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.

Oxenhall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Oxenhall

Historical Forms

  • Horsenehal 1086 DB
  • Oxehala, Oxehal(e) 1166,1204 P 1236 Fees 1255 Cl
  • Oxal' 1236 Fees
  • Oxnehale 13 Misc
  • Oxenehall, Oxenehale 1251 Ch 1292 FF 1424 IpmR
  • Oxenhal(e), Oxenhall 1220 Fees 1221 Eyre 1248 Ass 1535 VE
  • Oxnale, Oxnall 1303 Pat 1535,1559 FF

Etymology

'Nook of land where oxen were kept', v. oxa (gen.pl. oxna ), halh .The DB form is clearly an error.