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.

Half pence

Field in the Parish of Compton Abbas

Historical Forms

  • 1842 TA
  • a messuage and three closes called Halfpence 1692 Salkeld

Etymology

Halfpence(a messuage and three closes called Halfpence 1692, cf. Halfepence Lane 1698, no doubt in allusion to a rent, v. halfpenny)