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.

Hinton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dyrham & Hinton

Historical Forms

  • Heanton Hy3 BM
  • Heenton 1374 Ipm
  • Henton(e) 1256 Ipm 1266 BM 1274 RH 1303 FA 1634 Will
  • Henton(e) juxta Sobburi 1294 Ipm
  • Henton(e) iuxta Durham 1308,1379 FF
  • Henton(e) iuxta Derham 1367 Ipm 1433 Pat
  • Henton(e) Russell 1404 BM 1639 Inq
  • Hinton, Hynton 1610,1646 M
  • Hynton Russell' 1572 FF 1635 Rec

Etymology

'The high farmstead', v. hēah (wk.obl. hēan ), tūn . The Russells held Dyrham from the 13th century and Hinton from the 14th.