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.

Huish

Early-attested site in the Parish of Winterborne Zelstone

Historical Forms

  • Huish 1795 Boswell
  • atte Hiwy[sh] 1327 SR
  • atte Ywyssch' 1332 SR
  • Hywyss(c)h 1340 NI 1462 FF
  • Wynterbourn Hywyssh 1350 ib
  • Haiwyssh 1419 Midd
  • Huwyssh 1423,1426 Midd
  • Huse 1656 Hutch3
  • Hewish 1811 OS

Etymology

Huish (SY 905979), Huish 1795 Boswell, atte Hiwy [sh ]1327SR (p), atte Ywyssch '1332 SR (p), Hywyss (c )h 1340 NI (p), 1462 FF, Wynterbourn Hywyssh 1350 ib, Haiwyssh 1419Midd , Huwyssh 1423, 1426Midd , Huse 1656 Hutch3, Hewish 1811 OS, 'a household, a measure of land that would support a family', v. hīwisc , atte ; on R. Winterborne, cf. par. name supra .