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.

Eye Hall Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horningsea

Historical Forms

  • Eie 870,975(12th) LibEl
  • Eye 1260 FF
  • Ey(e)halle 1356 FF 1364,1373 Pat 1412 FA
  • Ey(e)halle al. Highall 1634 Colexxxvii
  • Ey(e)hale 1412 FA
  • Hyehall 1378 StJohn's
  • Hihall 1518 Horns
  • Highall 1555 Pat

Etymology

'Island' or 'well-watered land,' v. ēg .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement