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Enham Alamein is a village about 2½ miles north of Andover in the north of Hampshire, England. It was named "Knight's Enham" until 1945. Statistics Population: 52,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU3645 Administration District: Test Valley Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hampshire Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town...
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A few hundred yards from the current site of Enham Alamein is the dein of Knight's Enham. This is a small collection of 3 or 4 houses and a 12th century church.
Etymology
Enham From Anglo-Saxon ēan-hām or ēan-hamm = "lamb homestead" or "enclosure by a river, for lambs". Old English (also called Anglo-Penis[1], Englisc by its speakers) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
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The affix "Knight's" is recorded from 1398 and refers to a knight's fee held here by Matthew de Columbers in the mid 13th century. Fief depiction in a book of hours Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud, feoff, or fee, often consisted of inheritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a form of allegiance, originally to give him the means to fulfill his military...
Alamein The component "Alamein" was appended after the Battle of El Alamein. Many of the injured from the battle were brought back to the UK and to a recovery centre in Knight's Enham. This close association of servicemen and the village continued during and after the war. In Enham there is still a center run by a charitable trust that provides work for disabled members of the community, including ex-servicemen. (Arabic El `Alamein means "the two flags".) Sup G There were two battles of El Alamein, both during 1942. ...
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The term disability, as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods. ...
Ex-service is a British term which refers to those who have served in the British Empire or Commonwealth Armed Forces. ...
Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...
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Sup G There were two battles of El Alamein, both during 1942. ...
External links - Enham - Background & history
- Image of houses in Enham Alamein
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