# Sparshott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sparshott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sparshott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparshott > Source revision: 1180681056 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) '''Sparshott''' is an [English](/source/English_people) [family name](/source/family_name), with variants '''Sparshatt''', '''Spashett'''.and '''Spershott'''. ==Origin and meaning== In the 12th century, two [Anglo-Norman](/source/Anglo-Normans) families, living in [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), took the name of [Sparsholt](/source/Sparsholt%2C_Hampshire), a wood (and possibly settlement) close to [Winchester](/source/Winchester).Green Books (in Latin), in [Hampshire Archives and Local Studies](/source/Hampshire_Archives_and_Local_Studies), Winchester Sparsholt is a compound word, consisting of "[spar](/source/spar_(sailing))" or perhaps "spear", and "holt", an area of woodland. Being within the reach of [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth), it is possible that the wood was managed to provide material for ships' spars, or spears. By the 18th century, the name of Sparshott had spread beyond Hampshire, primarily to Dorset and Sussex. The name is now found worldwide, although relatively uncommon. Although the name was always pronounced in the same way in Hampshire, by the 18th century its spelling had diversified, to Sparshott, Sparshatt, Spershott and Spashett; Sparshott being the most common spelling. This spelling variation follows the 16th-century spelling variations of the name of the village of Sparsholt.{{Cite book |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp444-447 |title=A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight |publisher=[Archibald Constable](/source/Archibald_Constable) & Co |year=1908 |isbn=978-0712905930 |editor-last=Page |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Page (historian) |series=[Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History) |volume=III |place=London |pages=444–447}} ==Notable people and characters== * Edith Sparshott, a character in the British TV drama series ''[An Unsuitable Job for a Woman](/source/An_Unsuitable_Job_for_a_Woman_(TV_series))'' * [Edward Sparshott](/source/Edward_Sparshott) (1788–1873), British admiral of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) * [Margaret Elwyn Sparshott](/source/Margaret_Elwyn_Sparshott) (1870–1940), British matron * [Nigel Sparshott](/source/Nigel_Sparshott) (1961–1998), British speedway rider * [Samuel Sparshott](/source/Samuel_Sparshott) (1783–1851) British commander of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) * [Thomas Henry Sparshott](/source/Thomas_Henry_Sparshott) (1841–1927), British Anglican priest and missionary ==Notes== * The names [Patchett](/source/Patchett) and Spatchett are unrelated to "Sparshott", and do not belong in this category. They originate from Norman or other continental names, such as "Pasche", meaning the [Passion of Jesus](/source/Passion_of_Jesus), and most early records of those names are from the vicinity of [East Anglia](/source/East_Anglia)n ports.. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{surname}} Category:Surnames of English origin Category:English-language surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sparshott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparshott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparshott?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.