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.

Houndbeare Fms

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aylesbeare

Historical Forms

Hunteber(e) 1219 Ass 1290 Ipm

Hunteberg 1226 FF

Huntebeare 1255 Misc

Huntebeare by Ailesbere 1341 Ipm

Etymology

'Huntsman's wood' or 'Hunta 's wood,' v. bearu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Aylesbeare