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.

Hawkerland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colaton Raleigh

Historical Forms

Haueker(e)sland 1227 Ch 1316 Ipm

Hauekerland 1238 Ass

Hauekareland' 1242 Fees793

Etymology

'the hawker' or 'falconer.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Colaton Raleigh