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.

Honeydon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eaton Socon

Historical Forms

  • Huneden 1227 Ass
  • Honyden, Honiden 1240 Ass 1247 Ass E1 BM 1276,1287 Ass 1297 SR 1428 IpmR 1433 BM 1535 VE
  • Huniden, Hunyden 1247,1287 Ass
  • Honydon 1276 Ass 1330 Ipm

Etymology

'Honey-valley,' presumably from its plentiful honey. v. hunig , denu .