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.

Abenhall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Abenhall

Historical Forms

  • Abbenhal(e), Abbenhall, Abbenal(e) 1165 Flax 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1227 FF 1641 Comm
  • Habenhal(e) c.1220 GlR 1248 Ass 1539 FF
  • Abenhale 1282 For
  • Abenhall 1556,1597 FF
  • Abehal(e) c.1220 GlR 1221 Ass 1282 For
  • Abbehal(e) 1221 Ass c.1270 For 1291 Tax 1327 SR
  • Abynhale 1486 Ipm 1535 VE
  • Abinghall 1662 Comm

Etymology

'Abba's nook of land', from the OE  pers.n. Abba and halh.