Ogdens Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Huckles Brook near Ogdens Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1111568.jpg
Static Image Caption:Huckles Brook near Ogdens Farm
Coordinates:50.9103°N -1.7466°W
Official Name:Ogdens
Civil Parish:Hyde
Shire District:New Forest
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Post Town:FORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode District:SP6
Postcode Area:SP
Dial Code:01425
Os Grid Reference:SU178121

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hyde-pc.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=8616 Hyde Parish Village Design Statement
  2. Norman Henderson, (2007), A Walk Around the New Forest: In Thirty-Five Circular Walks, pages 121. Frances Lincoln Ltd
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316085750/http://www.thetanswells.com/new%20forest%20walks_files/Page386.htm New Forest Walks, page 386