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.

Heanton Satchville

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huish

Historical Forms

  • Hantona 1086 DB
  • Yauntone 1242 Fees785
  • Heaunton Sechehevile 1292 Ipm
  • Heaunton Sechevil 1303 FA
  • Heaunton Sachevylle 1377 Cl
  • Heanton Sachevyld 1428 FA

Etymology

'At the high farm,' v. heah , tun . John de Sicca Villa (i.e. Secheville ) held the manor in 1242.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement