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.

Huntingland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ewelme

Historical Forms

  • Huntingland c.1605 Survey
  • Great and Little Hunting Lands c.1840 TA

Etymology

Huntingland is Huntingland c. 1605Survey , Great and Little Hunting Lands c. 1840TA . Cf. the name Kingstandyhill c. 1605Survey , Lingestandishill 1608–9Survey , King 's Standing c. 1840TA , in this parish, which refers to a royal hunting stand, v. xxvii supra and 387 infra .