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.

Henland Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Kentisbeare

Historical Forms

  • Hynelonde 1311 Ass 1316 Exon

Etymology

is Hynelonde 1311Ass (p), 1316 Exon (p) . ' Land of the monks . ' v. higna . The name may have reference to the neighbouring Kerswell (supra 558) , a cell attached to Montacute (So) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement