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.

Haxter

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tamerton Foliot

Historical Forms

  • Haggestor(e) 1383 FF 1458 Cl 1459 FF

Etymology

'Hæcgi 's tor.' See further s. n. Haxton supra 31.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement