Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hennarið, (æt) Hennariþe 956 BCS975 c.1240

• (æt) Hennenriðe 962 c.1200 ib

• (æt) Henne riðe 962 c.1240 ib

• Henneriðe 964 c.1200 ib

• (to) henna riðe 964 c.1240 ib

• Henret 1086 DB c.1160 Oxoniensiav

• Enrede 1086 DB

• Enred 1210–12 RBE 13th

• Henrethe William Abingdon c.1240

• Heinreth 1129 CartAntiq

• Henred' membr' de Suthtun' 1156 P

• Henreda c.1175 Oxoniensiav

• Henretha c.1180 Abingdon 13th

• Westhenred c.1180 Oxoniensiav

• Esthenred' 1200 Cur

• Westhenreth 1275–6 RH

• Esthenrethe 1327 SR

• Hanred membri de Suttun' 1157 P

• Esthanred' 1200 Cur 1284 Ass

• Westhanred 1219 Fees

• Hanred 1228 Sar

• Hanrede, Hanreth 1241 Ass

• Hanreth' 1242–3 Fees

• Hanreth', Hanred' 1284 Ass

• Esthanreth 1300 Pat

• Westhanreth 1284 Ass

• Hendreda 12th ReadingC l.12th

• East Hendred or Great Hendred, Little Hendred or West Hendred 1761 Rocque

• Henrend 1185 RR

• Heandredam Hy2 ReadingC l.12th

• Heanredam 1202 Ch 1227

• Hendrithe 1379 Cl

Etymology

'Stream frequented by wild birds', v. henn , rīð . The forms with Han - or -han - (probably due to French  substitution of -a - for -e -) occur from 1157 to 1284; those with -reth (e ) occur from t. William to 1380.

E. Hendred (Great Hendred in 1761) is likely to be the original settlement, and the stream is almost certainly the small one which flows through E. Hendred village, though this was apparently at one time known as Humber near its source, v. Pt 1 n. The stream on which W. Hendred lies was called lacinge (Pt 1 13). The henna rið of KCD 1281 is not to be identified with the stream from which Hendred is named, v. Forsberg 217.

For the reference to Sutton (Courtenay), v. infra 481.