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.

Huxtable

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Hokestaple 1330 SR

Etymology

Huxtable gave name to John de Hokestaple 1330SR , v. hoc , stapol . The name may have referred to some post on the spur of land here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement