Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hanzedone 1086 DB

• Huncesdon(a) 1215,c.1230 BurtCh Hy3 DbCh

• Huncedon(a) p.1180 Okeover c.1350 StoweCh c.1230 BurtCh 1240,1242,c.1247 Pat 1322

• Huncendon 1251 Ch

• Hunsedo(u)n 1282 Pat 1328 SR c.1345 BurtCh

• Hunsedo(u)n vocat' Hunsedon Grange 1535 Val

• Huncingdon 1284 BurtCh

• Hunsindon 1297 Ipm 1298 Cl

• Huncindon, Huncyndon, -don c.1305 StoweCh 1313

• Hunsingdone 1330 Ass

• Honcindone 1330 Ass

• Hunsington(e) 1330 Ass

• Husyngton(e) 1417 MinAcct

• Hunsyndoun 1416 Cl

• Hunston Grange 1490 BurtReg 1528,1538 Burton 1547 DbAxxvii

• Hussingdon Grange 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

• Hanstongrandge 1603 DbAnsxix

• Hanston als Hunston Grange, Hanston als Hunsdon als Hunsendon 1620 Woll

• Hanson Grange 1647,1659 Woll

Etymology

Perhaps 'Hȳnci's hill', v. dūn ; cf. Hinchwick (Gl) for the same pers.n. Alternatively an OE  pers.n. Hundsige might be thought of.Spellings in -z - and -c - are AN spellings for the sound [ts]. This has been simplified to [s] (cf. IPN 100–2). If this is correct, the spellings of the name show alternation of the gen.sg. -es and the connective -ing 4 . It was long monastic property, being held by Burton Abbey.Hence no doubt the added Grange , v. grange . The name also shows the common interchange of dūn and tūn .