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.

Huish

Major Settlement in the Parish of Huish

Historical Forms

Ywis, Hywis 1086 DB

Hywys(s)h juxta Merton 1410 FF

Etymology

'Land for one household,' v. hiwisc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name