Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hanninge 1044–7 (13 Sawyer 1055) KCD 785

• Haninga 1086 DB

• Hanigges 1121–45 BM 1166 RBE

• Haniges 1185 RotDom t.Hy3 Ipm c.1240 Holme 1243 Fees

• Haminges 1166 RBE

• Haning(g)es 1147–9 Holme 12 CAcre c.1150 Crawf t.Hy3 Ipm t.Hy3 BM 1228,1273 FF 1231 Ch 1235,1269 Ass c.1240 Bromh c.1250 Holme

• Hanning(g)es c.1250 HMC 1286 Ass

• Hanyng(h)es 1269,1286 ib

• Hannings 1278 Abbrev

• Haning(g)e 1140 Holme 1254–75 Val 1257 Ass 1306 Pat

• Haninghe 1286 Ass

• Hanyng(e) 1286 1306 Orig

• Honyng(e) 1286 Ass 1302to1428 FA 1316,1378 FF 1329,1548 Pat l.14 HMC 1444 Past 1535 VE

• Honygg 1291 Tax

• Honingg 1330 BM

• Hooning 1463 Past

Etymology

OE  *Hāningas 'the people by the hān '. OE  hān 'stone, rock' is used in OE charters about boundary stones. Ekwall thinks it could also mean 'hill' and in this case might refer to a small hill at the place, which may have been called Han (v. DEPN s.n. and PN -ing 1962: 58). Schram (1926: 206) notes that there was once a stone cross of uncertain age on the hill (cf. Stone Cross infra ). The church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, “was rebuilt in 1796, except the tower” (White 479).

Spellings with -ig (g )es are to be explained as the result of dissimilation of nasals (cf. OE cynig for cyning , pennig for penning , etc., Bülbring § 561).