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.

Clayhanger

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clayhanger

Historical Forms

  • Clehangra 1086 DB
  • Clehangre 1291 Tax
  • Clahangre 1257 Pap
  • Cley(h)angre 1271,1283 Exon
  • Clayheingre 1311 Pat
  • Clayhangre 1322 Cl

Etymology

v. clæg , hangra . There is a slope here.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site