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.

Hele

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradninch

Historical Forms

  • Hiele 1086 DB
  • Hele 1242 Fees786,793 1285 FA
  • Hele Payn 1303,1346 FA 1416 Exon

Etymology

v. healh . For a possible connexion of the Payn family with this manor v. DA 42, 233.