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.

Hawke's Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sible Hedingham

Historical Forms

  • Hauekeshale 1327 SR

Etymology

Hawke's Hall is greate hawksells , litle hawksells 1584, greate Hackesalles 1598Ct and is to be associated with the family of Ralph de Hauekeshale (1327SR ) which probably came from Hawke's Hall in Toppesfield infra 463. The correct form should be Hawkeshall 's .