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.

Hauxton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hauxton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Hafucestune c.975 ASCh
  • Hauochestune c.1050 LibEl 12th
  • Hauochestun, Hauochestone 1086 DB
  • Hauochestuna, Hauochestune c.1120 HarlCh
  • Hauekestune c.1050 KCD907 13th InqEl 1086 LibEl 1170
  • Hauekeston(a) 1086 1285 Ass
  • Hauechestune, Hauechestuna 1086 InqEl c.1120 LibEl
  • Haukeston(e), Haukestona c.1060,1229 ElyM 1445 Pat
  • Haukestona cum capella de Neutona 1254 Val
  • Haukestart 1339 Cl
  • Hauchestuna, Hauchestune c.1150 LibEl
  • Hawk(e)ston 1291 Tax t.Hy8 Rental
  • Haukyston, Hawkyston 1314 Ass 1484 Pat
  • Haux(s)ton 1359, 1383 Ct
  • Hawxton 1572 Ely
  • Haukestede 1371 Pat
  • Haugeston 1272 Ass
  • Hauextona 1086 ICC
  • Hau(e)ston(e) 1272 Ass 1405 Elien 1447–68
  • Haw(e)ston 1437 IpmR 1450 1553 EAvi
  • Hawson 1589 Cai

Etymology

'Heafoc 's tūn.' This personal name is not on record, but cf. the recorded Sperhauoc , Sparhauoc and the common Scand  Haukr . v. also MLR xiv, 239.

Places in the same Parish