History of Names for Parts of Yateley Common (and other nearby unenclosed spaces)
Names on Maps
Maps before 1759 are insufficiently detailed to be helpful.
| Map | Location: | historic name |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Yateley Green | Green |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Yateley Common from western parish boundary to about Cricket Hill lane | Yeately Heath |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Yateley Common between Cricket Hill Lane and Darby Green | Yeatly Wood |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Common land in Eversley west of Yateley western boundary | Brams hill heath |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Eversley Cross: Cross Green Up Green Eversley | Up Green |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | The area where the road from Yateley to Fleet runs, which is now part of Minley estates | Lidgate Green |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Minley Warren | Minley Warren |
| Taylor's Map 1759 | Area where the Hawley Village Hall now is | Hawley Green |
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| Milne's Map 1791 | Yateley Green | Green |
| Milne's Map 1791 | Yateley Common (all of it name placed south of A30) | Yately Heath |
| Milne's Map 1791 | Eversley Cross | Cross Green |
| Milne's Map 1791 | Up Green Eversley | Up Green |
| Milne's Map 1791 | Land between Hawley and Cove | Cove Heath |
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| Yateley Tithe Apportionment 1844 | Yateley Green | Yately Green |
| Yateley Tithe Apportionment 1844 | Yateley Common (all of it) | Yately Common |
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| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1872 | Yateley Green | Yately Green |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1872 | Darby Green | Darby Green |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1872 | Yateley Common (all of it) | Yately Common |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1872 | The A30 ROAD to the west of Cricket Hill Lane (NB the name is placed just above the road and aligned with it, not to designate the common) | Hartford Bridge Flats |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1872 | Land North of the sailing pond at Minley (NB this land enclosed) | Hawley Common |
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| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1896 | Yateley Green | Yateley Green |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1896 | Darby Green | Darby Green |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1896 | Yateley Common (all of it) | Yateley Common |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1896 | The A30 ROAD to the west of Cricket Hill Lane (NB the name is placed just above the road and aligned with it, not to designate the common) | Hartford Bridge Flats |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1896 | Land North of the sailing pond at Minley (NB this land enclosed) | Hawley Common |
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| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1932 | Yateley Green | Yateley Green |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1932 | Darby Green | Darby Green |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1932 | Yateley Common (all of it) | Yateley Common |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1932 | The A30 ROAD to the west of Cricket Hill Lane (NB the name is placed just above the road and aligned with it, not to designate the common) | Hartford Bridge Flats |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1932 | Land in Eversley west of Yateley Common | Eversley Common |
| Ordnance Survey 6inch map 1932 | Up Green Eversley | Up Green |
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| Post war OS maps | Yateley Green | Yateley Green |
| Post war OS maps | Darby Green | Darby Green |
| Post war OS maps | Yateley Common (all of it) | Yateley Common |
The names above are used consistently in official and property records (e.g. the Manor Court Records, Tithe Apportionment) of the same periods. (The one exception to this is the use of Hartford Bridge Flats as a residential location in the 1841 and 1851 censuses - unfortunately the corresponding locations cannot be determined with certainty.)
Informal Names
From the mid-C19, but more strongly in the 1920s and 1930s, the name Hartford Bridge Flats, which seems originally to have designated the highway between Blackwater and Hartfordbridge, was extended in its use to describe Yateley Common. Uses are found in Local Newspapers as well as being reported by older residents. The WW2 airfield was given that name: RAF Hartford Bridge Flats. Since WW2, use of that name has declined.
During the 1920s and 1930s o9lder residents report that Yateley Green was being called "Yateley Common".
If anyone has any more information, or has any corrections to make please contact the wikimaster.
RHJ 19.2.2007
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