Hale Common
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Hale Common
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| Hamlet | |
A fishing lake at Hale Common | |
Location within the Isle of Wight | |
| OS grid reference | SZ5496084312 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sandown |
| Postcode district | PO |
Hale Common (also known as Hale) is a farming hamlet in the civil parish of Arreton, on the Isle of Wight. Hale Common is on the A3056 road between Lake and Arreton. Hale Common is northeast of Bathingbourne and northwest of Branstone.
The name means '(the place at) the nook or corner of land', from Old English h(e)alh (dative case h(e)ale)
1086 (Domesday Book): Atehalle
~1200: la Hale
1255: Hale
1267: la Haule
1769: Hale (Farm)
In the Domesday Book spelling, ate means 'at the'.[1]

