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.

Hayes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Exeter St Thomas

Historical Forms

  • La Hacghe 1242 Fees785
  • Haghen 1269 FF
  • la Hachen 1275 RH
  • la Heghen 1291 Tax 1322 Exon
  • Heghen juxta Exon' 1301 Ass
  • Heghes 1291 Tax 1355 BM
  • Heghes juxta Couwyk 1339 Ass
  • Hegges 1389 Exon

Etymology

Hayne supra 129. This name offers a good example of the interchange of the strong and weak plural forms in ME.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement