Enham Alamein
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
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.
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.
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Enham
From Anglo-Saxon ēan-hām or ēan-hamm = "lamb homestead" or "enclosure by a river, for lambs".
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.
[edit] 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".)
The link below says that:-
- The recovery center was set up during World War I.
- Knight's Enham was renamed Enham Alamein after a gift from the Egyptian nation in gratitude for the Allied victory in the Battle of El Alamein.
