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.

Axminster Hundred

Hundred in the County of Devon

Historical Forms

  • Axeministra 1084 GeldRoll
  • Axemenistre 1167,1168 P
  • Æxemenistre 1179 P
  • Axetnuda 1084 GeldRoll
  • Axemue 1156 France
  • Axemude 1181 P