Hinton St Mary
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hinton St Mary
Historical Forms
- at Hamtun(e), to Hamtun(e) 944 ShaftR(S502) 15 958 15 ib
- Haintone 1086 DB
- Hainton' 1212 Fees
- Henton' abbatisse Sancti Edwardi 1212 Fees
- Henton(e) 1244 Ass 1268 Ass 1288 Ass 1290 ShaftR 15 Tax 1291 Ct 1547
- Henton Mary 1535 VE 1584 Weld1
- Henton Marie 1581 ib
- Heynton' 1327 SR
- Hynton Mare (sic) Hy8 AOMB
- Hynton maries 1575 Saxton
- Hinton Marye 1627 SxAS
Etymology
'High farm, farm situated on high land', from hēah (wk.obl. hēan ) and tūn . Although this is a common name (v. DEPN), the other Do Hintons have a different origin, v. Hinton Martell par. 2 146. The village occupies a 300′ hill overlooking R. Stour. The affix is from its possession by the abbey of St Mary (and St Edward), Shaftesbury, as first suggested by Hutch1 2 201, v. VCHDo 382, cf. the form from 1212 Fees, and the boundary mark on nunnen linc in f.ns. infra . The OE forms (from the 15th cent. Shaftesbury Register) show confusion with the common el. hām-tūn.The bounds of the Anglo-Saxon estate of Hamtun (e ) are given in 944 (15) ShaftR (S 502).