Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hongrode 1500–15 ECP

• Hungrode 1501 Pat 1577 M 1579 BrKal

• Hungroade 1583 Dep

Etymology

Hung Road, Hongrode 1500–15 ECP, Hungrode 1501 Pat, 1577 M, 1579 BrKal, Hungroade 1583Dep . Hung Road and King Road (infra ) are navigation channels, the latter being in Severn estuary between the mouth of the Avon and the Bedwin Sands and the former at the first bend in the Avon 2 miles from its mouth; BrKal reports ships lost in each channel in 1484 and 1579. The common el. is ME  rode (OE  rād) in the sense 'roadstead, place where ships ride at anchor'.The first el. of Hung Road is doubtless ME  honge , e.ModE  hung (pa.pt. of hangen ), probably in some such sense as 'floated, remained at rest' or possibly 'inclined, bent over', denoting 'a roadstead where ships lay at rest or leaned over on the mud whilst waiting for the tide'.