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.

Hagginton, East and West

Early-attested site in the Parish of Berrynarbor

Historical Forms

  • Hagi(n)tona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Haintone
  • Haginton(a) 1167 P
  • Westhaginton 1300 Ipm
  • Esthaginton 1326 Ipm
  • Hagginton 1213 FF
  • Akinton 1197 FF
  • Hakynton' 1242 Fees784
  • Est Hagyngton 1316 FA

Etymology

Probably 'Hæcga 's farm,' v. ingtun . This may, as Blomé (21) suggests, be a pet form for such an OE  name as Heardgār . See further PN Wo 292s. n. Hagley.