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.

Huggan Ing

Other OS name in the Parish of Sawley

Historical Forms

  • Huggon Inge 1589 WillY
  • Hogganyng 1606 PRGis
  • Hugandinge 1663,1664 PRBlt

Etymology

, 1614 PRGis , 1769 PRWd , Huggon Inge 1589 WillY, Hogganyng 1606 PRGis, Hugandinge 1663, 1664 PRBlt , from the ME  pers.n.Hugon , a diminutive of Hugh , eng ' meadow ' .