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.

Hemnall Street

Early-attested site in the Parish of Epping

Historical Forms

  • Hemenhales 1343 Cl
  • Emhal' 1248 Ass
  • Hemenhal' 1254 Ass

Etymology

Hemnall Street (local) is Hemenhales 1343 Cl, and is to be associated with the family of Henry de Emhal ' (1248Ass ) and Roger de Hemenhal ' (1254Ass ), which may have come from Hempnall (Nf).