English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Haxton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bratton Fleming

Historical Forms

  • Haustona 1086 DB
  • Haggeston 1219 Ass 1379 IpmR
  • Hakeston' 1242 Fees792
  • Hackeston 1380 IpmR

Etymology

This name would seem to contain a strong form Hæcgi of the weak Hæcga found in Hagginton supra 28. Cf. also Haxter infra 242.

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Places in the same Parish