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.

The Hale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wendover

Historical Forms

  • La Hale 1223 FF
  • Wendover le Hale 1442 Ipm

Etymology

v. healh . The topography is indicated by Lipscomb, who says (ii. 481) that it stands at the foot of an eminence.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement