Ogdens

Human settlement in England

Hyde

District

New Forest

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFORDINGBRIDGEPostcode districtSP6Dialling code01425Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

50°54′37″N 1°44′48″W / 50.9103°N 01.7466°W / 50.9103; -01.7466

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.

References

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