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From: "S. W. Overall" <>
Subject: RE: Wivenhoe
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:29:34 +0100
In-Reply-To: <1ab.325e3e2.2a2b83f7@aol.com>


Very simply Richard. Not at all. Scott misspelt Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire.
We do not know how our town got its name but it was probably a saxon
settlement Wifa's ridge. Hoh means ridge and Wifa would have been the local
important man.

Stuart Overall

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Subject: Wivenhoe


Does anyone have any idea how Wivenhoe may link to Scotts Ivanhoe (
geographically not that far away from Wivenhoe). Their may be a linguistic
link in meaning, but I have NO idea what it may be.

Of course, in Scotts novel, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe convinces the Jews of
England to ransom Richard Lion Heart.. a not "untrue" historical thingy.

By the way, this is one of those links to monarchy, past to present, that
links Englishmen together... the Queen is a sort of "living link" to history
and heritage.

My interest is that Wivenhoe is next to Claxton in old maps, and that MAY
or
may not be a link to my own family name and "origin" ( now that it appears
we
are all Africans :-)

Take care
Richard De Jersey

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