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.