Editing Emsworth (section)

==Etymology==
According to [[Richard Coates]] the meaning of Emsworth is derived from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|Æmelswrð}}, which translates as 'Æmmele's [[curtilage]]'. Similarly, [[Eilert Ekwall]] says that  "Emsworth" was derived from  ''Amils worth'', with ''worth''  meaning the fence around the property (owned by Amil).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Coates|first=Richard|title=The Place-Names of Hampshire|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=0-7134-5625-6|year=1989|page=72}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ekwall|first=Eilert|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names|publisher=OUP|location=Oxford|edition=4|year=1991|isbn=0-19-869103-3|page=166}}</ref>

It is popularly thought that Emsworth derived its name from the River Ems, but this is not true; before the 16th century the stream was actually called the Bourne.<ref name=reger17>{{Cite book|last=Reger|first=A J C|title=A Short History of Emsworth and Warblington|publisher=Pott and Horsey|location=Portsmouth|year=1967|page=17}}</ref> The river was renamed by the 16th century chronicler [[Raphael Holinshed]]:{{efn|Holinshed originally published "Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland", in 1587. There was a reprint in 1807, that had some [[wiktionary:excision|excisions]] in it, ordered by the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].}}

{{blockquote|The Emille cometh first between Racton and Stansted, then down to Emilswort or Emmesworth, and so into the Ocean. Separating Sussex from Hampshire almost from the very head.|source={{citation|last=Holinshed|first=Raphael|title=Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland|volume=1|url=https://archive.org/details/holinshedschroni01holi/page/94|page=94|year=1807|publisher=J.Johnson et al.|location=London}}}}

Holinshed writes that the Emille flows in to the sea at Emilswort or Emmesworth. Therefore, it appears that the river was named after Emsworth and not the other way round.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rudkin|first=David J|title=The River Ems and related Watercourses|year=1984|publisher=Westbourne|oclc=499701376|page=6}}</ref>