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.

Borders Fm olim Hemstalls

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loughton

Etymology

Borders Fm (6″) olim Hemstalls is Hamstalles (n.d.), Hemstall Corner 1585, Homestalls 1609, Hemstalls 1739 Loughton, 1777 C.v. hamsteall . Borders , probably from the family of William the Bordar who witnessed a grant of land in Theydon (n.d. AD i).