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.

Hintonhatch Corner

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Nicholas Hurst

Historical Forms

  • Hacche 1332,1334 SR
  • Hache 1377,1453 ib
  • Hach 1487 ib

Etymology

Hintonhatch Corner, Hacche 1332, 1334SR , Hache 1377, 1453ib , Hach 1487ib , v. hæc(c) 'gate'. All the early spellings are from Wilts Subsidy Rolls, where the tithing of Hache etc. regularly follows Hinton in the lists.