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.

Henstill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandford

Historical Forms

  • (oþ) henne stigele 930 Crawf
  • (oð) henne stigle 997 OSFacsiii,35
  • Estenestil 1249 Ass
  • Hennestille 1281 Ass

Etymology

'Henpath,' v. stigel .