brook).[1] Most of the settlement is surrounded by the heathland and woodland of the New Forest.[1] The hamlet is very rural with a few post-war dwellings, mixed in with older houses scattered on tracks and farmland.[1] There is a car park at Ogdens allowing access to the heathland of the New Forest.[2] Nearby is Ogdens Purlieu, a boggy area of heathland between Ogdens and Dockens Water.

The hamlet is named after Ogden Rooke, a local landowner who possessed Ogdens Purlieu in the latter half of the 17th century.[3] Purlieu is a Norman-French word meaning "the outskirts of a forest" – a place free from forest laws.

References

  1. [1]
    Hyde Parish Village Design Statement Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, page 9 [dead link]
  2. [2]
    Norman Henderson, (2007), A Walk Around the New Forest: In Thirty-Five Circular Walks, pages 121. Frances Lincoln Ltd
  3. [3]
    New Forest Walks, page 386

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