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.

Clyst Honiton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clyst Honiton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Hina tune c.1100 Earle
  • Hinetun 1219 FF
  • Hineton 1276 Ipm
  • Hynethon' 1242 Fees764
  • Clysthynetone 1281 Ass 1291 Tax 1330 Exon
  • Hynetonisclyst 1340 Ass
  • Hyneton Clist 1399 IpmR

Etymology

v. higna , tun . The manor belonged to a religious community, viz. Exeter Cathedral. For the river Clyst, v. supra 3. The modern form of the name has been influenced by that of Honiton infra 639.

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