84. _Broad Halfpenny Down._--There is a beautiful chalk down in the
parish of Hambledon, Hants, which goes by the above name, pronounced, of
course, _ha'penny_, like the coin. Can any of your antiquarian readers
give me the origin of this name? I have no doubt that the present
appellation is a corruption of some British or Saxon word, having, when
spoken, a sound somewhat analogous to the modern word into which it has
been converted. The "Broad Down" had a name of its own, I doubt not,
before the existence of either a penny or halfpenny.