Hanscombe End
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shillington
Historical Forms
- Hanescamp 1222 FF
- Hameschaump 1227 Ass
- Hanescompe 1255 Rams c.1350 Ass 1287 SR 1297
Etymology
The second element is the somewhat rare OE camp, 'open country,' which nearly always appears now as combe on our maps. Professor Ekwall suggests the possibility of an OE pers. name Hān (cf. hān , 'hone') from which we seem to have a derivative patronymic form in Honing (Nf). Cf. also Hannington (Nth) with shortening of ā in the trisyllable.